World Politics in Translation: Power, Relationality and Difference in Global Cooperation

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Tobias Berger Alejandro Esguerra

World Politics in Translation

Power, Relationality and Difference in Global Cooperation

Tobias Berger, Alejandro Esguerra

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Routledge
06 June 2019

Translation & interpretation; Literature: history & criticism; Communication studies; Development studies; Media studies

Series: Routledge Global Cooperation Series

Virtually all pertinent issues that the world faces today – such as nuclear proliferation, climate change, the spread of infectious disease and economic globalization – imply objects that move. However, surprisingly little is known about how the actual objects of world politics are constituted, how they move and how they change while moving. This book addresses these questions through the concept of 'translation' – the simultaneous processes of object constitution, transportation and transformation. Translations occur when specific forms of knowledge about the environment, international human rights norms or water policies consolidate, travel and change.

World Politics in Translation conceptualizes 'translation' for International Relations by drawing on theoretical insights from Literary Studies, Postcolonial Scholarship and Science and Technology Studies. The individual chapters explore how the concept of translation opens new perspectives on development cooperation, the diffusion of norms and organizational templates, the performance in and of international organizations or the politics of international security governance.

This book constitutes an excellent resource for students and scholars in the fields of Politics, International Relations, Social Anthropology, Development Studies and Sociology. Combining empirically grounded case studies with methodological reflection and theoretical innovation, the book provides a powerful and productive introduction to world politics in translation.

Edited by: Tobias Berger, Alejandro Esguerra
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367248116
ISBN 10: 0367248115
Series: Routledge Global Cooperation Series
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 06 June 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tobias Berger is Assistant Professor of Transnational Politics of the Global South at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Alejandro Esguerra is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Reviews for World Politics in Translation: Power, Relationality and Difference in Global Cooperation

Examining the potent role of seemingly mundane objects, instruments, and facts in global politics, this volume makes a key contribution to our understanding of power, expertise and practice in the contemporary world. In these pages, it becomes clear just how powerful the concept of translation can be - enabling the contributors to both map the various ways in which people, objects and ideas can move from one space into another, and to recognize the slippages and tensions that can result. - Jacqueline Best, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada