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International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : ( 626) Last page : ( 638)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Engagements between International Political Economy and Post Structuralism: Understanding Issues of Knowledge Production and Discourse

Sharma Ananya*

* Phd Student, International Politics Division Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Online published on 28 July, 2016.

Abstract

This research paper underlines that the discipline of international political economy would gain tremendously from engaging with poststructuralist international relations. The first section of the paper deals with the linkages between international relations as a discipline and post structuralist thought. It builds on the definitional aspects of post structuralism as a school of thought highlighting the importance of shared meanings and context. The next section is an attempt to analyze the engagement between international political economy and post structuralism. It brings forth the reasons for little interaction between the two and also focuses on the enriching impact of the fruitful conversations between these two. The third section of the paper deals with the various themes including the rejection of the binary between politics and economics; the debate around formulation of discourses surrounding economic and financial practices which make the world intelligible to us and lastly how these practices of knowledge production have an underlying element of power dynamics. This is briefly followed by analyzing the contributions of Susan Strange and Tony Porter to the field of international political economy by borrowing from post structuralist thinking. In the conclusion I seek to sum up the post structuralist interventions in the field of international political economy and their influential role in expanding the horizon of the discipline with their rich and varied insights.

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Keywords

International Political Economy, knowledge, post structuralism, discourse.

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