Weird IR Deviant Cases in International Relations /

• Main Authors: Mislan, David Bell (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Streich, Philip (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: International relations.; Diplomacy.; Identity politics.; Political leadership.; Emigration and immigration.; International Relations Theory.; Foreign Policy.; Politics and Gender.; Political Leadership.; Migration.

The scholarly study of international relations tends to go over the same cases, issues, and themes. This book addresses this by challenging readers to think creatively about international politics. It highlights some of the strangest and rarest phenomena in diplomacy and world politics. Comprised of...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. To the Sea! Sealand and Other Wannabe States
• 3. Beers at the Border Bar: No Shirt? No Passport? No Service!
• 4. Stupid Things Our Leaders Say and Do
• 5. DPRKLOL
• 6. SCREAM (Soccer Rules Everything Around Me)
• 7. Terra Nullius and the Neutral Zone: Not an Indie Band
• 8. Island Living Ain't Easy
• 9. Gone to the Birds? Turkey Tails, Chicken Taxes, and the Global Economy
• 10. Diplomatic Immunity...Revoked!
• 11. What's in a Name?
• 12. Epilogue.