Weber, Cynthia (2015) Why is there no queer international theory? European Journal of International Relations, 21 (1). pp. 27-51. ISSN 1354-0661

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Abstract

Over the last decade, Queer Studies have become Global Queer Studies, generating significant insights into key international political processes. Yet, the transformation from Queer to Global Queer has left the discipline of International Relations largely unaffected, which begs the question: if Queer Studies has gone global, why has the discipline of International Relations not gone somewhat queer? Or, to put it in Martin Wight’s provocative terms, why is there no Queer International Theory? This article claims that the presumed non-existence of Queer International Theory is an effect of how the discipline of International Relations combines homologization, figuration, and gentrification to code various types of theory as failures in order to manage the conduct of international theorizing in all its forms. This means there are generalizable lessons to be drawn from how the discipline categorizes Queer International Theory out of existence to bring a specific understanding of International Relations into existence.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Queer Theory, Queer IR, Critical Theory, feminism, gender, gentrification of international theory, International Relations theory and practice
Schools and Departments:	School of Global Studies > International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Depositing User:	Jayne Paulin
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2015 15:35
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2017 02:57
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/52248

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