Theory and Application of the “Generation” in International Relations and Politics

PART I: GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS: ANALYTICAL AND THEORETICAL POTENTIALITIES Introduction: Reappraising Generational Analysis; B.J.Steele  & J.M.Acuff   Never Trust Anyone Who Remembers Jerry Rubin: The Promise of Generational Conflict; B.J.Steele Towards a Sociology of Generational Change: Foreign Policy Analysis Meets Social Theory; B.Herborth   Karl Mannheim, the Problem of Generations and the Sociology of Knowledge in IR; D.McCourt PART II: EMPIRICAL DOMAINS OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Looking for the Next Generation in South African Politics; J.Youde Generations at Home and Abroad: the Chinese Diaspora; M.Williams   Selling the US President to the Younger Generation: Changing Family Roles in Presidential Campaigns and Generational Attitude Shifts; J.Lucas   Generational Analysis and the Evolution of Military Doctrine and Strategy; J.M.Acuff   Generational Analysis in IR and Data from the World Values Survey; J.D.Carlson   PART III: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Reflections on Generational Analysis; M.Roskin