The Forgotten Guest: International Relations and the Globalization of Social Problems

Elitza Katzarova , Erik Neveu (1)

1 ARENES - Arènes: politique, santé publique, environnement, médias

This chapter combines sociological and International Relations (IR) approaches in order to show how IR thinking redirects the researcher’s attention to actors, venues, and processes that might otherwise remain neglected. One version of a classic IR approach would focus on the way in which states interact within international organizations in order to globalize their domestically produced definitions and measures. State power in the definition and management of global problems might prove to be one way in which powerful states reimagine and rule the world. This chapter explores the identity of the actors and the types of processes and venues which are involved in the social construction of problems in a global setting. It provides an invitation to give back strong importance to IR scholarship.

Mots clés: Global problems; International organizations; International relations; Problem diffusion; State

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Elitza Katzarova, Erik Neveu. The Forgotten Guest: International Relations and the Globalization of Social Problems. Globalizing Issues: How Claims, Frames, and Problems Cross Borders, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.27-47, 2020, 978-3-030-52043-4. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-52044-1_2⟩. ⟨halshs-03249662⟩