New from Teaching and Research in International Politics
Women in International Relations
By Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney
Women now receive political science degrees in record numbers, but female representation among political science faculty still lags behind that of many other disciplines. Women may be underrepresented in the profession and trail their male colleagues because they see the world differently; they may see the world differently because of their minority status within the discipline; or the causal arrow may run in both directions. Many feminist scholars contend that gender subordination explains significant differences in worldview between men and women. Other scholars suggest that female political scientists adopt methods and choose topics that are not considered to be the best or most rigorous types of research by the editors of leading journals in order to differentiate themselves. This article examines the role that female scholars play in the discipline of international relations, using the 2006 TRIP survey to follow trends unique to female academics in the United States. Download
Divided Discipline? Comaring Views of US and Canadian IR Scholars
By Michael Lipson, Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney
How does international relations teaching and scholarship differ across countries? This article reports results from the TRIP survey of international relations faculty at US and Canadian universities conducted in 2006. The article compares trends in the content and methods of college instructors at four year universities as well as their individual research and outlook on foreign policy. Some interesting differences emerge in this portrait of two IR communities. Canadian IR, for instance, appears to be both more internationally born and educated than US IR, as well as more politically liberal, while US professors devote more time to traditional paradigmatic debates. Course content, however, remains remarkably similar. Learn more about the way teaching and research differs between the US and Canada in this groundbreaking international study. Download
All TRIP Publications
"Women in International Relations." Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. Politics and Gender 4(1), 2008.
"Divided Discipline? Comparing Views of US and Canadian IR Scholars." Michael Lipson, Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. International Journal 62(2), 2007.
"The International Relations Discipline, 1980-2006." Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. Presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Chicago, September 2007.
"Inside the Ivory Tower II." Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. Foreign Policy March/April 2007.
Full Report: 2006/2007 Survey on Teaching, Research, and Policy. Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations, 2007.
"Inside the Ivory Tower". Susan Peterson, Michael J. Tierney, and Daniel Maliniak. Foreign Policy, 2005.
Full Report: 2004/2005 Survey on Teaching, Research, and Policy. Susan Peterson and Michael J. Tierney with Daniel Maliniak. The College of William and Mary, 2005.
"Teaching and Research in International Politics: Surveying Trends in Faculty Opinion and Publishing." James D. Long, Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney. Prepared for the International Studies Association annual meeting in Honolulu, March 2005.