J. Ann Tickner

J. Ann Tickner (* 1937 ) is an American political scientist who researches feminist theories of international relations . She is currently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University School of International Services in Washington DC. Previously, she was Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Her research interests focus on theories of international relations (especially on dealing with constructivism and realism / neorealism), as well as on feminist perspectives on security policy, v. a. related to the Cold War and the end of the bloc confrontation.

biography

Tickner received her PhD from Brandeis University in 1983 , having previously studied international relations and history at Yale University and the University of London . In the 1980s and 1990s she worked as a visiting researcher and as a fellow at numerous well-known universities; for example at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University , at the London School of Economics , and at Brown University , before she was appointed to the University of Southern California in 1995. From 2006 to 2007 she was President of the International Studies Association. She is Series Editor of the Oxford Series in Gender and International Relations for Oxford University Press . Tickner has received honorary professorships from the University of Wales and Uppsala University .

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Tickner's work includes several monographs and numerous articles in relevant political science journals. Tickner's research contribution consists in particular of sounding out how theories of international relations can be reformulated in a feminist way. In doing so, she criticizes positivist approaches because, on the basis of feminist and post-structuralist epistemology criticism, she considers it necessary to make feminist perspectives specifically visible and to disclose such a point of view contrary to a postulate of neutrality, and therefore stands for a 'strong objectivity'. At the beginning of this she has v. a. dealt with the image of man, the concept of actors and the conceptualization of the international system in Morgenthau's realism and neorealism and was decisively influenced by Evelyn Fox Keller's criticism of science . Her later work deals with the security dilemma and peacekeeping in the international system after the end of the Cold War. She also made feminist and post-positivist interventions during the 'Third Debate' in international relations. Her most recent work also increasingly refers to post-colonial approaches.

Works

Books

• A Feminist Voyage Through International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Feminism and International Relations: Conversations about the Past, Present and Future, ed. with Laura Sjoberg. Routledge, 2011.
• Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War World, Columbia University Press, 2001. Translated into Russian 2006 (Kulturnaja Revolutcia Publishers).
• Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security, Columbia University Press, 1992 (pbk.1993): translated into Korean, 2001 and Japanese, 2005 (Iwanami Shoten Publishers).
• Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation-States, Columbia University Press, 1987

items

• “Revisiting IR in a Time of Crisis: Learning from Indigenous Knowledge” International Feminist Journal of Politics, 17: 4, 2015.
• "You Just Don't Understand: Troubled Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists." International Studies Quarterly, vol. 41, 1997.
• “Hans Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism: A Feminist Reformulation,” Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol.17: 3, 1998.

Web links

• American University resume
• Theory Talks Interview