International Relations and international relations

ǂthe ǂlinks between theory and practice in world politics

Abstract

Članek obravnava odnos med akademskim pisanjem in svetovanjem o politikah v mednarodnih odnosih. Raziskuje dve najbolj razširjeni stališči o tem odnosu in ugotavlja njuno problematičnost: kot prvo tako obravnava stališče, da naj se akademiki izogibajo političnih razprav, saj mora akademsko delo ostati vrednostno nevtralno, analiza pa neomadeževana z normativnimi sodbami. Drugo stališče pa zagovarja, da je za akademike pravzaprav dolžnost svetovati vladam glede političnih zadev, namesto da se umaknejo v varno zavetje svojih pisarn. Obe stališči sta problematični, saj pravzaprav predpostavljata, da je akademsko znanje pojasnjevalno in da torej le sporoča informacije o prej izoblikovanem svetu. Toda akademiki se ne morejo izogniti relevantnosti določenih politik, hkrati pa se morajo zavedati neizogibno normativnega konteksta svojega dela. Ta razprava je postavljena v kontekst zadnje vojne v Iraku, avtor pa jo zaključuje s pozivom za zavrnitev pozitivističnega znanja, ki je podlaga za obe splošno sprejeti konvencionalni stališči.

Keywords

Iraq;policy-making;power;value-freedom;Mednarodni odnosi;Svetovna politika;Teorija in praksa;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2003
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	327
COBISS:	22605149
ISSN:	1408-6980
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Downloads:	17
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Mednarodni odnosi in mednarodni odnosi
Secondary abstract:	This article looks at the relationship between academic scholarship and policy advice in the area of international relations. It examines the two most common views of this relationship and finds problems with each of them: the first of these is the view that academia should stay away from policy debates since academic work must remain value-neutral, with its analysis untainted by normative judgements. The second view argues that it is in fact the duty of academics to advise governments on policy matters rather than to retreat to secluded ivory towers. Each of these accounts is problematic since they ultimately rest on a view of academic knowledge as explanatory, reporting on apre-formed world. Instead, academics cannot avoid policy relevance and must realise the necessary normative content of their work. This debate is discussed in the context of the recent war in Iraq, and ends with a call for arejection of the positivist account of knowledge that underpins both conventional popular accounts.
Secondary keywords:	Irak;oblikovanje politik;moč;svoboda vrednotenja;International relations;World politics;Theory and practice;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 233-239, 313, 315
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ6
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ3
Chronology:	Sep. 2003
ID:	14890085