This exciting new text brings together in one volume an overview of the many reflections on how we might address the problems and limitations of a state-centered approach in the discipline of International Relations (IR).

1. Introduction: Being Critical and Imaginative in International Relations AOILEANN NÍ MHURCHÚ and REIKO SHINDO 2. Borders NICK VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS 3. Citizenship PETER NYERS and ZEINA SLEIMAN 4. Community LAURA BRACE 5.Creativity CHRISTINE SYLVESTER 6. Difference DAVID L. BLANEY and NAEEM INAYATULLAH 7. Globalisation V. SPIKE PETERSON 8. Knowledge Practice AOILEANN NÍ MHURCHÚ 9. Law ANDREJA ZEVNIK 10. Narrative CAROLINA MOULIN 11. Power RITA ABRAHAMSEN 12. Resistance REIKO SHINDO 13. Sovereignty JENS BARTELSON 14. Space JOHN AGNEW 15. Subjectivity SHIERA S. el-MALIK 16. Technology BENJAMIN J. MULLER 17. Theory CHING-CHANG CHEN and YUNG CHUL CHO 18. Time TOM LUNDBORG

Aoileann Ní Mhurchú is a lecturer in international politics at the University of Manchester. She conducts research on intergenerational migration, citizenship and hybridity. Her principle interest is in the changing nature of political identity and belonging in the context of increasing global migration.

Reiko Shindo is a teaching fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. She conducts research on migrant activism and diaspora politics. Her principal interest is in examining various forms of resistance and investigating how they are transforming the boundary of the political community.