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The ´generation´ has been largely forgotten in the fields of sociology and political science, especially regarding global politics. This volume re-engages the concept of a ´generation,´ utilizing it to explore how it can help us understand a variety of processes and patterns in International Relations and Comparative Politics.

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PART I: GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS: ANALYTICAL AND THEORETICAL POTENTIALITIES Introduction: Reappraising Generational Analysis; B.J.Steele & J.M.Acuff Never Trust Anyone Who Remembers Jerry Rubin: The Promise of Generational Conflict; B.J.Steele Towards a Sociology of Generational Change: Foreign Policy Analysis Meets Social Theory; B.Herborth Karl Mannheim, the Problem of Generations and the Sociology of Knowledge in IR; D.McCourt PART II: EMPIRICAL DOMAINS OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Looking for the Next Generation in South African Politics; J.Youde Generations at Home and Abroad: the Chinese Diaspora; M.Williams Selling the US President to the Younger Generation: Changing Family Roles in Presidential Campaigns and Generational Attitude Shifts; J.Lucas Generational Analysis and the Evolution of Military Doctrine and Strategy; J.M.Acuff Generational Analysis in IR and Data from the World Values Survey; J.D.Carlson PART III: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Reflections on Generational Analysis; M.Roskin

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´This book, by an up-and-coming ´generation´ of scholars in politics, sociology, and international relations, demonstrates that conceptual innovation is possible and necessary for the advancement of knowledge. Ranging across a number of areas and themes, the authors bring new insights to a wide range of topics. This is one of those books I wish I had thought to write or edit but since I didn´t, I will be certain to recommend it to colleagues around the world.´

Anthony Lang, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews

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BRENT J. STEELE Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Kansas, USA.
JONATHAN M. ACUFF Assistant Professor of Political Science at Francis Marion University, USA.

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