The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series
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Series Editor: Professor Timothy M. Shaw PhD, Princeton,
Director, Institute of International Relations, The University of
the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
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'Over recent years Ashgate has
carved out a reputation for itself as a high-profile publisher,
especially through the salience of its numerous series…one of the
more substantial of these series is the International
Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series.'
International Relations of the
Asia-Pacific
The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms
Series presents innovative analyses of a range of novel
regional relations and institutions. Going beyond established,
formal, interstate economic organizations, this essential series
provides informed interdisciplinary and international research and
debate about myriad heterogeneous intermediate level
interactions.
Reflective of its cosmopolitan and creative orientation, this
series is developed by an international editorial team of
established and emerging scholars in both the South and North. It
reinforces ongoing networks of analysts in both academia and
think-tanks as well as international agencies concerned with
micro-, meso- and macro-level regionalisms.
Series Advisory Board:
Isidro Morales, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Graduados
en Administracion (EGAP), Mexico
Maria Nzomo, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the
United Nations Office in Geneva
Nicola Phillips, University of Manchester, UK
Johan Saravanamuttu, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
Singapore
Fredrik Söderbaum, Göteborg University, Sweden and UNU-CRIS,
Belgium
For more information on how to submit a proposal to this series,
please contact Kirstin Howgate,
Publisher for Politics and International Relations.
Interview with series editor Tim Shaw
What
encouraged you to enter academia?
After VSO in Thailand (before the Vietnam War!), BA at the
then-new Sussex, MA at Makerere in Uganda & PhD at Princeton, I
applied for a postdoc at Dalhousie…and the rest is history…but the
academy is no longer an 'ivory tower' if it ever was so…and I'm
comfortable with sitting on the 'border' of civil
society/think-tank/international agency/media/private sector,
especially relating to alums/networks outside the formal
academy.
What made you (decide to) initiate this
series?
Encouragement over time from persistent, persuasive editors…and
being increasingly impressed by the important (high-risk?) niche
that Ashgate was coming to play on both sides of the Atlantic as
other publishers moved away from original monographs &
collections towards privileging assigned text books only.
What are your academic background and research interests
and those of your co-editors/advisory board?
Shared interest in formal & informal 'regions' but diverse
backgrounds & affiliations in terms of disciplines &
universities/research agencies…and location in assorted
regions…
Very briefly, where do you see your discipline going in
the future?
Overlapping fields like conflict, development, governance, IPE,
IR, regionalisms, etc increasingly attempt to respond to the
rapidly changing 'real' world of emerging economies, fragile states
etc…which I'd like to encourage in terms of both analytic &
applied 'relevance' into the next decade.
What has been the highlight of your academic career so
far?
Being recognised by the Global Development Section of ISA…but
also by generations of alums in Africa, Canada & Europe &
by regular & visiting appointments in Canada, South Africa,
Trinidad, Uganda, etc, along with being able to publish colleagues
from around the several regions of the world…
Whose achievements would you like to emulate within your
own field?
My supervisors & mentors as well as authors &
advocates…and detractors!
What book (not from the series, but generally) has most
influenced your own work?
Many from assorted disciplines…that address comparative regional
conflict/development/networks, especially now around the BRICs.
What do you find particularly interesting about your
role as series editor?
Working with successive generations of analysts around the world
from the academy/international agencies/think tanks etc…in many
ways, I'm allowed even expected to be something of a 'voyeur': I'm
privileged to see/respond to draft mss before they're
published…which improves my own education/perspective. But no-one
in the publishing world admitted that the role was a multifacted,
continuing one, leading to myriad requests for references,
obituaries, etc…and with the internet, it's both facilitated…but
also endless as established/aspiring contributors somewhere in the
world are always awake & at work!
Any advice for people wanting to publish in your
series?
The bar of expectations continues to rise in terms of proposals,
mss, support etc…so make sure any submission is
polished/perfect!
What was the last book you read?
I mainly read book proposals, but also do try to keep up with
major contributions from/debates around Collier, Duffield, Hettne,
Klare, Klein, Payne, Sachs, Soros, Stiglitz etc…
Interview kindly received January 2009