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Another American Social Science

International Relations in the Western Hemisphere

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Abstract

To those familiar with the extensive scholarly literature on international relations, the hommage contained in the title of this chapter will be readily apparent. Almost 40 years ago, Stanley Hoffmann argued that academic International Relations, “born and raised in America,” had been crippled at birth. “Without the possibilities that exist in this country,” he declared, “the discipline might well have avoided being stunted, [but] only by avoiding being born.”1

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Jones, C. (2016). Another American Social Science. In: Scarfi, J.P., Tillman, A.R. (eds) Cooperation and Hegemony in US-Latin American Relations. Studies of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137510747_2

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