Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework
Original version
Neumann IB, Haugevik KM, Lie JHS: Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework. In: Haugevik KM, Neumann IB. Kinship in International Relations, 2019. Routledge p. 1-20 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429507267Abstract
This chapter identifies and discusses some of the ways in which kinship may be of use to IR scholars. The chapter offers examples of how kinship relations have manifested themselves historically in international relations, seeking to demonstrate how blood kinship from the beginning has been accompanied, reinforced and challenged by metaphorical kinship – that is, how certain non-blood related relations in or via practice come to be treated as kin, with the duties, obligations and expectations that entails.