Macleod, Alexander
Alex Macleod is working on the evolution of realist IR theory since the end of the Cold War. He has also been writing recently on American neoconservatism as IR theory. Dr. Macleod’s other major research project concerns how popular culture, especially TV and film, shapes and directs popular conceptions of security and international relations, particularly in the United States, both during the Cold War and since.
Research Interests: International relations theory, Security studies, Foreign and security policy of France, Great Britain and the European Union, Popular culture and international relations
Listing Details
| Institution: | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Fields of Expertise: | Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism Cultural Memory and Policy Defence and Security EU Foreign Policy and External Relations International Relations and Foreign Policy |
| Research groups: | Memory Politics |
| Email: | macleod.alex@uqam.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, French, Portugese |
| Publications: | Macleod, Alex. (2009). The French Workers' Movement: Economic Crisis and Political Change Mark Kesselman, ed. Winchester, Mass.: Allan and Unwin, 1984, pp. viii, 350. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 18. 439 O'Meara, Dan & Macleod, Alex & Gagnon, Frédérick & Grondin, David. (2016). Movies, Myth and the National Security State. Macleod, Alex & O'Meara, Dan. (2010). Théories des relations internationales : contestations et résistances. Macleod, Alex. (2016). La culture populaire visuelle: Un espace à explorer pour les études critiques de sécurité. Cultures & conflits. 102. 17-32. Macleod, Alex. (2015). There's a War Going on Here: Defending American Identity at the US-Mexican Border Through the Cinema. Macleod, Alex. (2014). The contemporary fictional detective as critical security analyst: Insecurity and immigration in the novels of Henning Mankell and Andrea Camilleri. Security Dialogue. 45. Macleod, Alex. (2014). Cold case: some thoughts on the sociology of Canadian critical security studies. Critical Studies on Security. 2. 26-30. |
