In the hybridization of hip hop in West Africa and the political appropriation of Verdi, the global political economy of the music industry and the lessons for IR scholars in the lyrics of the Clash, the dynamic intersections between music, culture and global politics emerge loud and clear. This rich and diverse set of essays begins to set the record straight. 'Music is an international language but for too long students of international politics have ignored it. Moving international studies 'from noun to verb,' it displaces the clichés of neo-realism with stimulating improvisations and dislodges theory from its long-standing attachment to anachronistic, geopolitical cartographies.' - Michael J. 'Resounding International Relations abounds with insightful moments of critical interpretation.
