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China, the United States, and South-East Asia

Contending Perspectives on Politics, Security, and Economics

Edited by Sheldon W. Simon, Evelyn Goh

China’s emergence as a great power is a global concern that can potentially alter the structure of world politics. Its rise is multidimensional, affecting the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56950-7 (Routledge)

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Civil-Military Cooperation in Post-Conflict Operations

Emerging Theory and Practice

Edited by Christopher Ankersen

Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) is the relationship between militaries and humanitarians. Largely conducted in post-conflict environments, CIMIC has become a key characteristic of military operations in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56960-6 (Routledge)

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Clausewitz and America

Strategic Thought and Practice from Vietnam to Iraq

By Stuart Kinross

This book demonstrates how Clausewitzian thought influenced American strategic thinking between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

Carl von Clausewitz's thought played...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56963-7 (Routledge)

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Origins of the European Security System

The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75

Edited by Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, Christian Nuenlist

This edited volume explores the significance of the early ‘Helsinki process’ as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57021-3 (Routledge)

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Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

NATO and EU Options in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

By Thanos P. Dokos

As counter-profileration is expected to become the central element in the new national security policy of the US, such actions will constitute a central element...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8499-4 (Routledge)

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Cosmic Society

Towards a Sociology of the Universe

By Peter Dickens, James Ormrod

An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s.

Göran Therborn is University Professor of...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54592-1 (Routledge)

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Middle East and North African Immigrants in Europe

Current Impact; Local and National Responses

Edited by Ahmed al-Shahi, Richard Lawless

Fourteen specialists from across the European Union discuss current issues regarding Middle Eastern and North African immigrants in Europe, focusing on topics such as immigration...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56832-6 (Routledge)

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Causes and Consequences of International Conflict

Data, Methods and Theory

Edited by Glenn Palmer

Investigation into the causes of international conflict has in many ways formed the central locus of the early work in the scientific investigation of world...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56955-2 (Routledge)

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The Baltic Question during the Cold War

Edited by John Hiden, Vahur Made, David J. Smith

This edited volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the ‘Baltic question’, which arose within the context of the Cold War, and which has previously received...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56934-7 (Routledge)

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South Asia's Cold War

Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective

By Rajesh M. Basrur

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of ‘cold war’ – that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57035-0 (Routledge)

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Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Responding to the Challenge

Edited by Ian Bellany

There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists against civilian...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57065-7 (Routledge)

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Women and Terrorism

Female Activity in Domestic and International Terror Groups

By Margaret Gonzalez-Perez

This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era. Utilizing comparative research into 26 terrorist organizations world-wide, the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57073-2 (Routledge)

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Cyber-Security and Threat Politics

US Efforts to Secure the Information Age

By Myriam Dunn Cavelty

This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US.

Myriam Dunn...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56988-0 (Routledge)

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European Integration and the Cold War

Ostpolitik-Westpolitik, 1965-1973

Edited by N. Piers Ludlow

This edited volume uses newly released archival material to show linkages between the development of the European Union and the Cold War.

Containing essays by well-known...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56990-3 (Routledge)

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Globalization and WMD Proliferation

Terrorism, Transnational Networks and International Security

Edited by James A. Russell, James J. Wirtz

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56991-0 (Routledge)

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Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas

Dilemmas of a Conventional Army

By Sergio Catignani

This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57012-1 (Routledge)

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Military Cooperation in Multinational Peace Operations

Managing Cultural Diversity and Crisis Response

Edited by Joseph Soeters, Philippe Manigart

This edited volume uses theoretical overviews and empirical case studies to explore both how soldiers cope with the new forms of cultural diversity occurring within...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57013-8 (Routledge)

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Israel and its Army

From Cohesion to Confusion

By Stuart A. Cohen

    The Israel Defense Force (IDF) plays a key role in Israeli society, and has traditionally been perceived not only as the guardian of national survival,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57011-4 (Routledge)

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Disease and Security

Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia

By Christian Enemark

Focusing on East Asia, this book sets out a framework for analyzing infectious disease threats in security terms. It covers the security significance of naturally...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56989-7 (Routledge)

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Popular Culture in Indonesia

Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics

Edited by Ariel Heryanto

This book examines popular culture in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, and the third largest democracy. It provides a full account of the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57270-5 (Routledge)

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Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror

Warfare By Other Means

By Alastair Finlan

This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57036-7 (Routledge)

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Punishment, Justice and International Relations

Ethics and Order after the Cold War

By Anthony F. Lang Jr.

This book examines the international political order in the post-Cold War era, arguing that this order has become progressively more punitive. This is seen as...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57031-2 (Routledge)

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Chinese Big Business in Indonesia

The State of Capital

By Christian Chua

The disintegration of Indonesia's New Order regime in 1998 and the fall of

Soeharto put an end to the crude forms of centralised authoritarianism and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57424-2 (Routledge)

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Ethnic Politics in Burma

States of Conflict

By Ashley South

This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57269-9 (Routledge)

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State and Business Groups in Mexico

The Role of Informal Institutions in the Process of Industrialization, 1936-1984

By Arnulfo Valdivia-Machuca

This book analyzes the history and structure of the intricate system of informal negotiation and secret dealings between the Mexican government and big businessmen in the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80570-4 (Routledge)

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China and the New International Order

Edited by Wang Gungwu, Zheng Yongnian

This book explores China's place in the ‘new international order’, from both the international perspective and from the perspective within China.

It discusses how far...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54645-4 (Routledge)

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East Asia and the Trials of Neo-Liberalism

Edited by Hewison Kevin, Richard Robison

A much-needed examination of the impact of neo-liberalism in East Asia in the years since the 1997 to 1998 Asian Economic Crisis.

These leading contributors tackle the nature...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56842-5 (Routledge)

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Civilian or Military Power?

European Foreign Policy in Perspective

Edited by Helene Sjursen

This text critically examines the belief that the EU not only has an impact on the international system but also a ‘normative’, ‘civilian’ and ‘civilizing’...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56853-1 (Routledge)

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Centre-Right Parties in Post-Communist East-Central Europe

Edited by Sean Hanley, Aleks Szczerbiak

This is the first book to cover the centre-right in post-communist Eastern Europe.

It makes an vital contribution to the broader research agenda on the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56833-3 (Routledge)

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Neoliberalism and Conflict In Asia After 9/11

Edited by Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison

Key events in Asia’s recent history have included the end of the Cold War, the Asian Economic Crisis and the ‘war on terror’. This is...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56839-5 (Routledge)

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Democratic Decentralisation through a Natural Resource Lens

Cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Edited by Jesse Ribot, Anne Larson

This volume queries the state and effect of the global decentralization movement through the study of natural resource decentralizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56826-5 (Routledge)

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Managing Modernity

Politics and the Culture of Control

Edited by Matt Matravers

In the last thirty years, the USA and the UK have witnessed a profound change in the way in which we think about and respond...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56828-9 (Routledge)

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UN Peace Operations and Asian Security

Edited by Mely Cabellero-Anthony, Amitav Acharya

This is an unparallelled analysis of the state of the United Nations peace operations and their impact on Asian security.This new volume examines new strategies being...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56825-8 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Economic Reform in Germany

Global, Rhineland or Hybrid Capitalism

Edited by Kenneth Dyson, Stephen Padgett

This new volume situates current debates about economic reform in Germany in illuminating historical and structural contexts.

Showing how economic reform has become the central issue on...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56840-1 (Routledge)

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Religion and Politics in Turkey

Edited by Barry Rubin, Ali Carkoglu

Over the last decade the once marginal extreme right of the Turkish ideological spectrum has grown in size as well as in influence and has...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56836-4 (Routledge)

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Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

Edited by David Arter

Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criteria for comparing...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56864-7 (Routledge)

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The Constitutionalization of the European Union

Edited by Berthold Rittberger, Frank Schimmelfennig

This volume presents a theory of constitutionalization as well as comparative analyses and case studies to underscore the claim that the European integration process itself...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56865-4 (Routledge)

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The Foreign Office and British Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century

Edited by Gaynor Johnson

This book examines the evolution of the Foreign Office in the 20th century and the way in which it has responded to Britain's changing role...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56831-9 (Routledge)

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Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems

Learning to Lose

Edited by Joseph Wong, Edward Friedman

This is a path-breaking study by leading scholars of comparative politics examining the internal transformations of dominant parties in both authoritarian and democratic settings. The principle question...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55977-5 (Routledge)

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Democracy in Occupied Japan

The U.S. Occupation and Japanese Politics and Society

Edited by Mark E. Caprio, Yoneyuki Sugita

With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society, and discusses...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56059-7 (Routledge)

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EU Enlargement and Referendums

Edited by Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart

A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56829-6 (Routledge)

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Gendered Peace

Women's Struggles for Post-War Justice and Reconciliation

Edited by Donna Pankhurst

This volume contributes to the growing literature on women, conflict and peacebuilding by focusing on the moments after a peace accord, or some other official...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87448-9 (Routledge)

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New Perspectives on Gender and Migration

Livelihood, Rights and Entitlements

Edited by Nicola Piper

This book discusses recent theoretical and empirical developments in international migration from a gender perspective. Its main objective is to analyse the diversification and stratification...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87449-6 (Routledge)

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Global Perspectives on Gender Equality

Reversing the Gaze

Edited by Naila Kabeer, Agneta Stark, Edda Magnus

The Nordic countries have long been seen as pioneers in promoting gender equality. The book brings together scholars from the global South and post-socialist economies...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87450-2 (Routledge)

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Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia

Small Town Wars

By Gerry van Klinken

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia’s post-New...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49397-0 (Routledge)

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World Bank Financing of Education

Lending, Learning and Development

By Phillip W. Jones

Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book demonstrates that the World Bank lies at the centre of the major...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56707-7 (Routledge)

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Labour, Globalization and the State

Workers, Women and Migrants Confront Neoliberalism

Edited by Debdas Banerjee, Michael Goldfield

This book explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world. It focuses especially on the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55890-7 (Routledge)

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Islam, Secularism and Nationalism in Modern Turkey

Who is a Turk?

By Soner Cagaptay

It is commonly believed that during the interwar period, Kemalist secularism successfully eliminated religion from the public sphere in Turkey, leaving Turkish national identity devoid...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56776-3 (Routledge)

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The New Media of Surveillance

Edited by Shoshana Magnet, Kelly Gates

The spread of new surveillance technologies is an issue of major concern for democratic societies. More ubiquitous and sophisticated monitoring techniques raise profound questions for...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56812-8 (Routledge)

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Xinjiang

China's Muslim Far Northwest

By Michael Dillon

Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54631-7 (Routledge)

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Abortion, Sin and the State in Thailand

By Andrea Whittaker

This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54603-4 (Routledge)

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Between Stalin and Hitler

Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46

By Geoffrey Swain

Covering the horrors that took place in Latvia from the beginning of the Second World War until 1947, this book focuses on the heart of...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54604-1 (Routledge)

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Russian Society and the Orthodox Church

Religion in Russia after Communism

By Zoe Knox

Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian Orthodox Church's social and political role and its relationship to civil society in post-Communist Russia. It...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54616-4 (Routledge)

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Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin

The Baton and Sickle

Edited by Neil Edmunds

This book investigates the place of music in Soviet society during the eras of Lenin and Stalin. It examines the different strategies adopted by...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54620-1 (Routledge)

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Privatization in Malaysia

Regulation, Rent-Seeking and Policy Failure

By Jeff Tan

In recent years, privatisation has fallen out of favour in many countries because the underlying political factors have not been well understood. This book examines...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54537-2 (Routledge)

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The WTO and the University

Globalization, GATS, and American Higher Education

By Roberta Malee Bassett

By and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United States, even...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80581-0 (Routledge)

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Railways and the Russo-Japanese War

Transporting War

By Felix Patrikeeff, Harry Shukman

This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56218-8 (Routledge)

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Europe and the End of the Cold War

A Reappraisal

Edited by Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Leopoldo Nuti

This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification.

Much of the existing...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56391-8 (Routledge)

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China's Emergent Political Economy

Capitalism in the Dragon's Lair

Edited by Christopher A. McNally

This edited volume represents the first collaborative effort to explicitly view China’s rapid international ascent as associated with the same process that catapulted Great Britain,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49718-3 (Routledge)

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Korea's Divided Families

Fifty Years of Separation

By James Foley

The divided families problem is a serious social issue in North and South Korea, involving hundreds of thousands of first generation divided family members, most...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54634-8 (Routledge)

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Soviet Karelia

Politics, Planning and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1920–1939

By Nick Baron

In 1920, Lenin authorised a plan to transform Karelia, a Russian territory adjacent to Finland, into a showcase Soviet autonomous region, to show what could...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54538-9 (Routledge)

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Chinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century

The Turn to Mahan

By James R. Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara

Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America’s nineteenth-century ‘evangelist of sea power’ and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His theories have a...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54534-1 (Routledge)

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Iraq's Armed Forces

An Analytical History

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Sammy Salama

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Iraqi military from the British mandate era to post-Baathist Iraq.

Ethnic and sectarian...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56023-8 (Routledge)

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Global Democracy: For and Against

Ethical Theory, Institutional Design and Social Struggles

By Raffaele Marchetti

This book defends the case for the expansion of the democratic model to the global political sphere. Concentrating on the democratic deficit of international affairs,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55495-4 (Routledge)

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The Rise of China and International Security

America and Asia Respond

Edited by Kevin J. Cooney, Yoichiro Sato

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55876-1 (Routledge)

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Conflict Management, Security and Intervention in East Asia

Third-party Mediation in Regional Conflict

Edited by Jacob Bercovitch, Kwei-Bo Huang, Chung-Chian Teng

This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world’s conflict flashpoints, such as the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55878-5 (Routledge)

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Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada

Political Opportunities, Framing Processes and Contentious Politics

By Eitan Alimi

As the Palestinian/Israeli conflict continues to be of major importance in the Middle East, this book employs a new agency approach to understanding the conflict, examining...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55885-3 (Routledge)

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Managing Instability in Algeria

Elites and Political Change since 1995

By Isabelle Werenfels

This topical new book seeks to understand the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55886-0 (Routledge)

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Nordic Approaches to Peace Operations

A New Model in the Making

By Peter Viggo Jakobsen

A new examination of Nordic approaches to peace operations after the Cold War. It shows how the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) remain relevant...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54491-7 (Routledge)

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Information Strategy and Warfare

A Guide to Theory and Practice

Edited by John Arquilla, Douglas A. Borer

This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft.

John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54514-3 (Routledge)

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Nuclear Proliferation and International Security

Edited by Sverre Lodgaard, Bremer Maerli

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has long been key in non-proliferation and disarmament activities. The Treaty is the major international legal obstacle for states seeking nuclear...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54515-0 (Routledge)

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Understanding Terrorist Innovation

Technology, Tactics and Global Trends

By Adam Dolnik

This book explores the innovations and advances in terrorist tactics and technologies to help fill the gap in the contemporary terrorism literature by developing an...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54516-7 (Routledge)

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China's War on Terrorism

Counter-Insurgency, Politics and Internal Security

By Martin I. Wayne

China’s war on terror is among its most prominent and least understood of campaigns. With links to the global jihad, an indigenous insurgency threatens the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54518-1 (Routledge)

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Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the 21st Century

Multipolarity and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective

By C. Dale Walton

This book argues that in the twenty-first century Eastern Eurasia will replace Europe as the theatre of decision in international affairs, and that this new...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54519-8 (Routledge)

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The Emergence of Détente in Europe

Brandt, Kennedy and the Formation of Ostpolitik

By Arne Hofmann

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54522-8 (Routledge)

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European Union and Strategy

An Emerging Actor

Edited by Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54531-0 (Routledge)

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An Industrial Geography of Cocaine

By Christian M. Allen

Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80490-5 (Routledge)

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Economics, Ethics and the Market

Introduction and Applications

By Johan J. Graafland

The primary aim of the text is to introduce the reader to the relationship between economics and ethics and to the application of economic ethics...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55828-0 (Routledge)

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Political Corruption in the Caribbean Basin

Constructing a Theory to Combat Corruption

By Michael W. Collier

Political corruption in the Caribbean Basin retards state economic growth and development, undermines government legitimacy, and threatens state security. In spite of recent anti-corruption efforts...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80492-9 (Routledge)

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Negotiating Claims

The Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim Negotiation Policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States

By Christa Scholtz

Why do governments choose to negotiate indigenous land claims rather than resolve claims through some other means? In this book Scholtz explores why a government would...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80571-1 (Routledge)

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International Relations in Latin America

Peace and Security in the Southern Cone

By Andrea Oelsner

This work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads): Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80395-3 (Routledge)

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The Conservative Party and European Integration since 1945

At the Heart of Europe?

By N.J. Crowson

This volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to British policy in Europe.

By exploring the schisms within the party over Europe, through primary source-based history...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55392-6 (Routledge)

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European Union Negotiations

Processes, Networks and Institutions

Edited by Ole Elgström, Christer Jönsson

The EU policy process is dependent on negotiations as a mode of reaching agreements on, and implementing, common policies. The EU negotiations differ from traditional...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55003-1 (Routledge)

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Intelligence Theory

Key Questions and Debates

Edited by Peter Gill, Stephen Marrin, Mark Phythian

This edited volume brings together a range of essays by individuals who are centrally involved in the debate about the role and utility of theory...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55337-7 (Routledge)

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The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb

The Theory of Jahiliyyah

By Sayed Khatab

This new book takes a literary approach in its study of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most significant political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55383-4 (Routledge)

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The Power of Sovereignty

The Political and Ideological Philosophy of Sayyid Qutb

By Sayed Khatab

The Power of Sovereignty explores the religio-political and philosophical concepts of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most influential political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who has...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55384-1 (Routledge)

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Marxism & Scientific Socialism

From Engels to Althusser

By Paul Thomas

Engels declared at Marx’s funeral in Highgate Cemetery that "just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77916-6 (Routledge)

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The Development of Modern South Korea

State Formation, Capitalist Development and National Identity

By Kyong Ju Kim

The Development of Modern South Korea provides a comprehensive analysis of South Korean modernization by examining the dimensions of state formation, capitalist development and nationalism. Taking a comparative...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54700-0 (Routledge)

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China's Reforms and International Political Economy

Edited by David Zweig, Zhimin Chen

Written by an international team of experts from the US, UK, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada, this important and interesting book examines and explores the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54703-1 (Routledge)

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China's Foreign Trade Policy

The New Constituencies

Edited by Ka Zeng

China’s rise as a major trading power has prompted debate about the nature of that country’s involvement in the liberal international economic order. China’s Foreign...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54709-3 (Routledge)

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Japan and China in the World Political Economy

Edited by Saadia Pekkanen, Kellee Tsai

Two powers in East Asia today stand to define the region's economic and commercial future: Japan, which rose in a spectacular industrial burst to become...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54675-1 (Routledge)

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State Making in Asia

Edited by Richard Boyd, Tak-Wing Ngo

Including contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume examines state making from a uniquely Asian perspective and reveals some of the misunderstandings...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54681-2 (Routledge)

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Political Cultures in Asia and Europe

Citizens, States and Societal Values

By Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi

This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia. Drawing...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54685-0 (Routledge)

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Advancing East Asian Regionalism

Edited by Melissa Curley, Nicholas Thomas

Developments in East Asia have progressed rapidly in terms of regionalism since the 1997 crisis. The end of the Asian miracle called into question not...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54687-4 (Routledge)

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Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory

The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal

By Mathew Humphrey

This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent ‘deliberative turn’ in environmental...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55393-3 (Routledge)

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Russia and the European Union

Prospects for a New Relationship

Edited by Oksana Antonenko, Kathryn Pinnick

The focus of this book is the implications of EU enlargement in May 2004 for EU-Russian relations. How should the EU and Russia develop their...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55390-2 (Routledge)

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ASEAN's Diplomatic and Security Culture

Origins, Development and Prospects

By Jurgen Haacke

Member states of ASEAN - the Association of South-East Asian Nations - have developed a distinctive approach to political and security co-operation, which builds on...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54632-4 (Routledge)

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The Dilemmas of De-Stalinization

Negotiating Cultural and Social Change in the Khrushchev Era

Edited by Polly Jones

The Khrushchev era is increasingly seen as a period in its own right, and not just as 'post-Stalinism' or a forerunner of subsequent 'thaws' and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54588-4 (Routledge)

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Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar

Education, Health and Environment

By Helen James

Most international attention on Myanmar has focused on the political situation, where the military, in power since 1962, continues to refuse to acknowledge the results...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54591-4 (Routledge)

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Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia

Edited by Benjamin Cole

There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54554-9 (Routledge)

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Politics and the Press in Indonesia

Understanding an Evolving Political Culture

By Angela Romano

This book explores the evolving political culture in Indonesia, by discussing the country's dominant political philosophies, then showing how those philosophies affect the working lives...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54636-2 (Routledge)

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The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920–24

Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite

By Simon Pirani

The Russian revolution of 1917 was a defining event of the twentieth century, and its achievements and failures remain controversial in the twenty-first. This book...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54641-6 (Routledge)

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Narrating Post/Communism

Colonial Discourse and Europe's Borderline Civilization

By Natasa Kovacevic

The transition of communist Eastern Europe to capitalist democracy post-1989 and in the aftermath of the Yugoslav wars has focused much scholarly attention - in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54642-3 (Routledge)

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Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia

Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924

By Seymour Becker

This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54618-8 (Routledge)

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Defending Human Rights in Russia

Sergei Kovalyov, Dissident and Human Rights Commissioner, 1969-2003

By Emma Gilligan

Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biology academic and, in the 1970s...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54611-9 (Routledge)

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Journalism and Democracy in Asia

Edited by Michael Bromley, Angela Romano

Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especially at China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54593-8 (Routledge)

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Political and Social Thought in Post-Communist Russia

By Axel Kaehne

This is the first comprehensive study of Russian political and social thought in the post-Communist era. The book portrays and critically examines the conceptual and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54424-5 (Routledge)

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Slovenia

Evolving Loyalties

By John K. Cox

A clear and concise introduction to contemporary Slovenia. It examines the country's rapid transition from a collection of provinces in the southern part of the Habsburg...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54353-8 (Routledge)

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Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge

Edited by Roger Eatwell, Cas Mudde

By the turn of the 1990s, Western democracy appeared destined to become the universal governmental norm. However, as we move into the new millennium there...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55387-2 (Routledge)

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Anti-Political Establishment Parties

A Comparative Analysis

By Amir Abedi

Recent electoral success of the Freedom Party in Austria, List Pim Fortuyn in The Netherlands, the People's Party in Denmark and the National Front in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55389-6 (Routledge)

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The GM Debate

Risk, Politics and Public Engagement

By Tom Horlick-Jones, John Walls, Gene Rowe, Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, Graham Murdock, Tim O'Riordan

This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54597-6 (Routledge)

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News Media and Power in Russia

By Olessia Koltsova

The end of communist rule in the Soviet Union brought with it a brave new world of media and commerce. Formerly state-owned enterprises were transformed,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54567-9 (Routledge)

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Globalizing Justice for Mass Atrocities

A Revolution in Accountability

By Chandra Lekha Sriram

This major new study examines the developing practice of universal jurisdiction, as well as the broader phenomenon of "globalizing" justice, and its ramifications.

With a detailed...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54490-0 (Routledge)

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The Rise of the Corporate Economy

By Leslie Hannah

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48947-8 (Routledge)

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Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation

By Mohammad Qadeer

This is the first English-language survey of Pakistan’s socio-economic evolution. Mohammad Qadeer gives an essential overview of social and cultural transformation in Pakistan since independence,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49222-5 (Routledge)

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Justice, Power and the Political Landscape

Edited by Kenneth Olwig, Donald Mitchell

Landscape is now on the agenda in a new way. The increasing interest in justice, power and the political landscape expresses a sea change occurring...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48304-9 (Routledge)

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The Ethics of War in Asian Civilizations

A Comparative Perspective

Edited by Torkel Brekke

This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54437-5 (Routledge)

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Russian Business Power

The Role of Russian Business in Foreign and Security Relations

Edited by Andreas Wenger, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups.

Russian Business Power explores the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54569-3 (Routledge)

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Russian Constitutionalism

Historical and Contemporary Development

By Andrei Medushevsky

Medushevsky examines constitutionalism in Russia from Tsarist times to the present. He traces the different attitudes to constitutionalism in political thought, and in practice, at...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54572-3 (Routledge)

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Russian Culture in Uzbekistan

One Language in the Middle of Nowhere

By David MacFadyen

Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54573-0 (Routledge)

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The Development of Capitalism in Russia

By Simon Clarke

This book provides a broad and comprehensive survey of the development of capitalism in Russia from the collapse of the Soviet economic system to the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54577-8 (Routledge)

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The History of Siberia

By Igor V. Naumov Edited by David Collins

Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54581-5 (Routledge)

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Conscience, Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia

By Philip Boobbyer

This book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin’s Russia, and with a strong historical...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54587-7 (Routledge)

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Regionalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Edited by Maribeth Erb, Carol Faucher, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto

Since the fall of the Suharto regime, forces pressing for regional autonomy have strengthened in Indonesia, with some people arguing that the country is in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54602-7 (Routledge)

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Katyn and the Soviet Massacre of 1940

Truth, Justice and Memory

By George Sanford

The Soviet massacre of Polish prisoners of war at Katyn and in other camps in 1940 was one of the most notorious incidents of the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54594-5 (Routledge)

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Literature in Post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe

The Russian, Czech and Slovak Fiction of the Changes 1988-98

By Rajendra Anand Chitnis

This book considers Russian, Czech and Slovak fiction in the late communist and early post-communist periods. It focuses on the most innovative trend to emerge...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54614-0 (Routledge)

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The Communist Movement in the Arab World

By Tareq Y. Ismael

This book examines the communist movement in the Arab world from the time of the Russian revolution until after the collapse of the Soviet Union....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54621-8 (Routledge)

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The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922

By Phillips O'Brien

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance was the first formal agreement of its type reached by a Western 'great' power with a non-Caucasian nation in the modern era....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54628-7 (Routledge)

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A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics

Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria

By Victor Oguejiofor Okafor

This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80577-3 (Routledge)

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The United Nations and Democracy in Africa

Labyrinths of Legitimacy

By Zoë Wilson

This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania. Wilson's original purpose...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80579-7 (Routledge)

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Transatlantic Homeland Security

Protecting Society in the Age of Catastrophic Terrorism

By Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen, Daniel Hamilton

This major new study presents both conceptual and practical guidance at a crucial time when intellectual and practical efforts to protect against the new terrorism...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54355-2 (Routledge)

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Anglo-Iranian Relations since 1800

Edited by Vanessa Martin

With contributions from renowned experts in the field, this book provides an excellent background to the history of Anglo-Iranian relations. Focusing on the political and economic...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54439-9 (Routledge)

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Madrasas in South Asia

Teaching Terror?

Edited by Jamal Malik

After 9/11, madrasas have been linked to international terrorism. They are suspected to foster anti-western, traditionalist or even fundamentalist views and to train al-Qaeda fighters....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54480-1 (Routledge)

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The International Politics of the Persian Gulf

A Cultural Genealogy

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Adib-Moghaddam examines the causes and consequences of conflict in one of the most important regions of the world. Bridging the gap between critical theories of international...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54989-9 (Routledge)

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The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security

US-China Policies on Regional Order

By Liselotte Odgaard

Investigating the dynamics of balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific, this book focuses particularly on the contribution of great powers and middle powers to regional stability....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54702-4 (Routledge)

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Corruption and Good Governance in Asia

Edited by Nicholas Tarling

Bringing together contributions on the nature of corruption in East and Southeast Asia, this edited volume examines the means of limiting and ultimately eliminating corruption...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54666-9 (Routledge)

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North Korea Policy

Japan and the Great Powers

Edited by Linus Hagström, Marie Söderberg

North Korea features highly on the agenda of the main actors in East Asia and around the globe, and many large foreign policy initiatives have...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54690-4 (Routledge)

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Women and Labour Organizing in Asia

Diversity, Autonomy and Activism

Edited by Kaye Broadbent, Michele Ford

This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54542-6 (Routledge)

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China and Africa

Engagement and Compromise

By Ian Taylor

With China’s rise to the status of world power, trade and political links between Africa and China have been escalating at an astonishing rate. Sino-African...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54552-5 (Routledge)

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Cossacks and the Russian Empire, 1598–1725

Manipulation, Rebellion and Expansion into Siberia

By Christoph Witzenrath

Using a wide range sources, this book explores the ways in which the Russians governed their empire in Siberia from 1598 to 1725. Paying particular...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54418-4 (Routledge)

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Democracy and Myth in Russia and Eastern Europe

Edited by Alexander Wöll, Harald Wydra

In the absence of democratic state institutions, eastern European countries were considered to possess only myths of democracy. Working on the premise that democracy is...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54419-1 (Routledge)

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Health Care in Malaysia

The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access

Edited by Heng Leng Chee, Simon Barraclough

The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54420-7 (Routledge)

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Linking Activism

Ecology, Social Justice, and Education for Social Change

By Morgan Gardner

This book, a unique examination of the activist striving to work for more holistic social change, creates a conceptual framework to give visibility to the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80393-9 (Routledge)

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Connecting Cultures

Edited by Emma Bainbridge

This lively and incisive collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa, India, the Caribbean, and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49497-7 (Routledge)

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Citizenship between Past and Future

Edited by Engin F. Isin, Peter Nyers, Bryan S. Turner

Citizenship between Past and Future brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field of citizenship studies to assess, critically and contextually, the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49562-2 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Moral Sin

Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina

By Merike Blofield

This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion.

Specifically, it addresses the legalization - or...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80596-4 (Routledge)

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US-China Relations in the 21st Century

Power Transition and Peace

By Zhiqun Zhu

US-China Relations in the 21st Century addresses the bilateral relations of these two nations on international, domestic, societal and individual levels between 1990 and 2005. Peaceful...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49734-3 (Routledge)

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Developmental Dilemmas

Land Reform and Institutional Change in China

By Peter Ho

Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49737-4 (Routledge)

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Delegation in Contemporary Democracies

Edited by Fabrizio Gilardi, Dietmar BraunThomas Poguntke

Delegation is an ubiquitous social phenomenon linked to the growing differentiation of modern societies. Delegation is one of several different modes of organisation that exist...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54356-9 (Routledge)

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China’s Death Penalty

History, Law and Contemporary Practices

By Hong Lu, Terance D. Miethe

By all accounts, China is the world leader in the number of legal executions. Its long historical use of capital punishment and its major political...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80396-0 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and Economic Security in East Asia

Governance and Institutions

Edited by Helen E. Nesadurai

What is the relationship between globalization and economic security? Globalisation and Economic Security in East Asia is an incisive new engagement with this important question...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49900-2 (Routledge)

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Regulating New Forms of Employment

Local Experiments and Social Innovation in Europe

Edited by Ida Regalia

Using a comparative framework, this new volume focuses on how non-standard employment can be regulated in very different social, political and institutional settings.

After surveying...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49918-7 (Routledge)

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The Strategy of Terrorism

How it Works, and Why it Fails

By Peter R. Neumann, M.L.R. Smith

This is the first book to set out a comprehensive framework by which to understand terrorism as strategy. It contends that even terrorism of the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54526-6 (Routledge)

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The Cold War in the Middle East

Regional Conflict and the Superpowers 1967-73

Edited by Nigel J. Ashton

This edited volume re-assesses the relationship between the United States, the Soviet Union and key regional players in waging and halting conflict in the Middle...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54527-3 (Routledge)

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Negotiation and Conflict Management

Essays on Theory and Practice

By I. William Zartman

This book presents a series of essays by I. William Zartman outlining the evolution of the key concepts required for the study of negotiation and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54529-7 (Routledge)

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Radical Islam and International Security

Challenges and Responses

Edited by Efraim Inbar, Hillel Frisch

Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54530-3 (Routledge)

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America, War and Power

Defining the State, 1775-2005

Edited by Lawrence Sondhaus, A. James Fuller

Written by leading historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the role of war in American history.

Addressing...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54533-4 (Routledge)

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Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict

Challenging the Nation-State

Edited by Haldun Gülalp

Making a new case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49956-9 (Routledge)

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Party Policy in Modern Democracies

By Kenneth Benoit, Michael Laver

A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe.

It updates and radically extends...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49979-8 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Protection

Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency

Edited by Jef Huysmans, Andrew Dobson, Raia Prokhovnik

This new book shows how from the end of the Cold War, the security agenda has been transformed and redefined, academically and politically.

It focuses on the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49916-3 (Routledge)

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Diplomacy and Developing Nations

Post-Cold War Foreign Policy-Making Structures and Processes

Edited by Maurice A. East, Justin Robertson

This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to incorporate...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49897-5 (Routledge)

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Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in the Next Decade

Edited by Peter Lavoy

The intensification of the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises has created new fears that deteriorating security conditions in the Middle East, Northeast Asia, and...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49522-6 (Routledge)

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Terrorism and Human Rights

Edited by Magnus Ranstorp, Paul Wilkinson

This book reinforces our knowledge and understanding of the problems involved in balancing human rights protection and security concerns, considering how these human rights issues...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49524-0 (Routledge)

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The Ethnopolitics of Elections

Edited by Florian Bieber, Stefan Wolff

This volume conceptualizes the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies, providing empirical evidence and analysis of recent elections in such societies on a...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49502-8 (Routledge)

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Innovations in Urban Politics

Edited by Jonathan Davies

Previously published as a special issue of Policy Studies, this volume demonstrates the vitality of the field of urban politics and presents future challenges for...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49504-2 (Routledge)

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From Nation-Building to State-Building

Edited by Mark T. Berger

This book examines the history of nation-building during the era of decolonization and the Cold War, and on the more recent post-Cold War and post-9/11...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49521-9 (Routledge)

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Management in South-East Asia

Business Culture, Enterprises and Human Resources

Edited by Chris Rowley, Malcolm Warner

This edited volume deals with Management in South-East Asia. It widely agreed that this is a region of growing importance economically in today’s globalized world....

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49495-3 (Routledge)

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Cooperation over Conflict

The Women's Movement and the State in Postwar Japan

By Miriam Murase

Japan's postwar transformation has been hailed as nothing short of a miracle. Yet, in the midst of massive social, economic, political, and cultural change, gender...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80493-6 (Routledge)

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The Global Politics of Globalization

"Empire" vs "Cosmopolis"

Edited by Barry K. Gills

Are we moving inexorably towards a ‘new empire’ or is global civil society transforming global politics into a ‘new cosmopolis’?

In The Global Politics of Globalization,...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49503-5 (Routledge)

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Transnational Islam and Regional Security

Cooperation and Diversity between Europe and North Africa

Edited by Frederic Volpi

This volume investigates the impact of a new brand of transnational terrorism and political violence produced by radical Islamist groups from the Maghreb on the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49526-4 (Routledge)

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Turkish Immigrants in the European Union

Determinants of Immigration and Integration

Edited by Refik Erzan, Kemal Kirisci

This book provides an analytical contribution to the contested issues marking Turkish membership to the European Union.

On October 2005 Turkey started the accession process towards...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49527-1 (Routledge)

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Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments

The Initial Decade

Edited by Philip Norton, David M. Olson

The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49523-3 (Routledge)

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Challenging Communism in Eastern Europe

1956 and its Legacy

Edited by Terry Cox

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49567-7 (Routledge)

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Globalization and the Global Politics of Justice

Edited by Barry K. Gills

This book brings together a set of distinguished academics and activists to analyze, critique, and debate the global politics of poverty and justice and the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49569-1 (Routledge)

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The Long War - Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States

Edited by Mark T. Berger, Douglas A. BorerShahid Qadir

The rise and fall of the Cold War coincided with the universalization and consolidation of the modern nation-state as the key unit of the wider...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49570-7 (Routledge)

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Peace Operations and Human Rights

Edited by Ray Murphy, Katarina Mansson

The protection and promotion of human rights is an integral part of contemporary international peacekeeping operations. It is also a controversial aspect of peace operations...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49575-2 (Routledge)

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Anglo-French Relations since the Late Eighteenth Century

Edited by Glyn Stone, Thomas G. Otte

This work, intended to commemorate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale in 2004, examines aspects of Anglo-French relations since the late eighteenth century when both...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49500-4 (Routledge)

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Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas

Edited by Frank R. Baumgartner, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Bryan D. Jones

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this book draws on the insights of the existing literature on agenda...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49501-1 (Routledge)

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Disability and/in Prose

Edited by Brenda J. Brueggemann, Marian E. Lupo

Through a series of critical essays this book concerns itself with the relationships and possibilities in and between "prose" and "disability". The critical and/or personal...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49152-5 (Routledge)

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International Environmental Treaties and State Behavior

Factors Influencing Cooperation

By Denise DeGarmo

Despite the growing recognition of the importance of environmental issues for nation-state security, current research on international environmental security is insufficient. Although scholars in the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99868-0 (Routledge)

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The Military and Domestic Politics

A Concordance Theory of Civil-Military Relations

By Rebecca L. Schiff

The intervention of the military in national politics and the everyday lives of citizens is a key question in civil-military relations. This book explains how...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54919-6 (Routledge)

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Extreme Right Activists in Europe

Through the magnifying glass

By Bert Klandermans, Nonna Mayer

Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49443-4 (Routledge)

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Securing Southeast Asia

The Politics of Security Sector Reform

By Mark Beeson, Alex Bellamy

This book uniquely applies the security reform agenda to Southeast Asia. It investigates recent developments in civil-military relations in the region, looking in particular at...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49174-7 (Routledge)

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Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War

Edited by Robert Muggah

This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54440-5 (Routledge)

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Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy

India, Iraq and Israel

By Timothy D. Hoyt

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8582-3 (Routledge)

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US National Security, Intelligence and Democracy

From the Church Committee to the War on Terror

Edited by Russell A. Miller

This volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee (‘Church Committee’) into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77876-3 (Routledge)

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Soviet-Vietnam Relations and the Role of China 1949-64

Changing Alliances

By Mari Olsen

This new book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964.

Focusing on how Soviet leaders...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54492-4 (Routledge)

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Europeanization of National Security Identity

The EU and the changing security identities of the Nordic states

By Pernille Rieker

This new book tackles two key questions: 1) How is the EU functioning as a security actor? 2) How and to what extent is the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54494-8 (Routledge)

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Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies

Sustaining the Peace

Edited by T. David Mason, James D. Meernik

This volume provides an overview of the costs, benefits, consequences, and prospects for rebuilding nations emerging from violent conflict.

The rationale for this comes from...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54495-5 (Routledge)

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Changing Transatlantic Security Relations

Do the U.S, the EU and Russia Form a New Strategic Triangle?

Edited by Jan Hallenberg, Håkan Karlsson

This new book shows how the idea of a strategic triangle can illuminate the security relationships among the United States, the European Union and Russia in...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54496-2 (Routledge)

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Peacekeeping Intelligence

New Players, Extended Boundaries

Edited by David Carment, Martin Rudner

This is a new evaluation of the role, dynamics and challenges of intelligence in peacekeeping activities and its place in a much wider social, economic...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54497-9 (Routledge)

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War as Risk Management

Strategy and Conflict in an Age of Globalised Risks

By Yee-Kuang Heng

This major new study shows how war can be thought of in terms of proactive risk management rather than in terms of conventional threat response.

It...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54499-3 (Routledge)

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Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

Altered Images and Deception Operations

By Scot Macdonald

This is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and to support...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54500-6 (Routledge)

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Civil-Military Relations in Europe

Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change

Edited by Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl Haltiner, Jürgen Kuhlmann

This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions, and all the...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54501-3 (Routledge)

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Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy

Machiavelli and American Unilateralism

By Thomas M. Kane

This volume explores the reasons why American leaders from the 1700s onwards frequently adopt policies of unilateralism.

Thomas M. Kane presents fresh explanations for America’s...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54503-7 (Routledge)

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Big Wars and Small Wars

The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century

Edited by Hew Strachan

This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts.

To prepare for future wars, armies...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54504-4 (Routledge)

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Strategic Culture and Ways of War

By Lawrence Sondhaus

A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war.

It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to a...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54506-8 (Routledge)

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China-US Relations Transformed

Perspectives and Strategic Interactions

Edited by Suisheng Zhao

China’s emergence in the 21st century to the status of great power has significant implications for its relationship with the United States, the sole superpower...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49580-6 (Routledge)

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Peacebuilding

Women in International Perspective

By Elisabeth Porter

This book clarifies some key ideas and practices underlying peacebuilding; understood broadly as formal and informal peace processes that occur during pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47973-8 (Routledge)

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Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe

Convergence or Divergence?

Edited by Bertrand Fort, Douglas WebberRichard Higgott

A fascinating insight into how regional organizations in Europe and East Asia are currently grappling with a striking number of essentially similar challenges.

This issue-based...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47974-5 (Routledge)

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Sustainable Consumption, Ecology and Fair Trade

Edited by Edwin Zaccaï

This timely volume discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment.

Sustainable consumption stands as a wide objective that attracts a growing attention within sustainable...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47975-2 (Routledge)

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The EU and Conflict Resolution

Promoting Peace in the Backyard

By Nathalie Tocci

Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on or just beyond Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47976-9 (Routledge)

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The EU and the European Security Strategy

Forging a Global Europe

Edited by Sven Biscop, Jan Joel Andersson

The European Security Strategy (ESS) has become an important reference framework for the EU since its inception in 2003. Without strategy an actor can only...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47977-6 (Routledge)

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The Europeanization of National Political Parties

Power and Organizational Adaptation

Edited by Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther

This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.

The Europeanization of National Political Parties is...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47978-3 (Routledge)

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The Political Economy of Global Security

War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance

By Heikki Patomäki

What are the possibilities for and conditions of global security in the 21st century?

This book provides an innovative study of future wars, crises and transformations...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47979-0 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Cyberconflict

The Politics of Cyberconflict

By Athina Karatzogianni

The Politics of Cyberconflict focuses on the implications that the phenomenon of cyberconflict (conflict in computer mediated enivironments and the internet) has on politics, society...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47980-6 (Routledge)

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The Social and Political Thought of George Orwell

A Reassessment

By Stephen Ingle

Stephen Ingle is Professor at the Politics Department, University of Stirling. His main academic interests are in the relationship between politics and literature and in...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47981-3 (Routledge)

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Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe

Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

Edited by Maurizio Ferrera

This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47982-0 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Foundations

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Helmut Anheier, Siobhan Daly

This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe.

The leading contributors go beyond a quantitative profile...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47984-4 (Routledge)

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Representing Women in Parliament

A Comparative Study

Edited by Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay, Linda Trimble

The first book-length treatment of the political representation of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the Westminster model. Written by a major international...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47952-3 (Routledge)

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A Human Security Doctrine for Europe

Project, Principles, Practicalities

Edited by Marlies Glasius, Mary Kaldor

A Human Security Doctrine for Europe explores the actual needs of individual people in conflict areas, rather than using a conventional institutional or geo-political perspectives.

This new volume proposes...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47954-7 (Routledge)

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Autonomy, Self Governance and Conflict Resolution

Innovative approaches to Institutional Design in Divided Societies

Edited by Marc Weller, Stefan Wolff

Conflicts over the rights of self-defined population groups to determine their own destiny within the boundaries of existing states are among the most violent forms...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47959-2 (Routledge)

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Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Jan W. Van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm

This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies.

Research on the future and quality...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47960-8 (Routledge)

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Citizenship in Nordic Welfare States

Dynamics of Choice, Duties and Participation In a Changing Europe

Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Håkan Johansson

This book offers an innovative analysis of the ways in which the relationship between citizens and welfare states - social citizenship - becomes more dynamic...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47961-5 (Routledge)

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Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe

Edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Dieter Fuchs, Jan Zielonka

What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47962-2 (Routledge)

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European Union Peacebuilding and Policing

Governance and the European Security and Defence Policy

By Michael Merlingen, Rasa Ostrauskaite

This new book provides an in-depth analysis of the projects of improvement carried out by the civilian peacebuilding missions in Bosnia and Macedonia, drawing on...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47964-6 (Routledge)

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The European Union and the Public Sphere

A Communicative Space in the Making?

Edited by John Erik Fossum, Philip R. Schlesinger

The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47965-3 (Routledge)

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Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement

The Fortress Empire

Edited by Warwick Armstrong, James Anderson

Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47966-0 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and Poverty

Channels and Policy Responses

Edited by Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I. Round

The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors.

The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47967-7 (Routledge)

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Governing Financial Globalization

International Political Economy and Multi-Level Governance

Edited by Andrew Baker, David Hudson, Richard Woodward

Money, finance and credit are literally the lifeblood of the modern economy. The distribution of money and credit are essential to productive investment in trade...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47968-4 (Routledge)

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In Defense of Human Rights

A Non-Religious Grounding in a Pluralistic World

By Ari Kohen

The argument that religion provides the only compelling foundation for human rights is both challenging and thought-provoking and answering it is of fundamental importance to...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47969-1 (Routledge)

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International Relations in Europe

Traditions, Perspectives and Destinations

Edited by Knud Erik Jørgensen, Tonny Brems Knudsen

A new and illuminating critical examination of international relations in Europe.

This new volume presents all of the state of the art thinking, focusing particularly on international...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47970-7 (Routledge)

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National Governments and Control of the Internet

A Digital Challenge

By Giampiero Giacomello

In recent years, Internet control has become one of the major indicators to assess the balance between freedom and security in democracies. This book explores...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47971-4 (Routledge)

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Interregionalism and International Relations

A Stepping Stone to Global Governance?

Edited by Jürgen Rüland, Heiner Hänggi, Ralf Roloff

Interregionalism, the institutionalized relations between world regions, is a new phenomenon in international relations. It also a new layer of development in an increasingly differentiated...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47972-1 (Routledge)

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The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt

Terror, Liberal War and the Crisis of Global Order

Edited by Louiza Odysseos, Fabio Petito

Presenting the first critical analysis of Carl Schmitt's The Nomos of the Earth and how it relates to the epochal changes in the international system...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47477-1 (Routledge)

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Organised Crime and the Challenge to Democracy

Edited by Felia Allum, Renate Siebert

This innovative book investigates the paradoxical situation whereby organized crime groups, authoritarian in nature and anti-democratic in practice, perform at their best in democratic countries....

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46727-8 (Routledge)

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Intelligence, Crises and Security

Prospects and Retrospects

Edited by Len Scott, R. Gerald Hughes

This collection of essays by leading experts seeks to explore what lessons for the exploitation and management of secret intelligence might be drawn from a...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46430-7 (Routledge)

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The Globalization of Environmental Crisis

Edited by Jan Oosthoek, Barry Gills

Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this collection of essays addresses what is arguably the most pressing and urgent issue of our day...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46431-4 (Routledge)

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Religion in World Conflict

Edited by Jonathan Fox, Shmeul Sandler

This new book tackles two crucial questions: First, how does religion in its various forms and manifestations influence world politics? Second, how will adding religion...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46434-5 (Routledge)

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The EU as a Global Player

The Politics of Interregionalism

Edited by FREDRIK SODERBAUM, Luk Van Langenhove

A new look at the European Union's role as a global actor, with special focus on the theme of interregionalism in its relations with key regions around...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46390-4 (Routledge)

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Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights

Edited by Richard Giulianotti, David McArdle

What is the relationship between sport and human rights? Can sport protect and enhance the human rights of competitors and sport workers? Can it also...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46419-2 (Routledge)

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Black Leaders and Ideologies in the South

Resistance and Non-Violence

Edited by Preston King, Walter Earl Fluker

A new collection of philosophical biographies of key figures in Black Southern American social and political thought

Frederick Douglass, Booker Washington and Ida Wells. Thurgood Marshall and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46364-5 (Routledge)

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Images of Gramsci

Connections and Contentions in Political Theory and International Relations

Edited by Andreas Bieler, Adam Morton

A comprehensive reassessment of the relevance of Gramsci’s theory and practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Whilst commentaries on Antonio Gramsci and arguments surrounding his...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46365-2 (Routledge)

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Citizenship, Environment, Economy

Edited by A. Dobson, A. Valencia

As governments around the world grapple with the challenge of delivering environmental sustainability, attention has recently focused on the role that citizens should play in...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46372-0 (Routledge)

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Environmental Governance in China

Edited by Neil Carter, Arthur P.J. Mol

This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas.

This new...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46373-7 (Routledge)

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Gambling on Humanitarian Intervention

Edited by Alan Kuperman, Timothy Crawford

Does humanitarian military intervention save lives as intended? Or does it perversely embolden rebels and ignite the spiral of violence that it seeks to prevent?...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46374-4 (Routledge)

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Cinema and Popular Geo-politics

Edited by Marcus Power

With a detailed range of approaches, this new collection investigates how cinematic narratives can and have been used to portray different political 'threats' and 'dangers'....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46377-5 (Routledge)

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The Geopolitics of Resource Wars

Edited by Philippe Le Billon

This new book provides fresh and in-depth perspectives on so-called 'resource wars'.

Highlighting the multiple forms of violence accompanying the history of resources exploitation, business practices...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46378-2 (Routledge)

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Peace Operations and Global Order

Edited by Alex J. Bellamy, Paul Williams

Peacekeeping in Global Politics investigates the changing role of peacekeeping and competing perspectives about what that role should be. It begins by addressing broad issues...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46383-6 (Routledge)

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Reconstructing Post-Saddam Iraq

By Sultan Barakat

Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume seeks to analyze to what extent the controversial US policy of democratizing the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46424-6 (Routledge)

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China as a Rising World Power and its Response to 'Globalization'

Edited by Ronald C. Keith

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a newly emerging world power, and yet is still a developing state that must deal with the liabilities...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46417-8 (Routledge)

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Towards a Federal Europe

Edited by Alexander H. Trechsel

An excellent new analysis of federalism and the EU that investigates their mutual impact.

It shows how scholars of comparative politics increasingly include the EU...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46388-1 (Routledge)

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Where is Nato Going?

Edited by Martin Smith

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11 2001, the future of NATO has been the subject of intense debate.

This...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46363-8 (Routledge)

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Peace without Politics? Ten Years of State-Building in Bosnia

Edited by David Chandler

Ten years on from the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November 1995, the legacy of the Bosnian war still shapes every aspect of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46382-9 (Routledge)

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The Political Theory of John Gray

Edited by John Horton, Glen Newey

John Gray is one of today’s most brilliant, bestselling and controversial political thinkers. This new collection examines him from a variety of stimulating angles.

This...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46366-9 (Routledge)

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Democratization in the Muslim World

Changing Patterns of Authority and Power

Edited by Frederic Volpi, Francesco Cavatorta

This book examines the role that political Islam plays in processes of democratization in the Muslim world, detailing the political processes that facilitate the collective...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46367-6 (Routledge)

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Religion, Democracy and Democratization

Edited by John Anderson

A new exploration of the troubled relationship between religion and democracy, focusing in on two key questions:

* how has religion engaged with the democratization processes that...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46370-6 (Routledge)

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Governance in Post-Conflict Societies

Rebuilding Fragile States

Edited by Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Foreword Frederick D. Barton Preface Derick W. Brinkerhoff 1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy Derick W. Brinkerhoff Part...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46324-9 (Routledge)

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Post-Soviet Civil Society

Democratization in Russia and the Baltic States

By Anders Uhlin

The development of civil society has varied greatly across the former Soviet Union. The Baltic states have achieved a high level of integration with the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44405-7 (Routledge)

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Political Journalism

New Challenges, New Practices

Edited by Raymond Kuhn, Erik Neveu

Political Journalism explores practices of political journalism, ranging from American 'civic journalism' to the press corps covering the European Union in Brussels, from Bangkok newsrooms...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45972-3 (Routledge)

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Economic Voting

Edited by Han Dorussen, Michaell Taylor

Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45974-7 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States

Adapting Post-War Social Policies to New Social Risks

Edited by Klaus Armingeon, Giuliano Bonoli

This new study assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and draw new conclusions about its place in modern society.

It shows how the welfare...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45975-4 (Routledge)

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Governance Stories

By Mark Bevir, Rod Rhodes

An incisive examination of Britain today, which breaks from traditional studies, and takes a new approach to account for massive changes in the make-up of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45977-8 (Routledge)

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Questioning EU Enlargement

Europe in Search of Identity

Edited by Helene Sjursen

This new book takes a unique approach to the study of European enlargement, tackling key questions.

What kind of understanding of the EU do the enlargement...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45978-5 (Routledge)

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Urban Governance and Democracy

Leadership and Community Involvement

Edited by Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt, Murray Stewart

The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45979-2 (Routledge)

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The Political Economy of European Employment

European Integration and the Transnationalization of the (Un)Employment Question

Edited by Henk W. Overbeek

This edited collection examines unemployment in Europe in the context of globalisation, the implementation of European Monetary Union and the Eastern enlargement of the EU....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45980-8 (Routledge)

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The World Bank and Africa

The Construction of Governance States

By Graham Harrison

Shortlisted for the Inaugural International Political Economy Group annual book prize, 2006.

An incisive exploration of the interventions of the World Bank in severely indebted African states....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45983-9 (Routledge)

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Culture and International Relations

Narratives, Natives and Tourists

By Julie Reeves

Culture and International Relations contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45984-6 (Routledge)

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Global Standards of Market Civilization

Edited by Brett Bowden, Leonard SeabrookeLouise AmooreRandall Germain (Series Ed)Rorden Wilkinson

Global Standards of Market Civilization brings together leading scholars, representing a range of political views, to investigate how global 'standards of market civilization' have emerged, their justification,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45985-3 (Routledge)

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Environmental Values in a Globalizing World

Nature, Justice and Governance

By Ian Lowe, Jouni Paavola

This multidisciplinary volume presents a refreshing new approach to environmental values in the global age. it investigates the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45987-7 (Routledge)

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European Approaches to International Relations Theory

A House with Many Mansions

By Jörg Friedrichs

A well-established community of American scholars has long dominated the discipline of international relations. Recently, however, certain strands of continental theorizing are being introduced into...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45988-4 (Routledge)

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Postcolonial Politics, The Internet and Everyday Life

Pacific Traversals Online

By M. I. Franklin

The dotcom boom may well have come and gone but information and communication technologies (ICTs) are now an inescapable part of both everyday life and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45990-7 (Routledge)

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The History and Politics of UN Security Council Reform

By Dimitris Bourantonis

This is a penetrating analysis of UN Security Council reform. It presents an overview of the current debates - emphasising the potential for, and modalities of,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45991-4 (Routledge)

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The Politics of GM Food

A Comparative Study of the UK, USA and EU

By Dave Toke

'Why have GM Foods become so controversial? Comparing GM food politics in the US, Britain, and the European Union, Toke draws on insights from discourse...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45992-1 (Routledge)

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The International Criminal Court

A Global Civil Society Achievement

By Marlies Glasius

A new examination of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from a political science and international relations perspective.

It describes the main features of the court and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45995-2 (Routledge)

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Citizenship and Identity

Towards a New Republic

By John Schwarzmantel

Citizenship and Identity offers an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political life of modern democracies. Starting from...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45996-9 (Routledge)

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Governance and Democracy

Comparing National, European and International Experiences

Edited by Arthur Benz, Ioannis Papadopoulos

For the first time, this new collection brings together country specialists, researchers on the European Union, and leading international relations scholars to tackle a crucial...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45997-6 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Regional Identity

Meddling with the Mediterranean

By Michelle Pace

A keen analysis of the impact of European regionalism in the Mediterranean, focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity.

The Mediterranean - as...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45998-3 (Routledge)

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The European Union's Roles in International Politics

Concepts and Analysis

Edited by Ole Elgström, Michael SmithThomas Poguntke

This new volume develops a conceptual framework for considering and evaluating the roles played by the EU in international politics, drawing upon the literatures of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45999-0 (Routledge)

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Beyond Globalization

Capitalism, Territoriality and the International Relations of Modernity

By Hannes Lacher

Hannes Lacher presents a new critical social theory of international relations that integrates sociology, history and political geography to understand the formation and development of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46000-2 (Routledge)

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The Balkans in the New Millennium

In the Shadow of War and Peace

By Tom Gallagher

Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46001-9 (Routledge)

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Values and Principles in European Union Foreign Policy

Edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Ian Manners

This book presents a fresh examination of the values and principles that inform EU foreign policy, exploring the implications of these values and principles on the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46002-6 (Routledge)

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Neoliberal Hegemony

A Global Critique

Edited by Dieter Plehwe, Bernhard J. A Walpen, Gisela Neunhöffer

Neoliberalism is fast becoming the dominant ideology of our age, yet politicians, businessmen and academics rarely identify themselves with it and even political forces critical...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46003-3 (Routledge)

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Security and Climate Change

International Relations and the Limits of Realism

By Mark Lacy

This new book explains why the international community has responded with a sense of fatalistic passivity to climate change.

It presents a distinct critique of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46004-0 (Routledge)

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Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Edited by Katrin Voltmer

This book examines how political communication and the mass media have played a central role in the consolidation of emerging democracies around the world.

Covering a...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45971-6 (Routledge)

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Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia

By Zachary Abuza

Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia presents a penetrating new investigation of religious radicalism in the largest Muslim country in the world.

Indonesia is a country...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46106-1 (Routledge)

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Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory

By Jason Glynos, David Howarth

The Social Science Wars have precipitated a renewed interest in the character, purpose and methods of social science. Positivists and naturalists are criticized by interpretivists...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46212-9 (Routledge)

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The Political Road to War with Iraq

Bush, 9/11 and the Drive to Overthrow Saddam

By Nick Ritchie, Paul Rogers

This volume explores in close detail the events and factors leading up to the second Gulf War in 2003 and considers whether war with Iraq...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45950-1 (Routledge)

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China and International Institutions

Alternate Paths to Global Power

By Marc Lanteigne

China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45956-3 (Routledge)

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The European Community and the Crises of the 1960s

Negotiating the Gaullist Challenge

By N. Piers Ludlow

A new and detailed study of the European Community's development between 1963 and 1969, with a special focus on the struggle between France and its...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45957-0 (Routledge)

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Kosovo between War and Peace

Nationalism, Peacebuilding and International Trusteeship

Edited by Tonny Brems Knudsen, Carsten Bagge Laustsen

A major contribution to the debate about the reconstruction of Kosovo, and to the general discussion surrounding the revived 'trusteeship institution' model in the context...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45958-7 (Routledge)

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International Law and International Relations

Bridging Theory and Practice

Edited by Thomas J. Biersteker, Peter J. Spiro, Chandra Lekha Sriram, Veronica I. Raffo

This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45959-4 (Routledge)

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The IMF, World Bank and Policy Reform

Edited by Alberto Paloni, Maurizio Zanardi

The debate on whether or not the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and their intervention strategies are a positive force for change in the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45924-2 (Routledge)

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Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia

Organizing between Family and State

Edited by Robert P. Weller

Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45706-4 (Routledge)

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Corporate Soldiers and International Security

The Rise of Private Military Companies

By Christopher Kinsey

This book traces the history of private military companies, with a special focus on UK private forces.

Christopher Kinsey examines the mercenary companies that filled the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45776-7 (Routledge)

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Mapping Terrorism Research

State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction

Edited by Magnus Ranstorp

Containing essays by an array of top international scholars, this new book provides a comprehensive analytical critique of the current state of research in the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45778-1 (Routledge)

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Global Activism

By Ruth Reitan

This comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45551-0 (Routledge)

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The Transformation of Governance in the European Union

Edited by Rainer Eising, Beate Kohler-Koch

The book presents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43037-1 (Routledge)

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Hegel

By Raymond Plant

First published in 1973 this volume demonstrates the interconnection between Hegel's political and metaphysical writings. This book provides a point of entry into Hegel's system...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43680-9 (Routledge)

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The West and Islam

Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura

By Mishal Fahm al-Sulami

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44438-5 (Routledge)

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The New Politics of Islam

Pan-Islamic Foreign Policy in a World of States

By Naveed Shahzad Sheikh, Naveed S. Sheikh

This is a timely study of the international relations of Islamic states, dealing both with the evolving theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44453-8 (Routledge)

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Peace and Security in the Postmodern World

The OSCE and Conflict Resolution

By Dennis J.D. Sandole

Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Foreword Alice Ackermann, OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre 1. Violent Postmodern Conflict: A Need to Go Beyond Symptoms 2. A Framework for Analyzing...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44883-3 (Routledge)

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India - From Regional to World Power

By Ashok Kapur

This book examines the rise of India to the status of a world power capable of dealing with the full spectrum of international and regional...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44802-4 (Routledge)

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The Internet and National Elections

A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning

Edited by Randolph Kluver, Nicholas Jankowski, Kirsten Foot, Steven M. Schneider

The Internet and National Elections provides a comparative analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in countries around the world for campaign purposes....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44618-1 (Routledge)

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Islam and Political Legitimacy

Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh, Abdullah Saeed

Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44437-8 (Routledge)

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John Stuart Mill

By R J. Halliday, R. J. Halliday

First published in 1976, this volume offers a significant new interpretation of Mill's political thought, Mill's ambivalent attitude to democracy is carefully examined. The implications...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43681-6 (Routledge)

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Volume Two. Labour Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997

Edited by Iain Dale, Iain Dale Nfa

This volume brings together for the first time the British Labour Political Party General Election Manifestos, dating back to 1900, and including the most recent...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43672-4 (Routledge)

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Karl Marx

By Michael Evans

First published in 1975, this book provides an interpretative introduction to the political thought of Karl Marx. The approach is both historical and analytical, with...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43677-9 (Routledge)

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The Balkans After the Cold War

From Tyranny to Tragedy

By Tom Gallagher

At the end of the Cold War, the Balkan states of South East Europe were in crisis. They had emerged from two decades of hardline...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37560-3 (Routledge)

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Globalization and the Nation State

The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank

By Stephen Kosack, Gustav Ranis, James Vreeland

This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes.

The cutting-edge techniques of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42629-9 (Routledge)

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The Internet and Politics

Citizens, voters and activists

Edited by Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K. Gibson

This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing the following central questions:

  • is the Internet qualitatively different from the more traditional...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43587-1 (Routledge)

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International Migration and Security

Opportunities and Challenges

Edited by Elspeth Guild, JOANNE VAN SELM

Every day newspapers in the Western world carry articles about illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and other migrants. The focus of these articles varies greatly from...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42963-4 (Routledge)

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Normative Foundations of the Welfare State

The Nordic Experience

By Nanna Kildal, STEIN KUHNLE

This is a sharp analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system with urgent lessons for governments and societies across the globe.
Welfare programs and institutions...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42976-4 (Routledge)

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The Geopolitics of Euro-Atlantic Integration

Edited by Hans Mouritzen, Anders Wivel

No set of international relations is as thoroughly analyzed, commented on, taken apart and critiqued as the ties between Europe and the United States. A...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42977-1 (Routledge)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Polity on the Brink

By Francine Friedman

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36849-0 (Routledge)

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The Power of International Theory

Reforging the Link to Foreign Policy-Making through Scientific Enquiry

By Fred Chernoff

This new study challenges how we think about international relations, presenting an analysis of current trends and insights into new directions.

It shows how the discipline...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42980-1 (Routledge)

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International Migration and Globalization of Domestic Politics

Edited by Rey Koslowski

Increasing international migration, the information revolution and democratization have propelled a globalization of the domestic politics of many states and, although diasporic politics is not...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42967-2 (Routledge)

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Women, Quotas and Politics

Edited by Drude Dahlerup

This is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42968-9 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and the Rule of Law

By Spencer Zifcak

Globalisation and the Rule of Law reassesses the idea of the 'rule of law' within the present complex and increasingly internationalised environment. There have been...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42971-9 (Routledge)

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Politics and the European Commission

Actors, Interdependence, Legitimacy

Edited by Andy Smith

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42972-6 (Routledge)

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Resisting Intellectual Property

By Debora J. Halbert

Over the past decade, the scope of copyright and patent law has grown significantly, strengthening property rights, even when such rights seem to infringe upon...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42964-1 (Routledge)

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States of Political Discourse

Words, Regimes, Seditions

By Costas Constantinou

* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?
* How do...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42959-7 (Routledge)

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Gender and Civil Society

By Jude Howell, Diane Mulligan

Over the last two decades there has been considerable enthusiasm for the concept of civil society amongst researchers, practitioners and activists. Yet despite this enthusiasm...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42969-6 (Routledge)

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Human Rights and World Trade

Hunger in International Society

By Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez

A new and incisive analysis of the political viability of human rights, with an in-depth investigation of its largest violation: world hunger.

Gonzalez-Pelaez develops John Vincent's theory of...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42970-2 (Routledge)

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Cross-Border Governance in the European Union

Edited by Barbara Hooper, Olivier Kramsch

This volume attempts to draw debates on governance, at both of these levels, into spaces of cross-border regionalism in Europe today. Embodying both supra-national and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42975-7 (Routledge)

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Hegemony & History

By J H Adam Watson

This collection of essays records the development of Adam Watson's thinking about international theory from the 1950s to the present, exploring his contribution to, and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43232-0 (Routledge)

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Global Civil Society

Contested Futures

Edited by Gideon Baker, David Chandler

For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42978-8 (Routledge)

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The Idea of Global Civil Society

Ethics and Politics in a Globalizing Era

Edited by Randall Germain, Michael Kenny

This book evaluates the claim that in order to explore the changing social foundations of global power relations today, we need to include in our...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42979-5 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and Equality

Edited by Keith Horton, Haig Patapan

Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of inequality more morally or...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42973-3 (Routledge)

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The Post-Cold War International System

Strategies, Institutions and Reflexivity

By Ewan Harrison

The end of the Cold War has opened up a 'real world laboratory' in which to test and refine general theories of international relations. Using...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42974-0 (Routledge)

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Making The European Polity

Reflexive integration in the EU

Edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen

Today’s Europe is marked by an amazing pace of integration. The European Union now consists of twenty five member states, however there is confusion and disagreement about...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42960-3 (Routledge)

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European Union Enlargement

A Comparative History

Edited by JURGEN ELVERT, Wolfram Kaiser

European Union Enlargement provides a comparative analysis of the post-war European policies of those states that joined the European Union between 1973 and 1995.

The volume...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42965-8 (Routledge)

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Governing Europe

Discourse, Governmentality and European Integration

By William Walters, Jens Henrik Haahr

Governing Europe is the first book to systematically link Michel Foucault's hypotheses on power and 'governmentality' with the study of European integration. Through a series...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42966-5 (Routledge)

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The World Bank and Governance

A Decade of Reform and Reaction

Edited by Diane L. Stone, Christopher Wright

This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.

The World Bank is viewed as...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41650-4 (Routledge)

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Comparing Welfare Capitalism

Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA

Edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Philip Manow

This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.
With approaches ranging from historical case...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40653-6 (Routledge)

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Politics of Sexuality

Identity, Gender, Citizenship

Edited by Terrell Carver, Veronique Mottier

This book recognises sexuality as a mainstream concept in political analysis and explores issues in the politics of sexuality that are highly salient and controversial...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40673-4 (Routledge)

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The Political Theory of Global Citizenship

By April Carter

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism and world citizenship in the history of Western political thought, and in the evolution...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39944-9 (Routledge)

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Constructivism and International Relations

Alexander Wendt and his critics

Edited by Stefano Guzzini, Anna LeanderBarry Buzan (Series Editor)

This new book unites in one volume some of the most prominent critiques of Alexander Wendt's constructivist theory of international relations and includes the first...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41120-2 (Routledge)

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Confronting Past Human Rights Violations

By Chandra Lekha Sriram

This book examines what makes accountability for previous violations more or less possible for transitional regimes to achieve. It closely examines the other vital goals...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40758-8 (Routledge)

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The Iraq War

European Perspectives on Politics, Strategy and Operations

Edited by Jan Hallenberg, Håkan Karlsson

We are living amidst the fallout of the most controversial conflict of our times. This book is a tough examination of how and why it...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40779-3 (Routledge)

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NATO and Peace Support Operations, 1991-1999

Policies and Doctrines

By Henning A. Frantzen

This new book addresses the key question of how NATO and three of its member states are configuring their policies and military doctrines in order...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40789-2 (Routledge)

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Propaganda, the Press and Conflict

The Gulf War and Kosovo

By David R. Willcox

An incisive analysis of the use of the press for propaganda purposes during conflicts, using the first Gulf War and the intervention in Kosovo as case studies....

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40791-5 (Routledge)

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Peace Operations After 11 September 2001

By Thierry Tardy

This book explores the possible consequences of the events of 11 September 2001, and of the 'fight against terrorism', the way peace operations are perceived...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40864-6 (Routledge)

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Global Governmentality

Governing International Spaces

Edited by Wendy Larner, William Walters

Foucault's thoughts on governmentality have made a significant impact on the studies of power and governance in modern societies. However, most studies of governmentality confine...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40680-2 (Routledge)

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Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life

Edited by PAUL DEKKER, ERIC M. USLANER

This timely volume puts emphasis on the effect of social capital on everyday life: how the routines of daily life lead people to get involved...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40662-8 (Routledge)

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Anti-Immigrantism in Western Democracies

Statecraft, Desire and the Politics of Exclusion

By Roxanne Doty

Anti-Immigrantism in Western Democracies looks at immigration in the US, the UK and France within the context of globalisation and questions our understanding of the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40668-0 (Routledge)

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Human Rights in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

By Ian Neary

Ian Neary looks in detail at the history of the introduction of human rights ideas into Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and examines how, and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40669-7 (Routledge)

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Russian Governance in the 21st Century

Geo-Strategy, Geopolitics and New Governance

By Irina Isakova

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8546-5 (Routledge)

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Islam in Post-Soviet Russia

Edited by Hilary Pilkington, Galina Yemelianova

This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia....

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40624-6 (Routledge)

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The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin

A Study in Twentieth Century Revolutionary Patriotism

By Erik van Ree

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the political thought of Joseph Stalin. Making full use of the documentation that has recently become available, including...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40626-0 (Routledge)

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Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism

Edited by Katharine Adeney, Lawrence Saez

This new collection examines the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India and the ways in which its Hindu nationalist agenda has been...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40600-0 (Routledge)

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Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe

By Stefan Auer

After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of liberal democracy in the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40612-3 (Routledge)

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Constituting Human Rights

Global Civil Society and the Society of Democratic States

By Mervyn Frost

Global civil society and the society of democratic states are the two most inclusive and powerful global practices of our time. In this book, Frost...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40654-3 (Routledge)

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Ethics, Justice and International Relations

Constructing an International Community

By Peter Sutch

This topical and timely book critically explores contemporary liberal international relations theory. In the fifty years since the declaration of human rights, the language...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40656-7 (Routledge)

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Democratic Innovation

Deliberation, Representation and Association

Edited by Michael Saward

Democratic Innovation is an original look at the political future of democracy, exploring the latest ideas aimed at renewing popular power.
Featuring new writings by...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40657-4 (Routledge)

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Globalising Intellectual Property Rights

The TRIPS Agreement

By Duncan Matthews

In Globalising Intellectual Property Rights, Matthews looks at various aspects of the TRIPS Agreement: agenda-setting, legal interpretation, implementation, enforcement and revision - from the viewpoint...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40658-1 (Routledge)

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Croatia

Between Europe and the Balkans

By William Bartlett

This book addresses the key developments in economics, politics, international relations and social policy in Croatia over the last decade.

It places these developments in their...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40659-8 (Routledge)

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Do Political Campaigns Matter?

Campaign Effects in Elections and Referendums

Edited by David M. Farrell, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40660-4 (Routledge)

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Human Rights and Gender Politics

Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon, Martha Macintyre, Vera Mackie, Maila Stivens

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19174-6 (Routledge)

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Democracy and Political Change in the Third World

Edited by Jeff Haynes

This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. It considers the patchy democratic record of such...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40670-3 (Routledge)

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Understanding the European Union's External Relations

Edited by MICHELE KNODT, SEBASTIAAN PRINCEN

The European Union is one of the world's biggest economies. However, its role as an international actor is ambiguous and it's not always able to...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40664-2 (Routledge)

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European Governance and Supranational Institutions

Making States Comply

By Jonas Talberg

This book examines the influence of the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in the political and legal enforcement of member state compliance...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40665-9 (Routledge)

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Iceland and European Integration

On the Edge

Edited by BALDUR THORHALLSSON

Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union?

This unique volume uses the case study of Iceland - the only Nordic state to have...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40666-6 (Routledge)

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Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform

Edited by Guy Peters, Jon Pierre

Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40667-3 (Routledge)

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Democratic Revolutions

Asia and Eastern Europe

By Mark K. Thompson

Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic uprisings against unyielding dictatorships that...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40682-6 (Routledge)

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Communities Across Borders

New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures

Edited by Paul Kennedy, Victor Roudometof

Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together.

It show...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40672-7 (Routledge)

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Political Theory and the European Constitution

Edited by Lynn Dobson, Andreas Follesdal

In June 2003, the Convention on the Future of Europe released what may become the Constitution of the European Union. This timely volume provides one...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40674-1 (Routledge)

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The Media of Diaspora

Mapping the Globe

Edited by Karim H. Karim

The Media of Diaspora examines how diasporic communities have used new communications media to maintain and develop community ties on a local and transnational level....

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40675-8 (Routledge)

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Mediating International Crises

By Victor Asal, David Quinn, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Young

This new book shows how international crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but also to the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40677-2 (Routledge)

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Decision Making Within International Organisations

Edited by Bob Reinalda, Bertjan Verbeek

Following the end of the Cold War and in the context of globalization, this book examines the extent to which member states dominate decision making...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40678-9 (Routledge)

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Environmental Policy in Europe

The Europeanization of National Environmental Policy

Edited by Andrew J. Jordan, Duncan Liefferink

The continuing development of the European Union (EU) is transforming policy and politics in its member countries, and possibly in an even larger number of...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40679-6 (Routledge)

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The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia

By Tim Donais

A fresh examination of the political economy of the peacebuilding process in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the aftermath of the country's 1992-95 war.

Little progress has been made in transforming...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40792-2 (Routledge)

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Space Warfare

Strategy, Principles and Policy

By John J. Klein

This new study considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

Explaining why and how strategists note the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40796-0 (Routledge)

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NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Regional Alliance, Global Threats

By Eric Terzuolo

NATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the "new threats"...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40797-7 (Routledge)

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If China Attacks Taiwan

Military Strategy, Politics and Economics

Edited by Steve Tsang

This is a new analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This is one of the most tense...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40785-4 (Routledge)

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Political Campaigning in Referendums

Framing the Referendum Issue

By Holli A. Semetko, Claes H. de Vreese

This book reviews the research on campaigns and elections and investigates the effects of campaigning in referendums, drawing on panel survey data, media content data,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41132-5 (Routledge)

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Development and Democracy

What Have We Learned and How?

Edited by Ole Elgström, Goran Hyden

Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic development and democracy, but suggests that globalization is a key variable in determining the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40671-0 (Routledge)

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Constructivism and International Relations

Alexander Wendt and his Critics

Edited by Stefano Guzzini, Anna LeanderBarry Buzan (Series Editor)

This new book unites in one volume some of the most prominent critiques of Alexander Wendt's constructivist theory of international relations and includes the first...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33271-2 (Routledge)

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Liberalism and War

The Victors and the Vanquished

By Andrew Williams

Military power is now the main vehicle for regime change. The US army has been used on more than 30 different occasions in the post-Cold...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37833-8 (Routledge)

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The Scope of Tolerance

Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press

By Raphael Cohen-Almagor

One of the dangers in any political system is that the principles that underlie and characterize it may, through their application, bring about its destruction....

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35758-6 (Routledge)

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Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History

From the Middle Ages to the Present

Edited by Tjitske Akkerman, Siep Stuurman

Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-15221-1 (Routledge)

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Outcast Europe: The Balkans, 1789-1989

From the Ottomans to Milosevic

By Tom Gallagher

Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37559-7 (Routledge)

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The Military and Negotiation

The Role of the Soldier-Diplomat

By Deborah Goodwin

This is an investigation of the role of the modern soldier/diplomat and the nature of military negotiation, in comparison with negotiation in other contexts....

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37900-7 (Routledge)

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The Fall

A Comparative Study of the End of Communism in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland

By Steven Saxonberg

With a foreword by Seymour Lipset, Hoover Institution and George Mason University, USA

The Fall examines one of the twentieth century's great historical puzzles: why did...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36420-1 (Routledge)

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Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53

The Information Research Department

By Dr Andrew Defty

In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8361-4 (Routledge)

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Constructing Post-Soviet Geopolitics in Estonia

By Pami Aalto

This work examines the construction of post-Soviet political space, geopolitical discourses and boundaries in Estonia.

Making use of innovative methodological solutions such as Q-methodology, its...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8349-2 (Routledge)

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