International relations

A new explanation of the wave of democratization that has swept the world over the last few decades.

Huge mountain ranges and vast uninhabited areas characterize the Mountain West.

Global Financial Networked Governance provides a careful analysis of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the standard-setters under its umbrella to show how such government networks harness the power of public reputation to herd their members into compliance.

Investigates the transformation of German labour market policy, showing that Germany has departed from the conservative-corporatist path of welfare, especially with the Hartz Legislation of the Red-Green government.

This book combines academic wisdom and practitioners' insights to critically examine the challenges faced by civil service systems in the 21st Century.

While for many years scholars and journalists have focused on the more obvious manifestations of political life in the Middle East, one major theme has been consistently neglected.

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 role analysis, international relations and European integration.

Evaluation by experts involved in the implementation of the Charter, including Commissioners, NGOs and academics.

Examines many seminal experiments in international adjudication and the origins of several major existing international courts.

Based upon extensive archival research in Great Britain, the United States, and the Middle East, including sources never previously utilized such as declassified intelligence records, postwar planning documents, and the personal papers of key officials, this is painstakingly researched account of the origins of American involvement in the Middle East during the Presidency of Franklin D.

Most books on the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute between China and Japan are authored by either Chinese who argue that the islands belong to China or by Japanese who contend that the islands are rightfully Japan's.

Poetry is increasingly democratic in its use of different formats, but it can be difficult to know how to navigate the range of options available.

The human rights of communities in many resource-rich, weak governance States are adversely affected, not only by the acts of States and their agents, but also by powerful non-State actors.

This ambitious ten-volume series develops a comprehensive analysis of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states.

Leading scholars analyse key dilemmas in the application of sanctions and inducements on states that violate international non-proliferation commitments.

In 2018, the city of Cape Town faced the prospect of reaching 'day zero', that is a combination of natural and human-made factors leading to the complete collapse of its municipal water supply.

Using case-studies from those who have moved either transnationally or internally within their own country, international contributors offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move.

This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach.

This edited volume focuses on aspects of the understudied theme of African sea-power, including African navies and the engagement of non-African navies with the continent.

Among the main stumbling blocks of European Union-Western Balkan integration are the differences in perceptions on both sides.

Africa's association with the European Union has long been hailed as a progressive model of North-South relations.

The 1960s represented a revolutionary moment around the globe.

This important study examines the role of Africa's strategic mineral resources in global defense and in the international economic system.

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West.

'This well-written and highly readable book makes a major contribution to advancing our understanding of the contribution that economics can make to analysing the impact of international trade policies for environmental risks .

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire.

BBC bureau chief Paul Danahar sets out the new order in the Middle East following the Arab Spring, and explains what it will mean both for the region and the West.

As media coverage of terrorism and terroristic acts has increased so too has the discussion about the identities, motives, and gender of the perpetrators.

This book systematically analyses the EU's commitment to a human rights-based approach to development through the lens of global justice theory.

Widespread media interest into the Chechen conflict reflects an ongoing concern about the evolution of federal Russia.

This book investigates the ethical values that inform the global carbon integrity system, and reflects on alternative norms that could or should do so.

This book provides a new understanding of the eurozone crisis across three of the worst hit cases: Greece, Portugal, and Ireland.

This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process.

Before social unrest shook the region in the 1970s, Central America experienced more than a decade of rapid export growth by adding cotton and beef to the traditional coffee and bananas.

This book describes the emergence of research policy as a key competence of the European Union (EU).

This book describes the rules governing international security decision-making and examines the different understandings of collective security in the post-Cold War world.

With the enhancement of national power, China's relationship with the outside world is evolving from simple follow-up and passive adaptation to strong participation, proactive engagement and active leadership.

Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence.

The third edition of Jill Steans popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today.

Les évolutions technologiques transforment profondément les formes de la guerre et redéfinissent les concepts de dissuasion et de puissance militaire.

Combines data from Kenya and India to show how party instability can impact elites'' decisions to organize party violence.

This book advances the claims of feminist international relations scholars that the social construction of masculinities is key to resolving the scourges of militarism, sexual violence and international insecurity.

This book deals with the major problems that Japan and East Asian countries have faced during the turbulent years of their reconstruction and development from 1945 to the present time.

PEGASUS: der Investigativ-Bericht über den größten Spionage-Skandal seit der NSA-Affäre Die Spionage-Software Pegasus, die von der israelischen Firma NSO entwickelt wurde, kann jedes Mobiltelefon vollständig überwachen - und zwar ohne Spuren zu hinterlassen.

How can a just peace be built in sites of genocide, massive civil war, dictatorship, terrorism, and poverty?

This book examines the security, defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in NATO and its small partner states in the new security environment.