Politics and government

Originally published in 1945 at a time when China's importance in world affairs was growing, this book examined the story of China's long past which explains her strengths and weaknesses and rightly predicted the role the country would play in the future of Asia and the world.

Originally published in 1983, the contributors to this book focus on a small group of private individuals who own a large part of Britain's assets.

Originally published in 1945 at a time when China's importance in world affairs was growing, this book examined the story of China's long past which explains her strengths and weaknesses and rightly predicted the role the country would play in the future of Asia and the world.

Algeria, the largest country in North Africa, is geopolitically significant due to its strategic location and natural resources.

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

Originally published in 1983, the contributors to this book focus on a small group of private individuals who own a large part of Britain's assets.

This book delineates the contours of Muslim political articulation and its contribution to democracy in the Telugu region.

How can business education enhance value for students, employers, and the rest of society?

First published in 1981, The World of States focuses on the sovereign state.

Situated fatefully between the peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and the waters of the Caspian Sea, the republic of Azerbaijan's journey to modern statehood has been an eventful one, influenced by the great empires and cultures of world history.

First published in 1981, The World of States focuses on the sovereign state.

First published in 1933, This Russian Business analyses Soviet Russia.

Until this book was first published in 1979, poverty studies had been exclusively concerned with studying the poor.

Originally published in 1977, this book was written at a time when unemployment figures in Britain were at their highest since the Depression of the 1930s, with 1.

Napoleon - arguably more than any other single man - was the creator of modern total war; and in this book, originally published in 1962, he is seen creating one important side of it - that which concerns prisoners of war.

Algeria, the largest country in North Africa, is geopolitically significant due to its strategic location and natural resources.

Taking a sociological approach that stresses the dynamic interaction between teachers and students, Brian Heraud, in his book Training for Uncertainty (originally published in 1981), explores the process by which students are prepared for a professional role.

Napoleon - arguably more than any other single man - was the creator of modern total war; and in this book, originally published in 1962, he is seen creating one important side of it - that which concerns prisoners of war.

First published in 1991, Northern Ireland: Faith and Faction is not a work of formal historical scholarship but rather the product of extensive reading and reflection by the author, a native of Northern Ireland deeply connected to the province throughout his life.

Over the last two decades German political history has changed fundamentally.

Constrained Expertise in India and China explores what kinds of knowledge and knowledge purveyors get mobilized and privileged, and what gets sidelined in policymaking in India and China.

Constrained Expertise in India and China explores what kinds of knowledge and knowledge purveyors get mobilized and privileged, and what gets sidelined in policymaking in India and China.

This book argues that virtue ethics should be incorporated into public health ethics.

Although modern life grows increasingly casual, in many sectors, protocol still reigns supreme.

This book provides an indispensable source for understanding Korean economic and political views.

No Japanese leader has dominated Japan's recent political landscape more than the late Abe Shinzo.

This illuminating study describes the genesis of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention.

This book discusses the mishu (staff member, secretary) system and the operation of the Chinese Communist Party between 1921 and 2022, focusing on the system's impact on high-level politics and decision-making during four key periods.

Although modern life grows increasingly casual, in many sectors, protocol still reigns supreme.

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered an unprecedented shock to economies worldwide.

The son of a village doctor, Rutherford Alcock trained in medicine and became a battlefield surgeon, working in Portugal and Spain during the civil wars there in the 1830s.

The formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Western nations dawned when the first American consul-general Townsend Harris was received by the thirteenth Tokugawa shogun Iesada at Edo castle in 1857.

The son of a village doctor, Rutherford Alcock trained in medicine and became a battlefield surgeon, working in Portugal and Spain during the civil wars there in the 1830s.

This book discusses the mishu (staff member, secretary) system and the operation of the Chinese Communist Party between 1921 and 2022, focusing on the system's impact on high-level politics and decision-making during four key periods.

This book provides an indispensable source for understanding Korean economic and political views.

No Japanese leader has dominated Japan's recent political landscape more than the late Abe Shinzo.

What is the meaning of love in modern Chinese politics?

What is the meaning of love in modern Chinese politics?

The formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Western nations dawned when the first American consul-general Townsend Harris was received by the thirteenth Tokugawa shogun Iesada at Edo castle in 1857.

The Unfinished History of European Integration is a companion to the history of the European Union.

The Unfinished History of European Integration is a companion to the history of the European Union.

This book explores the link between the nature of governance and various dimensions of security in Nigeria since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999.

This book analyses infrastructure projects in the Balkan region, examining Chinese penetration in the area, the political and economic dimensions of these projects, and the controversy associated with them.

This illuminating study describes the genesis of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention.

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known.

This book offers not only an in-depth study of Feng Xiaogang as a cinematic auteur but also a comprehensive and informative discussion of the industrial transformation of mainstream Chinese cinema under party-state regulation from the 1990s to the 2010s.

This book provides an accessible and detailed examination of the intricate legal frameworks governing maritime security and jurisdiction at sea, systematically exploring the impact of key international law concepts on maritime security.

First published in 1983, Youth: Expectations and Transitions deals with one of the prime concerns of social policy at the time-what does society expect of its 15 to 18-year-olds as they face one of the major periods of transition in their lives, moving from adolescence to adulthood?

This book unlocks the transformative potential of Micro Human Efforts (MHE) in the domain of disaster resilience through an interwoven narrative of human resilience, grounded in insights from the influential special issue of the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters.

Torturing Environments explores how contemporary practices of coercion have evolved beyond overt physical torture, increasingly relying on psychological pressure, structural violence, and the manipulation of social and economic conditions.