New International Relations
About the Book Series
The field of international relations has changed dramatically in recent years, with new subject matter being brought to light and new approaches from in and out of the social sciences being tried out. This series offers itself as a broad church for innovative work that aims to renew the discipline.
Deconstructing the Dynamics of World-Societal Order: The Power of Governmentality in Palestine
1st Edition
By Jan Busse
April 28, 2020
To get a better sense of power dynamics in global politics, this book presents an innovative theoretical framework, combining a critical engagement with, and further development of, Michel Foucault’s governmentality on the one hand, and the theory of world society of the Stanford School of ...
Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs
1st Edition
Edited
By Baldur Thorhallsson
September 05, 2019
Small states are dependent on the economic, political, and societal shelter provided by larger states and international organizations to survive and prosper. Iceland provides an ideal case study for shelter theory, due both to its smallness as compared with its larger neighbouring states, as well...
Nuclear Realism: Global political thought during the thermonuclear revolution
1st Edition
By Rens van Munster, Casper Sylvest
January 12, 2018
What is a realist response to nuclear weapons? This book is animated by the idea that contemporary attempts to confront the challenge of nuclear weapons and other global security problems would benefit from richer historical foundations. Returning to the decade of deep, thermonuclear anxiety ...
The Politics of Globality since 1945: Assembling the Planet
1st Edition
Edited
By Rens van Munster, Casper Sylvest
January 03, 2018
This timely, comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume advances an original argument about the complex roots and multiple politics of globality. It shows that technological innovations and decisive developments since 1945 – from the nuclear revolution to anthropogenic climate change and debates ...
The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010
1st Edition
By Laust Schouenborg
June 16, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Scandinavia as a regional international society, including the Nordic Peace and the rise of the Scandinavian welfare state. Schouenborg aims to take the next big step in the theoretical development of the English School of International Relations - ...
A Practice of Ethics for Global Politics: Ethical Reflexivity
1st Edition
By Jack L. Amoureux
June 07, 2017
What kind of ethics in world politics is possible if there is no foundation for moral knowledge or global reality is at least complex and contingent? Furthermore, how can an ethics grapple with difference, a persistent and confounding feature for global politics? This book responds to the call for ...
The United States and Great Power Responsibility in International Society: Drones, Rendition and Invasion
1st Edition
By Wali Aslam
February 27, 2017
This book evaluates American foreign policy actions from the perspective of great power responsibility, with three case studies: Operation Iraqi Freedom, American drone strikes in Pakistan and the post- 9/11 practice of extraordinary rendition. This book argues that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003...
War in International Society
1st Edition
By Lacy Pejcinovic
February 27, 2017
Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is ...
Africa and the Expansion of International Society: Surrendering the Savannah
1st Edition
By John Anthony Pella, Jr
November 08, 2016
This book explores the West-Central African role in, and experience during, the expansion of international society. Building upon theoretical contributions from the English School of international relations, historical sociology and sociology, it departs from Euro-centric assumptions by analysing ...
Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations
1st Edition
By Roger D. Spegele
November 08, 2016
International relations theory is witnessing a veritable explosion of works within the areas of modernism and postmodernism, yet there has been no attempt to compare these theories and their sources according to a common criterion or logical form. This author argues that while these ...
International Orders in the Early Modern World: Before the Rise of the West
1st Edition
Edited
By Shogo Suzuki, Yongjin Zhang, Joel Quirk
November 08, 2016
This book examines the historical interactions of the West and non-Western world, and investigates whether or not the exclusive adoption of Western-oriented ‘international norms’ is the prerequisite for the construction of international order. This book sets out to challenge the Eurocentric ...
Russia and the Idea of Europe: A Study in Identity and International Relations
2nd Edition
By Iver B. Neumann
October 11, 2016
The end of the Soviet system and the transition to the market in Russia, coupled with the inexorable rise of nationalism, brought to the fore the centuries-old debate about Russia's relationship with Europe. In this revised and updated second edition of Russia and the Idea of Europe, Iver Neumann ...