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.
Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security
1st Edition
By Michael Williams
June 15, 2007
This book examines the role of culture in contemporary security policies, providing a critical overview of the ways in which culture has been theorized in security studies. Developing a theoretical framework that stresses the relationship between culture, power, security and strategy, the volume ...
States of Political Discourse: Words, Regimes, Seditions
1st Edition
By Costas Constantinou
December 05, 2006
* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?* How do 'reasons of state' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community?* ...
The Power of International Theory: Reforging the Link to Foreign Policy-Making through Scientific Enquiry
1st Edition
By Fred Chernoff
December 05, 2006
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 of international relations was created with a purpose of helping policy makers to build a more peaceful and just world. ...
Hegemony & History
1st Edition
By Adam Watson
November 30, 2006
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 the development of, the English School. Adam Watson was one of the members of the British Committee on the Theory of ...
The Post-Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions and Reflexivity
1st Edition
By Ewan Harrison
November 22, 2006
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 the frameworks provided by structural realism, institutionalism and liberalism, The Post-Cold War International System examines how major powers responded ...
Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics
1st Edition
Edited
By Stefano Guzzini, Anna Leander
October 17, 2006
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 comprehensive reply by Wendt. Partly reprints of benchmark articles, partly new original critiques, the critical chapters are ...
The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU
1st Edition
By Jef Huysmans
April 11, 2006
The act of violence of 9/11 changed the global security agenda, catapulting terrorism to the top of the agenda. Weapons of mass destruction grabbed public interest and controlling the free movement of people became a national security priority. In this volume, Jef Huysmans critically engages with ...
Security as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War
1st Edition
By Lene Hansen
April 04, 2006
This important text offers a full and detailed account of how to use discourse analysis to study foreign policy. It provides a poststructuralist theory of the relationship between identity and foreign policy and an in-depth discussion of the methodology of discourse analysis. Part I offers a ...
Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations
1st Edition
By Emanuel Adler
June 06, 2005
In Emanuel Adler's distinctive constructivist approach to international relations theory, international practices evolve in tandem with collective knowledge of the material and social worlds. This book - comprising a fresh selection of his journal publications, a substantial new ...
Does China Matter?: A Reassessment: Essays in Memory of Gerald Segal
1st Edition
Edited
By Barry Buzan, Rosemary Foot
May 10, 2004
Gerald Segal’s last published paper ‘Does China Matter?’ made a considerable splash, and had he lived, it is certain that he would have followed it up with a book. This new volume honours his memory and takes forward his project, bringing together ten leading writers on China to reassess ...
Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Stefano Guzzini, Dietrich Jung
March 04, 2004
This book examines the development of peace research and explores its present challenges, focusing on the contribution made by the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. The authors investigate how peace research relates to security studies and international relations, providing a comprehensive study...
Shadow Globalization, Ethnic Conflicts and New Wars: A Political Economy of Intra-state War
1st Edition
Edited
By Dietrich Jung
January 17, 2003
Focusing on the political economy of so-called new wars, this book presents a series of studies that analyse the complexities of current warfare by moving from the global sphere to local spots of organised violence. It thus raises questions about the very idea of intra-state wars and shows that ...