Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
About the Book Series
International relations is a rapidly changing area of research, reacting to and anticipating an ever more integrated and globalised world. This series aims to publish the best new work in the field of international relations, and of politics more generally. Books in the series challenge existing empirical and normative theories, and advance new paradigms as well as presenting significant new research.
State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa: The Horn's Dilemma
1st Edition
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By Asafa Jalata
October 12, 2004
By identifying the critical central contradictions that are built into the politics of the Horn of Africa, this book demonstrates that the crises of the Horn states stem from their political behaviour and structural forces, such as internal social forces, and global forces that have become involved...
Global Governmentality: Governing International Spaces
1st Edition
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By Wendy Larner, William Walters
September 01, 2004
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 themselves to the exploration of power within nation-states. Global Governmentality extends Foucault's political thought...
Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism
1st Edition
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By Daniele Conversi
March 12, 2004
In Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World, world-renowned scholars employ various aspects of Connor's work to explicate the recent upsurge of nationalism on a global scale. In keeping with the growing awareness that the study of ethnonationalism requires an interdisciplinary approach, the ...
Power, Postcolonialism and International Relations: Reading Race, Gender and Class
1st Edition
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By Chowdhry Geeta, Sheila Nair
December 09, 2003
"Chowdhry and Nair, along with the authors of this volume, make a timely, vital, and deeply necessary intervention in international relations - one that informs theoretically, enriches our knowledge of the world through its narratives, and forces us to confront the differentiated wholeness of our ...
Russian Foreign Policy and the CIS
1st Edition
By Nicole J. Jackson
November 07, 2003
This book investigates the options, the debates and the ensuing policies of the fledgling Russian government. It examines the evolution of policy from the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 until the Presidential elections in June 1996.Analysing Russia's actions in the context of ...
Asia and Europe: The Development and Different Dimensions of ASEM
1st Edition
By Lay Hwee Yeo
September 26, 2003
This book provides a systematic and thorough examination of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process which brings together the fifteen EU member states, the European Commission and ten East and Southeast Asian countries. The author not only traces the actual development of the ASEM process, but also ...
Capturing Globalization
1st Edition
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By James H Mittelman, Norani Othman
October 18, 2002
What are the moral codes and normative principles inscribed in globalization? How do diverse communities optimize their positions, and try to capture these processes? What are the foremost cultural and political attempts to govern the market? What are the social and ethical limits to a framework ...
Constituting Human Rights: Global Civil Society and the Society of Democratic States
1st Edition
By Mervyn Frost
May 10, 2002
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 claims that, without an understanding of the role that individual human rights play in these practices no adequate understanding of any major feature ...
Uncertain Europe: Building a New European Security Order?
1st Edition
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By Martin Smith, Graham Timmins
August 24, 2001
This timely book considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. The contributors examine issues including: the dual enlargement process and German and Russian relationships with it; NATO and the pan-European security agenda; East European reactions to ...
Ethics, Justice and International Relations: Constructing an International Community
1st Edition
By Peter Sutch
May 29, 2001
This topical and timely book critically explores contemporary liberal international relations theory. In the fifty years since the declaration of human rights, the language of international relations has come to incorporate the language of justice and injustice. The book argues that if justice is...
The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East
1st Edition
By Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, Kemal Kirisci
December 14, 1998
This book explores the current anatomy of regional cooperation and why it has often failed to take hold. It offers an alternative view of politics and international relations in the Middle East. The findings show that co-operation between many of the more open regimes, such as Israel, Jordan, Egypt...