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.
Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks: The Dark Side of Social Media
1st Edition
By Nilda Garcia
December 13, 2021
Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios.Using social network analysis, and analyzing the use of web platforms Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, Nilda M. Garcia provides ...
The Duty of Care in International Relations: Protecting Citizens Beyond the Border
1st Edition
Edited
By Nina Graeger, Halvard Leira
December 13, 2021
This book offers a first overarching look at the relationship between states and their citizens abroad, approached through the concept 'Duty of Care'. How can society best be protected, when increasing numbers of citizens are found outside the borders of the state? What are the limits to care – in ...
The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution
1st Edition
By Melissa Ziegler Rogers
December 13, 2021
Numerous scholars have noticed that certain political institutions, including federalism, majoritarian electoral systems, and presidentialism, are linked to lower levels of income redistribution. This book offers a political geography explanation for those observed patterns. Each of these ...
Laws of Politics: Their Operations in Democracies and Dictatorships
1st Edition
By Alfred G. Cuzán
August 24, 2021
Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics. Starting with how basic elements of politics—leadership, organization, ideology, resources, and...
Iran in the International System: Between Great Powers and Great Ideas
1st Edition
Edited
By Heinz Gärtner, Mitra Shahmoradi
August 02, 2021
Drawing on Iran’s history and its relations with great powers and regional neighbours, this book addresses the question of how much continuity and/or change there is in Iranian international relations since the Iranian revolution. Iran has often been at the centre of the political debate on both ...
Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Masahiko Asada
June 30, 2021
Providing perspectives from a range of experts, including international lawyers, political scientists, and practitioners, this book assesses current theory and practice of economic sanctions, discussing current legal and political challenges faced by the international community.It examines both the...
Resistance, Power and Conceptions of Political Order in Islamist Organizations: Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas
1st Edition
By Maren Koss
June 30, 2021
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Islamist organizations' conceptions of political order based on a comparative case study of the Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah and the Sunni Palestinian Hamas. Connecting Islamism research, Critical Constructivist norm research, and resistance studies from ...
Sincerity in Politics and International Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Sorin Baiasu, Sylvie Loriaux
June 30, 2021
This edited volume examines concepts of sincerity in politics and international relations in order to discuss what we should expect of politicians, within what parameters they should work, and how their decisions and actions could be made consistent with morality.The volume features an ...
South Africa and the UN Human Rights Council: The Fate of the Liberal Order
1st Edition
By Eduard Jordaan
June 30, 2021
This book provides a detailed analysis of South Africa’s actions on the UN Human Rights Council, examining the country’s positions on civil and political rights, economic rights and development, social groups whose rights are frequently violated, and abuses in specific countries.The most detailed ...
The Global Politics of Jazz in the Twentieth Century: Cultural Diplomacy and "American Music"
1st Edition
By Yoshiomi Saito
June 30, 2021
From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array...
Changing Arms Control Norms in International Society
1st Edition
By Kenki Adachi
April 30, 2021
When states’ survival is at stake, do states behave according to norms, do states refrain from using certain weapons based on norms against their use? Adachi presents a comprehensive analytical framework for analysing norm dynamics, incorporating the existing literature, while expanding the norm ...
Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisa Schirch
April 27, 2021
Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, ...