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.
The International Criminal Court: A Global Civil Society Achievement
1st Edition
By Marlies Glasius
December 03, 2007
A new examination of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from a political science and international relations perspective. It describes the main features of the court and discusses the political negotiations and the on-going clashes between those states who oppose the court, particularly ...
Culture and International Relations: Narratives, Natives and Tourists
1st Edition
By Julie Reeves
October 01, 2007
Culture and International Relations contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of culture. The author challenges the notion that IR has only been interested in culture since the end of the Cold War by ...
Gender and Civil Society
1st Edition
By Jude Howell, Diane Mulligan
November 30, 2006
Over the last two decades there has been considerable enthusiasm for the concept of civil society amongst researchers, practitioners and activists. Yet despite this enthusiasm for the concept, the gendered nature of civil society and the impact of feminist organizing on civil society has received ...
Global Civil Society: Contested Futures
1st Edition
Edited
By Gideon Baker, David Chandler
November 22, 2006
For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity. This challenge 'from below' to the...
Mediating International Crises
1st Edition
By Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Young, David Quinn, Victor Asal
November 01, 2006
This new book shows how international crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but also to the entire international system. Recognizing the primacy of crises as defining moments in international relations, scholars and policy makers ...
Political Learning and Citizenship Education Under Conflict: The Political Socialization of Israeli and Palestinian Youngsters
1st Edition
By Orit Ichilov
December 02, 2004
The central objective of this book is to analyze the characteristics of the social contexts and environments in conflict situations, and the impact that these socializing environments may have on the political learning and emerging citizenship orientations of youngsters. Special attention is given ...
Africa in International Politics: External Involvement on the Continent
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Taylor, Paul Williams
November 22, 2004
Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy framework in order to study how these powers ...
State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa: The Horn's Dilemma
1st Edition
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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 ...