International relations Books

A global system of mass, warrantless, government surveillance now imperils privacy and other civil liberties essential to sustaining the free world. This project to unilaterally, totally control information flow is a product of complex, ongoing interplay...

The collection of Margaret Paston's letters and papers from fifteenth century England offer an invaluable example of daily life during that period. Drawing on a close reading of these personal letters, as well as Paston's will, this book reveals how...

The Andean region has been, and continues to be, at the center of a struggle over embracing economic globalization and market democracies or eschewing such models for various nationalist/socialist strategies of development and politics. The regions' milit

The Lomé Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address...

The crisis that nearly brought the world's financial house down in 2008 demonstrated clearly and powerfully that the global economy cannot work well where there is widespread deception based in deep-seated corruption and lack of accountability. Corruption

Social scientists are motivated to understand how various facets of society influence all sorts of behavior. Individual's perceptions about their significance in a given community can have meaningful effects on the way in which we look to communities to...

North Korea's foreign policy behavior has long intrigued scholars, puzzled laymen, frustrated negotiators, and aggravated policy-makers. This book brings together the work of ten of the world's foremost scholars and leading experts on North Korea to...

In a post-Cold War, post-9/11 world, the advent of US global supremacy resulted in the installation, perpetuation, and dissemination of an Absolutist Security Agenda (ASA). The ASA explicitly and aggressively articulates US national security as global...

Following the disintegration of the Soviet bloc, many Central and Eastern European Countries launched a vigorous "return to Europe" campaign, which primarily focused on accession to NATO and the European Union. By 2007, ten countries became members of...

Preface; G.Carey Introduction; G.Clarke & M.Jennings Faith-Based Organizations and International Development: An Overview; G.Clarke Intelligent Design?: A Gender-Sensitive Interrogation of Religion and Development; R.Pearson & E.Tomalin The Language of...

Drawing from rationalist and constructivist approaches, the book examines the impact of the EU on the polity, policies and politics of Cyprus. Driven primarily by political concerns and the need to secure a viable solution to the Cyprus problem,...

Introduction PART I: A THEORY OF WELFARE? Communitarian Communism The Communism of Abundance PART II: A THEORY OF FREEDOM Freedom and the Individual The Emancipation of Labour PART III: A REFORMULATION Foundations of the Liberation Theory The Politics of...

Over the last decade, the main area of sustained populist growth has been Western Europe, with populist movements reaching new heights in countries such as France, Italy, Austria and Holland. Twenty-First Century Populism analyses this phenomenon by...

A collection of essays from internationally renowned scholars in the field of Anglo-French relations, providing an authoritative survey for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying International Relations in the twentieth century.

The Transnationalization of Public Spheres takes a fresh look at a widely debated question in international relations and political communication research: How can public discourses contribute to democratic governance beyond the nation state? Focusing on...

Britain, Germany and the Future of the European Union outlines the changes in British and German European policies which have been characteristic of a process of normalization in both countries. Schweiger examines possible areas for cooperation between...

This wide-ranging, historically informed study examines the career of the culture concept and related notions of context in comparative and international politics, tracing connections through the disciplines of anthropology and history as well as through...

What are the limits of Europeanization? This book explores the impact of the European Union's agenda of structural reform on Greece. This is a setting that welcomes closer European unity, but which apparently struggles to adapt to the demands of...

Education policy-making has become a 'hot topic' in many industrialized countries today. Through initiatives by international organizations, such as the OECD's PISA study or the consequences of the GATS negotiations for the marketization in education,...

Introduction Self/Other Interaction in IR Identity/ Difference and the EU Negotiating 'Europe': EU-Turkey Relations EU and the Regional Order Identity/ Difference and the ASEAN Conclusion

Late modern wars are legitimized through invocations of humanity; variously the rescue and protection of populations, the re-shaping of entire societies, and the re-constitution of the sphere of the international into a pacified cosmopolitan arena...

Memory, Trauma and World Politics focuses on the effect that the memory of traumatic episodes, and especially war and genocide, has on shaping contemporary political identities. The interdisciplinary team of contributors employ a variety of theoretical...

Since the end of the Cold War, Europe has been the stage of a large-scale project of international socialization. European regional organizations such as the OSCE, the Council of Europe, NATO, and the EU assumed the task of inducting the transition...

NATO is the perennial survivor. Crises come and go, yet still it persists. Two decades since the watershed of the Cold War, this book investigates NATO's staying power. From the collapse of the Soviet Union through wars in the Balkans, and interventions...

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors The EU and Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Questions and Issues; P.G.Lewis The Impact of the EU on the Czech Party System; L.Linek & Z.Mansfeldová From 'Sexy Men' to 'Socialists Gone...

Sir Herbert Butterfield was one of the leading British historians of the Twentieth Century . A diplomatic historian by training, he branched out into a variety of fields including historiography, the history of science and international theory. The...

This collection of essays examines the diplomatic corps as an institution of international society. Contributors include both leading scholars from the field of diplomatic studies, serving diplomats, and scholar-diplomats. The central argument of the...

The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system. The authors track the rise of peace as a new phenomenon in...

A Legal Geography of Yugoslavia's Disintegration explains the violent break-up of the former Yugoslavia in early 1990s in the context of two legal principles- sovereignty and the self-determination of peoples. The author recounts Yugoslavia's...

The TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights), signed on April 15, 1994, introduced intellectual property protection into the World Trade Organization's multilateral trading system, and it remains the most...

""A View Of The Causes And Consequences Of The Present War With France"" is a historical book written by Thomas Erskine in 1797. The book provides a detailed account of the causes and consequences of the ongoing war between Great Britain and France at...

A Treatise On Courts Martial (1769) is a book written by Stephen Payne Adye that provides a comprehensive guide to the laws and procedures governing military courts martial in the 18th century. The book covers a range of topics, including the authority...

A Treatise On Admiralty And Prize: Together With Some Suggestions For The Guide And Government Of United States Naval Commanders In Maritime Wars is a book written by David Roberts in 1869. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the laws and...

""A Topical Discussion of American History"" is a book written by William Coligny Doub and published in 1900. The book is a comprehensive overview of American history, covering various topics such as the discovery of America, the colonization of the...

""A System To Organize And Establish Military Discipline"" is a book written by John Smith in 1845. The book focuses on establishing and organizing military discipline in a patriotic or defensive army. It provides a comprehensive guide on how to resist...

""A Treatise of Captures in War"" is a book written by Richard Lee in 1803, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal principles governing the capture of enemy ships and goods during times of war. The book covers a wide range of topics,...

A System of Camp Discipline: Military Honors, Garrison Duty, and Other Regulations for the Land Forces is a book written by Richard Kane in 1757. The book provides a comprehensive guide to military discipline, covering topics such as camp organization,...

A Survey of the Turkish Empire is a historical book written by William Eton in 1798. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the Turkish Empire, including its geography, history, politics, religion, and culture. The author describes the Ottoman...

""A Sketch of the Germanic Constitution: From Early Times to the Dissolution of the Empire"" is a historical book written by Samuel Epes Turner and originally published in 1888. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the Germanic Constitution,...