International Relations

Focusing on a detailed look at Japanese apologies for the Second World War from 1984 to 1995, this book explores the issues of motive, what makes an apology a ‘success’, interactive/dialogical dimensions, international pressures, and role of apology in a changing international moral climate...

This book provides a detailed examination of Japan's diplomatic relations in the important decade of the 1950s, a decade when many new international problems emerged, where Japan established patterns in its international relationships which continue today...

Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this text presents a stimulating interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy, providing a greater understanding of key aspects of the countrys' bilateral relations from the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 to the parall..

This book analyses the rise to prominence of international religious freedom within the context of US foreign policy showing how this has also influenced other states and the EU. It compares and contrasts the emerging Western consensus with other notions of religious freedom as shaped by religious l..

Leadership Matters..

Provides a detailed analysis of the Chinese Communist Party's discourse in the post-Tiananmen period which emphasises stability, and which has been used by the Party to legitimate its authority...

This volume offers an up-to-date, multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. With a focus on a variety of critical questions about the host nation, its society and the politics of culture, sport and leisure,..

This book examines the limits to cosmopolitan liberal peacebuilding caused by its preoccupation with the values and assumptions of neoliberal global governance...

This book examines the limits to cosmopolitan liberal peacebuilding caused by its preoccupation with the values and assumptions of neoliberal global governance...

Using a world systems approach this book examines how globalization is experienced around the world and compares its intensity and impact in industrialized countries and developing countries, focusing on economic growth, technological diffusion, debt, North-South conflict, democratisation and global..

Covering the history of Israel since its birth, this book focuses on the historical, ideological and political determinants of the civil rights issues within Israel. Topics covered include the historical and ideological roots of Israeli democracy and problems of democracy versus national security...

A unique resource for women worldwide, written by authoritative scholars and practitioners and sponsored by an international group with truly global reach..