International Relations

This book explores the interplay between sovereignty, politics and law through different conceptualizations of sovereignty. Despite developments such as European integration, globalization, and state failure, sovereignty proves to be a resilient institution in contemporary international politics...

This book gives a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the development of China’s diplomatic strategies since 1980s, which have been changed approximately every ten years to cope with the complicated and changing international situations...

Based on first-hand observation of local Tea Party chapters, undertakes a critical examination of the movement from the national and local level...

Citizens as consumers engage in political shopping; capitalists can build green developments; UK Muslim youth search the internet; Sicilian housewives take on the Mafia; vegetarians make a political statement; and, individuals may swarm like honeybees. This title presents the theory and practice of ..

Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’.Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa...

Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’.Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa...

This edited volume critically examines the widely supported doctrine of the 'Responsibility to Protect', and investigates the claim that it embodies progressive values in international politics...

This volume comprises the texts of the main international treaties which formed the legal skeleton of international relations during the 1980s, with details of signatories and amendments and a commentary on the general and particular situations to which they apply. _x005F_x000D_ The treaties are gro..

The United States is currently the linchpin of global trade, technology, and finance, and a military colossus, extending across the world with a network of bases and alliances. This book anticipates the possible issues raised by a transition between American dominance and the rise of alternative pow..

Defence procurement remains a relatively under-researched area, mostly focusing on the USA. This revealing book looks at defence procurement from the point of view of smaller countries such as Israel, Australia, Poland and Spain...

This edited book offers a broad examination of how democratic preferences and norms are relevant to security policy beyond the decision of whether to go to war, therefore providing a fresh understanding of state behaviour in the security realm...

The role of democracy promotion in US foreign policy has increased considerably in the last three decades, booming especially in the immediate years after the end of the Cold War.  Under Bill Clinton, there was an explicit attempt to do so by reframing American strategy in terms of ‘democratic enlar..