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Human Security

by Mary Kaldor

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars are taking place live in daily fear of violence....


Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil

by Ulrich Beck

Translated by Ciaran Cronin.

 

The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of...


The Historical Muhammad

by Irving M. Zeitlin

In his quest for the historical Muhammad, Zeitlin's chief aim is to catch glimpses of the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary founder. Islam, as its Prophet came to conceive it, was a strict...


The European Union and Emerging Powers in the 21st Century: How Europe Can Shape a New Global Order

by Thomas Renard & Sven Biscop

Analysing the shifts in the global structure of power, leading European contributors reflect on how the EU can utilise collective strength to engage and compete with rapidly developing nations. They examine...


Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization

by Thomas D. Schoonover

WITH A FOREWORD BY WALTER LAFEBERThe roots of American globalization can be found in the War of 1898. Then, as today, the United States actively engaged in globalizing its economic order, itspolitical institutions,...


Global Media: The Television Revolution in Asia

by James D. White

This book is about the processes of globalization, demonstrated through a comparative study of three television case histories in Asia. Also illustrated are different approaches to providing television services...


Global Entertainment Media: Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

by Tanner Mirrlees

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media.

In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing,...


The EU as International Environmental Negotiator

by Tom Delreux

This examination of the EU's participation in international environmental negotiations reveals the internal decision-making process behind multilateral environmental agreements. The book's empirical evidence...


Globalization of Law and Human Rights: From Norms to Fulfillment

by Alison Brysk

How does the globalization of law, the emergence of multiple and shifting venues of legal accountability, enhance or evade the fulfillment of international human rights? Alison Brysk's edited volume aims to...


Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict

by Craig Zelizer

An exploration of how the theory and practice of integrated peacebuilding can be applied across diverse disciplines


Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate

by Hari Bansha Dulal, Luis F. López-Calva & Nora Lustig

Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate-related challenges...


The Persistence of Nationalism: From Imagined Communities to Urban Encounters

by Angharad Closs Stephens

This is a book about the difficulties of thinking and acting politically in ways that refuse the politics of nationalism. The book offers a detailed study of how contemporary attempts by theorists of cosmopolitanism,...


Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work

by Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette & Elisabeth Whitmore

Globalization has become a seemingly unstoppable force over recent decades and, in its wake, global notions of social justice have developed in response to its negative aspects. Neo-liberal economic policies...


India - From Regional to World Power

by Ashok Kapur

This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century. 

The author shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors...


Interregionalism and International Relations: A Stepping Stone to Global Governance?

by Jürgen Rüland, Heiner Hänggi & Ralf Roloff

Interregionalism, the institutionalized relations between world regions, is a new phenomenon in international relations. It also a new layer of development in an increasingly differentiated global order.

This...


Postcolonial Theory and International Relations: A Critical Introduction

by Sanjay Seth

What can postcolonialism tell us about international relations? What can international relations tell us about postcolonialism?

In recent years, postcolonial perspectives and insights have challenged our conventional...


Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics: The Scars of Violence

by Brent J. Steele

In fields such as politics, international relations, public administration and international law, there is a rapidly growing interest in the topic of 'accountability'. In this innovative new work, Steele shows...


Making Global Economic Governance Effective: Hard and Soft Law Institutions in a Crowded World

by John Kirton & Marina Larionova & Paolo Savona

This book examines how, and how well, the multilateral organizations and the G8 are dealing with the central challenges facing the contemporary international community, how they have worked well and poorly together,...


Beyond Civilization: Society, Culture, and the Individual in the Age of Globalization

by Harry Redner

According to Harry Redner, the phrase "beyond civilization" refers to the new and unprecedented condition the world is now entering—specifically, the condition commonly known as globalization....


Has the European Experiment Failed?: The Munk Debate on Europe

by Niall Ferguson, Daniel COHN-BENDIT & Josef Joffe

In the sweep of human history, the European Union stands out as one of humankind's most ambitious endeavors. It encompasses half a billion people, twenty-seven member states, twenty-three languages, and an economy...