A comprehensive and accessible introduction to international relations theories with a unique emphasis on positioning IR......more
This book explains why, how, and where ethnic political parties unexpectedly seek votes from non-coethnics and when vote......more
This book reveals how decisions regarding where to migrate are made, what factors are considered, how these change over ......more
Environmental degradation is not new, yet the impact of pollution on human health and wellbeing is growing. According to......more
Environmental degradation is not new, yet the impact of pollution on human health and wellbeing is growing. According to......more
A call to arms from one of the great television journalists of his generation...more
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on......more
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on......more
A close look at failed U.S. policies in the Middle East, offering a fresh perspective on how best to reorient goals in t......more
The world is becoming an ever-smaller place through globalization, finance and economics, technology, media, and the man......more
Ukraine’s war with Russia is the largest military conflict to occur on the world stage since World War II....and this co......more
Several consecutive global crises, including the collapse of the Socialist bloc, the global economic crisis, the COVID-1......more
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Mexico is a country whose global political and economic significance are rapidly increasing. This book offers the first ......more
Canada’s longest war (2001-2014) pushed military, diplomatic, judicial and humanitarian organizations to their limits. W......more
This book investigates the important role of local actors in Sierra Leone in helping to foster peace and provide for the......more
Drawing on evidence from eight case studies from across three Asian subregions, this volume highlights the distinctive f......more
This book explores how political power has shaped the elite and their development in North Korea by examining changes of......more
This book is the first empirical account on the making of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Announced jointly by I......more
Investigating ideological debates between "left" and "right," this book reveals how municipal policy attitudes and elect......more
Ravi Dutt Bajpai examines some of the pivotal episodes in the modern history of China and India to argue that their beha......more
This edited volume examines the competitive dynamics of two order-building projects in the Indo-Pacific, namely China’s ......more
The human cost of Africa’s longstanding exploitation by foreign imperialist powers within the global capitalist economy ......more
This book addresses three innovative aspects for the study of International Relations: first, proposes a novel theoretic......more
The establishment of a communist regime in China upended Western plans for the post-WWII Asian order. As the United Stat......more
This book provides an insight into the complex entanglements between African countries and India, China, and South Korea......more
In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, po......more
After the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the United States became deeply involved in Greek affairs. By 195......more
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This book is a pioneering multi-disciplinary analytical study of Caribbean political corruption grounded in Caribbean ep......more
Written by a team of leading China specialists, this updated 2nd edition of Chinese Politics explores the dynamics of st......more
Written by a team of leading China specialists, this updated 2nd edition of Chinese Politics explores the dynamics of st......more
From the violent skinhead protests of the early 1990s to the National Socialist Underground murder spree of the 2000s an......more
This edited book aims to present a well-balanced view on the heated debate about BRI’s "debt trap" controversy within th......more
This open-access book aims to explore and promote indigenous participation in legal design and visual law, with a specif......more
Camouflaged by "Covid-19," an undeclared global class war was initiated in 2020, aimed at replacing liberal democracy wi......more
This book helps explain how and why there are such diverging outcomes of UN peace negotiations and treaties through a de......more
Anthropocene and Cosmopolitan Citizenship criticizes the Westphalia system of international relations and, as an alterna......more
This report is part of a larger RAND Corporation study on the societal foundations of national competitiveness. The auth......more
This is the only book to tell, in a way that should appeal to both specialised historians and the general reader, the st......more
As Volume 1 has shown, an agreed line between the US and British North America was by the mid-19th century in place acro......more
This book examines the development of Japan’s human security diplomacy for global health in the pre- and post-COVID-19 w......more
The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of personal diar......more
This edited volume offers a new critical approach to the study of Zionist history and Israeli-Palestinian relations, bas......more
With an extensive and rigorous analysis of conservation and environmental governance in Botswana, this book provides a n......more
This case study of Botswana focuses on the state-building qualities of biodiversity conservation in southern Africa. Dra......more
The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover In June 1992 Ch......more
Can the West Be Saved? Liz Truss, the former Conservative prime minister of Great Britain, fears that’s an open question......more
The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagonisms, and migratory d......more
The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagonisms, and migratory d......more
A sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars--abroad and at home--and what it might do to ......more
A new collection from one of Latin America’s most dynamic radical thinkers--in the tradition of Frantz Fanon and Eduardo......more
El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudad......more
COVID-19, Public Management, and Survival of East European Democracies centers initially on the development of democracy......more
This book seeks to explore a fundamental obscurity in electoral behavior literature: while socioeconomic status is typic......more
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This work is important and astonishing, but it is also a riveting read." --Louise Penny, author o......more
Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two gre......more
The calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It’s hard to imagine a wo......more
In an era of increasing geopolitical tensions, disruptive technologies, and the rise of authoritarianism, the question o......more
In an era of increasing geopolitical tensions, disruptive technologies, and the rise of authoritarianism, the question o......more
Kuah explores the centrality of ancestors and ancestor worship of the Chinese in the Diaspora Chinese and China universe......more
Based on a major research project undertaken by a team at the Institute of Market Economy, Development Research Center o......more
The purpose of this book is to examine the foreign policy of Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand Government between 2020 and ea......more
For more than a decade, Alexis Lerner combed the alleyways, underpasses, and public squares of cities once under communi......more
This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa, exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies ......more
Britain’s War for the Mediterranean provides a definitive study on British warmaking in the Mediterranean during the War......more
In considering whether Department of Defense youth programs help bridge the civilian-military divide, the authors survey......more
Postcolonial Surveillance investigates the long history of the European border regime, focusing on the colonial forerunn......more
Inspired by Édouard Glissant’s and Marta Aponte Alsina’s critical-creative work, this book explores how Puerto Rico’s af......more
Contemporary Europe - ridden by social, political and economic crises, overlaid onto colonial and imperial trajectories,......more
Politics and the Pink Tide reveals how economic policy choices and the reach of political parties in civil society infor......more
The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing. That ......more
Trauma is commonly understood as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Yet, as this book explains, the concept of PTSD ......more
This book explores the different forms of populism in European countries. Starting from a theoretical point of view, the......more
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The book is the first substantial study on the pillars mapping China’s 21st century, and influential body of policies an......more
Global politics in the twenty-first century is complicated by dense economic interdependence, rapid technological innova......more
The Cold War Past and Present (1987) analyses the generally antagonistic postwar relations between the Soviet Union and ......more
One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exp......more
One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exp......more
This book takes a fresh and interdisciplinary approach to the concept of subsidiarity. While subsidiarity is commonly un......more
This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of......more
This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of......more
This book provides the reader with a history on the linkages between American Football and the American Way of War. It p......more
This book provides a unique scientific contribution to the debate on Marx’s legacy in proposing to critically articulate......more
This book provides a novel theoretical framework to understand EU-China diplomatic relations. The existing scholarly lit......more
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the regulation of party finance in post-Soviet countries by leading acade......more
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of multi-level governance, political communication and public opinion in It......more
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In High Wire, Angela Huyue Zhang provides a comprehensive and sophisticated overview of how China regulates its enormous......more
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This open access book sets out simple solutions to managing complex catastrophes. It focusses on four kinds of crises - ......more