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Beyond Biopolitics - Theory, Violence, and Horror in World Politics (Paperback): Francois Debrix, Alexander Barder Beyond Biopolitics - Theory, Violence, and Horror in World Politics (Paperback)
Francois Debrix, Alexander Barder
R1,612 Discovery Miles 16 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Beyond Biopolitics exposes the conceptual limits of critical biopolitical approaches to violence, war, and terror in the post-9/11-War on Terror era. This volume shows that such popular international political theories rely upon frames of representation that leave out of focus a series of extreme forms of gruesome violence that have no concern for the preservation of life, a crucial biopolitical theme. Debrix and Barder mobilize different concepts-horror, agonal sovereignty, the pulverization of the flesh, or the notion of an inhumanity-to-come-to shed light on past and present ghastly scenes and events of violence that seek to undo the very idea of humanity. To highlight the capacity of horror to be in excess of both violence and the meaning of humanity, Beyond Biopolitics provides a series of engagements with issues much debated in contemporary critical theoretical circles, in particular war and terror, the production of fear, states and spaces of exception, and alterity as enmity. This work will be of great interest to scholars of critical international relations theory, critical security studies and international relations.

The Scandinavian International Society - Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010 (Hardcover): Laust Schouenborg The Scandinavian International Society - Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010 (Hardcover)
Laust Schouenborg
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Scandinavia as a regional international society, including the Nordic Peace and the rise of the Scandinavian welfare state.

Schouenborg aims to take the next big step in the theoretical development of the English School of International Relations - particularly the structural version introduced by Barry Buzan. He analyses the formation of a Scandinavian regional international society over a 200-year period and develops the concepts of primary institutions and binding forces as an analytical framework. In doing so, he not only offers one of the first systematic applications of English School structural theory, but also sheds a new comparative light on the distinctiveness of Scandinavian international relations, and provides a novel intervention in the debates about the emergence of the so-called Nordic Peace. In the first part of the book Schouenborg explains the core concepts and discusses how one may distinguish a regional international society from the broader global international society in which it is embedded. In the second part he provides an in-depth study of the Scandinavian case, focussing on the periods 1815 to 1919; 1919 to 1989; and 1989 to 2010.

The Scandinavian International Society will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations theory, Scandinavian international relations and history, and researchers engaged in comparative welfare state studies.

Advancing Peace Research - Leaving Traces, Selected Articles by J. David Singer (Hardcover): J. David Singer Advancing Peace Research - Leaving Traces, Selected Articles by J. David Singer (Hardcover)
J. David Singer; Edited by Jody B Lear, Diane Macaulay, Meredith Reid Sarkees
R3,930 Discovery Miles 39 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Professor J. David Singer has been arguably the most important influence on quantitative research into the causes and attributes of war. His pioneering work on the Correlates of War project at the University of Michigan and his numerous books and articles have inspired generations of researchers in the fields of international relations, conflict analysis, security studies and peace science.

This collection is a carefully selected overview of his work which provides not only an excellent introduction to his considerable methodological, theoretical and empirical contributions but also an intellectual history of developments in the field of international realtions which are reflected in Professor Singer's work.

This is essential reading for all those with an interest in the use of quantitative methods in social science, the changing nature of the study of international relations and the analysis of war and peace.

Israel and Hizbollah - An asymmetric conflict in historical and comparative perspective (Paperback): Clive Jones, Sergio... Israel and Hizbollah - An asymmetric conflict in historical and comparative perspective (Paperback)
Clive Jones, Sergio Catignani
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon. Since the end of the Cold War, academic debate over the nature of war in the contemporary world has focused upon the asymmetric nature of conflict among a raft of failed or failing states, often held together by only a fragile notion of a shared communal destiny. Little scholarly attention has been paid, however, to one such conflict that predates the ending of the Cold War, yet still appears as intractable as ever: Israel's hostile relationship with Lebanon and in particular, its standoff with the Lebanese Shi'a militia group, Hizbollah. As events surrounding the 'Second Lebanon War' in the summer of 2006 demonstrate, the clear potential for further cross border violence as well as the potential for a wider regional conflagration that embraces Damascus and Tehran remains as acute as ever. This book focuses on the historical background of the conflict, while also considering the role that other external actors, most notably Syria, Iran and the United Nations, play in influencing the conduct and outcomes of the Israeli-Lebanese conflict. In addition, it also looks at Hizbollah's increasing sway in Lebanese domestic politics, its increased military cooperation with Iran and Syria, and the implications of such developments. This book will be of much interest to students of Middle Eastern politics, War and Conflict Studies, International Security and International Relations in general. Clive Jones is Professor of Middle East Studies and International Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Leeds, UK. His books include Soviet Jewish Aliyah 1989-92 (1996), Israel: Challenges to Democracy, Identity and the State (with Emma Murphy, 2002), and co-editor The al-Aqsa Intifada: Between Terrorism and Civil War (2005). Sergio Catignani is Lecturer in Security and Strategic Studies and MA Programme Director for the MA in Security and Strategic Studies at the Department of Politics, University of Sussex. He is the author of Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army (2008).

Understanding Security Practices in South Asia - Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors (Hardcover): Monika... Understanding Security Practices in South Asia - Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors (Hardcover)
Monika Barthwal-Datta
R4,208 Discovery Miles 42 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level. South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the complexities of the region's security dynamics remain under-researched. While traditional security issues, such as inter-state war, border disputes and the threat of nuclear devastation in South Asia, remain high on the agendas of policy-makers and academics both within and beyond the region, scant attention has been paid to non-traditional or 'new' security challenges. Drawing on various case studies, this work offers an innovative analysis of how NSAs in South Asia are shaping security discourses in the region and tackling security challenges at the sub-state level. Through its critique of securitization theory, the book calls for a new approach to studying security practices in South Asia - one which considers NSAs as legitimate security actors. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, Asian security, Asian politics, critical security studies, and IR in general.

Civilians and Modern War - Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence (Hardcover): Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina,... Civilians and Modern War - Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence (Hardcover)
Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, Mohammed Cherkaoui
R4,377 Discovery Miles 43 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the issue of civilian devastation in modern warfare, focusing on the complex processes that effectively establish civilians' identity in times of war. Underpinning the physicality of war's tumult are structural forces that create landscapes of civilian vulnerability. Such forces operate in four sectors of modern warfare: nationalistic ideology, state-sponsored militaries, global media, and international institutions. Each sector promotes its own constructions of civilian identity in relation to militant combatants: constructions that prove lethal to the civilian noncombatant who lacks political power and decision-making capacity with regards to their own survival. Civilians and Modern War provides a critical overview of the plight of civilians in war, examining the political and normative underpinnings of the decisions, actions, policies, and practices of major sectors of war. The contributors seek to undermine the 'tunnelling effect' of the militaristic framework regarding the experiences of noncombatants. This book will be of much interest to students of war and conflict studies, ethics, conflict resolution, and IR/Security Studies.

Phenomenological Approaches to Sport (Hardcover): Irena Martinkova, Jim Parry Phenomenological Approaches to Sport (Hardcover)
Irena Martinkova, Jim Parry
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The study of sport is often thought of simply in terms of the sport sciences. This book explains how a phenomenological approach is capable of revealing the nature and meanings of sport in ways that are beyond the reach of the sciences and how the very concepts required by sport science stand in need of philosophical explanation. The book has a 'didactic' intention, seeking to present and discuss ideas and tools developed in the phenomenological tradition in order to illuminate issues in sport, in such a way as to be understandable for those without any previous knowledge or background. There are clear and straightforward accounts of the ideas of central thinkers, such as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Patocka, and applications of central ideas to the analysis of particular issues, such as the nature of risk sports, the feint in football, the problem of the instant replay, the role of the sport psychologist, the idea of 'bodily perception', and the concept of 'transhumanism' in relation to performance enhancement. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy (Hardcover): Ronald Cox Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Ronald Cox
R4,211 Discovery Miles 42 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

More than a decade into the new millennium, the fusion of corporate and state power is the essential defining feature of US foreign policy. This edited volume critically examines the relationship between corporations and the US state in the development of foreign policies related to globalization.

Drawing together a wide range of contributors, this work explores the role of corporations in using US foreign policies to advance the interests of transnational capital in a wide range of contexts, including:

  • how US government policies have contributed to the globalization of production and finance
  • the ways in which transnational corporations have influenced the US relationship with China, a crucial linkage in the new era of transnational accumulation
  • how transnational corporate power has shaped capital-labour relations, humanitarian intervention, structural adjustment policies, low-intensity democracy and the G20 summits
  • the "corporate centrism" of the Obama Administration, whose policies have been consistent with the growing power of transnational capital in US foreign policymaking
  • the politics and consequences of the embedded relationship between various sectors of the transnational capitalist class, global institutions and the US state, including the limits and contradictions of this relationship during the ongoing capitalist crisis.

This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of both US foreign policy and international political economy.

Transatlantic Relations since 1945 - An Introduction (Hardcover): Jussi Hanhimaki, Benedikt Schoenborn, Barbara Zanchetta Transatlantic Relations since 1945 - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Jussi Hanhimaki, Benedikt Schoenborn, Barbara Zanchetta
R4,500 Discovery Miles 45 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Transatlantic Relations Since 1945 offers a comprehensive account of transatlantic relations in the second half of the 20th century (extending to the present-day). The transatlantic relationship has been the bedrock of international relations since the end of World War II. This new textbook will focus on the period since the defeat of Nazi Germany, when the multitude of links between United States and Western Europe were created, extended, and multiplied. Written in an accessible style, it emphasizes transatlantic interactions, and avoids the temptation to focus on either U.S. 'domination' or European attempts to 'resist' an American effort to subjugate the old continent. That influence has travelled across the Atlantic in both directions is one of the starting points of this text. Structured chronologically, the book will be built around three key themes: Security: From the Cold War to the War on Terror Economics: Integration and Competition 'Soft power' and Transatlantic Relations. This book will be of great interest to students of transatlantic relations, NATO, US Foreign Policy, Cold War History, European History and IR/International history.

French and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria, 1945-1955 (Paperback): Alexander Golovlev French and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria, 1945-1955 (Paperback)
Alexander Golovlev; Series edited by Pauline Fairclough
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

French and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria, 1945-1955 investigates how promoting 'national' music and musicians was used as an important asset by France and the USSR in post-Nazi Austria, covering music's role in international relations at various levels, within changing power frameworks. Bridging international relations, musical sociology, media studies, and Cold War history, four incisive chapters examine the crossroads of Soviet, French, and Austrian cultural politics and discourse-building, presented in two parts - institutions of musical diplomacy: Soviet and French cultural diplomats in comparison; sounds of music coming to Austria: Soviet and French musicians on tour. Using a communication- and media-oriented approach, this study casts new light, firstly, on the interpretative power of 'receiving' publics and, secondly, on the role of cultural transmitters at different levels. This is a valuable study for those specialising in Russian and East European music and music and politics. It will also appeal to cultural historians and all those interested in the intersections between music, international relations, and Cold War history.

Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011 - The Promise and Threat of Transformation (Hardcover): D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011 - The Promise and Threat of Transformation (Hardcover)
D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari
R4,222 Discovery Miles 42 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fourth in the annual series, this volume reviews the transformative changes which have emerged in the armed conflicts in South Asia in 2010, several of these with long and convoluted histories, including the conflicts in Jammu & Kashmir, northeast India and the Naxalite movement in central India; as also issues of autonomy in Balochistan, the FATA region in Pakistan, the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, and the Terai foothills in Nepal.

The book examines whether armed conflicts have transformed since their inception; or only metamorphosed into the sullen acceptance that could usher future violence. While conflicts in South Asia have been interspersed with peace efforts, the book looks at the complex trajectories that such attempts have taken. Specifically, it identifies three regions where most significant transformative trends were witnessed in South Asia in 2010: conflict-ridden Sri Lanka, Af-Pak and the Naxalite regions of India.

Comparative Regional Security Governance (Hardcover): Shaun Breslin, Stuart Croft Comparative Regional Security Governance (Hardcover)
Shaun Breslin, Stuart Croft
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book seeks to understand the role of regions in the provision of security (and insecurity) practices across the globe. Specialists with expertise in the regions they examine present eight case studies and analyses of the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe. Discussing both The State and people in the context of security, this book examines four categories; inter-state security, transnational criminal practices (the drugs trade, human trafficking migration), proliferation issues (both nuclear and non-nuclear), and issues of domestic/state collapse. The book uses an inclusive definition of security to include traditional and non-traditional conceptions, and incorporates the use of force and the threat of the use of force, as well as issues related to the integrity of peoples. The chapters weave theory and case studies to provide a rich description of a variety of regional governance forms; and, where applicable, the absence of them to move beyond regionalism to consider the key determining features of regional governance. Comparative Regional Security Governance will be of interest to students and scholars of international security, international relations and governance.

Grand Strategy and the Presidency - Foreign Policy, War and the American Role in the World (Hardcover): C. Dale Walton Grand Strategy and the Presidency - Foreign Policy, War and the American Role in the World (Hardcover)
C. Dale Walton
R4,356 Discovery Miles 43 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the role of the Presidency in the formulation and conduct of US grand strategy and why this is important. It argues that, while the United States periodically has enjoyed exceptional presidential leadership in the past, few future presidents will meet high standards of leadership in foreign affairs. In turn, this will undermine the ability of the United States to construct and maintain a coherent grand strategy appropriate to the multipolar world of the twenty-first century. This is because there is little incentive, and often minimal opportunity, for prospective presidential candidates to cultivate the knowledge and skills that can translate into exceptional performance in the conduct of foreign policy and war. The US political system is "weighted" so as to favor candidates with particular characteristics -- such as personal magnetism and the ability to speak fluidly -- and voters generally use debates, press conferences, and other media-driven events to judge the strategic acumen of candidates. The book discusses US strategic history, with particular emphasis on the period from the end of the Cold War to the present, and diagnoses the weaknesses present in US strategic decision making and the challenges that Washington soon will face as great powers such as China grow more capable of influencing the international security environment and threatening US interests. It also explains, first, why exceptional presidential guidance is important to US strategic success in this century, and then establishes why such leadership is unlikely to be forthcoming. The book's final chapter discusses the probable effects of dubious presidential leadership, exploring why it is likely that the United States can be expected often to expend its strength on conflicts that do not advance its national interests, but may fail to intervene effectively in some of the international controversies most vital to its national interests. This boo

Post-War Security Transitions - Participatory Peacebuilding after Asymmetric Conflicts (Hardcover): Veronique Dudouet, Hans... Post-War Security Transitions - Participatory Peacebuilding after Asymmetric Conflicts (Hardcover)
Veronique Dudouet, Hans Giessmann, Katrin Planta
R4,221 Discovery Miles 42 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the conditions under which non-state armed groups (NSAGs) participate in post-war security and political governance.

The text offers a comprehensive approach to post-war security transition processes based on five years of participatory research with local experts and representatives of former non-state armed groups. It analyses the successes and limits of peace negotiations, demobilisation, arms management, political or security sector integration, socio-economic reintegration and state reform from the direct point of view of conflict stakeholders who have been central participants in ongoing and past peacebuilding processes.

Challenging common perceptions of ex-combatants as "spoilers" or "passive recipients of aid," the various contributors examine the post-war transitions of these individuals from state challengers to peacebuilding agents. The book concludes on a cross-country comparative analysis of the main research findings and the ways in which they may facilitate a participatory, inclusive and gender-sensitive peacebuilding strategy.

Post-War Security Transitions will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, security governance, war and conflict studies, political violence and IR in general.

The International Community and Statebuilding - Getting Its Act Together? (Hardcover): Patrice Mcmahon, Jon Western The International Community and Statebuilding - Getting Its Act Together? (Hardcover)
Patrice Mcmahon, Jon Western
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together policymakers and academics to analyse the international community's performance in post-war statebuilding projects. In the past twenty years, statebuilding has emerged as a centerpiece of international efforts to stabilize violent conflicts. From the Balkans, to Iraq, to Afghanistan, it has become widely accepted that statebuilding-defined as the development of transparent and accountable political institutions, stable and sustainable economic structures, professional public administrations, and civilian-controlled security services-is essential to the long-term stability of post-conflict settlements. The International Community and Statebuilding brings together senior-level policymakers and academics in order to analyse the international community's performance in post-war statebuilding projects. Filling an important gap in the existing body of work on this topic, the contributors explore how international state builders have attempted to negotiate the intersections of multilateralism, competing strategic priorities and agendas, organizational complexity, and domestic politics. This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, peacebuilding, war and conflict studies, and International Relations in general.

Gender, Agency and  War - The Maternalized Body in US Foreign Policy (Hardcover): Tina Managhan Gender, Agency and War - The Maternalized Body in US Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Tina Managhan
R4,204 Discovery Miles 42 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book traces practices of militarization and resistance that have emerged under the sign of motherhood in US Foreign Policy. The book traces this discourse against the background of three key moments of American foreign policy formation: the antinuclear movement of the 1980s, the Gulf War of the early 1990s, and the recent invasion of Iraq. For each of these moments it examines the emergence of a historically specific and emblematic maternalized mode of female embodiment (ranging from the hysterical' antinuclear protester to the figure of Supermom' to the grieving-mom-turned-war-protester), to shed light onto the various practices which define and enable expressions of American sovereignty. In so doing, it argues that the emergence of particular raced, gendered, and maternalized bodies ought not to be read as merely tangential to affairs of state, but as instantiations of global politics. This work urges an approach that rereads the body as an event' -- with significant implications for the ways in which international politics and gender are currently understood. This book will be of much interest to students of gender politics, critical security studies, US foreign policy and IR in general.

Multipolarity in the 21st Century - A New World Order (Hardcover): Donette Murray, David Brown Multipolarity in the 21st Century - A New World Order (Hardcover)
Donette Murray, David Brown
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book seeks to help shape the debate surrounding power and polarity in the twenty-first century both by assessing the likelihood of US decline and by analysing what each of the so-called 'rising powers' can do (in terms of 'hard' and 'soft' power), what they want to do (i.e. foreign and security policy), and the weaknesses and obstacles that may hinder their continued development. In doing so, it will examine the implications of a multipolar world for international security. American supremacy has generated intense debate surrounding both the nature and quality of this power, as well as the execution and thrust of US foreign policy. At the same time, significant developments in four rising powers - China, Russia, India and the European Union -- have provoked analysts to ask whether multipolarity is a realistic prospect. Such a development may result from a rebalancing occasioned by US decline or because the US, still hugely powerful, is joined by two or more of these states (or - in the case of the EU -- a collection of states). To be considered a pole', the potential competitors to the US will have to either amass sufficient power in all of Waltz's categories of power (including population size, territory, resources, economic wealth, military strength and competence') or manage to reshape the power paradigm to reflect a new kind of superpower. Written by a combination of emerging scholars and recognised experts, this volume will provide a timely and authoritative analysis of one of the most controversial and compelling security debates of the twenty-first century. The book will appeal to students of International Relations, Security Studies and Foreign Policy.

New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue - Theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics, and prospects (Hardcover): Leslie P.... New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue - Theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics, and prospects (Hardcover)
Leslie P. Steffe, Jerry Gale
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "Taiwan question" has long been considered one of the most complicated and explosive issues in global politics. In recent years, however, relations between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland have improved substantially to the surprise of many. In this ground-breaking collection, distinguished contributors from the US, Asia, and Europe seek to go beyond the standard "recitation of facts" that often characterizes studies focusing on the Beijing-Taipei dyad. Rather, they employ a variety of theories as well as both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to analyze the ebbs and flows of the Taiwan issue. Their discussions clearly illuminate why there is a "Taiwan Problem," why conflict did not escalate to war between 2000 and 2008, and why cross-Strait relations improved after 2008. The book further reveals the limits of realism as a device to gain traction into the Taiwan issue, demonstrates the importance of taking into account domestic political variables, and shows how theory can be used to advance the cause of better China-Taiwan relations and to analyze the potential for future conflict over Taiwan.

New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue is essential reading not only for students, scholars and practitioners with an interest in studying relations across the Taiwan Strait, but also for any reader interested in economics, international relations, comparative politics or political theory.

The Handbook on the Political Economy of War (Paperback): Christopher J. Coyne, Rachel L. Mathers The Handbook on the Political Economy of War (Paperback)
Christopher J. Coyne, Rachel L. Mathers
R1,955 Discovery Miles 19 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post-conflict reconstruction and nation building. Policymakers as well as academics and students of political science, economics, public policy and sociology will find this volume to be an engaging and enlightening read. -- Publisher description.

Philosophy, Society and the Cunning of History in Eastern Europe (Hardcover): Costica Bradatan Philosophy, Society and the Cunning of History in Eastern Europe (Hardcover)
Costica Bradatan
R2,598 Discovery Miles 25 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Philosophy, Society and the Cunning of History in Eastern Europe charts the intellectual landscape of twentieth century East-Central Europe under the unifying theme of 'precariousness' as a mode of historical existence. Caught between empires, often marked by catastrophic historic events and grand political failures, the countries of East-Central Europe have for a long time developed a certain intellectual self-representation, a culture that not only helps them make some sense of such misfortunes, but also protects them somehow from a collapse into nihilism. An interdisciplinary study of this sophisticated culture of survival and endurance has been long overdue. Not only is it charming and worth studying in its own right, but with the re-integration of the 'new Europe' into the 'old' one and the emergence on the 'Western' European intellectual scene of many authors from the 'East,' such a culture will also shape the European mind of the 21st century. This volume decodes and explores this culture of 'precariousness' from the complementary angles of philosophy, political theory, intellectual history and literary studies. Expert contributors look at a wide range of topics, from philosophical martyrdom to collective suffering to geographical fatalism, and explore the works of key authors in the field including Cioran, Kolakowski, Kertesz, Bauman and Zizek. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki: The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.

Regionalism in a Changing World - Comparative Perspectives in the New Global order (Hardcover): Lorenzo Fioramonti Regionalism in a Changing World - Comparative Perspectives in the New Global order (Hardcover)
Lorenzo Fioramonti
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Regionalism has been a key feature of contemporary international relations. As the most successful case of regional integration, the European Union (EU) has been leading the international debate. Yet, in the past few years new regional practices have emerged in other continents, thus adding to the variety and scope of regionalization processes. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of regionalism in a global arena ever more dominated by emerging powers and shifting political/economic balances. Against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, which has invariably weakened Europe and its integration model, the book examines the pace of integration in Africa, Asia and South America, highlighting the opportunities and challenges that the new global order poses to contemporary regionalisms. Besides a number of empirical case studies focusing on the political, economic and legal aspects of regionalization, the book also discusses innovative theoretical approaches to the study of regionalism in a post-European context. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Spectator.

Politics of the Event - Time, Movement, Becoming (Hardcover): Tom Lundborg Politics of the Event - Time, Movement, Becoming (Hardcover)
Tom Lundborg
R4,346 Discovery Miles 43 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Despite occupying a central role and frequently being used in the study of international politics, the concept of the "event" remains in many ways unchallenged and unexplored. By combining the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and his concept of the event with the example of "9/11" this book problematises the role and meaning of "events" in international politics. Specifically, it problematises the notion of the "event" as a central reference point in time, or as a coherent unitary whole that refers to something specific that has happened in a fixed moment in time. The book shows, firstly, how Deleuze's philosophy opens up to a different way of thinking about events, highlighting the role of various processes and movements that disrupt linear timelines and fixed moments in time. Secondly, the book demonstrates how "big" or "global" political "events" can be understood in terms of ongoing and continuous processes of becoming, conditioned by the interaction of various forces and movements that ry to determine the content and meaning of "events" whilst always in a sense failing to do so. Thirdly and finally, the book articulates a way of thinking about the politics as well as ethics of encountering "events," arguing that at the heart of such encounters there are alwayselements of uncertainty and contingency that cannot be fully resolved or fixed. This will be the first book to offer a serious engagement with the "event" in international politics, providing an original account of how it is possible to analyse its various dimensions as well asits significance for understanding politics and the "political" more generally.

Statebuilding and State-Formation - The Political Sociology of Intervention (Hardcover): Berit Bliesemann De Guevara Statebuilding and State-Formation - The Political Sociology of Intervention (Hardcover)
Berit Bliesemann De Guevara
R4,366 Discovery Miles 43 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding.

Using process-oriented approaches, the contributing authors explore what happens when conscious efforts at statebuilding meet social contexts, and are transformed into daily routines. In order to explain their findings, they also analyse the temporally and spatially broader structures of world society which shape the possibilities of statebuilding.

Statebuilding and State-Formation includes a variety of case studies from post-conflict societies in Africa, Asia and Europe, as well as the headquarters and branch offices of international agencies. Drawing on various theoretical approaches from sociology and anthropology, the contributors discuss external interventions as well as self-led statebuilding projects. This edited volume is divided into three parts:

  • Part I: State-Formation, Violence and Political Economy
  • Part II: Governance, Legitimacy and Practice in Statebuilding and State-Formation
  • Part III: The International Self Statebuilders Institutional Logics, Social Backgrounds and Subjectivities

The book will be of great interest to students of statebuilding and intervention, war and conflict studies, international security and IR.

International Politics and National Political Regimes - Promoting Democracy - Promoting Autocracy (Hardcover): Peter Burnell,... International Politics and National Political Regimes - Promoting Democracy - Promoting Autocracy (Hardcover)
Peter Burnell, Oliver Schlumberger
R3,904 Discovery Miles 39 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is much speculation about whether democracy is still advancing around the world and the influence that leading authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes such as Russia are starting to have on the trends. This collection assesses global trends in democratisation, reviews the condition of international democracy promotion and enquires into whether serious competition in the form of autocracy promotion is now a major possibility. The influence of international politics on national political regimes is explored in more detail for Russia's resistance to democracy promotion and Russian influence on regimes in Central Asia in particular, along with an Indian perspective on India's reluctance to push for democracy abroad and concerns that democracy promotion itself should be considered more critically if it undermines democratisation in foreign aid-dependent states. The book concludes by briefly addressing the potential significance of the 2011 'Arab spring' for these themes. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.

Understanding Security Role Evolution of US, China, and India - Setting the Stage (Paperback): Aditi Malhotra Understanding Security Role Evolution of US, China, and India - Setting the Stage (Paperback)
Aditi Malhotra
R1,082 Discovery Miles 10 820 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book revolves around the altering security roles of three pivotal powers - the US, China, and India. Each of these actors has experienced incremental changes in their external roles and behaviour over the last two decades, which are determined by the range of domestic and international factors. As each country works towards performing its revised security roles, the policymakers are subject to dilemmas and challenges that impact policy implementation and conduct. Using the framework of role theory, the book analyses the role evolution of these countries and elucidates its link with their security policies in the Indo-Pacific and on the global stage. In the process, it also examines the systemic and sub-systemic factors that determine the foreign and security behaviour of these critical Indo-Pacific countries. Accessibly written, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of international relations, security and intelligence studies, political science, and foreign policy. It will also be of great interest to policymakers, career bureaucrats, security and intelligence practitioners, and professionals working with think tanks and embassies.

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