Book Series
Studies in International Relations
New & Published Titles:
Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and State-Building in Iraq
A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State
External intervention by the U.N. and other actors in ethnic conflicts has interfered with the state-building process in post-colonial states. Rear examines the 1991 uprisings…
read moreApril 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96466-1 (Routledge)
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Domestic Politics and International Narcotics Control
U.S. Relations with Mexico and Colombia, 1989-2000
This book examines different levels of narcotics control cooperation between the United States, Mexico and Colombia.
Victor J. Hinojosa finds that Mexico is consistently held…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95630-7 (Routledge)
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Peacekeeping in the Middle East as an International Regime
This book investigates whether an international institution can alter state behaviour and thereby contribute to the peaceful resolution of a conflict.
Kenneth R. Dombroski focuses…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98105-7 (Routledge)
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The United Nations and Democracy in Africa
Labyrinths of Legitimacy
This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania.
Wilson's original purpose…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97987-0 (Routledge)
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A Global Union for Global Workers
Collective Bargaining and Regulatory Politics in Maritime Shipping
This is a book about how global unionism was born in the maritime shipping sector. It argues that the industrial structure of shipping, and specifically… read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97747-0 (Routledge)
Human Rights Treaties
Considering Patterns of Participation, 1948-2000
The book examines patterns of participation in human rights treaties. International relations theory is divided on what motivates states to participate in treaties, specifically human… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97773-9 (Routledge)
International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty, and the Western Hemisphere
The Emergence of an International Norm
This book traces the process by which national elections became international events or, more precisely, what the effects of this process are on state sovereignty.…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97443-1 (Routledge)
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Political Corruption in the Caribbean Basin
Constructing a Theory to Combat Corruption
Political corruption in the Caribbean Basin retards state economic growth and development, undermines government legitimacy, and threatens state security. In spite of recent anti-corruption efforts… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97328-1 (Routledge)
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International Environmental Treaties and State Behavior
Factors Influencing Cooperation
Despite the growing recognition of the importance of environmental issues for nation-state security, current research on international environmental security is insufficient. Although scholars in the… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97181-2 (Routledge)
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Malaysia and the Development Process
Globalization, Knowledge Transfers and Postcolonial Dilemmas
Drawing on recent deconstructions in anthropology, postcolonial studies, and critical sociology, Malaysia and the Development Process situates and explores the phenomenon of international knowledge transfers… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-94941-5 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The field of international relations has changed dramatically in recent years. This new series will cover the major issues that have emerged and reflect the latest academic thinking in this particular dynamic area.
Forthcoming Titles:
Turkish-American Relations, 1800-1952
By Suhnaz Yilmaz
To be published March 15th 2009