Area Studies Handbooks

New and Published Handbooks

1. Routledge Handbook of Modern Israel

   Edited by Alain Dieckhoff

   Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy in a multicultural society but within a state promoting a strong national identity; a thriving economy in an unequal society; a culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past and preoccupied with the Holocaust and the...

   Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics

   Edited by Atul Kohli, Prerna Singh

   India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in the country. This Handbook is a reference guide, which surveys the current state of Indian politics and provides a basic understanding of the ways in which the world’s largest...

   Published December 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

   Edited by Joel Peters, David Newman

   The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most prominent issues in world politics today. Few other issues have dominated the world’s headlines and have attracted such attention from policy makers, the academic community, political analysts, and the world’s media. The Routledge Handbook on the...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora

   Edited by Chee-Beng Tan

   With around 40 million people worldwide, the ethnic Chinese and the Chinese in diaspora form the largest diaspora in the world. The economic reform of China which began in the late 1970s marked a huge phase of migration from China, and the new migrants, many of whom were well educated,...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Handbook of European Security

   Edited by Sven Biscop, Richard Whitman

   This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the EU has gradually emerged as an autonomous actor in the field of...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge History of the Holocaust

   Edited by Jonathan C. Friedman

   Series: Routledge Histories

   The genocide of Jewish and non-Jewish civilians perpetrated by the German regime during World War Two continues to confront scholars with elusive questions even after nearly seventy years and hundreds of studies. This multi-contributory work is a landmark publication that sees experts renowned in...

   Published July 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey

   Edited by Metin Heper, Sabri Sayari

   In recent years, there has been growing interest in Turkey, stemming from the country’s developing role in regional and global politics, its expanding economic strength, and its identity as a predominantly Muslim country with secular political institutions and democratic processes. This Handbook...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
8. Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics

   Edited by Peter Kingstone, Deborah J. Yashar

   Latin America has been one of the critical areas in the study of comparative politics. The region’s experiments with installing and deepening democracy and promoting alternative modes of economic development have generated intriguing and enduring empirical puzzles. In turn, Latin America’s...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge
9. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics

   Edited by Richard Robison

   This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes that have defined the politics of Southeast Asia. It provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge examination of this important subject. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the theoretical and ideological themes that have...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
10. Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

    Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh

    The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines the main issues surrounding political Islam across...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge