Forthcoming Politics & International Relations Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Victims of Environmental Harm

   Rights, Recognition and Redress Under National and International Law

   By Matthew Hall

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   In recent years, the increasing focus on climate change and environmental degradation has prompted unprecedented attention being paid towards the criminal liability of individuals, organisations and even states for polluting activities. These developments have given rise to a new area of...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin

   Three States at a Crossroads

   By Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

   The Nile River and its basin extend over a distinctive geophysical cord connecting eleven sovereign states from Egypt to Tanzania, which are home to an estimated population of 422.2 million people. The Nile is an essential source of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses throughout...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
3. Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy

   The Urban Link

   By Michele Acuto

   Series: Routledge New Diplomacy Studies

   This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance. While there is a growing body of literature concerned with explaining the transformations of the international order, little theorisation has...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance

   Assembling Wealth and Power

   By Heather McKeen-Edwards, Tony Porter

   Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

   The role of business in global governance is now widely recognized, but exploration of its role in global financial governance has been more haphazard than systematic. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of transnational financial associations (TFAs) in the organization...

   To Be Published February 6th 2013 by Routledge
5. Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain

   Edited by Stefan Manz, Panikos Panayi

   This book is the first to focus specifically upon the relationship between refugees and intercultural transfer over an extensive period of time. Since circa 1830, a series of groups have made their way to Britain, beginning with exiles from the failed European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. Public Order and Private Lives (Routledge Revivals)

   The Politics of Law and Order

   By Michael Brake, Chris Hale

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1992, Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shaped the law and order debate in Britain at that time. The authors offer a significant and provoking analysis of Conservative policies on crime, showing that, ironically, they created...

   To Be Published February 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Mediation and Liberal Peacebuilding

   Peace from the Ashes of War?

   Edited by Mikael Eriksson, Roland Kostić

   Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

   This book offers a state-of-the-art examination of peacemaking, looking at its theoretical assumptions, empirical applications and its consequences. Despite the wealth of research on external interventions and practices of Western peacebuilding, many scholars tend to rely on findings in the...

   To Be Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Essays on Classical and Marxian Political Economy

   Collected Essays IV

   By Samuel Hollander

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Samuel Hollander’s work has been provoking debate for over four decades. This book brings together key contributions of recent years, in addition to some brand new pieces. The essays are introduced by a Preface in which Hollander reflects on his past work and reactions to it. Highlights include two...

   To Be Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Routledge Handbook of African Politics

   Edited by Nic Cheeseman, David Anderson

   Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa’s politics today. Structured into 6 broad areas, the handbook features...

   To Be Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
10. North Africa’s Arab Spring

    Edited by George Joffé

    This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

    To Be Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge