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11. Rethinking the French New Right

    Alternatives to Modernity

    By Tamir Bar-On

    Series: Extremism and Democracy

    This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries. This book explores the idea that revolutionaries do not necessarily need to come from the left, nor...

    Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
12. Justice, Order and Anarchy

    The International Political Theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    By Alex Prichard

    Series: New International Relations

    This book provides a contextual account of the first anarchist theory of war and peace, and sheds new light on our contemporary understandings of anarchy in International Relations. Although anarchy is arguably the core concept of the discipline of international relations, scholarship has largely...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
13. Transformational Diplomacy after the Cold War

    Britain’s Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003

    By Keith Hamilton

    Series: Whitehall Histories

    This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain’s bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War. The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher’s government launched in...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
14. Public Administration in Africa

    Performance and Challenges

    Edited by Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad, Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe, Ernest Peprah Ababio

    Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

    With contributions from leading regional scholars, Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines complexities of art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach...

    Published April 1st 2013 by CRC Press
15. Conflict Resolution and Human Needs

    Linking theory and practice

    Edited by Kevin Avruch, Christopher Mitchell

    Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

    This edited volume examines Basic Human Needs theory and interactive problem solving, looking at recent developments in thinking about both and how these might affect peacebuilding in contemporary conflicts of the twenty-first century. The era in the immediate aftermath of World War II was,...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
16. National Myths

    Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents

    Edited by Gérard Bouchard

    National myths are now seriously questioned in a number of societies. In the West, for instance, a number of factors have combined to destabilise the symbolic foundation of nations and collective identities. As a result, the diagnosis of a deep cultural crisis has become commonplace. Indeed, who...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
17. Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012

    Uneasy Stasis and Fragile Peace

    Edited by D. Suba Chandran, P. R. Chari

    Sixth in the annual series, this volume examines the major trends in armed conflicts in South Asia during 2011, efforts towards conflict management undertaken by the State and their effectiveness, as also the road ahead. While focusing on the burning issues within the region, the volume looks into...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge India
18. The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship

    By Yuri Borgmann-Prebil

    Series: Discourses of Law

    Identifying crucial deficiencies in the legal theories of Hart and Dworkin, The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship draws on the work of Habermas and Alexy in order to elaborate a new juridical conception of citizenship. Taking Europe as its focus, the central substantive...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
19. Human Trafficking

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    By Mary C. Burke

    Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

    The practice of one human being exploiting another in slavery-like conditions is not new. Today, it is called human trafficking. Social, political, and economic forces over the past 60 years have changed how and why this human rights abuse occurs. In order to solve this or any social problem, it is...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
20. EU-Japan Relations, 1970-2012

    From Confrontation to Global Partnership

    Edited by Jörn Keck, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Franz Waldenberger

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the book...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge