Politics & International Relations Books

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41. India in South Asia

    Domestic Identity Politics and Foreign Policy from Nehru to the BJP

    By Sinderpal Singh

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    South Asia is one of the most volatile regions of the world, and India’s complex democratic political system impinges on its relations with its South Asian neighbours. Focusing on this relationship, this book explores the extent to which domestic politics affect a country’s foreign policy. The book...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
42. Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security

    Contending Cooperation

    Edited by William Tow, Brendan Taylor

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    Many scholars of international relations in Asia regard bilateralism and multilateralism as alternative and mutually exclusive approaches to security co-operation. They argue that multilateral associations such as ASEAN will eventually replace the system of bilateral alliances which were the...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
43. Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone

    Law and Policy Considerations

    By Chad J. McGuire

    Comprehensive, but not overly technical, this book provides a legal-policy framework to the discussion of how coastal managers can best approach the problem of sea level rise. It identifies legal barriers and offers proposed solutions to mitigate the impact of those barriers. The book introduces...

    Published March 25th 2013 by CRC Press
44. Peacebuilding and International Administration

    The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

    By Niels van Willigen

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have attempted to create sustainable political institutions and to...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
45. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

    By Peter Hess

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    Economic growth, reflected in increases in national output per capita, makes possible an improved material standard of living. Sustainable development, popularly and concisely defined as ‘meeting the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
46. Global Criminology

    Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era

    Edited by K. Jaishankar, Natti Ronel

    Global criminology is an emerging field covering international and transnational crimes that have not traditionally been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. Global Criminology: Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era is a collection of rigorously peer-reviewed papers...

    Published March 24th 2013 by CRC Press
47. Europeanization and New Member States

    A Comparative Social Network Analysis

    By Flavia Jurje

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines the Europeanization of the polity and politics of a new EU Member State. Using social network analysis in a comparative research design, it provides a systematic analysis of the effects of Europeanization on the institutions, policy processes, power constellation and conflict...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
48. Emissions, Pollutants and Environmental Policy in China

    Designing a National Emissions Trading System

    By Bo Miao

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    As the world's biggest polluter, the environmental challenges that China faces in controlling its airborne emissions are crucial, not only to its own population in terms of tackling the severe domestic air pollution, but also to the planet as it faces calls from the international community to...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
49. Ideas to Die For

    The Cosmopolitan Challenge

    By Giles Gunn

    Series: Global Horizons

    Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents seeks to address the kinds of challenges that cosmopolitan perspectives and practices face in a world organized increasingly in relation to a proliferating series of global absolutisms – religious, political, social, and economic. While these challenges are often...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
50. The Futures of the City Region

    Edited by Michael Neuman, Angela Hull

    Series: Regions and Cities

    Does the ‘city region’ constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by supranational administrations, both governmental...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge