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New and Published Books

1. Democracy and Terrorism

   Friend or Foe?

   By Leonard Weinberg

   Series: Political Violence

   This book examines the relationships between democratic government and political terrorism. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States and many of its allies have declared a ‘war on terrorism’. This struggle has been inspired in part by the belief is that by promoting democracy they will also bring...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding

   Edited by Roger Mac Ginty

   This new Routledge Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the meanings and uses of the term ‘peacebuilding’, and presents cutting-edge debates on the practices conducted in the name of peacebuilding. The term ‘peacebuilding’ has had remarkable staying power. Other terms,...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. The Politics of Exile

   By Elizabeth Dauphinee

   Series: Interventions

   Written in both autoethnographical and narrative form, The Politics of Exile offers unique insight into the complex encounter of researcher with research subject in the context of the Bosnian War and its aftermath. Exploring themes of personal and civilizational guilt, of displaced and fractured...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. An International History of Terrorism

   Western and Non-Western Experiences

   Edited by Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Bernhard Blumenau

   Series: Political Violence

   The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years. In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at its evolution, at the different phases it has...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. New Agendas in Statebuilding

   Hybridity, Contingency and History

   Edited by Robert Egnell, Peter Haldén

   Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

   This volume connects the study of statebuilding to broader aspects of social theory and the historical study of the state, bringing forth new questions and starting-points, both academically and practically, for the field. Building states has become a highly prioritized issue in international...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
6. Iraq – From War to a New Authoritarianism

   By Toby Dodge

   Series: Adelphi series

   Iraq recovered its full sovereignty at the end of 2011, with the departure of all US military forces. The 2003 invasion was undertaken to dismantle a regime that had long threatened its own population and regional peace, as well as to establish a stable, democratic state in the heart of the Middle...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
7. European Security Policy and Strategic Culture

   Edited by Peter Schmidt, Benjamin Zyla

   With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far, this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically, it studies the usefulness of its application in a...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
8. Human Security in East Asia

   Challenges for Collaborative Action

   Edited by Sorpong Peou

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge
9. Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism

   Human rights perspectives

   Edited by Margaret L. Satterthwaite, Jayne Huckerby

   Series: Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law

   In the name of fighting terrorism, countries have been invaded; wars have been waged; people have been detained, rendered and tortured; and campaigns for "hearts and minds" have been unleashed. Human rights analyses of the counter-terrorism measures implemented in the aftermath of 11 September 2001...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. Transitional Justice in Rwanda

    Accountability for Atrocity

    By Gerald Gahima

    Transitional Justice in Rwanda: Accountability for Atrocity comprehensively analyzes the full range of the transitional justice processes undertaken for the Rwandan genocide. Drawing on the author’s extensive professional experience as the principal justice policy maker and the leading law...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge