International Relations Books

New and Published Books

1. Deleuze & Fascism

   Security: War: Aesthetics

   Edited by Brad Evans, Julian Reid

   Series: Interventions

   This edited volume deploys Deleuzian thinking to re-theorize fascism as a mutable problem in changing orders of power relations dependent on hitherto misunderstood social and political conditions of formation. The book provides a theoretically distinct approach to the problem of fascism and its...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Contemporary Political Agency

   Theory and Practice

   Edited by Bice Maiguashca, Raffaele Marchetti

   Series: Global Order Studies

   This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between the state, the market and the society, it seeks to map both theoretically and empirically contemporary forms of global political...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. International Relations in France

   Writing between Discipline and State

   By Henrik Breitenbauch

   Series: Worlding Beyond the West

   Why is the French International Relations (IR) discipline different from the transnational-American discipline? By analysing argument structures in research articles across time, this book shows how the discipline in France is caught between the American character of the discipline and the French...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Religion in International Relations Theory

   Interactions and Possibilities

   By Nukhet Sandal, Jonathan Fox

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

   There is a growing realization among international relations scholars and practitioners that religion is a critical factor in global politics. The Iranian Revolution, the September 11 attacks, the ethno-religious conflicts such as the ones in the former Yugoslavia and Sri Lanka are among the many...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Feminist Geopolitics

   At the Sharp End

   Edited by Deborah P. Dixon, Sallie A. Marston

   Building on a trans-disciplinary, feminist project that foregrounds the bodies of those at the ‘sharp end’ of various forms of international activity, such as immigration, development and warfare, the chapters included in this book cover a variety of sites, concerns, and hopes. These range from the...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. International Politics of the Arctic

   Coming in from the Cold

   By Peter Hough

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book offers a wide-ranging account of the emerging issues of international politics in the Artic, and the emerging Geopolitical debates that surround the region. In this thorough but accessible book covering environmental issues, the author examines the Geopolitics of emerging land and...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

   Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

   Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. The United States, Israel, and the Search for International Order

   Socializing States

   By Cameron G. Thies

   Series: Role Theory and International Relations

   How do emerging states become full, functioning members of the international system? In this book, Cameron G. Thies argues that new and emerging states are subject to socialization efforts by current member states, which guide them in locating their position in the international system. Thies...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Politics and the Art of Commemoration

   Memorials to struggle in Latin America and Spain

   By Katherine Hite

   Series: Interventions

   Memorials are proliferating throughout the globe. States recognize the political value of memorials: memorials can convey national unity, a sense of overcoming violent legacies, a commitment to political stability or the strengthening of democracy. Memorials represent fitful negotiations between...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Routledge Handbook of Regionalism & Federalism

    Edited by John Loughlin, John Kincaid, Wilfried Swenden

    Almost all states are either federal or regionalized in some sense. It is difficult to find a state that is entirely unitary and the Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism necessarily takes in almost the entire world. Both federalism and regionalism have been subjects of a vast academic...

    Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge