Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns Books

New and Published Books

1. The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

   Edited by Richard Whitman, Stefan Wolff

   In recent years the European Union (EU) has played an increasingly important role as a manager of global conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU has performed in facilitating mediation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding across the globe. Offering an accessible...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. China’s Evolving Approach to Peacekeeping

   Edited by Marc Lanteigne, Miwa Hirono

   China has become an enthusiastic supporter of and contributor to UN peacekeeping. Is China’s participation in peacekeeping likely to strengthen the current international peacekeeping regime by China’s adopting of the international norms of peacekeeping? Or, on the contrary, is it likely to alter...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
3. Theories of Violent Conflict

   An introduction

   By Jolle Demmers

   This textbook introduces students of violent conflict to a variety of prominent theoretical approaches, and examines the ontological stances and epistemological traditions underlying these approaches. Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the group as an actor in contemporary...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. The National Politics of Nuclear Power

   Economics, security, and governance

   By Benjamin Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis. The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Contemporary Military Innovation

   Between anticipation and adaption

   Edited by Dima Adamsky, Kjell Inge Bjerga

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption. The volume examines contemporary military thought and the doctrine that evolved around the thesis of a transformation in the character of war. Known as the...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence

   The 'war on terror' as terror

   Edited by Scott Poynting, David Whyte

   Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

   This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state ‘counter-terrorism’ strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Twenty-First Century Seapower

   Cooperation and conflict at sea

   Edited by Peter Dutton, Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Gender, Human Security and the United Nations

   Security Language as a Political Framework for Women

   By Natalie Florea Hudson

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the larger goals and strategies of the global women's movement. Today, many complex global problems are being located...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Reforming the UN Security Council Membership

   The illusion of representativeness

   By Sabine Hassler

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   There have been many calls for changes to the membership of the United Nations Security Council over the past fifty years, and the Council is now, more than ever, seen as out of step with current realities. The continuing failure to reflect changing realities directly affects the perception of...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Australia as an Asia-Pacific Regional Power

    Friendships in Flux?

    Edited by Brendan Taylor

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    During recent years, in its traditional role as an important Asia-Pacific regional power, Australia has had to cope with a rapidly changing external security environment and a series of new challenges, including a rising China, an increasingly assertive United States, and most notably the Global...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge