Major Works: Politics & International Relations

New and Published Books

1. Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 15)

   By Edward Alexander

   This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill. The book sets apart Arnold and Mill from their...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Educate, Agitate, Organize Library Editions: Political Science Volume 59

   One Hundred Years of Fabian Socialism

   By Patricia Pugh

   This volume describes the way in which the Fabian Society works, the distinctive contributions of individuals to that work, the structure they have built and the methods they have evolved to facilitate their labours. Some Fabians are dedicated to shaping economic and social policies, speaking or...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Popular and the Political Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 43

   By Michael Prior

   The failure of the left in Britain to achieve its objectives in the past, and the rapidly changing nature of popular involvement in politics in recent years, both suggest the need for a reappraisal of socialist strategy in the 1980s. The Popular and the Political explores the need to redefine...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Law and Politics

   Edited by Keith Whittington

   Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

   Law and politics are deeply intertwined. Law is an essential tool of government action, an instrument with which government tries to influence society. Law is also the means by which government itself is structured, regulated, and controlled. It is no surprise, then, that law is an important prize...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. China and Globalization

   Edited by Linda Yueh

   Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

   How China continues its integration with the global economy is one of today’s crucial questions, both for China’s own growth prospects and for the rest of the world contending with the still numerous developmental challenges of the world’s second-largest economy. In the first thirty years after it...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Edited by Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Routledge Library Editions: Egypt brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from Education in Egypt to Egypt in Transition, from Egyptian Religion to Egypt's Economic Potential, this set...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak (RLE Egypt)

   A Flawed Revolution

   By Anthony McDermott

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Ever since Nasser overthrew Prince Farouk in 1952, Egypt has held a special, leading position within the Arab world. It is now facing major problems, the most serious of which are the growing strength of the Muslim fundamentalists, continuing population growth and external debt problems. Together,...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Egypt Since the Revolution (RLE Egypt)

   Edited by P.J. Vatikiotis

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   As the leaders of a revolutionary, nationalist regime, the Egyptian Free Officers who came to power following the 1952 Revolution committed themselves to the attainment of goals associated with modernization, namely rapid economic development based on State planning and industrialization and the...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. Egypt, 1798-1952 (RLE Egypt)

   Her Advance Towards a Modern Identity

   By J.C.B. Richmond

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Egypt was the first of the Arab-speaking Muslim countries to come into close contact with modern European states. The experience was not a particularly happy one. It resulted in political and economic subjugation and in the breakdown of her traditional culture and society: but it led also to her...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Religious Strife in Egypt (RLE Egypt)

    Crisis and Ideological Conflict in the Seventies

    By Nadia Farah

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

    This critical analysis investigates the causes that brought about one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Egyptian history – the clashes between the Muslims and Copts during the 1970s. A unique retrospective, it features probing interviews with Egyptian intellectuals, writers, political and...

    Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge