International Relations category: 9182 books
Historical Institutionalism and International Relations
Explaining Institutional Development in World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
This book applies the analytical approach called Historical Institutionalism (HI)- so far mostly used within comparative politics-to the field of International Relations (IR). It provides an introduction to HI concepts and makes an argument for why it is particularly well-suited for understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The Handbook of Latin America in the World explains how the Latin American countries have both reacted and contributed to changing international dynamics over the last 30 years. It provides a comprehensive picture of Latin America’s global engagement by looking at specific processes and issues that...
Introduction to International Relations
Perspectives, Connections, and Enduring Questions
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2018
The hotly awaited second edition of this bestselling introductory textbook provides a truly comprehensive and accessible guide to international affairs. Bringing together the combined decades of experience in researching and teaching global politics of three acclaimed scholars, this text introduces...
Anglo-American Relations
Contemporary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
This book provides an examination of contemporary Anglo-American relations. Sometimes controversially referred to as the Special Relationship, Anglo-American relations constitute arguably the most important bilateral relationship of modern times. However, in recent years, there have been frequent...
Eduard Bernstein on Social Democracy and International Politics
Essays and Other Writings
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
This book presents three later works by the German social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein, translated into English in full for the first time: Social Democracy and International Politics: Social Democracy and the European Question; League of Nations or League of States; and International...
US-Israeli Relations in a New Era
Issues and Challenges after 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
This book examines in depth the fundamental problems, factors and issues in current US-Israeli relations, which will have implications both for the Middle East and for world peace and prosperity.
The US and Israel have established an exceptional relationship, which has significant effects on...
Jordanian-Israeli Relations
The Peacebuilding Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2008
Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel was unique as it bore the promise of what was termed a "warm" peace between the two warring countries. With legitimacy provided by Madrid and Oslo, hopes for "true" peace, as the Israelis would describe it, were high. This book explores the Jordanian-Israeli...
Polarity, Balance of Power and International Relations Theory
Post-Cold War and the 19th Century Compared
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
This book discusses the rise of polarity as a key concept in International Relations Theory. Since the end of the Cold War, until at least the end of 2010, there has been a wide consensus shared by American academics, political commentators and policy makers: the world was unipolar and would remain...
by Alexander Bligh, Udi Lebel, Nissim Leon
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The 1973 Yom Kippur War did not only have external implications on Israel, but also some dramatic internal implications, particularly with regards to the civil-military relations as well as the fields of psychology and political sociology. To this day, the consequences of this war are still prevalent...
Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945
War, Diplomacy and Public Opinion
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this book presents an interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy. It provides a greater understanding of key aspects of the countries' bilateral relations from the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 to the parallel defeat...
by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi, Pita Ogaba Agbese, Glen Segell
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This book examines two sides of civil–military relations in developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations within a state’s political and economic systems; the other is the role of the military on a state’s maintenance of peace and stability. The book thus proposes that the...
Religion, Politics and International Relations
Selected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
A leading authority in the discipline, Jeffrey Haynes has contributed to many of the most significant debates in the fields of religion & politics and religion & international relations in the last twenty years. This book brings together many of his most influential essays, offering a comprehensive...
A Rising China and Security in East Asia
Identity Construction and Security Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the security discourse of Chinese policy elites on the major powers in East Asia in relation to China’s self-perception as a rising power. It is the first book-length study that utilizes International Relations theories systematically...
Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations
Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century?
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Drawing on the research and experience of fifteen internationally recognized Latin America scholars, this insightful text presents an overview of inter-American relations during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. This unique collection identifies broad changes in the international...