International Relations category: 9182 books
Turkey's Accession to the European Union
Political and Economic Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Although Turkey has a long-held aspiration for European Union membership and has been a candidate for more than a decade, relations between the EU and Turkey have not received the attention it deserves from non-Turkish researchers thus far, and consequently the international literature on EU-Turkey...
Women and Gender in International History
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Most governments and global political organizations have been dominated by male leaders and structures that institutionalize male privilege. As Women and Gender in International History reveals, however, women have participated in and influenced the traditional concerns of international history even...
Aid Relations and State Reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Politics of Mutual Accommodation and Administrative Neglect
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Since 2001 The Democratic Republic of Congo has been engaged in a three-fold transition process towards liberalisation, democratisation, and peace. Throughout this process, external actors (donors, international financial institutions, the UN system, aid agencies) have played a leading role, effectively...
China-ASEAN Relations
Economic and Legal Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
With China's dynamic economic growth, its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states have expanded rapidly in recent years, culminating in the conclusion of the landmark China–ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement in 2002. Beyond trade and economic activities,...
International Organisations and Global Problems
Theories and Explanations
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
International organisations (IOs) are considered fundamental in addressing global problems, but how effective are they? Conflict (war), human rights, global health, financial governance, international trade, regionalisation, development and the environment are all issues that international organisations...
Monetary Stability through International Cooperation
Essays in Honour of André Szász
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Monetary Stability through International Cooperation contains essays written by high ranking policy makers in the field of central banking and international finance, written in honour of André Szász, who has been Executive Director of De Nederlandsche Bank since 1973, responsible for international...
Researching Non-state Actors in International Security
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
This volume provides researchers and students with a discussion of a broad range of methods and their practical application to the study of non-state actors in international security.
All researchers face the same challenge, not only must they identify a suitable method for analysing their...
China and the International Society
Adaptation and Self-Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
What is the relationship between China and the international society? It is a question of historical and realistic significance for China and the world to answer.
Since the reform and opening up, China initiated a journey to get integrated into the international society. As an emerging power,...
Diplomatic Theory
A Focused Comparison Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
This book is intended as a primer for generalizing on a case-comparison basis about diplomatic statecraft, including resources and techniques available to states to attain their objectives. Twenty years in the making, it employs an inductive method in which small samples of cases occurring at different...
The European Defence Agency
Arming Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This volume provides a comprehensive understanding of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the leading EU armaments policy institution.
Despite its critical role in European strategic and military affairs as the key hub of European policy-making in the field of armaments, the Agency has hitherto...
Power in the 21st Century
International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The study of power is the nucleus of political science and international relations. As a shift of power from traditional industrial countries to emerging powers has been perceived since the turn of the century, this book aims to present innovative theoretical and empirical approaches that can increase...
by Wendy Laverick
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Global Injustice and Crime Control places cross-border, cross-national and international crime and crime control within its wider context. It examines theory from a range of disciplines and introduces students to the frequently neglected area of the world order and world politics, in an effort to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous state and largest consumer of energy, having demonstrated momentous progress on an unprecedented scale. This global power has increasingly shaped international relations as a result of its population size, economic development and political...
The Unwinding of Apartheid: UK-South African Relations, 1986-1990
Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume XI
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This volume examines diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and South Africa from 1986 to 1990, when deadlock gave way to the first stages in the unwinding of apartheid.
By the middle of 1986, the South African Government had succeeded in containing the township revolt, but its hesitant...