International Relations category: 9182 books
International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
International relations theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between three main perspectives – Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism. Not only have these approaches evolved in new directions, they have been joined by a number...
Observing International Relations
Niklas Luhmann and World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to generate theoretically informed insights on the possibilities and limits of regulation in global governance.
The...
EU-China-Africa Trilateral Relations in a Multipolar World
Hic Sunt Dracones
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book considers the effect of China’s unprecedented economic growth and more prominent geopolitical role in the twenty-first century. Rising powers considerably alter international relations, leading to the emergence of a multipolar world order that impacts more traditional international players...
Russian Energy Power and Foreign Relations
Implications for Conflict and Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
This book examines Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations, and in building political and economic power domestically, since the 1990s.
Energy transformed Russia's fortunes after its decline during the 1990s....
Beyond Globalization
Capitalism, Territoriality and the International Relations of Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Hannes Lacher presents a new critical social theory of international relations that integrates sociology, history and political geography to understand the formation and development of modern international relations.
Far from implying a return to state-centrist Realism, this essential new volume...
Asian-European Relations
Building Blocks for Global Governance?
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2008
Interregional Relations are a novel field within international relations which have increasingly been attracting scholarly interest. Thus, over the last five years or so, Interregional Relations has firmly established itself as a research field, initially within political science, and gradually in...
by Hêvi Sari
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,3, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: After the Iraq War in 2003 the Kurds in Iraq became more and more important for the region, and there has been a shift...
China-Europe Relations
Perceptions, Policies and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
The fast-developing relationship between China and Europe has become one of the most important in international affairs. China-Europe Relations takes an innovative and insightful look at this phenomenon, examining:
the state of Chinese studies in Europe and European studies in China
the decision-making...
Interregionalism and International Relations
A Stepping Stone to Global Governance?
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2006
Interregionalism, the institutionalized relations between world regions, is a new phenomenon in international relations. It also a new layer of development in an increasingly differentiated global order.
This volume examines the structure of this phenomenon and the scholarly discourse it is...
by Ra Mason
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
North Korea’s contemporary relations with Japan have been fraught with tension. Tactics employed by Pyongyang have included abductions of Japanese citizens, missile launches over Japanese territory, intrusions into Japanese sovereign waters, and nuclear tests in defiance of Japanese and international...
by Christoph Wehr
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2004
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: very good, Vilnius University (Institute of International Relations and Political Science), course: Politics and Government in Lithuania, language: English, abstract: Introduction On...
China-India Relations
Contemporary Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007
This book examines the dynamics of the modern relationship between China and India. As key emerging powers in the international system, India and especially China have received much attention. However, most analysts who have studied Sino-Indian relations have done so through a neorealist lens which...
Critical International Theory
An Intellectual History
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Whether inspired by the Frankfurt School or Antonio Gramsci, the impact of critical theory on the study of international relations has grown considerably since its advent in the early 1980s. This book offers the first intellectual history of critical international theory. Richard Devetak approaches...
Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies
Interviews and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This book provides an assessment of the legacy, challenges and future directions of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations and Security Studies.
This book provides ‘first-hand’ interviews with some of the pioneers of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations...