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1. Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics

   The Scars of Violence

   By Brent Steele

   Series: Interventions

   In fields such as politics, international relations, public administration and international law, there is a rapidly growing interest in the topic of ‘accountability’. In this innovative new work, Steele shows how we might recognize how an alternative form of accountability in global politics has...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ontological Security in International Relations

   Self-Identity and the IR State

   By Brent J. Steele

   Series: New International Relations

   The central assertion of this book is that states pursue social actions to serve self-identity needs, even when these actions compromise their physical existence. Three forms of social action, sometimes referred to as ‘motives’ of state behaviour (moral, humanitarian, and honour-driven) are...

   Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge