New International Relations
The field of international relations has changed dramatically in recent years. This series covers the major issues that have emerged and reflects the latest academic thinking in this particularly dynamic arena.
New and Published Books
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International Relations and Identity
A Dialogical Approach
Series: New International Relations
International Relations and Identity examines the issue of collective political identity formation and expands the concept of the international beyond the notion of states. Providing a dialogical approach to questions of identity and alterity in International Relations, the author considers how...
Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
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Arguing Global Governance
Agency, Lifeworld and Shared Reasoning
Series: New International Relations
This book deals with the questions of how global governance can and ought to effectively address serious global problems, such as financial instability, military conflicts, distributive injustice and increasing concerns of ecological disasters. Providing a unified theoretical framework, the...
Published September 8th 2010 by Routledge
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The Puzzles of Politics
Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations
Series: New International Relations
Friedrich Kratochwil is the author of the classic book: Rules, Norms and Decisions (1989), which introduced constructivism to international relations and has had a profound and significant impact on the discipline. The Puzzle of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his key...
Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
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The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations
Philosophy of Science and Its Implications for the Study of World Politics
Series: New International Relations
There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for concrete research on world politics. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations...
Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
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Social Power in International Politics
Series: New International Relations
Social power, defined as "the ability to set standards, create norms and values that are deemed legitimate and desirable, without resorting to coercion or payment", is a central part of contemporary international politics. This text introduces and defines the concept of social power and considers...
Published March 21st 2010 by Routledge
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Transforming World Politics
From Empire to Multiple Worlds
Series: New International Relations
This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neoliberal approach to international relations seduces many of us into investing our lives in projects of power and alienation. These projects offer few options for emancipation; consequently, many feel...
Published May 27th 2009 by Routledge
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Africa and the North
Between Globalization and Marginalization
Series: New International Relations
An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system. This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the...
Published March 4th 2009 by Routledge
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Territorial Conflicts in World Society
Modern Systems Theory, International Relations and Conflict Studies
Series: New International Relations
By bringing into dialogue modern systems theory and international relations, this text provides theoretically innovative and empirically rich perspectives on conflicts in world society. This collection contrasts Niklas Luhmann’s theory of world society in modern systems theory with more classical...
Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
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Ontological Security in International Relations
Self-Identity and the IR State
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
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The Politics of Regional Identity
Meddling with the Mediterranean
Series: New International Relations
A keen analysis of the impact of European regionalism in the Mediterranean, focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity.The Mediterranean - as a region, as an area of EU policy and as a place on the fringe of a rapidly integrating Europe - has been a theoretically...
Published October 21st 2007 by Routledge
Forthcoming Books
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The United States and Great Power Responsibility in International Society: Drones, Rendition and Invasion
To Be Published June 30th 2013 -
The Dao of World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, Worldist International Relations
To Be Published September 16th 2013 -
International Orders in the Early Modern World: Before the Rise of the West
To Be Published September 16th 2013 -
Africa and the Expansion of International Society: Surrendering the Savannah
To Be Published December 29th 2013 -
International Organizations in Practice: The United Nations, Peacebuilding and Praxiography
To Be Published December 30th 2013 -
Non-Great Powers in International Politics: The English School and Nordic Internationalism
To Be Published January 29th 2014 -
Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis
To Be Published March 30th 2014 -
The International Political Sociology of Security: Rethinking Theory and Practice
To Be Published April 29th 2014