Security Studies - Military & Strategic Books

New and Published Books

1. South America and Peace Operations

   Coming of Age

   Edited by Kai Michael Kenkel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   This volume is the first English-language work to focus specifically on South America in the context of peace operations. The region of South America has been undergoing significant changes recently with regard to its attitudes towards participation in peace operations. Leaving behind a strong...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Economic Statecraft and Foreign Policy

   Sanctions, Incentives, and Target State Calculations

   By Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Norrin M. Ripsman

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book develops a unified theory of economic statecraft to clarify when and how sanctions and incentives can be used effectively to secure meaningful policy concessions. High-profile applications of economic statecraft have yielded varying degrees of success. The mixed record of economic...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
3. Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems

   Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition

   Edited by Obi N. I. Ebbe

   Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems: Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition examines the history, dynamics, structure, organization, and processes in the criminal justice systems in a number of selected countries. Designed for courses in comparative criminal justice...

   Published May 12th 2013 by CRC Press
4. The Relationship between Rhetoric and Terrorist Violence

   Edited by Allison Smith

   Studies have demonstrated that choices in the use of language convey information that goes beyond the content of the words themselves. In many cases, how something is said matters as much as what is said. Using techniques collectively referred to as linguistic content analysis, researchers have...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
5. Transnational Companies and Security Governance

   Hybrid Practices in a Postcolonial World

   By Jana Hönke

   Series: PRIO New Security Studies

   This book examines non-state governance in areas of limited statehood by looking at the security practices of multinational companies. It investigates the everyday security practices of mining companies in Subsaharan Africa to illustrate a much broader and highly relevant phenomenon: hybrid...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. Peace Operations and Organized Crime

   Enemies or Allies?

   Edited by James Cockayne, Adam Lupel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies. The threat posed by organized crime to...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations

   Edited by Chris Rumford

   This book makes the case for looking afresh at Turkey-EU relations in order to appreciate the richness and complexity of a relationship which is now more than 50 years old and is still not close to reaching fulfilment. The contributors challenge conventional attempts to understand Turkey-EU...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
8. Understanding Transatlantic Relations

   Whither the West?

   By Serena Simoni

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   In light of the Arab Spring and after days of public quarreling that highlighted the divisions among NATO’s members on an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" zone in Libya to the Alliance, it is evident that the U.S. is having problems engaging with its European allies and partners. Why is...

   Published May 5th 2013 by Routledge
9. Peace through Tourism

   Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship

   Edited by Lynda-ann Blanchard, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Peace through tourism refers to a body of analysis which suggests tourism may contribute to cross-cultural understanding, tolerance and even peace between communities and nations. What has been largely missing to date is a sustained critique of the potential and capacities of tourism to foster...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
10. ASEAN Regionalism

    Cooperation, Values and Institutionalisation

    By Christopher B. Roberts

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns -domestic, regional and international - have either contributed to, or detracted from, an increased level of unity and cooperation in ASEAN...

    Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge