Europa: New Titles and Key Backlist 2012 & 2013

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa

Foreign direct investment and food and water security

Edited by John Anthony Allan, Martin Keulertz, Suvi Sojamo, Jeroen Warner

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007. Current research has focused on human rights issues related to inward investment in land but...

Published August 22nd 2012 by Routledge

The Politics of the Olympics

A Survey

Edited by Alan Bairner, Gyozo Molnar

The Politics of the Olympics: A Survey provides information on and analysis of the relationship between politics and the Olympic Games. It is argued and demonstrated throughout the book that sport and politics have been and are intimately connected and nowhere is this relationship more...

Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge

Microfoundations of Policy Implementation

Towards European Best Practices

By Phedon Nicolaides

Series: Routledge/EIPA Managing the European Union Series

The European Union (EU) has a compliance problem: there are persistent failures in the implementation of EU rules and policies by the member states. This book examines how policy implementation may be improved. It explains the nature of policy mistakes, proceeds to consider how individual public...

Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge

CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

from Silk Road to Arab Spring

By Muhamad S. Olimat

This manuscript examines relations between China and the Middle East in historical context. It highlights some of the most important events that characterize the ties between China and the Middle East, and examines their relationship in key areas that include energy, trade, arms sales, culture and...

Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge

Handbook of China's Governance and Domestic Politics

Edited by Chris Ogden

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

This Handbook looks at how China is governed, how its domestic political system functions and the critical issues that it currently faces. Governed by the world’s largest political party in the world’s longest-ruling Communist regime, China is undergoing a transitional period of rapid...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

The Hungry Dragon

How China’s Resource Quest is Reshaping the World

By Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear

This book explores China’s quest for energy sources, raw materials and natural resources around the world, with a specific emphasis on oil. China’s ubiquitous presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is reshaping the world with regards to economics, politics and national security. It offers a...

Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge

A Dictionary of the European Union

6th Edition

By David Phinnemore, Lee McGowan

Series: European Union Information Series

This unique collection of data includes concise definitions and explanations on all aspects of the European Union. It explains the terminology surrounding the EU and outlines the roles and significance of the institutions, member countries, programmes and policies, treaties and personalities. It...

Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge

Law of International Business

By Charles Chatterjee

Written in an accessible and non-technical style, this text is an important guide to international business law. It will benefit lawyers and businesses, students and researchers alike. This title: brings the most important aspects of international business law into one work discusses issues...

To Be Published August 28th 2013 by Routledge

Handbook of Africa's International Relations

Edited by Tim Murithi

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

Africa’s international relations have often been defined and oriented by the dominant international and geopolitical agendas of the day. In the aftermath of colonialism the Cold War became a dominant paradigm that defined the nature of the continent’s relationship with the rest of the world. The...

To Be Published August 11th 2013 by Routledge

The Democratization of International Institutions

First International Democracy Report

Edited by Lucio Levi, Giovanni Finizio, Nicola Vallinoto

The democratization of international organizations is a theme increasingly debated all over the world. This is the first work on international democracy that systematically assesses the dynamics of democratization affecting most international organizations; consisting of chapters written by experts...

To Be Published September 18th 2013 by Routledge

East and South-East Asia

International Relations and Security Perspectives

Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

The economic growth of East and South-East Asia in the context of the global financial crisis has strengthened the view that this region is emerging in the 21st century as the most economically vibrant region in the world. With some of the largest economies, and generally high economic growth rates...

Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge

Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

A Handbook

Edited by Abbas Kadhim

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

Governance in the Middle East and North African will be essential reading for scholars, activists and policy makers. This new Handbook presents the first comprehensive framework of the question of governance in the Middle East in its various forms and manifestations: political,...

Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge