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New International Relations


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The field of international relations has changed dramatically in recent years, with new subject matter being brought to light and new approaches from in and out of the social sciences being tried out. This series offers itself as a broad church for innovative work that aims to renew the discipline.

 

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Democratic Peace A Historical and Cultural Practice

Democratic Peace: A Historical and Cultural Practice

1st Edition

By Jorg Kustermans
December 05, 2023

This book advances the theory that “democratic peace” does not exclusively refer to an absence of war among democracies but should also be thought of as a particular way of “doing, thinking, and feeling” peace. Democratic peace is not only then a statistical finding or a rhetorical commonplace ...

Uncertainty in Global Politics

Uncertainty in Global Politics

1st Edition

Edited By Anastasia Shesterinina, Miriam Matejova
November 16, 2023

This book engages in a constructive, practical debate on the nature and effects of uncertainty in global politics. International contributors explore the processes associated with different forms of uncertainty in the context of environmental issues, diplomacy and international negotiations, and ...

Geoeconomics in International Relations Neorealist and Neoliberal Conceptualizations

Geoeconomics in International Relations: Neorealist and Neoliberal Conceptualizations

1st Edition

By Christian Pfeiffer
November 03, 2023

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the concept of geoeconomics in International Relations (IR). It offers an accessible overview of the most important approaches, including their history, means and ends, methodology, ideological underpinnings, normative aspects, and ...

Small States and Security in Europe Between National and International Policymaking

Small States and Security in Europe: Between National and International Policymaking

1st Edition

Edited By Tomáš Weiss, Geoffrey Edwards
September 25, 2023

This book studies how domestic contestation influences the security policy of small states within the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A multinational group of expert contributors consider how domestic contestation is translated into small states’ foreign ...

The Rhetoric of Inquiry in International Relations A Hermeneutic Investigation into the Forms of Argumentation in International Relations Meta-Theory

The Rhetoric of Inquiry in International Relations: A Hermeneutic Investigation into the Forms of Argumentation in International Relations Meta-Theory

1st Edition

By Torsten Michel
May 31, 2023

This book argues that our current lack of recognising and understanding the different forms meta-theorising takes hampers the ways in which fruitful engagement between meta-theories can be conducted. It proposes a radical break with the ways in which meta-theorising in International Relations (IR...

The Globality of Governmentality Governing an Entangled World

The Globality of Governmentality: Governing an Entangled World

1st Edition

Edited By Jan Busse
January 09, 2023

This book reinvigorates the governmentality debate in International Relations (IR) by stressing the interconnectedness between governmentality and globality. It addresses a widening gap in the social sciences and humanities by reconciling Michel Foucault’s concept of "governmentality" with global ...

Deconstructing the Dynamics of World-Societal Order The Power of Governmentality in Palestine

Deconstructing the Dynamics of World-Societal Order: The Power of Governmentality in Palestine

1st Edition

By Jan Busse
April 28, 2020

To get a better sense of power dynamics in global politics, this book presents an innovative theoretical framework, combining a critical engagement with, and further development of, Michel Foucault’s governmentality on the one hand, and the theory of world society of the Stanford School of ...

International Relations Narratives Plotting World Politics

International Relations Narratives: Plotting World Politics

1st Edition

By Riikka Kuusisto
November 14, 2019

This book presents an innovative approach to research in International Relations by examining 12 theoretical contributions to the field as competing narrative bids. It demonstrates the pervasive nature of storytelling and considers narratives as a means of causal explanation in the human ...

Small States and Shelter Theory Iceland’s External Affairs

Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs

1st Edition

Edited By Baldur Thorhallsson
September 05, 2019

Small states are dependent on the economic, political, and societal shelter provided by larger states and international organizations to survive and prosper. Iceland provides an ideal case study for shelter theory, due both to its smallness as compared with its larger neighbouring states, as well...

Tactical Constructivism, Method, and International Relations

Tactical Constructivism, Method, and International Relations

1st Edition

Edited By Brent J. Steele, Harry Gould, Oliver Kessler
July 15, 2019

This is a book on methods, how scholars embody them and how working within, from or against Constructivism has shaped that use and embodiment. A vibrant cross-section of contributors write of interdisciplinary encounters, first interactions with the ‘discipline’ of International Relations, discuss ...

Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy Germany and the Iraq War

Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War

1st Edition

By Jakub Eberle
May 08, 2019

Foreign and security policy have long been removed from the political pressures that influence other areas of policymaking. This has led to a tendency to separate the analytical levels of the individual and the collective. Using Lacanian theory, which views the subject as ontologically incomplete ...

The Use of Force under International Law Lawyerized States in a Legalized World

The Use of Force under International Law: Lawyerized States in a Legalized World

1st Edition

By Fernando Nuñez-Mietz
September 20, 2018

The international system is becoming increasingly legalized, with legal arguments and legal advisors playing an increasingly important part in the state policymaking process. Presenting a practice-oriented theory of compliance with international law, this book shows how international law affects ...

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