Rejecting Refugees

Political Asylum in the 21st Century

By Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman

Many nations recognize the moral and legal obligation to accept people fleeing from persecution, but political asylum applicants in the twenty-first century face restrictive policies and...

Published November 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics

Edited by Martin Griffiths

The study of international relations has changed rapidly in recent years. Firstly as a consequence of major political and economic change – the end of the...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

Cosmopolitanism

By Robert Fine

The idea of cosmopolitanism has informed some of the most important developments in current sociology. It has changed the way in which we think about...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

Power in World Politics

Edited by Felix Berenskoetter, M.J. Williams

This book engages the view that students of International Relations need to break with the habit of defining power in terms of military capabilities of...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

Enforcers, Managers, Authorities?

Edited by Jutta Joachim, Bob Reinalda, Bertjan Verbeek

International organizations have once more become subjects of investigation for a whole range of scholars: political scientists, international relations specialists, organization theorists, and policy experts...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

International Relations: The Key Concepts

By Martin Griffiths, Terry O'Callaghan, Steven C. Roach

Featuring over twenty new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its second edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs....

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

Cities in Transition

Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas

By Nirmala Rao

This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

Political Ethics and The United Nations

Dag Hammarskjöld as Secretary-General

By Manuel Froehlich

Based on a wealth of sources, files and interviews, and including previously unpublished material, this book explores the foundations of the political ethics of Dag...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century

An Introduction

Edited by Martin Griffiths

International relations theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.

The Labour Party, War and International Relations, 1945-2006

By Mark Phythian

Questions of war were not central to the founding of the Labour Party, yet questions of war – specifically, under what circumstances the party would...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.