199 products in Political Science

A significant addition to debates on social justice, this study explores key issues such as democracy, freedom, special rights and John Stuart Mill's liberal Utilitarianism, bringing these concerns to the fore of

In this text the author presents discourse analysis as a new approach to foreign policy analysis. Through an extensive empirical study of British and French policies towards Europe in the 1980s he

This text examines the Franco-German relationship in the EU in relation to different policy sectors. It assesses the nature and importance of the relationship for the policy process.

Theories of Secession presents a systematic analysis of the rise of secessionist movements in global politics. Bringing together a collection of experts in the field, it provides a timely forum for debate

Anglo-French Relations in the Twentieth Century is a collection of studies on the key episodes of the difficult and often discordant Anglo-French exchange over the past century.

In an interesting mix of the empirical and theoretical, case studies from the US, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia illustrate China's developing position in the Asia-Pacific.

This book presents an analysis of the transnational social forces in the making of a new European socio-economic order that emerged out of the European integration process during the 1980s and 1990s.

This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the development of post-communist civil society by focusing on its alleged 'dark side', i.e on the groups that are excluded from 'civil

This book looks at the role of the Indonesian military in the downfall of Suharto and their ongoing influence on the succeeding governments of B.J. Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid.

This text provides an interdisciplinary review of the triad of knowledge, space, and economy on entering the 21st century. Drawing on a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, the text comprises a set of

This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters use data from Europe,

This volume explores both the theoretical basis for industrial policy in Europe and practical proposals for making industrial development happen.

Considers if there is a crisis in global institutions which address security challenges. This volume explores the sources of these challenges and how multilateralism might be viably constituted to cope with contemporary

An ideal introductory text for students studying the EU. The evolution and extent of European integration in areas ranging from industrial development to international relations is explained.

The end of Soviet hegemony has led to the emergence of new Central Asia nation-states which are struggling with the conundrums of national identity. This text focuses on the dynamics among transnational

Leading scholars of EC studies and integration theory survey the importance of the Treaty in furthering aims of European Union, looking at policies, process and institutions and supplying political context.

This study presents new information about the four Quaker businessmen who helped found the London Abolition Committee in 1787 and remained active in the late anti-slave trade movement throughout their lifetimes.

This book examines the communist movement in the Arab world from the time of the Russian revolution until after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Viewing traditional neorealist conceptions of economic security as overly narrow, this study suggests that any conception of economic security in the contemporary era needs to also pay close attention to the nature

Based on the NZASIA conference held at the University of Otago in November 1999, this volume contains some 30 out of over 100 papers presented. The papers are divided into two groupings: