This anthology describes the processes of change shaping the Middle East in the post-Arab Spring context, investigating the extent to which these led to the region’s polarisation between states that integrate politically and economically and states that disintegrate internally.
Leadership and the Problem of Electoral Democracy in Africa
In this text, the notion that African leaders are responsible for electoral malfeasance throughout the continent is explored. Five case studies are selected, to illustrate variations and similarities in the dilemma of electoral democracy in Africa’s political system.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
Orthodoxy Versus Post-Communism?
In post-communist Ukraine, Belarus, and Serbia, the Orthodox faith has become a vital element of political culture. This book analyses Orthodoxy’s influence on attitudes towards the West, the EU, and democracy, and its role in shaping modern cultural and national identity.
Framing Violence
This collection analyses many of the questions surrounding challenges in framing the rising violence across the globe and in its new forms. It provides case studies and debates, with violence discussed in its political form and its domestic, financial, and artistic forms.
Do we have a duty to end poverty? Is it a duty of help or justice? This volume offers a detailed analysis of our moral duties in an age of globality and extreme poverty, providing both a multifaceted interdisciplinary dialogue and concrete policy solutions.
A concise guide on how and why the Arab Spring failed, Alfadhel presents a narrative of events in the Arab World. He describes an original investigation into why the Arab Spring cannot be seen as a wave of democratization, due to intolerant Islamist actors’ input in its failure.
The Feathers of Condor
López explores why the South American military set up Operation Condor to transnationalize state terrorism beyond South America. He argues they wanted to eliminate any kind of opposition, especially if it was involved in the denunciation of human rights violations.
The Threat of Geopolitics to International Relations
This text tears apart the simplistic thinking of geopolitics, proposing its replacement with the authors’ own method of ‘geohistory’. This new concept is based on recognising that at the base of any study and evaluation of the international situation lie human characteristics.
Kissinger and the Invasion of Cyprus
Using the story of Kissinger’s behaviour regarding Cyprus, backed up by recently revealed government documents, Mallinson provides an incisive analysis of Kissinger’s approach, revealing a man who appears to have considered political strategy more important than law and ethics.
This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of technology’s influence on contemporary international relations. Exploring the complex challenges of these changes, it is essential reading for scholars, students, and anyone interested in this dynamic interplay.
Translating the European House
This collection explores the intersection of translation and politics. Using examples from the fall of the Berlin Wall to EU enlargement, these articles afford a fascinating insight into the textual and ideological factors shaping international political discourse.
Corruption in Ukraine
Bazaluk expands the understanding of Ukraine as a limitrophe state, as a frontier between two world cultures, the East and the West. He explains the relationship between the totally corrupt Ukrainian political system and the geographic location of the country.
Capital
The 2008 financial crisis triggered a renewed interest in Marxism. This book looks at Marx’s Capital from an energy perspective, using energy as an analytical tool to provide a fresh look at the physical workings of the capitalist economy.
Europe Meets America
Unlike earlier, restrictive portrayals of William Lescaze, Caramellino focuses on the role that the Swiss architect played in defining the main features of New York social housing and the encounter between European modernity and an American scene still tied to local conventions.
Public Opinion towards the EU
Durach investigates the public opinion of the EU in the context of the present economic crisis and other significant challenges, such as the refugee crisis, providing insights into attitudes towards the organisation in Central and Eastern Europe.
North African Societies after the Arab Spring
No attempt to define the Mediterranean as a whole can overlook the various political, religious and social forces at work along its shores. This title shows how these forces interact in complex ways, as evidenced by their impact on the cultural, and political life of the region.
Fight and Flight
Bassano examines the campaigns of three US NGOs to challenge the Reagan Administration’s policy of supporting right-ring terror and oligarchy in Central America during the 1980s.
Serve the Power(s), Serve the State
This book examines the organization and the consolidation of various groups, including judicial officers and tax agents, acting to create newly emergent forms of social and political power across a range of different cultures and locations.
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters
Bringing together the perspectives of the people on small, remote islands in the South Pacific, the aid organisations who help after a disaster, and the governments, Johnston investigates how the appropriate responses to natural disasters for small communities.