Political Activism

The terrorist threat remains a disturbing issue for the early 1990s. This book explores whether terrorism can ever be morally justifiable and if so...

The tumultuous 1960s saw a generation of Latin American youth enter into political life in unprecedented numbers. Though some have argued that thes...

Internationalism is the view that institution-building and peaceful cooperation will make peace and security prevail in a system of independent sta...

A nation of peacekeepers or soldiers? Honest broker, loyal ally, or chore boy for empire? Attempts to define Canada's past, present, and proper int...

This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate.While p...

This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address...

This book explores the process of assessing success in the field of conflict resolution, with a focus on the Action Evaluation method pioneered by ...

This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council r...

The political philosophy of Leo Strauss has been the subject of significant scholarly and media attention in recent years, particularly in the cont...

This book presents a study of the international dimensions of the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan from before its outbreak in October 19...

Social movements play a vital and increasingly visible role in modern politics.  Headline-grabbing demonstrations against authoritarian governments...

A nation of peacekeepers or soldiers? Honest broker, loyal ally, or chore boy for empire? Attempts to define Canada's past, present, and proper int...

This book examines the logic behind the shifts and paradigm changes within the scholarship on peacebuilding. In particular, the book is concerned w...

The Patrons of Husbandry—or the Grange—is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had im...

Contributions to this volume consider the importance of mediation in violent conflict. Practical and applied, this publication will be of interest ...

This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea. It utilizes diverse examples from naval hist...

How are militarism and militarisation embodied and why is it important to study these concepts together? This volume highlights a lack of research ...

In the context of the current explosion of interest in Gothic literature and popular culture, this interdisciplinary collection of essays explores ...

Violently divided societies present major challenges to institutions seeking to establish peace in places characterised by ethnic conflict and high...

The Patrons of Husbandry—or the Grange—is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had im...

Remembering Women’s Activism examines the intersections between gender politics and acts of remembrance by tracing the cultural memories of women w...

This book examines the role of terrorist innovation and learning in theory and practice, and in the context of three specific EU case-studies.It is...