Political Activism

Contrary to the common view that globalization undermines social agency, ‘alter-globalization activists', that is, those who contest globalization ...

Genocide studies is a relatively new field of comparative inquiry, but recent years have seen an increasing range of themes and subject-matter bein...

This new book presents critical approaches towards Human Security, which has become one of the key areas for policy and academic debate within Secu...

In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative j...

This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr. Stephen Marrin argues that scholarship can play a valuable role in improving ...

This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the rol...

This book investigates terrorism and anti-terrorism as related and interacting phenomena, undertaking a simultaneous reading of terrorist and stati...

This book examines the doctrine of giving no concessions to terrorists, and uses empirical research to establish whether there is any link between ...

Terrorism has emerged as one of the most problematic issues facing national governments and the international community in the 21st century. But ho...

An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what t...

This new book provides a framework for understanding the international relations of armed groups, including terrorist organizations, insurgencies a...

This book examines global governance through Foucaultian notions of governmentality and security, as well as the complex intersections between the ...

In response to the growth of a critical perspective on contemporary issues of terrorism, this edited volume brings together a number of leading sch...

In an unprecedented show of force, organization and skill, two proscribed Islamist militant organizations exploded more than 450 bombs within a spa...

This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era. Utilizing comparative research into 26 ter...

This edited volume uses theoretical overviews and empirical case studies to explore both how soldiers cope with the new forms of cultural diversity...

Jihad is the most organized force against Western capitalism since the Soviet era. Yet jihadism is multifaceted and complex, much broader than Al Q...

A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen Keller Several decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely r...

During the Soviet period, Islam was largely ignored in Moscow and viewed as a bourgeois phenomenon which would fade over time. Nowadays, from the o...

Only once in history has a British Prime Minister been assassinated. At 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 11 May 1812, John Bellingham made his way to the House...

This book explores a range of biohealth and biosecurity threats, places them in context, and offers responses and solutions from global and local, ...

Can terrorism and state violence cause democratic breakdown? Although the origins of violence have been studied, only rarely are its consequences ...

This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, an...

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted confli...