Political Activism

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. In an era that saw the eme...

Since 1991 Somalia has been defined as a failing state, one that lacks an effective central government. The vacuum of power in Somalia, in turn, en...

The 1790s was a fateful period for Britain. The French Revolution of 1789 opened an era of seismic political upheaval, one in which many features o...

This book examines the limits to cosmopolitan liberal peacebuilding caused by its preoccupation with the values and assumptions of neoliberal globa...

Traditionally, humanitarianism is considered a nonpolitical urgent response to human suffering. However, this characterization ignores the politics...

This edited volume focuses on the use of ‘necessary condition counterfactuals’ in explaining two key events in twentieth century history, the origi...

Originally published in the early 1970s, The Yenan Way in Revolutionary China has proved to be one of the most significant and enduring books publi...

During the Arab uprisings of early 2011, which saw the overthrow of Zine el-Abadine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, the role of digi...

The New Feminist Manifesto for Badass MomsAcknowledging the dual role of mother and citizen, Scary Mommy writer and mom Farrah Alexander, provides ...

This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. Whil...

The book explores the interaction of political parties, bureaucracy, media, judiciary, and civil society groups in shaping policy in contemporary I...

Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf examines the national security implications of U.S. energy security policies in the Middle East, and the emerging...

Marked changes in the balance of power between states in the international system are generally seen by IR scholars as among the most common causes...

Why are we so obsessed by the pursuit of happiness? With new ways to measure contentment we are told that we have a right to individual joy. But ...

'Incredibly well-researched and lively' - Financial Times 'Very readable and thought-provoking' - Irish Times A deep-dive into the art, science a...

Security is undermined worldwide from political dissident activity and acts of terrorism targeted at innocent victims with no relation to the offen...

Though largely forgotten today, one of the most destructive terrorist groups in the United States was the Galleanists, a fiery band of Italian anar...

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 edited volume focuses on the use of ‘necessary condition counterfactuals’ in explaining two key events in twentieth century history, the origi...

An intensely personal, and philosophical, account of why white America’s racial unconscious is not so unconsciousAn Essay for Ezra is a critique of...

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, “freedom” came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both ...

Behavioural Economics and Terrorism can be used as a guide to help us think about thinking and, in doing so, to appreciate the deep quirkiness of h...

This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and f...

Since declaring independence in 1948, Israel has been involved in an intractable conflict with the Palestinians and its neighbors. While violence h...

Islam and Bosnia re-examines the conflict of the 1990s from the perspectives of international relations, conflict resolution, and history as well a...

This inter-disciplinary edited volume critically examines the dynamics of the War on Terror, focusing on the theme of the politics of response.The ...

Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization is most complete treatment of the rapidly growing phenomenon of how terrorists’ online...

This book introduces readers to the development, principles, and philosophy of humanitarian diplomacy, before demonstrating how it works in practic...

In September 2003, James 'Ash' Ashcroft, a former British Infantry Captain, arrived in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was the beginning of an 18-mont...

This book provides practical tools, models, and frameworks for thinking about how a story is structured, all in order to help us think about confli...

Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America’s nineteenth-century ‘evangelist of sea power’ and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His t...

Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows ...

Conducting a Lacanian-inspired psychoanalysis of some of the most candid interview materials ever gathered from former IRA members and loyalists, t...

Concentrating on the turbulent months from February 1917 to November 1918, Geoffrey Swain explores the origins of the Civil War against the wider b...

This book seeks to understand the obligations of the international community to promote and protect state and human security in situations of inter...

Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows ...

This text is an innovative and accessible work that introduces readers to the main arguments for and against the use of violence in politics. Indee...

Changing Patterns of Warfare between India and Pakistan analyzes how advanced nuclear technologies and the advent of disruptive technologies have a...

The first principle of terrorism is to understand that the weak win by exploiting the strength of the powerful. When 9/11 terrorists with box cutte...

This text is an innovative and accessible work that introduces readers to the main arguments for and against the use of violence in politics. Indee...

A riveting memoir of Mexico's "dirty wars"

The strategic interactions between protestors and their targets shape the world around us in profound ways. The editors and contributors to Protest...

There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists ...

This book provides a comprehensive insight into one of the key episodes of the Cold War – the process of reconciliation between Yugoslavia and the ...

A riveting memoir of Mexico's "dirty wars"

From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges. Whatever political agree...

Rebels of the South! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. —Inscription dated April 11, 1919, one day after the assassinatio...