Politics, social theory, history of ideas
The Unintended Consequences of Peace Peaceful Borders and Illicit Transnational Flows Arie Marcelo Kacowicz | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Peaceful borders are generally a force for good, but also have unintended effects and consequences. This provocative and topical book argues that peace may actually facilitate illicit cross-border activities carried out by non-state criminal groups, including drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and terrorism. • Explains how peaceful borders can sometimes enable crimes such as arms trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and drug trafficking • Sets out a clear model in clear language, accessible to non-specialists • Draws on examples from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia
320pp 7. 2021 9781316518823 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009003537
Theorizing World Orders Cognitive Evolution and Beyond Piki Ish-Shalom | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
We need new analytical tools to understand the turbulent times in which we live, and identify the directions in which international politics will evolve. This volume discusses how engaging with Emanuel Adler’s social theory of cognitive evolution could potentially achieve these objectives. • Evaluates the theory of cognitive evolution • Critically explores Adlerian Constructivism • Includes contributions from eminent scholars in the field 280pp 2 tables 11. 2021 9781316512289 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009058193
Undermining American Hegemony Goods Substitution in World Politics Morten Skumsrud Andersen
Study of the decline of the American-led international liberal order is gaining momentum, reacting to China’s rise, the Trump presidency, Brexit, and an assertive Russia. Stressing the provision of global public and private goods, this volume will appeal to anyone interested in the future of US power and world politics. • Introduces a new framework to explain how hegemonies are challenged and erode • Innovative cases and new empirics including Central Asia, Latin America and the Northern Atlantic region. Also a case study on the recently formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) • Comprises contributions from a distinguished group of international authors 270pp 6. 2021 9781108844970 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108954129
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Warning about War Conflict, Persuasion and Foreign Policy Christoph O. Meyer | King’s College London
The authors develop a theoretical framework to explain how and when public and non-public warnings about future conflicts affect decisionmaking in Western states and international organisations. For scholars and practitioners working on conflict prevention, strategic surprise, and advocacy in peace, intelligence and communication studies. • Provides the first comprehensive answer to the warning-response problem in conflict prevention and peace studies • Provides a theoretical framework for studying persuasion in foreign policy, which could be applied beyond conflict warnings • Gives a comparative study of states and international organisations as responders/recipients of warnings 324pp 14 b/w illus. 7 tables 7. 2021 9781108713931 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 8. 2019 9781108486071 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108644006
We God’s People Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations Jocelyne Cesari | Harvard University, Massachusetts
The exportation of the nation-state worldwide went hand-in-hand with the diffusion of the western concept of religion. This dual dissemination of nation-state and religion has reshaped ideas, theologies, institutions which are at the core of the politicization of religion in countries as different as Syria, Turkey, India, China, and Russia. • Provides new perspectives for postcolonial studies and critical studies by focusing on the internal dynamics of power within the “oppressed” people and their specific appropriation of the western concepts of nation, sovereignty and law • Provides a groundbreaking theory and method to analyze politicization of religions in the international order • Offers a genealogy of religious and political ideas, actors, and institutions within a given national context which can be used for future research in the same context by scholars of politics and scholars of religion 200pp 11. 2021 9781108429290 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 11. 2021 9781108453745 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108554466
Latin American government, politics, policy A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America Sebastián L. Mazzuca
Latin America is caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, with flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the development sequence - Latin America has democratized before building capable States - does not explain the region’s quandary. States can make democracy, but so too can democracy make States. Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America 75pp 2. 2021 9781108813990 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108878449
