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This book provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the major political thinkers of modern Germany. It includes chapters on the works o…

Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by …

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotion…

Guibernau offers a comparative analysis of nationalist movements in nations without states.

At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a resp…

This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosoph…

A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political, economic, and social gap existing between the world’s northern and southern hemispheres. Fe…

Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European w…

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without…

Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across the globe. …

This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the id…

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War I…

The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the internat…

At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of ‘the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientis…

The lifestyle, economic basis and political affiliations of the British upper class are the focus of this exciting new textbook. Combining a review of…

Almost three years after the first voluntary handover of power in Russian history, this book examines Putin's management of this complex agenda, and c…

Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological de…

In a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is …

The contemporary debate on economic policy is dominated by the issue of 'which model of capitalism works best'.

This book provides seven studies that address major issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethica…

This book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. A timely examination of the ways in which p…

Founded in 1963, Dartington Social Research Unit conducts scientific research into child development within the context of children?s services with a …

In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global po…

Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the …

Globalization is now widely discussed but the debates often remain locked within particular disciplinary discourses. This book brings together for the…

According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places –…

Until recently, the topic of female sexual offenders remained under-researched, and many incorrect assumptions and beliefs still surround the subject.…

Seeking reason in the impassioned globalization debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalizati…

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months – not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and…

Many authors who discuss the idea of globalization see it as continuing pre-established paths of development of modern societies. Post-modernist write…

This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engag…

An essential desk reference for all helping professionals Social Work in Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Approach is a comprehensive and contemporary…

In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, responsibi…

This book is a highly original and provocative contribution to democratic theory. Zolo argues that the increasing complexity of modern societies repre…

In this book Rajneesh Narula examines the interdependence of globalization and technological innovation at two levels: first, between locations, by ex…

This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it …

Assessment, intervention and living with children who are looked after or adopted all require an understanding of psychology and its application. This…

Politics was once regarded as an activity which could give human societies control over their fate. However, there is now a deep pessimism about the a…

The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues tha…

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition provides a comprehensive account of the major political ideologies of the past two centuries. Provi…

There have been significant political eras which have shaped not only the structure of world politics but the way in which it has been studied. The ge…

In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a g…

A new emphasis on diversity and difference is displacing older myths of nation or community. A new attention to gender, race, language or religion is …

In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging…

This comprehensive introduction to the study of war and genocide presents a disturbing case that the potential for slaughter is deeply rooted in the p…