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Parting the Waters
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 22.00Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a... more...
The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 54.99The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes offers a new interpretation of Thomas Hobbes's response to the English Revolution. By focusing on his religious thought, it debunks the standard view of him as a royalist, and recovers his sympathies with the religious projects of the 1640s and 1650s. This reinterpretation culminates with an exploration of Hobbes's... more...
Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 138.00The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details... more...
Alter-Globalization
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Contrary to the common view that globalization undermines social agency, ‘alter-globalization activists', that is, those who contest globalization in its neo-liberal form, have developed new ways to become actors in the global age. They propose alternatives to Washington Consensus policies, implement horizontal and participatory organization... more...
International Relations: The Key Concepts
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 32.95Featuring over twenty new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts , now in its second edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations in the post 9/11 era. Key areas cover international criminal law, human... more...
The Europeanization of National Foreign Policies towards Latin America
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Who shapes the European Union?s policy towards Latin America? How has this EU policy modified individual member states? relations with the region? This book provides a comparative account of seven member states? bilateral links with Latin America since 1945, in the context of their EU membership and based on the concept of ?Europeanization?.... more...
The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95The new edition of this accessible introduction to the important role of the United Nations Secretary-General continues to offer a keen insight into the United Nations ? the Secretariat and its head, the Secretary-General, summing up the history, structure, strengths and weaknesses, and continuing operations of an ever-present global institution.... more...
What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Six decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related agencies and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century’s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today’s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither... more...
United Nations and Education
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 44.95The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and overall effectiveness, particularly in its involvement with educational policy and co-operation. This ground-breaking book examines the four key agencies within the UN system that share the more...
Idealism and Realism in International Relations
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 170.00The author argues for a revised conception of international relations that acknowledges the irreconcilability of realist and idealist theories, and concerns itself instead with important substantive issues. more...









