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POLITIcS AND INTErNATIONAL STuDIES
New Perspectives
in International
Development
Melissa Butcher
and Theo
Papaioannou
• Part of a twovolume
series
from the Open
university,
offering a
comprehensive
introduction to
contemporary issues in international
development
• Eschews the rather outdated approach
of many competitors, which tend to
focus on linear models of development,
applied to the Third world but not to
the rest of the world
This volume examines some of the
greatest challenges facing the twentyfirst
century: security and conflict,
technological innovation, energy,
resources and the environment.
MELISSA BuTcHEr is Lecturer in the Department
of geography, The Open university, uK.
THEO PAPAIOANNOu is Senior Lecturer in the
Development Policy and Practice group, The
Open university, uK.
uK December 2012 uS February 2013
240 Pages 210 x 263 mm 8.27 x 10.36 inches
HB 9781780932439 - £65.00 / $120.00
PB 9781780932514 - £19.99 / $29.95
Bloomsbury Academic
The Arab-Israeli
Conflict: A Guide for
the Perplexed
Ian Bickerton
• Addresses key
questions about
the Arab-Israeli
conflict in a
balanced, evenhanded
manner
• written by a
respected
scholar, known
for his impartiality
• Provides essential background
information to understand a key world
and uS politics issue
The Arab-Israeli Conflict illuminates
the nature and course of the conflict,
fostering a better understanding of the
current situation.
IAN BIcKErTON is visiting Senior research
Fellow at the university of New South wales,
Australia.
uK April 2012 uS February 2012
320 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441173706 - £45.00 / $75.00
PB 9781441128720 - £12.99 / $19.95
guides for the Perplexed
continuum
Open Source
Intelligence in a
Networked World
Anthony Olcott
• Examines how
freely available
information has
been undervalued
by government
institutions
• Suggests how
intelligence
analysts and
policy makers can make better use of
open source information
• Author has done pioneering work in
the field and has helped shape the
discipline
The book explains how to navigate
and use all the new, rich sources of
information. This comprehensive overview
of the world of open source intelligence
will appeal to practitioners and students
of intelligence, and anyone interested in
communication and the challenges posed
by the information age.
ANTHONy OLcOTT is a Senior Fellow at the
center for the Study of Intelligence, uSA.
uK May 2012 uS March 2012
304 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441140715 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9781441166081 - £17.99 / $29.95
continuum Intelligence Studies
continuum
Embassies in Armed
Conflict
G. R. Berridge
• Analysis of the
role of embassies
in wartime by a
leading expert in
the field
• Important
addition to the
literature on
embassies
• will appeal to students in diplomatic
studies, international relations and
modern history
This book examines the problems wartime
embassies encounter by looking primarily
at the experiences of American, British,
and Indian embassies. It also aims to
provide guidance for those who serve–or
wish to serve–in the Foreign Service.
g. r. BErrIDgE is Emeritus Professor of
International Politics at the university
of Leicester, uK, and a Senior Fellow of
DiploFoundation.
uK April 2012 uS February 2012
192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441104625 - £50.00 / $90.00
PB 9781441180070 - £16.99 / $27.95
Key Studies in Diplomacy
continuum
Governance in
Pacific Asia
Political Economy and Development
from Japan to Burma
Peter Ferdinand
• The work spans
North East and
South East Asia
and discusses
issues of domestic
development
and international
relations
• Integrates
empirical material with theoretical
insights from political science, political
economy, and economics
• Each chapter includes an introductory
summary, list of key terms, questions
for discussion, and case studies
The book examines the political economy
of the states of Pacific Asia, from Japan
to Burma since the end of wwII.
PETEr FErDINAND is former head of the Asia-
Pacific Programme at the royal Institute of
International Affairs, chatham House, uK.
uK April 2012 uS February 2012
432 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441158758 - £60.00 / $120.00
PB 9781441167590 - £19.99 / $32.95
continuum
Central Asia and the
Rise of Normative
Powers
contextualizing the Security
governance of the European union,
china, and India
Emilian Kavalski
• Examines the
normative foreign
policies of the
Eu, china, and
India in central
Asia
• Offers a different
conception of the
central Asian
agency of the Eu, china, and India
• Provides a parallel assessment of the
strategic cultures of the Eu, china, and
India
This theoretical study focuses on the
normative powers of the Eu, china, and
India in the context of their security
governance strategies in central Asia.
EMILIAN KAvALSKI is Lecturer in Politics and
International relations at the university of
western Sydney, Australia.
uK January 2013 uS November 2012
240 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441173881 - £65.00 / $120.00
PB 9781441189738 - £19.99 / $34.95
continuum