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Local Peacebuilding
and National Peace
Interaction Between grassroots
and Elite Processes
Edited by
Christopher R.
Mitchell and
Landon E.
Hancock
• Looks at the
interaction
between
grassroots
and national
peacemaking efforts
• Deals with a new aspect of
peacemaking through a range of case
studies
The book looks at violent and protracted
struggles in which local people have
sought to make their own peace
with local combatants, and how such
initiatives have affected and been
affected by national strategies.
cHrISTOPHEr r. MITcHELL is Professor Emeritus
of conflict Analysis and resolution at george
Mason university, uSA.
LANDON E. HANcOcK is Assistant Professor of
conflict Management and Political Science at
Kent State university, uSA.
uK June 2012 uS April 2012
208 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441157881 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9781441160225 - £17.99 / $29.95
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The Human Security
Agenda
How Middle Power Leadership
Defied u.S. Hegemony
Ronald M.
Behringer
• challenges the
view that middle
power states are
not significant
actors in global
security
• Examines the
effective
leadership exercised by middle powers
in promoting a human security agenda
• Discusses the dynamics of middle
power foreign policies
The work demonstrates how coalitions
of middle powers have prevailed by
developing a ‘human security’ agenda
that focuses on countering threats to
human beings rather than to nations.
rONALD M. BEHrINgEr teaches at concordia
university in Montréal, canada.
uK September 2012 uS July 2012
192 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441131331 - £50.00 / $90.00
PB 9781441182999 - £16.99 / $27.95
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POLITIcS AND INTErNATIONAL STuDIES
Brazil in the World
The International relations of a
South American giant
Sean W. Burges and Jean Daudelin
• Survey of Brazil’s foreign policy
• A needed primer into the international
activities of a dominant power in the
twenty-first century
• The text includes many pedagogical
tools including graphs and case studies
This text addresses how Brazil conducts
its regional and global relations and
intends to use its rising influence in the
world. An in-depth examination of Brazil’s
growing diplomatic assertiveness, it
provides a systematic overview of Brazil’s
position on major issues.
SEAN w. BurgES is a Lecturer with the School
of Politics and International relations at the
Australian National university, canberra,
Australia.
JEAN DAuDELIN is Associate Professor at the
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs,
carleton university, canada.
uK February 2013 uS December 2012
240 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441146588 - £60.00 / $110.00
PB 9781441131577 - £18.99 / $32.95
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Scripting Middle East
Leaders
The Impact of Leadership
Perceptions on uS and uK Foreign
Policy
Edited by
Sir Lawrence
Freedman and
Jeffrey Michaels
• Focuses on the
role of perception
in British and
American foreign
policymaking
• Traces how uS
and uK policymakers have perceived
Middle East leaders since the 1950s
This collection of essays examines
the evolution of British and American
perceptions of ‘adversaries’ in the Middle
East since the cold war.
SIr LAwrENcE FrEEDMAN is vice-Principal
and Professor of war Studies at King’s college
London, uK.
JEFFrEy MIcHAELS is research Associate in the
Department of war Studies at King’s college
London, uK.
uK January 2013 uS November 2012
192 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441191656 - £65.00 / $120.00
PB 9781441108418 - £19.99 / $34.95
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Nuclear Weapons in
the Information Age
Stephen J.
Cimbala
• Examines the
collision between
post-cold
war nuclear
weapons and
the information
age of precision
warfare
• Looks at how nuclear weapons are used
by states today beyond the post-uS/
Soviet global competition
• Provides a concise survey of the
contemporary dangers related to
nuclear proliferation
This work examines how the information
age in modern warfare coexists with the
persistent appeal of nuclear weapons and
its impact on crisis management.
STEPHEN J. cIMBALA is Distinguished Professor
of Political Science at Penn State Brandywine,
uSA.
uK April 2012 uS February 2012
248 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441181978 - £50.00 / $90.00
PB 9781441126849 - £16.99 / $27.95
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A Darker Shade of
Peace
Landmine warfare After the 1997
Ottawa Treaty and 9/11
Graeme R.
Goldsworthy
• An in-depth
survey of the
landmine issue
today that
introduces theory,
methodology, and
case studies
• Addresses the
effectiveness of international treaties
with regards to landmines
• groundbreaking work from an author
who is both a scholar and a practitioner
The book discusses landmine warfare
today, looking at its impact on
international relations, local populations,
and humanitarian intervention since the
1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty.
grAEME r. gOLDSwOrTHy is Adjunct Faculty at
webster university, Leiden, The Netherlands.
uK November 2012 uS September 2012
240 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches
HB 9781441125071 - £60.00 / $110.00
PB 9781441132154 - £18.99 / $32.95
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