General Introduction What is the State? A Preliminary Definition of the State'Putting this Book
in its Place'PART I: THEORIZING THE STATE 1. The Development of the Strategic …

What structures of power are involved in governing societies and how are they connected?
How is the liberal idea of governing through freedom linked to the increasing control of …

Conventional views of African politics imply that Africans' political opinions are based either
on enduring cultural values or their positions in the social structure. In contrast, we argue …

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States, NATO, the United Nations, and a range of
other states and nongovernmental organizations have become increasingly involved in …

Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing
that late modern wars wars, often referred to as' liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating …

This major introductory text written by 3 leading names in the field provides an accessible
overview of the challenges faced in overcoming global poverty and inequality in the 21st …

Immediately after 1989, newly emerging polities in Eastern Europe had to contend with an
overbearing and dominant legacy: the Soviet model of the state. At that time, the strength of …

It is common to hear the assertion that weak or failed states are fertile ground for terrorism.
Yet terrorist groups have emerged from, and operated within, countries which have strong …

This book has been three years in the making. A number of chapters began life as shorter
entries in the Routledge Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics (2005) …

Can the West promote democracy? An examination of one critical case, the 2004 Orange
Revolution in Ukraine, offers a unique method for generating answers to this important …