The definitive introduction to security studies, focusing on key theoretical approaches and the critical issues shaping today's global security landscape. Contemporary Security Studies offers a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, addressing key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strikes a careful balance between depth and clarity, making it an essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda.

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringChina is a country of huge economic influence, with ambitions to alter the balance of power between East and West. At the same time, many of its citizens live in poverty, while others occupy futuristic cities with advanced surveillance systems. Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter offers an integrated picture of Chinese society, culture, economics, politics, and art.

The author addresses China's current international statu...

An in-depth, authoritative, and timely look at the unprecedented economic war the US and its European allies are waging against Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—written by a veteran journalist with unparalleled access to Western and Russian sources.

Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the hours that followed across the world, Western leaders weaponized economic tools to co...

Wim Kok (1938-2018) gold eind twintigste eeuw als een van de meest gezaghebbende politici van zijn tijd. Een staatsman die respect genoot onder collega’s én tegenstanders, zowel nationaal als internationaal. Onder Koks leiding kwam er een einde aan de werkloosheid, bloeide de economie als nooit tevoren en profileerde Nederland zich als gidsland op het wereldtoneel.

Achter deze successen gingen echter ook grote drama’s schuil: de genocide in Srebrenica, de perikelen rondom het koninklijk h...

Written by experts, this is the most complete, issues-led textbook on European Union politics. With contemporary issues and debates presented alongside thorough coverage of the theory, institutions, policies, and history of the EU, European Union Politics effortlessly guides students to a clear understanding of this complex area.

Now in its Thirteenth Edition, American Public Policy: Promise and Performance provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policymaking process, from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues.

Global Politics: A New Introduction engages directly with questions that those coming to the study of world politics bring with them. This exciting, up-to-date and ground-breaking textbook is essential reading for all those concerned about global politics.

The new edition of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy offers an updated overview and critical discussion of contemporary discourses around truth, misinformation, and democracy, while also mapping cutting-edge scholarship.