Britain has one of the oldest and most developed democracies on earth. It is admired and copied the world over. Yet at home British politics is frequently viewed with a mixture of derision and contempt. Why? Our democratic system may be mature but the politicians we elect and the media we rely on to tell us what they are up to often behave like difficult teenagers, calling each other names, arg…
In revising classic works in political science, Longman celebrates the contributions its authors and their research have made to the discipline The Longman Classics in Political Science series honors these authors and their work Providing students with an updated context, each title in the series includes a foreword, written by one of today's top scholars, offering a fresh, in-depth analysis of…
This book, entitled Asia Pacific After The Cold War, presents a com- pilation of papers written by Jusuf Wanandi from 1989 to 1996. Of the papers compiled, some were presented at conferences, seminars as well as at workshops in various countries, and the others are revised articles already published in newspapers and journals. This compilation is of interest because it does not only contain iss…
This book describes and examines issues in regional security and regional cooperation, and their interrelationships both in theory and practice, through a comparative study of ASEAN and SAARC. Taking a comprehensive view of security, it analyses how ASEAN and SAARC have contributed to regional security in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
In Beyond Sovereignty: The Challenge of Global Policy, Professor Marvin S. Soroos explores the more cooperative dimensions of world politics. He does this by adopting concepts from the field of policy studies, which previously have been applied almost exclusively to the efforts of national or local governments to address problems that confront them. In applying a policy perspective, he calls at…
Since the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, many scholars have argued that the balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This text examines this viewpoint, as well as looking at systematic factors that may hinder or favour the return of balance of power politics
The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. Lars-Erik Cederman argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing. First, the dominant focus on cohesive nation-states as the only actors of world politics obscures crucial differences between the state…
India's emergence of a great power has sensitized its regional neighbours to its growing role as a key security actor in an increasingly interdependent world. Both Australia and ASEAN now view India as a major player in the formulation and application of their own broad security agendas. This emerging trilateral compendium is particularly evident in such policy areas as maritime security, clima…
Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the start of the 1980s. Its focus on three competing perspectives provides a clear and coherent organization of the divergent conceptual tools used to study world politics. Since the first edition was published, however, the orientation of each of the three perspectives has evolved and an imp…
This book gathers a dozen rising scholars and analysts of Indonesian foreign policy to examine the conditions and extent to which “independent and active principle” - first articulated by Vice President Mohammad Hatta in 1948 - has been used and abused in various strategic policy issues. The book launch event aims to introduce this book to the public, especially stakeholders related to the…