This book attempts to trace the origin and growth of the concept of non-alignment and how it shaped India's foreign policy. The books purports to analyze the position India enjoys in the Non-Aligned Movement especially after the 'healing touch' provided to the Movement under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, who assumed the chairpersonship of the Movement in the New Delhi Conference.
"This book is centrally concerned with the question of who and what foreign policy is - and should be - for. As such it will be of interest to the informed general reader as well as all those involved in the academic study of international relations."
While India has quietly moved from cold war politics to globalizations, barring China, India's other neighbours are yet to overcome the Cold War mentality. The result is that a section of the ruling elite among India's neighbours perceive things in terms of pressure points vis-a-vis India or try to thrive on anti-India sentiment. This has retarded the growth of healthier relations between India…
Following the agreement made by Prime Minister David Cameron with the EU on 18-19 February 2016, the day for the referendum for the UK to remain in or leave the EU is set for 23 June 2016. This will be the most important decision taken by the British people in half a century, and whose consequences will live on for another half century. The first edition of this book, published in March 2015…
Global Politics: A New Introduction is an innovative new textbook that provides a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in, helping them to understand the key questions and theories and also to develop a critical and inquiring perspective.
There is a widespread belief today that politics, power and resistance operate at the global level rather than at the level of nation states - the traditional subjects of international relations. This shift, from the national to the global, is asserted as much by representatives of leading western states and international institutions as it is by the radical critics of the international order. …
The contents of this book: Part 1: Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Issues in International Relations Part 2: Concepts and Context in International Relations Globalization Part 3: Substantive Issues in International Relations
This major new book introduces and examines the latest developments in European foreign policy. It provides a complete overview of the ways in which the very nature of foreign policy in Europe has changed and advances new insights into contemporary European foreign policy analysis. The book is structured around three parts. Part one provides a concise overview of the latest theories and concep…
International politics (or international relations) is a subject rather than a discipline, a field rather than a form of knowledge. In contrast to a discipline, which is distinguished chiefly by the application of a singular form of testing to its propositions, a subject derives its identity simply from its focus of analysis (or 'subject matter'); its tests of truth are borrowed from the discip…
The Globalization of World Politics is the essential text for all International Relations students. With its established authority and reputation, the new edition is an invaluable resource, which provides a clear and insightful introduction to International Relations and acts as a comprehensive point of reference thereafter.