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Provides coverage of the factors that determined the evolution of world system in the twentieth century. These volumes consider central questions of the period: Why did the 'long peace' of the nineteenth century break down so completely between 1914 and 1945? How and by what means was a new kind of order created between 1947 and 1991?

Across four volumes, the editors present the foundational articles that have shaped mainstream academic discourse surrounding this topic as well as other provocative pieces.

This four-volume set organizes and contextualizes this burgeoning literature and its contribution to the study of international theory, focusing in particular on its influence in the subfield of war and peace studies.

Showcases the main debates and controversies associated with peacebuilding. This title seeks to go beyond a simple explanation of peacebuilding institutions and projects to unpack the ideas and ideologies that underpin the subject.

With such a wide variety of theoretical approaches and substantive topics under the umbrella of nuclear politics, this collection will not only allow the reader to peruse the diverse explanations for the regime, proliferation, non-proliferation and disarmament, it will also guide them through the intellectual history of the field.

This major work provides a detailed and systematic understanding of these political, legal, and ethical debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect as they have evolved since the 1990s.

This accessible, globally-focused four-volume set has been created to capture and organise 60 years of research and policy discourse on regional integration and regionalism.

These four volumes serve as a valuable compilation of the disparate discourse of human security, and a core reference for scholars and practitioners in a wide range of fields surrounding this subject.

Following on from where 2004's widely acclaimed three-volume SAGE collection, Diplomacy (ed. Jonsson & Langhorne) left off, this new four-volume major work takes a new look at a subject which has matured and developed significantly over the past decade.

Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.

Providing an intellectual history to the fields of conflict management and resolution, this four volume set presents the contemporary research on the subject. It includes theories of conflict, evaluation methods, crisis management, negotiation, mediation, peacekeeping, intervention, as well as articles on implementation and long term resolution.

The first to bring together the seminal writings in the field to provide a unique reference work on this essential institution for the conduct of international affairs. The result is an unparalleled resource that combines broad coverage of the subject with both historical depth and contemporary relevance.

In this new Major Work, the international team of editors have created a carefully balanced collection of seminal publications from leading scholars from both inside and outside of China, introduced by a newly written chapter contextualizing the diverse perspectives on China's changing global role they represent.

Development is a field of inquiry which stretches into almost all aspects of social and economic life in the non-western world. This collection traces this history from the very beginning of the development enterprise to present day.

This SLIR set will reflect the breadth of the EU's international activities (trade, security, defence, diplomacy, etc) in addition to covering the history of the EUs external relations. The EU is a particularly vibrant area of study as well as a major case study for students of International Relations.

This four-volume set focuses on ethnic identity, the causes of ethnic conflict - covering both traditional and contemporary theoretical approaches, the consequences and the settlement of ethnic conflict.

This four volumes will provide a reference collection, for libraries and research institutes, of classic and contemporary works on comparative genocide studies

This four volume set will help social scientist faculty "get up to speed" on the literature and to introduce both graduate students and upper level undergraduates to these issues.

This set will include seminal journal articles and book excerpts dealing with various approaches to International Relations (IR) theory selected and introduced by the editors.

The first major collection published on this field in international political inquiry examines historical developments, current approaches and debates in foreign policy analysis.

Contains articles that reflect the spectrum of theoretical and empirical work on International Law in the social sciences. This six-volume set addresses the central questions about the necessity, development and role of International Law.

Includes contributions that trace the development of global terrorism research in the second half of the twentieth century, in particular the 1980s and 1990s. This four volume set sets out a basic framework on terrorism and terrorists, and discusses some of the groups and countries that are especially relevant to the analysis of global terrorism.

This Major Work is structured in a way that will engage with the key recent developments in the field of international relations, providing the reader with an overview of: approaches to history in IR; the history of international thought/historiography; and the emergence of the state and the state system.

Framed by a contextualizing introductory chapter, this major work deeply explores and elaborates on the United Nations' humanitarian, developmental, environmental and peace and security work.