This book examines the roles and scriptural foundations of religion as a force in world politics.

This book examines foreign direct investment in a changing world economy. Firms and countries have encountered mixed results in using this investment to further their foreign leverage. Conversely, potential host…

A fascinating history of ideas about independent Africa's political future, from liberation leaders, African American allies and towering postcolonial writers to present-day debates.

Bicycles are so much a part of everyday life nowadays, it can be surprising to realize that for the late Victorians these velocipedes were a novelty disparaged as being unhealthy…

Previously published as a special issue of The Round Table, this book covers not only the political situation in Zimbabwe, but its international context and those areas of privation, exclusion…

Security has long been a central organizing concept of international relations. Until the 1980s, students of the discipline understood its simple essence in terms of arms races and balances of…

An account of the 2013 elections in Zimbabwe, examining the events, personalities and the wider socio-political context that led to President Mugabe’s re-election. It is for students and scholars studying…

This collection of essays examines the historical influence of states in East Asia’s political economies, and considers their contributions to the ongoing social, economic and political transformation of the countries…