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OverviewThis book examines contemporary militarism in international politics, employing a variety of different theoretical viewpoints and international case studies. Militarism and militarisation are key phenomena in international politics, yet seem to have disappeared from the International Relations agenda since the 1990s. This is partly a response to the end of the Cold War, and the cuttting back of military budgets, and partly to the rise of the discourses of human rights and humanitarian intervention in international relations. The militarised US-led response to 9/11, characterised by the war in Iraq and rising military spending around the world, has signalled a return to centre stage of military force as an arbiter of international relations and has prompted a resurgence in the literature on empire and imperialism. Yet the language of militarism and militarisation has not been a strong feature of IR debates on post-9/11 global politics. The guiding questions behind this book are: to see what the current state of play is in the literature on militarism; what we can learn from old debates and what newer debates can contribute; and how the phenomenon of militarism can be theoretically, empirically and practically located at the crossroads between international political economy, security studies and international relations. The book is arranged in three core sections: political economy, security and theory, and each focuses on a particular way in to thinking about the phenomenon of militarism. Within each section and across the book as a whole there is a variety of theoretical approaches and geographical foci, offering a broad examination of the different ways militarism plays out around the world and the different ways that we can think about it. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war and conflict studies, international political economy and IR/Security Studies in general. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna Stavrianakis , Jan Selby , Iraklis OikonomouPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780415614917ISBN 10: 0415614910 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 06 August 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart I: Theorising Militarism 1. Militarism and International Relations in the 21st Century, Anna Stavrianakis and Jan Selby 2. Twenty-First Century Militarism: A Historical-Sociological Framework, Martin Shaw 3. Challenging Cartographies of Enmity: Empire, War and Culture in Contemporary Militarisation, Simon Dalby 4. Militarism, 'New Wars' and the Political Economy of Development: A Gramscian Critique, Nicola Short 5. War Becomes Academic: Human Terrain, Virtuous War and Contemporary Militarism. An Interview with James Der Derian, Anna Stavrianakis and Jan Selby Part II: Militarism and Security 6. From Oslo to Gaza: Israel's 'Enlightened Public' and the Remilitarization of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yoav Peled 7. From Political Armies to the ‘War Against Crime’: The Transformation of Militarism in Latin America, Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings 8. The Global Arms Trade and the Diffusion of Militarism, David Kinsella 9. Wilsonians Under Arm, Andrew J. Bacevich Part III: The Political Economy of Militarism 10. The Political Economy of EU Space Policy Militarization: The case of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, Iraklis Oikonomou 11. Producing Men, the Nation and Commodities: The Cultural Political–Economy of Militarism in Egypt, Ramy M.K. Aly 12. The Chinese Military: Its Political and Economic Function, Kerry Brown and Claudia ZanardiReviewsAn engaging narrative is maintained throughout this edited collection of articles that address the issue of militarism in International Relations. The book seamlessly integrates historical and contemporary perspectives on militarism, with theory and relevant international case studies, resulting in a very informative read... Overall, this book would prove very beneficial to students of International Relations, as well as those interested more specifically in militarism, strategic studies, and security. - Jack Newnham and Peter Bell, Queensland University of Technology, Australia """An engaging narrative is maintained throughout this edited collection of articles that address the issue of militarism in International Relations. The book seamlessly integrates historical and contemporary perspectives on militarism, with theory and relevant international case studies, resulting in a very informative read... Overall, this book would prove very beneficial to students of International Relations, as well as those interested more specifically in militarism, strategic studies, and security."" - Jack Newnham and Peter Bell, Queensland University of Technology, Australia ""Overall, Militarism and International Relations is an informative, well written, carefully selected collection of essays."" - Dr. Anne de Jong is assistant professor Conflict Studies at the University of Amsterdam" An engaging narrative is maintained throughout this edited collection of articles that address the issue of militarism in International Relations. The book seamlessly integrates historical and contemporary perspectives on militarism, with theory and relevant international case studies, resulting in a very informative read... Overall, this book would prove very beneficial to students of International Relations, as well as those interested more specifically in militarism, strategic studies, and security. - Jack Newnham and Peter Bell, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Overall, Militarism and International Relations is an informative, well written, carefully selected collection of essays. - Dr. Anne de Jong is assistant professor Conflict Studies at the University of Amsterdam Author InformationAnna Stavrianakis is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex; she is author of Taking Aim at the Arms Trade. NGOs, Global Civil Society and the World Military Order (2010). Jan Selby is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University Sussex, and author of Water, Power and Politics in the Middle East: The Other Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003), and co-editor, with Feargal Cochrane and Rosaleen Duffy, of Global Governance, Conflict and Resistance (2003). Iraklis Oikonomou is a research associate at the Hellenic Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University. He holds a PhD from Aberystwyth University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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