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Hegemony, Equilibrium and Counterpower: A Synthetic Approach (2011)
Book Chapter
Beyer, C. (2011). Hegemony, Equilibrium and Counterpower: A Synthetic Approach. In Realism and World Politics (232 - 248). Routledge

This article claims that realist and constructivist ideas are compatible. Structural realism is needed to understand the constraining and stabilizing role of material factors. Furthermore, it detects process in a law-like tendency towards internation... Read More about Hegemony, Equilibrium and Counterpower: A Synthetic Approach.

The Englishness of Westminster (2011)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2011). The Englishness of Westminster. In C. Berberich, & A. Aughey (Eds.), These Englands: a conversation on national identity (174-192). Manchester University Press

Gender and Security (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, C., & Kennedy-Pipe, C. (2010). Gender and Security. In Contemporary Security Studies (106 - 120). (2nd). Oxford University Press

Provides broad coverage of contemporary security studies, giving lecturers the flexibility to use the text in a way that supports their module. Assumes no background knowledge and makes effective use of learning features, making it accessible to stud... Read More about Gender and Security.

Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition (2010)
Book Chapter
Dai, X., & Diao, Z. (2010). Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (252-268). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

Traditional Chinese thinking holds that human development and nature are in ‘one’ (harmony, or ). The notion of harmony between nature and society suggests that the ancient Chinese were already aware of the importance of the ecological system to huma... Read More about Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition.

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.

The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence? (2010)
Book Chapter
Woodward, R. (2010). The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?. In K. Martens, & A. P. Jakobi (Eds.), Mechanisms of OECD Governance: International Incentives for National Policy-Making? (53-74). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199591145.003.0003

Chapter 3 sketches the OECD's role in economic governance, in particular the pursuit of its obligation to promote policies which maximize economic growth. While the OECD's work in the economic field evolves, its mechanisms of economic governance have... Read More about The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?.

Evironmental Policies: Green Europe (2010)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. (2010). Evironmental Policies: Green Europe. In Which Europe? The Politics of Differentiated European Integration (265 - 278). Palgrave Macmillan

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future (2010)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2010). Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future. In O. Njølstad (Ed.), Nuclear Proliferation and International Order: Challenges to the Non-proliferation Treaty (26-38). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203844823

The Pakistan government launched a nuclear power programme in the mid1950s. At the time of launching the programme, there was no evidence that it intended to build nuclear weapons. In the 1960s, however, Pakistani attitude towards nuclear weapons mod... Read More about Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future.

Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the Negation of England (2010)
Book Chapter
Lee, D., & Lee, S. (2010). Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the Negation of England. In British Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour (87 - 101). Palgrave Macmillan

A critical evaluation of the manner in which Gordon Brown developed a distinctive politics and conception of British identity which was based upon the conflation of Britain with England, and Britishness with Englishness.

The House of Commons 1911-49 (2009)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2009). The House of Commons 1911-49. In A Short History of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland & Scotland (271 - 282). Boydell Press

Israel (2009)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2009). Israel. In Encyclopedia of human rights (247 - 257). OUP

Israel and International Human Rights (2009)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2009). Israel and International Human Rights. In D. P. Forsythe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Rights, vol. 3 (247-257). Oxford University Press

Introduction: David Cameron's Political Challenges (2009)
Book Chapter
Lee, D., & Lee, S. (2009). Introduction: David Cameron's Political Challenges. In The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last (42736). Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter provides an introduction and explanation of the principal political challenges confronting David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party from December 2005 onwards.

David Cameron and the Renewal of Policy (2009)
Book Chapter
Lee, D., & Lee, S. (2009). David Cameron and the Renewal of Policy. In The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last (44 - 59). Palgrave Macmillan

A critical analysis of David Cameron's attempts to renew the Conservative Party's policy agenda in Opposition.

Cameron and Conservative Ideology (2009)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2009). Cameron and Conservative Ideology. In The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last? (18 - 30). Palgrave Macmillan