A wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, placing the transitions in these states within a broad European and global context. The authors introduce the concepts and theories of democracy and then look at the emerging politics of the new democracies.

A critical analysis of the theoretical framework that underpins the values, principles and concerns of contemporary Green politics. The author challenges the ecocentric and anarchistic traits of much Green political ideology, and develops a critique of existing conceptualizations.

This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions of East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors introduce the concept and theories of democracy, and then analyze the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective.

Providing an invaluable overview of the competing schools of thought in traditional and contemporary international theory, this book outlines new ways of thinking about international political morality. The author defines the role of normative theory in the study of international politics and introduces students to the central debates between realists and idealists, cosmopolitans and communitarians. She explores the conceptual challenges of contemporary approaches in critical theory, and applies each approach to the study of two key topics in contemporary theoretical debate: the right to...