Engagements with the postcolonial world by International Relations (IR) scholars have grown significantly in recent years. The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Politics will provide a solid reference point for understanding and analysing global politics from a perspective sensitive to the multiple legacies of colonialism and colonial rule.

The Handbook will introduce and develop cutting-edge analytical frameworks that extend but also problematise the postcolonial critique. Alongside empirical issue areas that remain crucial to assessing the impact of European and Western...