Critically but sympathetically interrogating Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben's analysis of the logic of sovereign power, this volume draws attention to the multiple zones of exclusion in and through which contemporary international politics constitutes itself.

Beginning from the margins and peripheries of world politics, this book emphasises the colonial processes through which contemporary "third world" spaces of exception have been shaped and particular bodies made susceptible to the conditions of "bare life." The authors contend that these bodies inhabit a variety of spaces...

Focusing on the margins and peripheries of global politics, this volume addresses key issues within international relations including migration, sovereignty, state security, war on terror, globalisation, political economy, race and ethnicity, labour, space, culture and identity.