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A new series – Southeast European Studies

Published May 24, 2012 Authors , Politics and International Relations Leave a Comment

Southeast European Studies is a new series from Ashgate. The Series Editor is Florian Bieber, from the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria

New scholarship is emerging which seeks to move away from the focus on violence and war with which the Balkan region has been widely associated over the past decades. Beyond this violence, the region has experienced rapid change in recent times, including democratization, economic and social transformation.

The Southeast European Studies Series seeks to provide a forum for this new scholarship. Through contemporary perspectives the series aims to explain the past and seeks to examine how it shapes the present.

Focusing on original empirical research and innovative theoretical viewpoints on the region the series includes original monographs and edited collections. It is interdisciplinary in scope, publishing high-level research in political science, history, anthropology, sociology, law and economics and accessible to readers interested in Southeast Europe and beyond.

For more information on how to submit a proposal to this series, please contact Rob Sorsby, Senior Commissioning Editor for Politics.

Catherine Baker wins the George Blazyca Prize for Sounds of the Borderland

Published May 1, 2012 Authors , Music Studies , Politics and International Relations , prizes Leave a Comment
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Congratulations to Catherine Baker, whose book Sounds of the Borderland: Popular Music, War and Nationalism in Croatia since 1991 has won the George Blazyca Prize.

The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) established the George Blazyca Prize in East European Studies in recognition of the outstanding contribution to its field of study made by the late George Blazyca, and the prize is presented at the BASEES annual conference.

From the BASEES website:

Catherine Baker’s work is exceptional in both its originality and its careful research, and in its readability: it is unusual for a scholarly and thoroughly-researched work to be able to engage a broad academic audience without regard for discipline and area specialism.   Karen Henderson and Geoffrey Swain

Read the full commentary from the judges on the BASEES website

Sounds of the Borderland is the first book-length study of how popular music became a medium for political communication and contested identification during and after Croatia’s war of independence from Yugoslavia. It extends existing cultural studies literature on music, politics and the state, which has largely been grounded in Western European and North American political systems. It also responds to an emerging fascination with the culture and politics of contemporary south-east Europe, expanding scholarship on the post-Yugoslav conflicts by going on to encompass significant social and political changes into the present day.

The outbreak of war in 1991 saw almost every professional musician in Croatia take part in a wave of patriotic music-making and the powerful state television system strive to bring popular music under its control. As the political imperative shifted from securing national survival to consolidating a homogenous nation-state, the music industry responded with several strategies for creating a national popular music, producing messages about the nation and, in the ongoing debates over the origins of the folk music that inspired many songs, a way to define the nation by expressing what Croatia was not. The war on ethnic ambiguity which cut through individuals’ social and creative lives played out across the airwaves, sales racks and gossip columns of a small country that imagined itself a historical and cultural borderland.

Paradigms from Asian Politics – call for proposals

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Series Editors: Alexander C. Tan and James Ockey, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

The political transformation of Asia has been phenomenal but varied.  Whilst some countries have successfully consolidated their democratic systems, others continue to be mired  in weak democratic structures, and still others remain authoritarian. Though there is an increasing understanding of how formal politics in Asia work  and the consequences of constitutional structures in transforming economic, social, and political life, less is known about how social agents and structures outside of formal institutions of political power affect politics.

The Paradigms from Asian Politics series not only helps us gain a better understanding of the ‘how,’ ‘what’ and ‘why’ of power and politics in Asia but ultimately helps us develop, critique, and refine extant theories and our general understanding of politics.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for this series, please get in touch with Rob Sorsby, Senior Commissioning Editor, Politics.

Proposals should take the form of either:

  1. A preliminary letter of enquiry, briefly describing the project; or
  2. A formal prospectus including: abstract, brief statement of your critical methodology, table of contents, sample chapter, estimated word count, estimate of the number and type of illustrations to be included and a c.v.

Learn more about submitting a proposal to Ashgate on our website

New books – Politics and International Relations

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Politics and International Relations

Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy    Edited by Stephen J. Cimbala, Penn State Brandywine, USA

New Regionalism or No Regionalism? Emerging Regionalism in the Black Sea Area   Edited by Ruxandra Ivan, University of Bucharest, Romania and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Our North America: Social and Political Issues beyond NAFTA    Edited by Julián Castro-Rea, University of Alberta, Canada

Arab-Jewish Activism in Israel-Palestine    Marcelo Svirsky, Cardiff University, UK

Comparative Civic Culture: The Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making    Laura A. Reese, Michigan State University, USA and Raymond A. Rosenfeld, Eastern Michigan University, USA

The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism   Panagiota Manoli, University of the Aegean, Greece

The EU’s Lisbon Treaty: Institutional Choices and Implementation    Edited by Finn Laursen, Dalhousie University, Canada

Relational Political Marketing in Party-Centred Democracies: Because We Deserve It    Helene P.M. Johansen, Volda University College, Norway

Andy Knight elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Published March 27, 2012 Authors , Politics and International Relations Leave a Comment

We were very pleased to learn that political scientist (and Ashgate author) Andy Knight was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada late last year. A great honour!

Together with Mojtaba Mahdavi, Andy Knight is editor of a forthcoming book from Ashgate, Towards the Dignity of Difference? Neither “End of History” nor “Clash of Civilizations”. The book is due for publication in September.

The book suggests that there is a ‘third way’ of addressing global tensions – one that rejects the extremes of both universalism and particularism. It is about difference and dialogue; it embraces the dignity of difference and promotes dialogue. However, it also demonstrates the limits of dialogue as a useful and universal approach for resolving conflicts, particularly in cases involving asymmetric and unequal power relations.

New books – Politics and International Relations

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Politics

The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention    Edited by Hall Gardner and Oleg Kobtzeff, The American University of Paris, France

Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective: Politics, Economy and Culture    Edited by John Downey and Sabina Mihelj, both at Loughborough University, UK

Community of Insecurity: SADC’s Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa    Laurie Nathan, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Networks and National Security: Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation    Chad Whelan, Deakin University, Australia

Presidents, Oligarchs and Bureaucrats: Forms of Rule in the Post-Soviet Space    Edited by Susan Stewart, Margarete Klein, Andrea Schmitz and Hans-Henning Schröder all at German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany

Real Green: Sustainability after the End of Nature    Manuel Arias-Maldonado, University of Málaga, Spain

Threat Talk: The Comparative Politics of Internet Addiction    Mary Manjikian, Robertson School of Government, Regent University, USA

Transformative Policy for Poor Women: A New Feminist Framework    Bina Fernandez, University of Melbourne, Australia

Ashgate books on Military Studies

Published February 27, 2012 History , Human Factors , Politics and International Relations Leave a Comment
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The Military and War Studies page on our website provides links through to related books, and you can also download the latest Military Studies catalogue.

Our Military Studies publishing programme covers contemporary thought on strategy and operations, security studies and ethics, and provocative interpretations of military and naval history.

Key subject areas are: war studies; security, peace and conflict; terrorism; and military and naval history.

A great response to our new Rethinking Asia and International Relations series!

Published February 23, 2012 Politics and International Relations Leave a Comment

Posted by Kirstin Howgate, Publisher

Last week we launched Ashgate’s new series, Rethinking Asia and International Relations.  Since then I am delighted to tell you that we have had an enormous response* and the series is obviously touching a chord with members of the academic community.

Clearly demonstrating that Ashgate has found a unique contribution to this field, I would like to further encourage you to let us know about that project you’ve had in mind for some time but was unsure of where to publish it.  This series offers such a place because it is a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics.

For more details on how to submit a proposal, please visit our website at: www.ashgate.com/RAIR

*Update February 29: Interest continues to grow and I am very pleased to let you know that we already have 4 books contracted.  The first to publish is The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy due for publication in June 2012

Rethinking Asia and International Relations – a call for proposals

Published February 13, 2012 Authors , Politics and International Relations 2 Comments
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We would like to invite proposals for the new series Rethinking Asia and International Relations, edited by Emilian Kavalski, University of Western Sydney, Australia.

The series seeks to provide thoughtful consideration both of the growing prominence of Asian actors on the global stage and the changes in the study and practice of world affairs that they provoke. It intends to offer a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics.

The series seeks to encourage conversation on:

  • what rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in the ‘Asian Century’
  • how will global problems be reframed and addressed by a ‘rising Asia’
  • which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such ‘shifts to the East’
  • whether there is something distinctly ‘Asian’ about the emerging patterns of global politics

Such comprehensive engagement not only aims to offer a critical assessment of the actual and prospective roles of Asian actors, but also seeks to rethink the concepts, practices, and frameworks of analysis of world politics.

We are interested in interdisciplinary research monographs undertaking comparative studies of Asian actors and their impact on the current patterns and likely future trajectories of international relations. The series also offers a platform for pioneering explorations of the ongoing transformations in global politics as a result of Asia’s increasing centrality to the patterns and practices of world affairs.

For more information on how to submit a proposal to this series, please contact Kirstin Howgate, Publisher for Politics and International Relations.

Critical Geopolitics – a call for proposals

Published January 31, 2012 Authors , Geography , Politics and International Relations Leave a Comment
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We are keen to receive proposals for books to be published in our Critical Geopolitics series, edited by Klaus Dodds (RHUL), Alan Ingram  (UCL) and Merje Kuus (University of British Columbia).

The series provides an opportunity for early career researchers as well as established scholars to publish theoretically informed monographs and edited volumes that engage with critical geopolitics and related areas such as international relations theory and security studies. With an emphasis on accessible writing, the books in the series are designed to appeal to wider audiences including journalists, policy communities and civil society organizations.

Books already published in the series include:

Europe in the World: EU Geopolitics and the Making of European Space, edited by Luiza Bialasiewicz, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Reconstructing Conflict: Integrating War and Post-War Geographies, edited by Scott Kirsch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and Colin Flint, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Mapping the End Times: American Evangelical Geopolitics and Apocalyptic Visions, edited by Jason Dittmer, University College London, UK and Tristan Sturm, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Spaces of Security and Insecurity: Geographies of the War on Terror, edited by Alan Ingram, University College London, UK and Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

If you have a book proposal or idea in mind which might be suitable for the Critical Geopolitics series that you would like to discuss or any questions about the series, please do not hesitate to contact one of the series editors or Ashgate’s Commissioning Editor: Katy Crossan

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