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Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised eighth edition, offering extensive, well-documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on bureaucracy. Updates to this edition include:

• Two all-new chapters on public administration in non-democratic regimes and on populism and bureaucracy.
• An exploration of the field's movement away from New Public Management (NPM) and the search for new models of governance, including New Public Governance, and other approaches emphasizing collaboration with private sector actors.
• More analysis of the role of digital government as a component of public administration, as well as a renewed emphasis on political and sociological analysis, including the growing literature on the political economy of public organizations.

Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of political systems, The Politics of Bureaucracy, Eighth Edition, is essential reading for all students of public administration, government, policy analysis, politics, and international relations.

Countries rarely fit neatly into the categories of "democracy" or "autocracy." Many operate in a turbulent middle with competitive elections alongside weak checks and balances, uneven rule of law, and fragile public trust. In Adolescent Democracies, Ioana-Maria Petrescu-former Finance Minister of Romania and an academic-offers a clear, field-tested guide to making policy in these in-between systems, where corruption, limited civic participation, and institutional weakness collide with urgent demands for better public services.

Drawing on government experience and social-science research, Petrescu maps how politicians, bureaucrats, voters, and stakeholders interact with formal rules, and the informal workarounds that often matter more in practice. She explains where reforms stall, how incentives and power shape outcomes, and why questions of social equity emerge at each stage: who benefits, who is excluded, and what it takes to make policy both effective and fair.

Organized in three parts-actors, institutions, and the policymaking process-the book is both a scholarly contribution and a practical manual for reformers working under real constraints. Case studies from Romania, Kenya, Georgia, Chile, South Korea, and beyond bridge theory and practice, translating lessons into actionable tools for designing policy, diagnosing institutional bottlenecks, and building coalitions for change. This book is essential reading for policymakers, students, international advisors, and anyone invested in strengthening governance in fragile democratic settings.

Coastal regions are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, including sea-level rise, cyclones, flooding, coastal erosion, and unsustainable development. These interconnected challenges threaten both ecosystems and livelihoods, highlighting the urgent need for innovative and inclusive approaches to disaster risk reduction. This book examines the evolving socio-ecological dimensions of climate-related disasters in coastal environments and explores the potential of participatory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity.

Organised into three parts, the book first introduces key concepts, theories, and approaches related to climate disasters, geographies of coastal socio-ecological systems, and vulnerability assessment. The second part investigates contemporary challenges facing coastal communities and critically examines nature-based, community-centered, and participatory approaches to disaster risk reduction. Particular attention is given to the integration of local and Indigenous knowledge within participatory GIS frameworks for more effective and equitable decision-making. The final part presents empirical insights through field narratives and case studies that address climate adaptation, community resilience, sea-level rise, coastal flooding, migration, climate variability, Indigenous technical knowledge, sustainable management practices, and others.

Bridging theory, methodology, and practice, this volume advances understanding of coastal disaster risk reduction and offers valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, planners, students, and others engaged in climate resilience and sustainable coastal development.

This textbook provides the first comprehensive guide to conducting interdisciplinary research specifically designed for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and related programs such as Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics (PPLE), and Human, Social, and Political Sciences (HSPS), addressing the critical gap in teaching materials for these growing fields.

Building on prior interdisciplinary education literature, this textbook provides a guide for conducting interdisciplinary research on societal challenges central to these study programs. It begins with an introduction emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary integration for a more comprehensive understanding of today's challenges, followed by a six-step interdisciplinary research method to systematically integrate insights while addressing challenges unique to PPE-like programs. The remaining chapters focus on applications to key issues in these fields, such as emancipation, polarization, digitalization, and international cooperation.

Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in PPE, PPLE, HSPS, and similar interdisciplinary programs that combine humanities and social sciences, this book is a valuable tool for instructors teaching in these programs seeking structured pedagogical resources. It will also be suitable for researchers and academics interested in interdisciplinary methodologies for addressing complex societal problems.

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has moved from unrivalled global dominance to a far more uncertain position in world politics. Power and Strategy in the 21st Century traces that trajectory, beginning with the optimism of the early 1990s and moving through the shocks of 9/11, the Global War on Terror, the 2008 financial crisis, and the rise of new challengers. It offers a clear, engaging account of how a period of unipolar confidence gave way to strategic overreach, growing constraints, and questions about America's role in the international system.

Taking a regional approach, the book shows how U.S. influence has shifted in Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, South and Central Asia, the Western Hemisphere, and Africa, since 9/11. Each chapter examines how American policies (ranging from diplomacy and military interventions to economic statecraft) have shaped local dynamics and contributed to broader patterns of imperial overstretch and decline. This structure enables grounded understanding of how global power is exercised differently across regions and why outcomes vary so widely.

Designed for courses in U.S. foreign policy and international relations, Power and Strategy in the 21st Century provides a concise, accessible framework for understanding American power today. It equips readers to assess competing explanations for U.S. decline and to think critically about where the international order may be heading next.

Bringing together specialist academic researchers, politicians and advisors, this book offers a range of perspectives and detailed analysis of Lord (David) Owen's major contributions in the field of domestic and international politics.

It offers contributions from those who have either known and worked with Lord Owen directly or who have spent time studying related topics in the academic field, making this the most comprehensive assessment of his opinions and political activities to date. In domestic politics, Owen was a long-serving MP, Minister and Foreign Secretary who then split the Labour Party by forming the Social Democratic Party. He made a sustained contribution to social democratic ideas in Britain. A longstanding pro-European, he went on to campaign for leaving the EU in 2016. In international affairs, he was a peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia and has long supported the promotion of human rights.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of British politics, British political history, political parties, and more broadly of international politics.

Combining neoclassical realism and political psychology, this book conducts a Cost Dynamics analysis of the goal, power, and will of the U.S. and China. It argues that while the strategic competition between the two countries is intense, it sustains a fragile balance of competition without outright conflict.

Addressing both opportunity and audience costs, the book explores how domestic variables such as strategic culture and leadership cognition influence the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. Case studies demonstrate that the complex differences in goal, power, and will result in persistent strategic and policy misalignments, while simultaneously creating mutual constraints that prevent escalation to full-scale conflict. In the field of artificial intelligence, the book introduces "technological power" as a "fluid" variable to analyze the flow of technology and structural complementarity. It concludes that building a "resilient" U.S.-China relationship does not require eliminating competition or concealing differences, but rather managing risks by recognizing each other's strategic bottom lines and political constraints.

This book will appeal to scholars and students of political science, international relations, and U.S.-China relations.

This book investigates how the processes of commercialisation and democratisation of space have impacted the development of spacepower within the context of the "Second Space Age".

The main characteristic of the "Second Space Age" is the relative detachment of the bulk of human space activities from the goals and aims of governments. In essence, it means that we live in a time when commercial activities shape, to a great extent, the patterns of utilisation of outer space. This book recognises spacepower not only as a tool wielded by a nation-state for its own purposes but also as an attribute of the whole nation, not necessarily under the direct control of the state authority. The volume presents a theoretical model of spacepower that defines the terms structural spacepower, national spacepower and commercial spacepower to characterise the nature of spacepower in the Second Space Age. Subsequently, it also outlines procedures for measuring and comparing the spacepower of individual actors and nations.

This book will be of interest to students of space power, strategic studies, air power, and International Relations.

How is American government being reconfigured when public authority is exercised through code, platforms, and data systems as much as through statutes, agencies, and courts? Algorithmic Governance and Power: How AI is Reshaping American Democracy shows how decisions about speech, benefits, policing, immigration, and elections are increasingly shaped by technological infrastructure and private governance operating alongside - and often inside - the state.

Nancy S. Lind argues that public power now routinely operates through a government-private sector partnership she calls the "hybrid state." Through case-based analysis of algorithmic screening, risk assessment tools, content moderation, and microtargeted political advertising, she traces how legal and policy judgments become embedded in system design - often in ways that are hard to see, contest, or appeal through conventional administrative and judicial channels.

Written for scholars, students, and practitioners navigating a post-Chevron landscape, the book offers a practical framework for judging accountability when decision-making is automated or outsourced, clarifying responsibilities for transparency, due process, and effective oversight.

Forthcoming Fall 2026

Taking a ground-breaking deep dive into the world of post-liberalism, The Opportunists immerses the reader in this simmering ideological stew. Historian Hannah Gurman combines intellectual biography and political history, offering incisive profiles of key thinkers including Patrick Deneen, Adrian Vermeule, Yoram Hazony, Erika Bachiochi, Mary Harrington, Oren Cass, and Sohrab Ahmari. These figures have played a crucial role in legitimizing Trumpism beyond the MAGA base, providing intellectual fuel for the next generation of right-wing leaders who embrace such varied-and poorly understood-intellectual strains as Catholic integralism, neoconservative Zionism, reactionary feminism, and "pro-worker" conservatism. These ideas, and their proponents, are poised to determine the course of America's future, driving the creation of new think tanks and media outlets, rebranding the agendas of existing conservative organizations, and dramatically reshaping reactionary politics in the United States and beyond.

We ignore the post-liberals, Gurman argues, at our own peril. The Opportunists is a major effort to expose the new ideas shaping our perilous world-and a first step in understanding how to combat them.

The Routledge Handbook on Digital India Case Studies: e-Governance Management Cases presents an accessible exploration of 19 groundbreaking digital initiatives reshaping public service delivery for over a billion people. From the Aadhaar biometric identity platform to the eNAM agricultural marketplace and Ayushman Bharat health scheme, this handbook brings to life the stories behind India's most ambitious digital projects.

The handbook unpacks the vision, technology, and real-world impact of these initiatives, revealing how they make government services more transparent, efficient, and inclusive. It examines implementation challenges, innovative solutions, and lessons learned along the way. What distinguishes this work is its practical approach: every case includes teaching notes, making it invaluable for educators, students, policymakers, and practitioners. Written in clear, accessible language, it bridges theory and practice, demonstrating how digital innovation drives social and economic progress.

Whether you are curious about how digital payments work in farm produce procurement in rural India, how SMEs access public procurement opportunities across the nation online, or how technology is used to deliver healthcare and welfare, this book provides a comprehensive, real-world perspective on the Digital India journey. It will be useful to students, researchers, policymakers, government officials, practitioners, consultants, international development agencies, and tech industry professionals working in or teaching management, public policy, information technology, governance, and development.

As global governance institutions crumble under geopolitical pressures and the COVID-19 pandemic followed by two major wars exposes the fragility of the existing world order, BRICS+ emerges as a potential catalyst for transformative change. This timely book examines whether the alliance representing over 40% of the world's population and 25% of global GDP can transition from a product of the current system to an architect of a new, more equitable global governance framework.

The volume critically analyses the expansion of BRICS+ beyond its original members, exploring how diverse economies from the Global South and beyond are reshaping international dynamics. Through qualitative content analysis of official documents, summit outcomes, and expert perspectives, it addresses key challenges including India-China tensions, economic asymmetries among members, institutional weaknesses, and Western pushback against de-dollarization efforts. It examines the New Development Bank's efficacy, climate governance initiatives, and technological cooperation, while addressing a fundamental question: Can BRICS - constrained by its structural limitations - drive paradigm shifts in global governance or perpetuate the status quo?

The book explores synergies in sustainable development, innovation, and climate action while confronting institutional fragility and bilateral complexities. Essential reading for policymakers, economists, and scholars, it offers crucial insights into whether BRICS+ can create a more inclusive, multipolar world or remain constrained by internal contradictions and external resistance.