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International Relations

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Gender and Citizenship in Transitional Justice

Everyday Experiences of Reparation and Reintegration in Colombia

Through two Colombian case studies, Sanne Weber identifies the ways in which conflict experiences are defined by structures of gender inequality, and how these could be transformed in the post-conflict context.

Bristol Uni Press

Fuelling Insecurity

Energy Securitization in Azerbaijan

This book examines the extensive network of security professionals and the wide range of practices that have spread in Azerbaijan’s energy sector. It unpacks the interactions of state, supra‐state, and private security organisations and argues that energy security has enabled and normalised a coercive way of exercising power.

Bristol Uni Press

Flexible Europe

Differentiated Integration, Fairness, and Democracy

Clear, balanced and accessible, this book explores the alternative of a flexible European Union (EU) based on differentiated rather than uniform integration. They examine the circumstances and institutional design needed for flexibility to promote rather than undermine fairness and democracy within and between member states.

Bristol Uni Press

Feminist Conversations on Peace

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This edited collection brings together conversations across borders and boundaries which explore plural, intersectional and interdisciplinary concepts of feminist peace.

Bristol Uni Press

The European Union and the United Nations in Global Governance

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book analyses the complex relations between the European Union (EU) as a regional organization and the United Nations (UN) as an international, global governance institution.

Bristol Uni Press

The EU-China Security Paradox

Cooperation Against All Odds?

In this enlightening analysis, Julia Gurol unpicks the complex security relations between the European Union (EU) and China. Systematic and accessible, this is an essential guide to the past, present and future of one of the world’s most important, yet most complicated, security relationships.

Bristol Uni Press

Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance

A key driver of migration is environmental conflict, and this is only likely to increase with the effects of climate change. This urgent book responds to this and provides invaluable insights into urgent questions surrounding migration, climate change and conflict that will be of relevance to researchers across social science.

Bristol Uni Press

Environmental Anarchy?

Security in the 21st Century

This book explains why insecurity has become such a ubiquitous feature of life in the 21st century and why policymakers, strategic analysts and many scholars are failing to recognise or address its underlying causes.

Bristol Uni Press

Ecological Justice and the Extinction Crisis

Giving Living Beings their Due

As the biodiversity crisis deepens, Anna Wienhues sets out radical environmental thinking and action to respond to the threat of mass species extinction.

Bristol Uni Press

Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention

A Guide to Research in Violent and Closed Contexts

Using insights from those with first-hand experience of conducting research in areas of international intervention and conflict across the world, this book provides essential practical guidance, discussion of mistakes, key reflections and raises important questions for researchers and students embarking on fieldwork in violent and closed contexts.

Bristol Uni Press

Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security

Bringing Critical Perspectives Online

Exploring the digital frontiers of feminist international relations, this book investigates how gender can be mainstreamed into discourse about technology and security.

Bristol Uni Press

Declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Between International Law and Politics

Addressing multiple empirical case studies, including COVID-19, this multidisciplinary book explores the relationship between international law and international relations to interrogate how a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is declared and its role in how we collectively respond to outbreaks.

Bristol Uni Press