In The Cultural Politics of the Emotions, Sara Ahmed develops a new methodology for reading "the emotionality of texts." She offers analyses of the role of emotions in debates ...

Over the last two decades, asylum has become a highly charged political issue across developed countries. This book draws upon political and ethical theory and an examination ...

The dramatic transformation of Australia's northern seas from an ignored backwater to the most militarized and fiercely guarded waters in the region is chronicled in this ...

Leading Australian scholars introduce a range of theories, actors, issues, institutions and processes that animate international relations today.

In the early 1950s, Australia embarked on its most ambitious attempt to engage with Asia: The Colombo Plan. This book examines the public and private agendas behind Australia's ...

This textbook provides the first introductory sociological analysis of security in the 21st century. Students will find one of the central issues of modern times--security ...