Featuring contributions from both upcoming and distinguished scholars, including Steven Lukes, Joseph Nye, and Stefano Guzzini, this volume explores the nature

Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently—and often incorrectly—by political leaders, editorial writers, and acad

This edited volume examines power in its different dimensions in global governance. Scholars tend to underestimate the importance of power in international rela

This volume brings together leading scholars to analyse the central issues of power, order, and change in world politics.

This book argues that the link between emotions and discourse provides a new and promising framework to theorize and empirically analyse power relationships in