Chris Brown

Sovereignty, Rights and Justice surveys the relationship between international relations theory and political theory, demonstrating how these two discourses, once considered separate, are now intertwined. The first part of the book offers a historical overview of international political theory concerning the 'Westphalia System'. It provides brief accounts of the law of nations and the notion of an 'international society', along...

Exploring relations to place, ways we receive language as we move in the world, and anxieties of communication, Hotel Universo particularises the rendered, the middling and ostensibly universal. Written in Newcastle's suburbs and published here, its poems reflect and reside in a politics of location. Despite its interest in the transitory, Hotel Universo, and poetry more widely, is a place...

The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to International relations and has been fully updated to cover the dramatic changes in recent world politics. Written in the author’s unique and engaging style, the text explores everything from foreign policy and security to global governance and the global economy, to show how the theories and...