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Symbolic Power (2025)
Book Chapter
Hoffmann, A. (2025). Symbolic Power. In S. E. Goddard, G. Lawson, & O. J. Sending (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology (717-734). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198854708.013.34

Studying symbolic power is a commitment of international political sociology (IPS). This chapter analyzes the roots of symbolic power in Pierre Bourdieu’s work on Algeria, language, and critical engagement with Max Weber before surveying its uses in... Read More about Symbolic Power.

Diaspora (2025)
Book Chapter
Adamson, F. B. (2025). Diaspora. In B. Jahn, & S. Schindler (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations (90-91). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035312283.00044

This entry discusses the meaning of diaspora, its evolution and different usages of the term. It provides an overview of the main categories and types of diaspora found in the literature. Key areas of empirical research and policy debate are introduc... Read More about Diaspora.

Connection/Relation (2025)
Book Chapter
Nisancioglu, K. (2025). Connection/Relation. In R. Crilley, N. Manchanda, L. Shepherd, C. Wilkinson, C. Biddolph, & S. Fishel (Eds.), Thinking World Politics Otherwise: A Diverse Introduction to International Relations. Oxford University Press

India: Between China, the West, and the Global South, in Great Decisions (guest editor G. John Ikenberry (2025)
Book Chapter
Vinjamuri, L. (2025). India: Between China, the West, and the Global South, in Great Decisions (guest editor G. John Ikenberry. In Great Decisions (2025 Edition) (41-52). Foreign Policy Association Inc

India is an emerging major power in world affairs, occupying a pivotal position between China, the United States, and the Global South. Its population size, economy, and geopolitical location ensure that it will be an influential voice in debates and... Read More about India: Between China, the West, and the Global South, in Great Decisions (guest editor G. John Ikenberry.

Race, capitalism, and development (2024)
Book Chapter
Calvete Portela Barbosa, L. (2024). Race, capitalism, and development. In . P. Carmody, & J. T. Murphy (Eds.), Handbook of African Economic Development (299-313). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800885806.00030

This chapter contributes to the discussion of race and economic development through an analysis of the contesting narratives and theories on the political economy of underdevelopment. The first part of the chapter investigates the origins of ‘develop... Read More about Race, capitalism, and development.

Terrorism (2024)
Book Chapter
Whitham, B., & Ali, N. (2024). Terrorism. In N. Rossi, & M. Riemann (Eds.), Security Studies: An Applied Introduction. Sage

Britain in the World (2024)
Book Chapter
Whitham, B. (2024). Britain in the World. In J. Willett, & A. Giovannini (Eds.), An Introduction to UK Politics: Place, Pluralism, and Identities. Sage

Equity in Financing Renewable Energy Development to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health—A Case of Rajasthan India (2024)
Book Chapter
Mishra, V. (2024). Equity in Financing Renewable Energy Development to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health—A Case of Rajasthan India. In P. Singh, & N. Yadav (Eds.), The Climate-Health-Sustainability Nexus Understanding the Interconnected Impact on Populations and the Environment (389-419). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56564-9_16

Financing sustainability is at the heart of international climate politics. Post signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the global South has laid out clear requirements for financial flows from the global North to address the climate crisis. There i... Read More about Equity in Financing Renewable Energy Development to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health—A Case of Rajasthan India.

Political, Colonial, and Libidinal Economies of Gendered Islamophobia (2024)
Book Chapter
Whitham, B. (2024). Political, Colonial, and Libidinal Economies of Gendered Islamophobia. In A. Easat-Daas, & I. Zempi (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia (29-53). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52022-8_3

Women disproportionately bear the brunt of Islamophobic racism in the UK. Scholarly explanations of this compound inequality, influenced by Jasmine Zine’s pioneering work on gendered Islamophobia in Canada, often point to the fact that women may bear... Read More about Political, Colonial, and Libidinal Economies of Gendered Islamophobia.

How to Think Xi Jinping Thought (2024)
Book Chapter
Mittelstaedt, J. C., & Thornton, P. M. (2024). How to Think Xi Jinping Thought. In D. Lynch, & S. Rosen (Eds.), Chinese Politics: The Xi Jinping Difference (142-160). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257943-8

This chapter explores how Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is being developed and promoted at the grassroots of contemporary Chinese society. Two projects piloted in 2018 to propagate and disseminate Xi Jinpi... Read More about How to Think Xi Jinping Thought.

Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work (2024)
Book Chapter
Okech, A. (2024). Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work. In SAGE Research Methods Cases: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research (1-16). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529691009

This case study proposes an expanded model of shadow research for collaborative field research. I draw on my experience on a collaborative pilot study on women associated with armed groups in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria. This case study draws on the... Read More about Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work.

The Renaissance of Impeachment (2023)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D. (2023). The Renaissance of Impeachment. In C. Monaghan, & M. Flinders (Eds.), British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003255956-15

This chapter provides a personal account of the origin and conduct of the campaign by some members of the British House of Commons to use the idea and process of impeachment to bring the then Prime Minister Tony Blair MP to account for his conduct in... Read More about The Renaissance of Impeachment.

Big Science collaborations—lessons for global governance and leadership (2023)
Book Chapter
Robinson, M. (2023). Big Science collaborations—lessons for global governance and leadership. In P. Charitos, T. Arabatzis, H. Cliff, G. Dissertori, J. Forneris, & J. Li-Ying (Eds.), Big Science in the 21st Century: Economic and societal impacts (1-18). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-3631-4ch57

The complexity of this landscape and the interconnectivity of modern Big Science is reflected in the essay by Dr Mark Robinson (SOAS, London) in chapter 56. Exasperatingly the world is beset by an inability of countries to cooperate via international... Read More about Big Science collaborations—lessons for global governance and leadership.

Taiwan History (2023)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. Taiwan History. In The Far East and Australasia 2024 (55th Edition). Europa Publications

The UNRRA: the ambiguity of 'rehabilitation', suppressed discourses, and unlearned lessons from FDR's post-war assistance operation (2023)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D., & Schneider, G. (2023). The UNRRA: the ambiguity of 'rehabilitation', suppressed discourses, and unlearned lessons from FDR's post-war assistance operation. In S. K. Knapton, & K. Rossy (Eds.), Relief and Rehabilitation for a Postwar World: Humanitarian Intervention and the UNRRA (175-193). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350182707.ch-8

The Egyptian Revolution Against the Police (2023)
Book Chapter
Ismail, S. (2023). The Egyptian Revolution Against the Police. In B. Ayata, & C. Harders (Eds.), The Affective Dynamics of Mass Protests Midān Moments and Political Transformation in Egypt and Turkey (121-141). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003273882-10

This chapter advances the argument that the people’s rising during the 2011 Egyptian revolutionary uprising was directed at the police as an apparatus of government. In developing this argument, the chapter draws attention to the terms in which the a... Read More about The Egyptian Revolution Against the Police.