Just received from one of the organizers:
Good evening Dr. Almeida,
Good news! After much anticipation, our book, 'What Lies Ahead', is due to publish in the UK on 7th December, and you should be receiving a copy of the book within 3 weeks after that (Christmas post allowing). The American publication date is not yet finalised but will be around 6 weeks subsequent to the UK date, simply because of the
time taken to physically transport the bulk of books.
A link to the product page for our book which you can forward to anyone who might be interested in learning more about it is: http://www.routledge.com/9780415690553
I have provided further details below on what steps the publishers are currently taking to effectively market our book. We would greatly appreciate it if you'd also be able to promote the book in any way you deem appropriate.
Sean and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your contributions, and for being such a big part of this project. It was an immense pleasure to work with you. We could not have pulled this major book project without your support, timely submissions, and steady encouragement. We now look forward to your thoughts and feedback on the end product!
Should you have any questions or concerns, or further suggestions on how we may do more to market the book, please do not hesitate to contact me at shoque@xxxx.xx
. I look forward to continued correspondence with you.
Sincerely,
Sabrina Hoque
A library recommendation form is available at the following location, see:
http://www.routledge.com/resources/librarian_recommendation/9780415690553 for more details. You can fill this out for your own librarian and forward the link to interested parties who would like to see our book appear in their libraries as well.
Our book has already been promoted by Routledge using the following tools:
- It has featured in the relevant subject catalogues, mailed to over 20,000 academics, librarians, and institutions worldwide
- It has been registered on Routledge's extensive standing order system, which means that bookshops, libraries and library suppliers worldwide with a special interest in our subject area automatically receive a copy.
- It has been promoted on Routledge's e-commerce site
- It has been presented to Routledge's global team of sales representatives
- It has been previewed in Routledge's New Titles catalogue, which is produced every three months and used by their agents to sell directly to bookstores and institutions
Our book will be promoted using further tools where appropriate, including:
- E-mail campaigns to relevant selections from both Routledge's extensive internal customer database and from external databases
- Direct mail pieces sent to academics with an interest in our field
- Review copies that will be offered for review to Routledge's extensive global list of potential reviewers in our subject area
- Display copies or other publicity materials at the major conferences Routledge attends in our subject area (THIS INCLUDES THE UPCOMING 2012 ISA CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO)
- Inserts and adverts when space permits in all Routledge's relevant in-house publications (both books and journals)
- Cross-marketing within relevant promotional material from other relevant subject areas
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Sabrina Hoque
PhD Candidate of International Relations
Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Dalhousie University
Debating a Post-American World: What Lies Ahead (Routledge, 2011)
Just Published: http://www.routledge.com/9780415690553
Debating a Post-American World
What Lies Ahead?
To Be Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge – 316 pages
Description:
The United States is currently the linchpin of global trade, technology, and finance, and a military colossus, extending across the world with a network of bases and alliances. This book anticipates the possible issues raised by a transition between American dominance and the rise of alternative powers.
While a ‘post-American’ world need not be any different than that of today, the risk associated with such a change provides ample reason for attentive study. Divided into four parts, 50 international relations scholars explore and discuss:
- Power Transitions: addressing issues including the rise of China; the passing of American primacy and the endurance of American leadership.
- War and Peace: addressing nuclear weapons; the risk of war; security privatization and global insecurity
- Global Governance: addressing competition, trade, the UN, sovereignty, humanitarian intervention, law and power.
- Energy and the Environment: addressing resource conflict, petrol, climate change and technology.
This unique project offers a compilation of disparate arguments by scholars and policy practitioners, encompassing a plurality of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. By providing clarity and focus to this essential debate on the future of the world in the next several decades,Debating a Post-American World will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations and global politics, American politics, US Foreign policy and International Security.
Contents:
Foreword Madame Louise Frechétte
1. Introduction: Into the 21st Century
2. The Rise of the Rest Fareed Zakaria
3. Optimism and Pessimism in an Era of Changing Power Sean M. Lynn-Jones
4. Global Transitions Jacek Kugler, Ronald L. Tammen and John Thomas
Part 1: Power Transitions: America in World Politics
5. The Real Post-American World Christopher Layne
6. Grace, Murder, or Suicide? The Passing of American Primacy Terry Terriff
7. A Flawed Lens for Viewing U.S. Foreign Policy Steven Holloway
8. Analyzing Relative Decline in Zakaria’s Post-American World William R. Thompson
9. Déjà Vu All Over Again? Kim Richard Nossal
10. Constancy and Change in the Future International System James Fergusson
11. A Post-American World? Perils, Possibilities, and Preparations Mark R. Brawley
12. The American World, Mark III William C. Wohlforth
13. The Misleading Metaphor of Hegemonic Decline Joseph Nye
14. Postscript: Whither the American Colossus?
15. Three Questions on China's Rise: What is causing it? Will it continue? What are the consequences? Paul Bowles
16. Scenarios for China’s Role in a Post-American World Charles Burton
17. A Hard Act to Follow: Thoughts on World Leadership in America’s Shadow Alexander Moens
18. What Do Americans and Chinese Think of Themselves and Each Other? David R. Mandel
19. The ‘Rest’ and the Global South: Varieties of Actors, Issues, and Coalitions Timothy M. Shaw
20. America and the Emerging Powers in Tomorrow's Middle East Paul Salem
21. Two Hubs, Many Spokes, No Frame: The Shape of the Post-American Americas Jean Daudelin
22. Attraction and Repulsion: Brazil and the American World Paulo Roberto de Almeida
23. Pondering Canadian Defence in a ‘Post-American’ World Philippe Lagassé
24. Canada in the Post-American World John English
25. Postscript: Balances Disturbed
Part 2: A Golden Age: The Passing of American Primacy
26. Paths to War and Peace in a Post-American World Brandon Valeriano and John Vasquez
27. Our Nuclear (Free?) Future David Mutimer
28. Nuclear Weapons: Stability of Terror Kyungkook Kang and Jacek Kugler
29. An Increasingly Fragile World David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy
30. New Wars, the Age of Risk, and the Future of International Relations Andrew Latham
31. Security Privatization in a Post-American World Christopher Spearin
32. The Global Insecurity Future Wesley Wark
33. Zakaria’s Past Meets Zakaria’s Future Robert Bothwell
34. Postscript: Security in the Post-Cold War Era
Part 3: Global Governance
35. What Lies Ahead for the OECD? Richard Woodward
36. Competing Rules of the Game in a Post-American World Richard Stubbs
37. Global Governance from America, Canada, and the Responsible Rest Aarie Glas and John Kirton
38. Lies Ahead for the Emerging Countries? Denise Gregory
39. On Free Trade, and the Post-American World C.L. Lim
40. The United Nations and Europe in a Post-American World Thomas Fues
41. 2025: A New World Order? Jeremy Kinsman
42. Addressing ‘So What?’ Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention in a ‘Post-American World.’ Alistair Edgar
43. Law, Power, and the International System Steven Haines
44. Postscript: Ordering Anarchy 45. Postscript: Ordering Anarchy.
Part 4: Energy and the Environment
46. Still Living in a Material World? The ‘Rise of the Rest’ and the Question of Resource Conflict David G. Haglund
47. Democracy's Petro State Satya Brata Das
48. In the Face of an Unknown Future Matthew Paterson and Simon Dalby 49. American Prosperity and the High Politics of Climate Change Radoslav S. Dimitrov
50. Words From the Forgotten: The Environment in The Post-American World Heather A. Smith
51. Technology and the Future: Lessons from the Green Revolution Howard D. Leathers
52. Postscript: Our Fragile Home.
53. Concluding Reflections Denis Stairs
Organizers:
Sean Clark and Sabrina Hoque are PhD candidates in International Relations and Doctoral Fellows at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University
Subjects:
- Politics & International Relations
- International Political Economy
- International Politics
- American Politics
- International Relations
- Foreign Policy
- Global Governance
- Security Studies - Military & Strategic