For far too long the discipline of International Relations has failed to engage with the study of genocide. This is despite the fact that genocide holds a direct relationship with the central concepts of international relations: the state, war, power, and security. This bold, innovative and unique book sets out to tackle this by bringing the concept of genocide into the discipline of IR, via the English School, in order to theorise the relationship between genocide, justice, and order. Drawing on a wide-range of primary and secondary interdisciplinary material from International Relations, Genocide Studies, Security Studies, International Law, History, Politics and Political Theory, this book aims to understand genocide within the context of International Relations and the implications that this has on policymaking. Gallagher identifies the obstacles and challenges involved in bringing the study of genocide into IR and uniquely analyses the impact of genocide on the ordering structure of international society.

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Adrian Gallagher is a Lecturer in Security Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He received his Ph.D from the University of Sheffield and is a member of the International Studies Association, British International Studies Association, International Network of Genocide Scholars and International Association of Genocide Scholars.

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Book Title: Genocide and its Threat to Contemporary International Order
Authors: Adrian Gallagher
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280268
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-28025-1Published: 21 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44759-6Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28026-8Published: 21 January 2013
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 232
Topics: International Relations, Terrorism and Political Violence, Human Rights, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Sociology

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