Routledge International Handbooks
Handbook of China's Governance and Domestic Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Ogden
May 21, 2015
The Handbook of China’s Governance and Domestic Politics looks at how China is governed, how its domestic political system functions and the critical issues that it currently faces. Governed by the world’s largest political party in the world’s longest-ruling Communist regime, China is undergoing a...
Handbook of China's International Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Shaun Breslin
May 21, 2015
In a relatively short period of time, the study of China’s international relations has gone from being a topic that interested a fairly small group of scholars and analysts to one that is close to – if not actually at – the centre of academic and policy agendas. Moreover, it is not just the ...
Handbook of India's International Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By David Scott
May 21, 2015
The Handbook of India’s International Relations gives an overview of India’s international relations, given the development of India as a major economic power in the world, and the growing interest in the impact of Asia on the international system in the future. This book is centred on India’s own ...
Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation
1st Edition
Edited
By Harsh V Pant
May 21, 2015
The Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation delves deep into the changing global nuclear landscape. The chapters document the increasing complexity of the global nuclear proliferation dynamic and the inability of the international community to come to terms with a rapidly changing strategic milieu. ...
Handbook of US-Middle East Relations: Formative Factors and Regional Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Looney
May 21, 2015
One of the main tasks facing the Barack Obama Administration in the USA is that of improving the image of the country in the Middle East region. During the George W. Bush Administration, US relations with most countries in the region declined to an all-time low. There is, among the general publics ...
Routledge International Handbook of Social Psychology of the Classroom
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine M. Rubie-Davies, Jason M. Stephens, Penelope Watson
May 21, 2015
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Psychology of the Classroom presents the first comprehensive and integrated compilation of theory and research on topics related to the social cohesion of the classroom. Many of these topics have been studied independently; for example, motivation...
The Global Arms Trade: A Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Tan
May 21, 2015
The Global Arms Trade is written by a team of security experts drawn from around the world, analysing a phenomenon which has continued to flourish despite the end of the Cold War and the preoccupation with global terrorism after 11 September 2001. It provides a clear description and analysis of the...
Handbook of Critical Psychology
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Parker
May 01, 2015
Choice Recommended Read Critical psychology has developed over time from different standpoints, and in different cultural contexts, embracing a variety of perspectives. This cutting-edge and comprehensive handbook values and reflects this diversity of approaches to critical psychology today, ...
Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Panteleimon Ekkekakis
April 23, 2015
A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established ...
Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Albert Gollhofer, Wolfgang Taube, Jens Bo Nielsen
February 27, 2015
The Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of neurophysiological, behavioural and biomechanical aspects of motor function. Adopting an integrative approach, it examines the full range of key topics in contemporary human movement ...
Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Potrac, Wade Gilbert, Jim Denison
February 27, 2015
Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine into a sophisticated, reflective and multi-disciplinary profession. In parallel with this, coach education and coaching studies within higher education have developed ...
Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Tim McGarry, Peter O'Donoghue, Jaime Sampaio
February 27, 2015
Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary performance analysis enables elite sports people and ...