In association with the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Palgrave
Macmillan is delighted to announce the launch of a new book series dedicated to producing …

Many researchers assert that popular culture warrants greater attention from international
relations scholars. Yet work regarding the effects of popular culture on international relations …

Focusing on critical approaches to security, this new textbook offers readers both an
overview of key theoretical perspectives and a variety of methodological techniques. With a …

This book examines a series of questions associated with the increasing application and
implications of biometrics in contemporary everyday life. In the wake of the events of 9/11 …

References to the Terminator films are central to Western imaginaries of Lethal Autonomous
Weapons Systems (LAWS). The puzzle of whether references to the Terminator franchise …

Digital games are among the most popular forms of entertainment media. Despite their
ubiquity, the fields of political science, International Relations, and political communication …

A burgeoning literature in IR asserts there is a relationship between pop cultural artifacts
and global policy processes, but this relationship is rarely explored using observational …

1. Setting: the location or surrounding environment in which the narrative is set. 2.
Characterization: the description of the actors involved. 3. Emplotment: the way setting …

Some scholars suggest popular culture shapes public attitudes about foreign policy in ways
that can affect real-world political outcomes, but relatively few studies test this proposition …

Following the attacks against the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in
January 2015 and the subsequent acts of political violence in Paris the following November …