Addressing the 'phenomenon' of Harry Potter and the scholarly and media attention that has been devoted to the novels and adaptations, this updated new edition of Re-Reading Harry Potter discusses the political and social presumptions that are ingrained in the books, in terms of political ideology, [...]

A study of conceptualizations and applications of the idea of democracy in international and trans-national politics, which uses a politically realist methodology. Divided into two parts, this book tests these against specific real world events, using the invasion and occupation of Iraq by a US-UK l[...]