Review Feature – Terrorism and Political Violence
This review considers the contributions of two very useful, and student friendly, new books that add to the growing literature on terrorism and political violence.
Review – The Politics of Exile
Dauphinée masterfully eschews the conventional ways of presenting research and through storytelling provides insights into the Bosnian war and its dire aftermath.
Review – Intelligent Compassion
Confortini’s analysis of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom benefits feminist IR theory by making it more accessible and clearly applicable.
Review – Transforming Violent Political Movements
Grisham’s insightful and relevant work provides a useful theoretical model to predict and understand the transformation and evolution of violent rebel movements.
Student Book Feature – IR Theory: A Critical Introduction
By focusing on IR myths, & by using films to help understand theories, Weber’s textbook remains a major introduction to the perspectives associated with the study of IR.
Review – The Massacres at Mt. Halla
Hun Joon Kim’s analysis represents a welcome and well-written, but ultimately very partial, view of the search for ‘comprehensive truth’ in South Korea.
Review – What’s Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It
Harris provides a good introduction to the politics of climate change and sets out a vision of what might occur if a world of states is replaced with one of people.
Review – Feminist Strategies in International Governance
Caglar, Prügl & Zwingel’s excellent collection will hopefully help steer the agenda of institutions like the UN and the World Bank towards innovative feminist policies.
Review Feature – The Privatisation of Military Force
This review feature examines three books analysing private military firms and finds they each offer a valuable take on the private sector’s role in peacekeeping.
Review – UNICEF: Global Governance That Works
Jolly’s analysis offers its readers a powerful understanding of the work that UNICEF has done on humanity-focused development and its unique nature within the UN system.
