Reviews

Student Book Feature – IR Theory: A Critical Introduction

Victor Coutinho Lage • Jul 19 2014 • Student Features

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

Peter Brett • Jul 15 2014 • Features

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

Nick Chan • Jul 15 2014 • Features

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

Eric M. Blanchard • Jul 15 2014 • Features

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

Thomas Messer • Jun 25 2014 • Features

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

Maggie Black • Jun 22 2014 • Features

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.

Review Feature – One Family, One Destiny

Anthony Szczurek • Jun 17 2014 • Features

This feature examines two books that explore universalised human nature and political action, and deftly illuminate the epistemological lineages of the modern world.

Review – Shanghai Gone: Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity

Igor Rogelja • Jun 17 2014 • Features

Shao’s remarkable work offers a rich interpretive approach to China’s complex urban landscape that will interest both China-watchers and urban scholars.

Review – Confessions of a Terrorist: A Novel

Pamela Ligouri Bunker • Jun 12 2014 • Features

Jackson’s radical use of a fictional format to examine orthodox terrorism studies allows him to explore the terrorist figure and its debated legitimacy in a unique way.

Review – East, West, North, South: International Relations since 1945

John Kent • Jun 11 2014 • Features

This edition enlightens the reader to new facts and interpretations, although limited in their scope, about the events post-1945 and particularly those after 1986.

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