Review – Sustaining China’s Economic Growth
Sustaining China’s Economic Growth is a timely work that provides a comprehensive and persuasive analysis of China’s economic challenges in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Review – Beyond Consequentialism
Consequentialism is at once a provocative and problematic moral doctrine. Paul Hurley exposes the confusions and equivocations in its foundational assumptions.
Review – Networks of Outrage and Hope
From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movements, Castells’ book provides insight into the sudden rise of mass uprisings across the world, their political force, and momentum.
Review – The Time of Youth
Studies of the precarious position of youth are a burgeoning area in African Studies. Honwana does not cover much new ground but she does provide a handsome and readily accessible overview of the main issues.
Review – Postcolonial Theory and International Relations
Postcolonial theory remains at the critical fringes of IR. Seth’s edited volume engages in a conversation between the two and with the politicization of postcolonial perspectives.
Review – Khul’ Divorce in Egypt
Sonneveld’s book depicts one of the legal advancements made regarding women’s legal rights under the Mubarak regime: Khul’ divorce, which allowed women unilateral divorce for the first time.
Review – The Politics of the Palestinian Authority
Nigel Parsons’ book is a must-read for all of those interested in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and for scholars researching conflict-affected areas, processes of transition & national movements.
Review – The New Historiography of Human Rights
Human rights history matters for IR debates. Different theories of human rights depend upon different (more or less explicit) historical accounts of their genesis.
Review – The Generals
The American military fights a lot, but wins less frequently. Thomas Ricks’ provocative examination of the relative failures of the US military’s major engagements since WWII (Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam) lays the blame with the generals.
Review – Foundations of Freedom
Simon R. Clarke suggests that whatever our present convictions about the value of freedom, we have good reason to keep debating its uses and abuses. For that, this book deserves high praise.
