Politics and International Relations – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 11, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Complexity, institutions and public policy : agile decision-making in a turbulent world / Graham Room. China in the UN Security Council decision-making on Iraq : conflicting understandings, competing preferences, 1990-2002 / Suzanne Xiao Yang. Global justice and territory / Cara Nine. Carbon democracy : political power in the age of oil / Timothy Mitchell. Understanding Central Asia : politics and contested transformations / Sally Cummings. At the edges of states

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Who’s the boss?! Global political leaders and government

By Victoria Bird|October 15, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Finding out about world leaders and governments, both past and present, can be trickier than it sounds. Try some of these resources to get started on researching who is who and what they stand for: Parline, a database provided by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, contains information on the structure and working methods of 267 parliamentary chambers in all of the 190 countries where a national legislature exists. © Photographer Johnlric | Agency: Dreamstime.com World

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Politics and International Relations – September 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 5, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

International history & international relations / Andrew Williams, Amelia Hadfield, Simon Rofe. Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century political thought / edited by Duncan Bell. From the ruins of empire: the revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia / Pankaj Mishra Borderlines and Borderlands: Political oddities at at the edge of the nation state/ edited by Alexander C. Diener and Joshua [e-book from

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Politics and International Relations – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 26, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Empires and indigenes : intercultural alliance, imperial expansion, and warfare in the early modern world / edited by Wayne E. Lee. International history & international relations / Andrew Williams, Amelia Hadfield, Simon Rofe. Adskillelsens politik. English. The democratic contradictions of multiculturalism / Jens-Martin Eriksen & Frederik Stjernfelt. The politics of coalition : how the Conservative – Lib Dem government works. Postcolonial migrants and identity politics / edited by Ulbe Bosma,

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Humanitarian Communication

By Farzana Whitfield|July 25, 2012|Development Studies, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

As part of ‘Infoasaid’ this is an online learning course, focusing on finding better ways to communicate with crisis effected communities. This can be both before and after emergency situations. The website links include, news updates, ongoing projects and the two way communication between aid agencies and vulnerable communities. For further details, please see the link below: http://infoasaid.org/e-learning/course/start  

Politics and International Relations – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 28, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The origins of political order : from prehuman times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama Human rights and conflict : exploring the links between rights, law and peacebuilding / edited by Julie Mertus and Jeffrey W. Helsing. Judges beyond politics in democracy and dictatorship : lessons from Chile / Elisabeth Hilbink. The politics of memory : transitional justice in democratizing societies / edited by Alexandra Barahona de Brito, Carmen

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Politics and International Relations – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 13, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Lenin and philosophy, and other essays / Louis Althusser introd. by Fredric Jameson translated from the French by Ben Brewster.  Foreign ministries : change and adaptation / edited by Brian Hocking, foreword by Jacques Bilodeau. Humane migration : establishing legitimacy and rights for displaced people / Christine G. T. Ho and James Loucky.  Peacebuilding and local ownership : post-conflict consensus-building / Timothy Donais.  Empire as a way of life :

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Politics and International Relations – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Journals Cultural Politics – Volume 8(2012) onwards. Red pepper – Dec 2011 onwards. Books Europe, the USA and political Islam : strategies for engagement / edited by Michelle Pace. After the nation? : critical reflections on nationalism and postnationalism / edited by Keith Breen and Shane O’Neill . The Iran-Iraq War / Rob Johnson. Religion and politics in international relations : the modern myth / Timothy Fitzgerald. The best of

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