To celebrate the research and scholarship produced by Macquarie University's Politics and International Relations staff, a multiple book launch was hosted by the Faculty of Arts Dean, Professor Martina Möllering, this evening at the University Co-op Bookshop.
In the past few years, the academic staff and Higher Degree Research students of Politics and International Relations discipline have published nine monographs and edited volumes. Their topics include:
This varied list of topics highlights the wide range of research interests of the staff from the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations. The books' international publishers, such as Cambridge University Press, Routledge and Polity, testify to the recognition that their authors gained in the international community of scholars.
The featured books in the launch include:
Noah Bassil, The Post-Colonial State and Civil War in Sudan: The Origins of Conflict in Darfur, I.B. Tauris.
Jumana Bayeh, The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity, I.B. Tauris.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan and Aleksandar Pavkovic (eds), Separatism and Secessionism in Europe and Asia: To Have a State of One's Own, Routledge.
Glenn Diesen, EU and NATO Relations with Russia After the Collapse of the Soviet Union, Ashgate.
Ashley Lavelle, The Politics of Betrayal: Renegades and Ex-Radicals from Mussolini to Christopher Hitchens, Manchester University Press.
Stephanie Lawson, Theories of International Relations: Contending Approaches to World Politics, Polity Press.
Lavina Rajendram Lee, US Hegemony and International Legitimacy: Norms, Power and Followership in the Wars on Iraq, Routledge.
Marion Maddox, Taking God to School: The End of Australia's Egalitarian Education? Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Morris Morley and Chris McGillion, Reagan and Pinochet: The Struggle over US Policy toward Chile, Cambridge University Press.
In the past few years, the academic staff and Higher Degree Research students of Politics and International Relations discipline have published nine monographs and edited volumes. Their topics include:
- the politics of African and South American countries
- Middle Eastern literature
- European intellectual history
- theories of international relations
- international relations of the EU, Russia and USA
- comparative studies of secession
- recent politics of education in Australia.
This varied list of topics highlights the wide range of research interests of the staff from the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations. The books' international publishers, such as Cambridge University Press, Routledge and Polity, testify to the recognition that their authors gained in the international community of scholars.
The featured books in the launch include:
Noah Bassil, The Post-Colonial State and Civil War in Sudan: The Origins of Conflict in Darfur, I.B. Tauris.
Jumana Bayeh, The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity, I.B. Tauris.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan and Aleksandar Pavkovic (eds), Separatism and Secessionism in Europe and Asia: To Have a State of One's Own, Routledge.
Glenn Diesen, EU and NATO Relations with Russia After the Collapse of the Soviet Union, Ashgate.
Ashley Lavelle, The Politics of Betrayal: Renegades and Ex-Radicals from Mussolini to Christopher Hitchens, Manchester University Press.
Stephanie Lawson, Theories of International Relations: Contending Approaches to World Politics, Polity Press.
Lavina Rajendram Lee, US Hegemony and International Legitimacy: Norms, Power and Followership in the Wars on Iraq, Routledge.
Marion Maddox, Taking God to School: The End of Australia's Egalitarian Education? Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Morris Morley and Chris McGillion, Reagan and Pinochet: The Struggle over US Policy toward Chile, Cambridge University Press.
