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First Year Undergraduates Quick Start Guide
In your first year your CORE modules will be Introduction to Politics, World Politics and Introduction to Research Methods. In addition to this you will need to choose one OUTSIDE OPTION from another department to make up your 120 CATS of study for your first year.
Prof Trevor McCrisken interviewed in International Affairs
Prof Trevor McCrisken was recently interviewed by International Affairs' editor Caroline Soper on Obama ending the war in Afghanistan, and the other articles in Volume 88, Number 5.
Listen to the full interview below:
Prof Chris Hughes interviewed by National Bureau of Asian Research on 2 August
Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research on 2 August 2012 in an article entitled 'China’s Military Modernization and Implications for Northeast Asia':
Q: How have Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Taiwan sought to strike a balance between their increasing economic interdependence with China and their concerns over Chinese military modernization and strategic aims in the region?
A: I think that hedging, rather than building a strong strategic or military balance, has been the approach that these countries have taken toward China’s military modernization in the last few years. That is, while they still see China’s military modernization as alarming, they are also aware that increasing economic dependence on China is inescapable. So, as they continue to hedge, they are hoping that economic growth will eventually moderate China’s behavior, lead to diplomatic engagement, and counterbalance the asymmetric dependence that is building up.
Dr John Parkinson's research on the political use of public space featured in The Atlantic
Dr John Parkinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of Research Degrees, was recently featured in an article entitled 'What Makes a Public Space Good for Democracy?' by Emily Badger in the Cities section of The Atlantic magazine.
“Filling the National Mall is a seriously impressive achievement,” Parkinson says. See, for example, . A lot of these other capitals offer pretty meager public gathering spaces on the steps of their political institutions. Chater Garden, the main square next to the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, could fit maybe 5,000 people. “It’s so much harder in Hong Kong to express the physical scale of public displeasure,” Parkinson says.
Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams publish Special Issue of Alternatives on 'Governing Traumatic Events'
Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams have recently published a Special Issue of Alternatives, entitled: 'Governing Traumatic Events'. The volume draws together leading critical scholars on the politics of traumatic events, covering subjects like 9-11, Mumbai, and the Norway Massacre, as well as the ideologies of 'response' and 'resilience' that predominate. This publication is part of an ongoing research project on 'Resilience and the Politics of Security' that seeks to interrogate contemporary practices of civil contingency planning in the UK and abroad.