The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations de John Baylis e Steve Smith. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2005, 811 págs. B.
Written specially for those coming to the subject for the first time, this text has been carefully edited by John Baylis and Steve Smith to ensure a coherent, accessible and lively account of the globalization of world politics. As with the previous edition, there is a companion website that offers up-to-date case studies of the conflicts in Kosovo and the 1990-91 Gulf War and a new case study on Iraq. The Globalization of World Politics, Third Edition, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in International Relations.
UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: A Commentary de Marsha A. Freemann [et al]. Oxford Univerity Press. Reino Unido, 2013, 731 págs. B.
This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol. The Convention is a key international human rights instrument and the only one exclusively addressed to women. It has been described as the United Nations’ ‘landmark treaty in the struggle for women’s rights’.
The Commentary describes the application of the Convention through the work of its monitoring body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It comprises detailed analyses of the Preamble and each article of the Convention and of the Optional Protocol. It also includes a separate chapter on the cross-cutting substantive issue of violence against women. The sources relied on are the treaty language and the general recommendations, concluding observations and case law under the Optional Protocol, through which the Committee has interpreted and applied the Convention. Each chapter is self-contained but the Commentary is conceived of as an integral whole. The book also includes an introduction which provides an overview of the Convention and its embedding in the international law of human rights.
Naval Strategy de Bernard Brodie. Oxford Univerity Press. London, 1943, 203 págs. E.
This book is addressed directly to the layman. That fact should need no justification, yet it is unfortunately true that the study of war is of all human pursuits the one which laymen have most generally abandoned to professionals. The idea per- sists that strategy can be comprehensible only to people who wear uniforms. Yet for better or for worse, the layman plays a great part in determining the military strategy of a nation. In a demo- cracy during wartime he rightly insists on speaking his mind, and he probably underestimates the degree to which military and political leaders respond to his demands. His very optimism or despondency creates situations which the authorities cannot afford to ignore. Prior to the outbreak of war he elects to office politicians whose policies may either further or hopelessly com- promise the country’s security, or at least greatly affect the price of victory.
International Relations since 1945 de John W. Young {et al.]. Oxford University Press. Inglaterra, 2004, 743 págs. B.
International Relations Since 1945 provides a comprehensive introduction to global political history since World War II. The text has been comprehensively updated to cover the period between 2001 and 2012. Discussing the World Trade Center bombing and concluding with the run-up to the 2012 US presidential elections, a new final section outlines broad developments including the changing world order and the global financial crisis. Three new chapters look at terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rise of major new powers, including China. Student learning is supported by a range of helpful learning features, including biographies of key figures and chronologies of events.
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