2019

Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism

Breen, Michael. “Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism,” in Popelier, Patricia and Sahadžić, Maja (eds.,). Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism: Managing Multinationalism in Multi-tiered Systems. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

This edited volume examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism in multi-tiered systems through a comprehensive and rigorous comparative analysis, covering countries in Europe, Africa and Asia… This book offers insights into the different types of constitutional asymmetry, the factors that stimulate symmetrisation and asymmetrisation processes, and the ways in which constitutional asymmetry is linked with multinationalism. More information…

The Routledge Companion to Media and Scandal

Brenton, Scott. “Scandal and Social Theory,” in Tumber, Howard and Waisbord, Silvio (eds.,). The Routledge Companion to Media and Scandal. Routledge, 2019.

Various types of scandals are inextricably linked to both the mass media and social media. Although there have been many technological changes in the news media over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the appetite for scandal news has not abated. More information…

The Wealth Effect

Chwieroth, Jeffrey M. and Walter, Andrew. The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

The politics of major banking crises has been transformed since the nineteenth century. Analyzing extensive historical and contemporary evidence, Chwieroth and Walter demonstrate that the rising wealth of the middle class has generated ‘great expectations’ among voters that the government is responsible for the protection of this wealth. More information…

Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes

Lauren, Rosewarne. Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes examines how sexiness, sexuality and revisited sexual politics are used to modernise film and TV remakes. This exploration provides insight into the ever-evolving – and ever-contested – role of sex in society, and scrutinises the politics and economics underpinning modern media reproduction. More information…

In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump

Lynch, Timothy. In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

This book offers a bold re-interpretation of the prevailing narrative that US foreign policy after the Cold War was a failure. In chapters that retell and re-argue the key episodes of the post-Cold War years, Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on the presidents that came after it and that success came more from adapting to that shadow than in attempts to escape it. When strategic lessons of the Cold War were applied, presidents fared better; when they were forgotten, they fared worse. More information…

Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration

Lynch, Timothy. “In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump,” in Perotti, Rosanna (ed.,). Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration. Nova Science Publishers, 2019.

To understand “America First,” we must first understand the underpinnings of globalisation and the policy of practical internationalism... The introduction to this edited volume explores these themes, and the remainder of the book’s seventeen chapters, authored by scholars of comparative politics, international relations and history, expand on particular policies. More information…

Handbook on Gender and Violence

Meger, Sara. “Gender, violence, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda,” in Shepherd, Laura J. (ed.,). Handbook on Gender and Violence. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Containing contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook explores the many ways gender and violence interact across different contexts and offers a range of disciplinary perspectives. This comprehensive volume connects micro-level interpersonal violence to macro-level structural forms of violence across three discrete but interrelated sections: concepts, representations, and contexts. Presenting an in-depth overview of the topic, this Handbook on Gender and Violence will be a key resource for researchers who are new to the study of gender and violence. More information…

The Transition from Graduation to Work

Waring, Peter; Vas, Christopher and Bali, Azad Singh. "The Transition from Graduation to Work: Challenges and Strategies in Singapore," in Dhakal, S., Prikshat, V., Nankervis, A., Burgess, J. (eds.,). The Transition from Graduation to Work. Springer, 2019.

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a multiple-stakeholder paradigm. More information…

Paper Emperors The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires

Young, Sally. Paper Emperors The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires. UNSW Press, NewSouth Publishing, 2019.

Before newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia – a country of newspaper giants and kingmakers. This magisterial book reveals who owned Australia’s newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, it explains how Australia’s media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties. Many are household names, even now: Murdoch, Fairfax, Syme, Packer. Written with verve and insight and showing unparalleled command of a vast range of sources, Sally Young shows how newspaper owners influenced policy-making, lobbied and bullied politicians, and shaped internal party politics. More information…