R2P’s Unfinished Journey: the Lingering Promise of Prevention
Monica Serrano, Professor of International Relations, El Colegio de México, presents her recent book The International Politics of Human Rights: Rallying to the R2P Cause? (co-edited with Thomas G. Weiss), which covers the debates on the prevention of mass atrocities and the Reponsibility to Protect (R2P’s) normative prospects.
British Diplomacy and Changing Views of Chinese Governmental Capability over the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Negotiating China's Destiny explains how China developed from a country that hardly mattered internationally into the important world power it is today. Before World War II, China had suffered through five wars with European powers as well as American imperial policies resulting in economic, military, and political domination. This shifted dramatically during WWII, when alliances needed to be realigned, resulting in the evolution of China's relationships with the USSR, the U.S., Britain, France, India, and Japan.
Poles Apart
Cross-national comparison of the presence of climate scepticism in the print media in six countries, 2007–10
Climate Change in the Media: Reporting Risk and Uncertainty
Knowledge Economies: Political Causes and Consequences
Chair: David Rueda
At this alumni event on 29 November 2014 a team of Oxford academics presented some of their latest thinking on the political and economic challenges of today.
Topics discussed include the future of the welfare state, immigration and diversity, political corruption, and the financial crisis. The speakers addressed how political choices and institutions shape the economy, and in turn, how economic actors and events shape public policy. The event consists of three panels and one lecture.
Economic and Political Crisis?
Andrew Eggers: ‘The Economic Effects of Economic News’
Ben Ansell: ‘The Political Causes and Consequences of the Housing Bubble’ [Download Powerpoint here]
Desmond King: ‘Did the Fed over help Capital in 2008?’
Chair: David Rueda