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Just War and the Responsibility to Protect – Robin Dunford and Michael Neu

November 2, 2020

Dunford and Neu provide a clear and comprehensive critique of Just War theories and the R2P doctrine, showing how their distorting frameworks justify Western intervention while ignoring the systemic causes that led to the crises in the first place.

The Class Politics of Law – Eric Tucker & Judy Fudge (Eds.)

October 26, 2020

This collection of essays advances a class analysis of the law, showing how capitalism shapes the law and how the law in turn acts to advance the interests of the capitalist class.

The Right to Maim – Jasbir K. Puar

October 16, 2020

Puar uses the concept of “debility”—bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors—to disrupt the category of disability.

Dying for an iPhone – Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Pun Ngai

October 10, 2020

The book reveals the human cost of buyer-driven supply chains and capitalism by examining the consequences of the relationship between Apple and its supplier Foxconn on Chinese workers.

The New Map – Daniel Yergin

October 4, 2020

Yergin offers an account of how energy revolutions and climate change shape great power rivalries and their geopolitical strategies while setting them on a collision course in their pursuit of global dominance.

The Architecture of Red Vienna 1919-1934 – Eve Blau

September 26, 2020

Eve Blau looks at how ideological conflict shaped the buildings of Red Vienna and how political meaning became manifested in architecture.

Making Money – Gary Hamilton and Cheng-Shu Kao

September 19, 2020

Western retailers and merchandisers ship their production overseas, primarily to Asia. Hamilton and Kao trace the rise and fall of Taiwan as the main OEM destination for these retailers. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Taiwanese businesspeople, they show how intermediate-demand driven supply chains structure production according to the logic

China’s New Red Guards – Jude D. Blanchette

August 26, 2020

Blanchette sheds light on ideological battles waged within China since the death of Mao Zedong. He claims that China is undergoing a Maoist revival and analyzes individuals and groups that are behind it.

Superpower Showdown – Bob Davis and Lingling Wei

August 21, 2020

Davis and Wei chronicle the Trump administration's trade war with China, documenting successive rounds of failed negotiations and frustrated plans.

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