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United Nations (and League of Nations) (2009)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D. (2009). United Nations (and League of Nations). In M. Kazin, R. Edwards, & A. Rothman (Eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. Princeton University Press

The United Nations was created in 1942 as a political military alliance and went on to create a range of global institutions including those we know today. It tried to overcome the weaknesses of the League by creating more enforcement powers. Despite... Read More about United Nations (and League of Nations).

Can Melanie Klein help us understand morality in IR? Suggestions for a psychoanalytic interpretation of why and how states do good (2009)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (2009). Can Melanie Klein help us understand morality in IR? Suggestions for a psychoanalytic interpretation of why and how states do good. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 38(2), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829809347534

This article explores the question of why states attempt to ‘do good’ or behave morally beyond their own borders. It draws on the conceptual model developed by the psychoanalyst Melanie Klein in her work on moral development. Klein suggested that chi... Read More about Can Melanie Klein help us understand morality in IR? Suggestions for a psychoanalytic interpretation of why and how states do good.

The Cultural Turn and Taiwanese Identity in the 1990s (2009)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2009). The Cultural Turn and Taiwanese Identity in the 1990s. In I.-C. Wang, C.-C. Cheng, & S. Tötösy de Zepetnek (Eds.), Cultural Discourse in Taiwan (31-51). National Sun Yat-sen University Press

Shifting between continuity and rupture, sameness and difference, identity is constantly shaping and reshaping by various positionings. The constant positionings are significant in the process of winning hegemony. The discourse of "Taiwan subjectivit... Read More about The Cultural Turn and Taiwanese Identity in the 1990s.

Taiwan listing (2009)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2009). Taiwan listing. In D. J. Sagar (Ed.), Political Parties of the World, 7th Ed. John Harper Publishing

Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya (2009)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2009). Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya. Development, 52(2), 224-229. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2009.27

Awino Okech describes the work of GROOTS Kenya. She argues there is need for deeper problematizing of what a feminist organization is. In looking critically at whether GROOTS is a grassroots feminist organization and how it links with other women's g... Read More about Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya.