The Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures series offers stimulating and accessible
introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying …

Diplomacy is concomitant with humanity's highest hopes and deepest frustrations. Complex
global problems demand—but might not receive—deep understanding, skilled advocacy …

Images, narratives and practices of diplomacy occur on a daily basis. The everydayness and
ordinariness of diplomacy, however, is not readily acknowledged–at least within the …

In March 2012, American NGO Invisible Children released an online video about the crimes
committed by Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army. Rapidly …

This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of studies in the subfield of mediatisation
of war and military. While its beginnings can be traced back to McLuhan and Baudrillard, the …

Building on research on victims and perpetrators of political violence and their depiction in
the media, this article highlights the conceptual and practical challenge of specifying the …

Individuals formerly involved in armed groups are positioned in the victim–perpetrator binary
by legal systems and societies. Media participates in this process and influences the …

Kony 2012, a film released by the nonprofit Invisible Children in the spring of 2012, drew a
flurry of Facebook “shares” and “likes.” However, critics expressed a concern that the film …

Discussing cutting-edge debates in the field of international ethics, this key volume builds on
existing work in the normative study of International Relations. It responds to a substantial …

World politics has conventionally been a realm of ideas, instead of things. While ideas
matter, the paucity of research into the artefacts of world politics and particularly the …