{"id":1838,"date":"2020-06-18T09:21:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T09:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:11:21","slug":"inspiration-for-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2020\/06\/18\/inspiration-for-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration for September!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been thrilled by the number of requests from our applicants asking for texts and resources to get a jump start on their studies in September.<\/p>\n<p>In response we asked a number of our colleagues within the school to provide some interesting resources for you to engage with over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that we don&#8217;t expect you to purchase any of the texts below! You will be given a list of recommended textbooks when you begin your studies and you will be given access to a wide range of academic\u00a0 journals and texts when you enrol!<\/p>\n<p>You can also hear more from our colleagues and their research interests via our <strong>&#8216;<\/strong><strong>Political Bites&#8217; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/991201\">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2594\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2594\/mott-gareth\">Dr Gareth Mott<\/a>: module convener for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/PO334\">PO334 &#8216;Global Politics in Question&#8217;<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Web resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Freedom House: <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/\">https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/,<\/a>annual reports produced on the state of freedom internationally.<\/li>\n<li>Reports from UN bodies and specialised agencies: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.un.org\/en\/docs\/reports\">https:\/\/research.un.org\/en\/docs\/reports<\/a> excellent information on historical and contemporary international trends including diplomacy, development, security, crime and the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Policy Magazine: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/\">https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/<\/a> &#8211; USA-based publication focusing on diplomacy and international affairs. Worth subscribing to its newsletter.<\/li>\n<li>Chatham House: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/\">https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/<\/a>&#8211; UK-based think tank focusing on diplomacy and international affairs.<\/li>\n<li>CIA World Factbook: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/\">https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/ <\/a>&#8211; &#8216;world atlas&#8217;, detailing key information about the nation-states of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Textbooks<\/strong>: Textbooks: Baylis et al (eds).) (2019) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (8th edition) (OUP, Oxford) Heywood, A. (2014) Global Politics (2nd edition) (Macmillan International Higher Education \/ Red Globe Press, London) Frieden, Lake, Schutz (2018) World Politics (4th edition) (W.W.Norton &amp; Co, New York City) Edkins<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2598\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2598\/popp-raluca\"> Dr Raluca Popp<\/a>: module convenor for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/PO335\"><strong>PO335 &#8216;Making Sense of Politics&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post\u2019s \u00a0\u201cThe Monkey Cage\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/<\/a> \u00a0this is a column which aims to further political conversation, it has political scientists draw on their expertise and research \u00a0to provide in-depth analysis of current events.<\/li>\n<li>Pew Research Center: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\">https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org<\/a> it\u2019s a non-partisan fact tank that conducts a wide range of data-driven social science research, from opinion polling to content analysis to inform the public about trends shaping the world today.<\/li>\n<li>The LSE blog <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/<\/a> is a platform for academics, students, researchers that promotes knowledge exchange. It has contributions from politicians, think tank researchers and third-sector experts from across the world.<\/li>\n<li>The Tiger That Isn&#8217;t, Seeing Through a World of Numbers by <a href=\"https:\/\/profilebooks.com\/andrew-dilnot.html\">Andrew Dilnot<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profilebooks.com\/michael-blastland.html\">Michael Blastland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/profilebooks.com\/the-tiger-that-isn-039-t.html\">https:\/\/profilebooks.com\/the-tiger-that-isn-039-t.html<\/a>. This book shows how we need numbers to navigate politics. It presents a few really simple principles\u00a0 that politicians, journalists and everyone in power use when trying to deceive the public with numbers. The math in it is really, really simple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2599\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2599\/turner-ben\">Dr Ben Turner<\/a>: <\/b><b>Module convener for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/PO314\">PO314 &#8216;Introduction to Political Thought&#8217;<\/a>&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miller, David. Political Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: OUP, 2003).<\/li>\n<li>Talking Politics Intellectual History Podcast:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com\/history-of-ideas\">https:\/\/www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com\/history-of-ideas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ryan, Alan. On Politics (London: Penguin, 2013) &#8211; this one is quite a chunky tome, but presents a range of chapters on thinkers that students could dip into on the basis of the first two suggestions, rather than reading the whole thing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>&#8230;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/PO331\">PO331 &#8216;Modes of Reasoning&#8217;<\/a><\/b><strong>(Liberal Arts)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A range of materials that represent themes in the module:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epistemology: Analyzing Knowledge #1 (The Gettier Problem) (youtube video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lB-XJjmvoE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lB-XJjmvoE<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>In Our Time Podcast, Episode on Karl Popper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00773y4\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00773y4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science, <em>The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/25\/magazine\/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/25\/magazine\/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been thrilled by the number of requests from our applicants asking for texts and resources to get a jump start on their studies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2020\/06\/18\/inspiration-for-september\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54814,"featured_media":1872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[131000,37,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions\/1871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}