Resources for future international relations professionals
Subject: Law and Political Science
By visiting the Library and their online classrooms, students can gain access to the highest-ranked journals in the field of international relations.
The increasingly international focus of social relations requires expert professionals who are capable of analysing and understanding current societies in today's globalized and ever-changing world.
At the UOC's Faculty of Law and Political Science, students on the Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and other related specializations therefore receive comprehensive and inter-disciplinary training to become specialists in international relations. Our collections of journals allow students to apply classic international relations concepts to current case studies, and to explore new issues at play, such as climate challenges and migration. We offer journals published by top international universities and groups specializing in international relations. The following is just a sample of those available to students:
Published by Cambridge University Press, this journal covers all areas of international relations, from security policy to negotiation, conflict resolution and environmental issues. Among the most-cited articles we find “International regimes, transactions, and change: embedded liberalism in the postwar economic order” and “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations”.
This journal offers more than 50 years of research, delving into the causes of and potential solutions for states' internal and external conflicts. It also covers inter-group and inter-personal conflicts that may contribute to our understanding of issues arising in times of war and peace. You can read an article about the role played by social media in conflict as well as a special issue dedicated to militias in civil wars.
This UK-based international relations journal, founded and published by the prestigious Royal Institute of International Affairs (also known as Chatham House), has among its most-cited articles two studies that examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global business groups: “Globalization, Corporate Social Responsibility and poverty” and “The false developmental promise of Corporate Social Responsibility: evidence from multinational oil companies”.
Founded in 1948, this internationally recognized political science journal is published on a quarterly basis by Cambridge University Press and produced with funds from the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). Here you will be able to read articles on conflicts from around the world, such as “Decay or Resilience?: The Long-Term Social Consequences of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone”.
This journal takes a multidisciplinary approach in its endeavour to examine the relationship between global political forces and climate change, covering a wide array of issues, from climate change to waste management. There is one special issue, for instance, that looks into global climate policies from the perspective of food system sustainability.
Since 1922, this magazine has provided a forum for foreign policy specialists in the United States to discuss global issues. It belongs to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a non-profit organization that seeks to unbiasedly analyse matters of international policy. In it you will find many studies, including an analysis of China's role as a cybernetic superpower.
Check out the journal's cover on the Library website. Bear in mind that some entries are subject to a release delay (typically one year), so you may not be able to access the latest issue right as it is published.