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Professor Adam Swift has published a book with Princeton University Press - 'Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships' (co-authored with Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison).

The book offers a major new theoretical account of the morality and politics of the family, explaining why the family is valuable, who has the right to parent, and what rights parents should--and should not--have over their children.

Challenging some of our most commonly held beliefs about the family, 'Family Values' explains why biological parents have no fundamental right to parent the children they have produced, why a child's interest in autonomy severely limits parents' right to shape their children's values, and why parents have no fundamental right to confer wealth or advantage on their children.

'Family Values' reaffirms the vital importance of the family as a social institution while challenging its role in the reproduction of social inequality and carefully balancing the interests of parents and children.

'Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships' is available through Princeton University Press, at this link.

Professor Shirin Rai, Professor of Politics & International Studies, has been chosen as the FTGS [Feminist Theory and Gender Studies] Eminent Scholar for ISA 2015.

The Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section of the International Studies Association brings together scholars who apply feminist theory to International Relations or look at the field through a gender lens. In addition, those whose interests focus on gender-related topics throughout the field of international studies, including women in development and cross-cultural comparative studies, are encouraged to participate. The section provides mechanisms for discussion and exchange about the international dimension of scholarship on gender and about the gender dimension of scholarship in international affairs.

Professor Rai will attend at the 2015 Emnent Scholar Panel, where her work will be honoured.

In addition to this, a Korean Translation of Professor Rai's book, "Gender and the Political Economy of Development" (2002, Polity Press) is being released. The book has been translated by Dr Jinock Lee, who is a PAIS alumni and is now at Korea Women’s Political Solidarity.

Information on module registration can be found on the Undergraduate Module Choices 2014/15 webpage.

The central University Module Registration (eVision Module Registration or eMR) information page can be found here.

The deputy editor of the Times Higher Education, John Morgan, recently visited campus. His subsequent article, "Campus close-up: University of Warwick," features PAIS and Monash University's forthcoming Double MA in Journalism, Politics and International Studies, which is currently under development, but will launch in 2015 and enable students to study both here at Warwick and in Australia.

The Double Degree programmes allow students to follow one of the regular MA programmes in PAIS for one year as well as a Masters programme at another university for one year. Students receive an MA from each university.

You can read "Campus close-up: University of Warwick" here.

Professor Christopher Hughes, Head of Department, was recently quoted in an article appearing on 28 August 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Japanese Defense Ministry Requests 2.4% Budget Hike'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

“What the budget request does illustrate is a hardening of Japan’s resolve to stay the course on building up a high-end JSDF with some serious capabilities that can fend off China. So there is no backsliding here; plus, the request for the 2.4 percent increase seems quite significant,” Hughes said.