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The Desert Shore: Literatures of the SahelChristopher Wise, editor Though Sahelian culture likely dates back more than five thousand years—encompassing Africa's greatest empires—the Sahel remains little known in the English-speaking world. Redressing this situation, The Desert Shore offers a rich sampling of the contemporary literatures of the region, along with contextualizing chapters by critics from Africa, Europe, and North America.
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Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic MilitantChristopher Wise, editor From the appearance of Bound to Violence in the late 1960s, Yambo Ouologuem has been one of Africa's most controversial writers. For some critics, the young Malian signaled an entire new direction for African letters: a fiercely courageous postindependence literature. For others, his novel revealed too much, bringing to light horrors many preferred to ignore. Today Ouologuem is credited with More > | ![]() |
Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in MexicoTimothy A. Wise, Hilda Salazar and Laura Carlsen, editors Is the current model for economic globalization good for the poor or the environment? Are there alternatives? Amid rising worldwide protests that corporate elites wield too much influence over global economic governance, this book on Mexico's experience under the North American Free Trade Agreement offers insights into both questions.
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African Lives: An Anthology of Memoirs and AutobiographiesGeoff Wisner, editor African Lives, a pioneering anthology of memoirs and autobiographical writings, lets the people of Africa speak for themselves—telling stories of struggle and achievement that have the authenticity of lived experience.
The anthology presents selections from the work of many of Africa's finest writers and most significant personalities from across the continent and spanning several More > | ![]() |
Fellowships in International Affairs: A Guide to Opportunities in the United States and AbroadWomen in International Security At a time of increasingly intense competition for research opportunities and access to careers in international affairs, Fellowships in International Affairs is an indispensable directory of fellowships and grants for graduate students, scholars, and practitioners alike. With nearly 200 entries, the guide offers a concise overview of traditional as well as lesser-known grants and fellowships in More > | |
The New European Union: Confronting the Challenges of IntegrationSteve Wood and Wolfgang Quaisser This concise but wide-ranging work explores the major political, economic, and strategic challenges confronting the European Union in the context of a rapidly changing geopolitical environment.
Steve Wood and Wolfgang Quaisser consider the actors and issues at the center of current developments in the integration process. Beginning with some basic conceptual questions—for example, what is More > | ![]() |
The New Southern Politics, 2nd editionJ. David Woodard Current through the November 2012 elections, The New Southern Politics seamlessly integrates a thematic overview of the distinctive political, social, and economic life of eleven southern states with a detailed state-by-state focus. This new edition includes entirely new maps and the latest available data for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South More > | ![]() |
The Politics of Restorative Justice: A Critical Introduction, 2nd editionAndrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund In this new, significantly revised edition of an acclaimed text, Andrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund reconsider restorative justice and its politics both globally and locally.
The authors clarify key theoretical issues while offering fresh perspectives and provocative questions. Observing that "transformative justice is an always unfinished project," they ask how the approach might be More > | ![]() |
Japan's Navy: Politics and ParadoxPeter J. Woolley Japan’s navy, after that of the United States, is now the most potent in the Pacific Ocean. This book examines the development and potential of the Japanese navy in the context of the U.S.–Japan alliance.
Woolley presents Japan’s coming of age as a military—primarily naval—power in a series of case studies on sea-lane defense, minesweeping, and participation in UN More > | |
Situational Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseRichard Wortley and Stephen Smallbone What practical steps can reduce child abuse? The authors of this provocative work argue that child sex offending is strongly influenced by opportunities to offend, and that analyzing the environmental contexts of offending may offer new insights into preventing the behavior.
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