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Hack with a Grenade: An Editor’s Backstories of SA NewsGasant Abarder Hack with a Grenade offers a newspaper editor's perspective on the characters that shape South Africa's psyche.
In a book that is one part humor and one part social commentary, Gasant Abarder draws on his broad experiences as a journalist to tackle such issues as religion, prejudice, and injustice. Sharing tales of his encounters with people from all walks of life, he slyly encourages More > | ![]() |
Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts: Small Steps to PeaceDekha Ibrahim Abdi and Simon J. A. Mason The result of a long collaboration between a Kenyan-Somali mediator and a Swiss scholar-practitioner, Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts introduces an innovative, practical approach to resolving an enduring issue: How can conflicts be resolved in polarized societies?
This approach breaks out of the insider/outsider dichotomy to develop a framework for achieving peace in the most More > | ![]() |
Fields of Fig and Olive: Ameera and Other Stories of the Middle EastKathryn K. Abdul-Baki Abdul-Baki’s stories, set in Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, and Jerusalem, explore the themes of young women coming of age, the effects of civil war, and differences between East and West. More > | |
Tower of Dreams [a novel]Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki An innocent yet stinging—and always absorbing—account of the lives of two young expatriate girls in Kuwait in the 1960s. Isabel, the red-headed daughter of an American mother and Arab father, befriends Laila, whose family has left the lush, cool mountains of Lebanon in search of a better life in the heat and desert of Kuwait. Abdul-Baki presents the voices of both girls, telling their More > | |
Unintended Consequences in Transitional Justice: Social Recovery at the Local LevelToshihiro Abe Though transitional justice has been hailed by many as the best path toward reconciliation and stability in postconflict and democratizing societies, criticisms of the approach also abound, with a significant number of TJ programs labeled failures.
What accounts for this difference of opinion? How is success measured? Have the societies that sought to implement a plan for TJ followed the More > | ![]() |
Inventing Local Democracy: Grassroots Politics in BrazilRebecca Neaera Abers Countless studies of citizen participation in public decisionmaking point out the limitations of direct democracy when it is transported from the realm of political theory into the "real world." In contrast, this book examines a case where an innovative city government gave major decisionmaking power to ordinary citizens on a large scale—and managed to survive and prosper.
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Renovating Politics in Contemporary VietnamZachary Abuza Moving from the 1950s to the present, Zachary Abuza explores Vietnamese politics and culture through the lens of the internal debates over political reform.
Abuza focuses on issues of representation, intellectual freedom, the rise of civil society, and the emergence of a "loyal opposition," assessing the prospects for change. He finds that, while some mildly dissident groups may add More > | |
Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of TerrorZachary Abuza Choice Outstanding Academic Book!
Islamic extremism in Southeast Asia has moved beyond a matter of local concern to one of global significance—as the events of the past decade have so clearly demonstrated. Drawing on intensive on-the-ground investigation and interviews with key militants, Zachary Abuza explains the emergence of radical Islamist groups in the region, examines Al-Qaida's More > | ![]() |
The Excised [a novel]Evelyne Accad, translated by David Bruner Dealing with sexual mutilation, Accad’s lyrical, tragic novel shows woman as prisoner, victim, and target of man’s age-old preoccupation with domination by and fear of women. Set in exploding, agonized Lebanon, the work is Islamic, Christian, modern, and antique in scope. First published in French in 1982.
This new paperback edition includes a preface by the author.
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Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait, 2nd editionEdna Acosta-Belén and Carlos E. Santiago Fully revised and expanded to reflect more than a decade of new developments and data, the second edition of this widely acclaimed book presents an up-to-date, comprehensive portrait of the second largest Latino group in the United States.
Edna Acosta-Belén and Carlos Santiago trace the trajectory of the Puerto Rican experience from the early colonial period, through a series of waves of More > | ![]() |