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Haiti: Trapped in the Outer PeripheryRobert Fatton Jr. The inability of the Haitian state to deal with the devastation of the January 2010 earthquake brought into sharp focus Haiti’s desperate social and economic conditions—and raised perplexing questions. What accounts for the country's continuing predicament? Why have repeated attempts at democratic governance failed so abysmally? And what role has the international community More > | ![]() |
The Roots of Haitian DespotismRobert Fatton Jr. Though founded in the wake of a revolution that embodied its slave population's quest for freedom and equality, Haiti has endured a history marked by an unending pattern of repressive dictatorial regimes. Exploring that history, Robert Fatton offers a rigorous explanation of how and why the legacy of colonialism, the struggle against slavery, and the intersection of the domestic and world More > | ![]() |
Republicans and the Black VoteMichael K. Fauntroy The Republican Party once enjoyed nearly unanimous support among African American voters; today, it can hardly maintain a foothold in the black community. Exploring how and why this shift occurred—as well as recent efforts to reverse it—Michael Fauntroy meticulously navigates the policy choices and political strategies that have driven a wedge between the GOP and its formerly stalwart More > | ![]() |
The Iraq War: Causes and ConsequencesRick Fawn and Raymond Hinnebusch, editors While the war in Afghanistan saw most industrial countries back the US-led campaign, the subsequent war in Iraq profoundly divided international opinion—and likely represents a watershed in the post-Cold War international order. The Iraq War examines the full range of explanations of the conflict, as well as its significance for the Middle East, for key international relationships, and for More > | ![]() |
Inside the Everyday Lives of Development Workers: The Challenges and Futures of AidlandAnne-Meike Fechter and Heather Hindman, editors Rarely is the lens of aid policy turned on the lives of aid workers themselves. Yet, the seemingly impersonal network of agencies and donors that formulate and implement policy are composed of real people with complex motivations and experiences that might provide important lessons about development’s failures and successes. Inside the Everyday Lives of Development Workers breaks new ground More > | ![]() |
Hitler’s Death Camps: The Sanity of MadnessKonnilyn G. Feig "Why does a Gentile with a strong Lutheran background put her mind and heart into the Holocaust for twenty long years?... Unless I confront, I betray those who suffered so dreadfully." Thus Konnilyn Feig begins her riveting study of the Nazi concentration camps and the people and system that maintained them. Based on two decades of study, including multiple visits to all nineteen of More > | ![]() |
Tools for the Field: Methodologies Handbook for Gender Analysis in AgricultureHilary Sims Feldstein and Janice Jiggins, editors Ranging from agricultural production to postharvest activities, thirty-nine case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America provide a practical set of tools for anyone interested in gender analysis in agriculture.
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Business and Crime PreventionMarcus Felson and Ronald V. Clarke, editors In papers delivered at a conference co-sponsored by the US National Institute of Justice and Rutgers University, scholars and business analysts explore how criminological knowledge can help prevent crimes by and against businesses. Topics include: the impact of crime on business; preventing retail thefts; prevention and the auto industry; making crime prevention pay; public-private partnerships; More > | |
Coping with Facts: A Skeptic's Guide to the Problem of DevelopmentAdam Fforde Students and practitioners confronting the mass of competing assertions in the development literature—replete with contradictory "truths"—may well become frustrated. Adam Fforde offers guidance for the perplexed through a penetrating critique of that literature, presenting strategies that will help readers to evaluate the contending solutions to problems of development. More > | ![]() |
Coping with Capital Surges: The Return of Finance to Latin AmericaRicardo Ffrench-Davis and Stephany Griffith-Jones, editors Private capital flows to Latin America have increased dramatically since 1989, approximately doubling in volume each year. This book examines the possible causes and consequences of the new—and unforeseen—wave of investment, from both the borrower and the lender perspectives.
The authors first analyze foreign direct investment, securities, and bank lending, considering the motivations More > |