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Legislative Politics in the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic InstitutionsAbdo Baaklini, Guilain Denoeux, and Robert Springborg The vitality and significance of parliaments in the Arab world is one of the essential—but overlooked—stories of political life in the 1990s. Baaklini, Denoeux, and Springborg present the first comprehensive, comparative analysis of modern Arab legislatures.
Drawing on their extensive experience as both scholars and project consultants, the authors Yemen). Their work is of critical More > | |
Learning for Living: Towards a New Vision for Post-School Learning in South AfricaIvor Baatjes, editor In the context of South Africa's deepening inequalities, widespread poverty, and increasing unemployment rates, the need for a new approach to adult education is becoming urgent. Learning for Living issues a call to action to meet that need.
Drawing on the lived experiences of people throughout the country, the book challenges policymakers, researchers, educators, and civil society More > | |
Caught in the Storm [a novel]Seydou Badian, translated by Marie-Thérèse Noiset A gentle novel about the enduring conflict between young and old, new and traditional, foreign and native.
Badian tells the story of a village family in an African country under French rule. The family's father and the eldest son revere the customs of their ancestors, while the younger children are strongly attracted by European ways and ideas. The daughter, Kany, has fallen in love with her More > | |
The Brazilian Economy: Growth and Development, 7th editionWerner Baer In this thorough description and analysis of Latin America's largest economy, Werner Baer traces the trajectory of Brazil's economic development and performance from the colonial period through the early years (2011-2012) of the administration of Dilma Rousseff.
In addition to updated information, the seventh edition includes entirely new chapters on the challenges and accomplishments More > | |
Voices of Change: Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writersedited and translated by Abubaker Bagader, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff, and Deborah S. Akers Poignant and thought-provoking, this anthology offers a representative selection from the past three decades of works by the best-known women writers in Saudi Arabia. The authors’ stories of their patriarchal society afford rare insight into the traditional and changing roles, relationships, and expectations of modern Saudi women.
The editors provide an introductory essay on modern Saudi More > | |
International Policy Institutions Around the Pacific Rim: A Directory of Resources in East Asia, Australasia, and the AmericasRamón Bahamonde This major compendium identifies the approximately three hundred key institutional resources on international political and economic affairs available throughout the Pacific Basin—in East and Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Pacific–oriented countries of South America.
Organized by country/region, the Directory highlights each institution's More > | |
The Politics of Crime in Mexico: Democratic Governance in a Security TrapJohn Bailey What kind of democracy will emerge in Mexico when the current levels of violence are brought under control? Will democratic reformers gain strength in the new equilibrium between government and criminal organizations? Or will corruption tilt the balance toward criminal interests? In the context of these questions, John Bailey explores the "security trap" in which Mexico is currently More > | |
The Politics of Neurodiversity: Why Public Policy MattersDana Lee Baker How can society best respond to people with atypical neurological development? Should we concentrate on providing medical care, or on ensuring civil rights? Addressing these questions, Dana Lee Baker offers a provocative analysis of the ways that intersecting agendas—prevention, civil rights, providing specialized care, and celebrating disability culture—compete to make disability More > | |
The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of Subcontracted Work in a Global EconomyRadhika Balakrishnan, editor The Hidden Assembly Line demonstrates how the impact of current global economic trends—changing production patterns, dictated by multinational corporations and IMF-influenced macroeconomic policies—form the economic reality of many women workers in Asia.
Presenting case studies from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, the contributors analyze household-level changes in More > | |
Clergy Sexual Abuse Litigation: Survivors Seeking JusticeJennifer M. Balboni Why did victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse wait so long to come forward, and what did their recourse to the courts finally achieve?
Jennifer Balboni explores the experiences of clergy sex abuse survivors who sought justice through the court system, highlighting the promise and shortfalls of civil litigation in providing justice. Balboni draws on cases across the country such as the More > |