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Connected Lives: Families, Households, Health, and Care in South AfricaNolwazi Mkhwanazi and Lenore Manderson, editors What impact do economic, demographic, and social change have on the everyday health and well being of families and households in contemporary South Africa? The authors explore this question in twenty-nine case studies of people with diverse backgrounds in terms of ethnicity, class, sex and gender, age, and location, considering the influence of these factors across the life course. More > | ![]() |
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East, 3rd editionValentine M. Moghadam Valentine Moghadam's seminal study of the gendered nature of political and social processes in the Middle East and North Africa has been fully updated to reflect more than a decade of major changes.
This new edition reflects an emphasis on the impacts of both globalization and democratization. It also includes entirely new chapters on the gender dynamics of conflicts in the region, on More > | ![]() |
Black Men on the Blacktop: Basketball and the Politics of RaceA. Rafik Mohamed What is it about basketball that makes it "the black man’s game"? And what about pickup basketball in particular: can it tell us something about the state of blackness in the United States?
Reflecting on these questions, Rafik Mohamed presents pickup games as a text of the political, social, and economic struggles of African American men. In the process, he tells a story about More > | ![]() |
Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and ClassA. Rafik Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold Why do affluent, upwardly mobile college students—who have everything to lose and little to gain—choose to sell drugs? Why do law enforcement officers largely overlook drug dealing on college campuses?
With rich, lively details, A. Rafik Mohamed and Erik Fritsvold deliver unprecedented insight into the world of college drug dealers—and offer an important corrective to the More > | ![]() |
The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to PeaceAmena Mohsin
Ending a two-decade-long armed insurgency, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was signed in December 1997 by the government of Bangladesh and the PCJSS, the political representative of the Hill people. However, because of ambiguities within the accord and the failure to implement many of its crucial elements, the situation in the CHT today is far from peaceful.
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Family Matters: Family Cohesion, Values, and Wellbeing (South African Social Attitudes Survey)Zitha Mokomane, Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig, and Steven Gordon There has been considerable controversy and debate in South Africa (and elsewhere) in recent years over an apparent crisis of the family, including appeals for a return to "traditional" family values. To promote a better understanding of this supposed crisis, Family Matters draws on public opinion data to explore the diverse realities of contemporary family life in South Africa and More > | ![]() |
Common Security and Nonoffensive Defense: A Neorealist PerspectiveBjorn Møller Bjorn Møller explores the implications of switching to a new type of defense structure, nonoffensive defense (NOD), that would maintain an undiminished—or even improved—capability for defense while possessing no offensive capabilities. The advantages of such a switch, he posits, would be enhanced possibilities for arms control and disarmament, increased crisis stability, and the More > | |
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Theory and PracticeDesmond Molloy Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, or DDR, has been widely advocated for decades as an essential component of postconflict peacebuilding. But DDR in practice has generated more questions than answers. Does the approach work, contributing to postconflict stabilization and the reintegration of former combatants? Can it work better? What constitutes success? What accounts for failures? More > | ![]() |
Democratization, Liberalization, and Human Rights in the Third WorldMahmood Monshipouri Abrupt democratization in Third World countries does not always result in enhanced human rights. Mahmood Monshipouri argues that human rights in fledgling democracies are most likely to be improved if the transition from authoritarianism is preceded by a process of economic liberalization, which works as a prelude to a gradual expansion of civil society.
Monshipouri bridges the gaps between More > | |
Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of LawMahmood Monshipouri Scholars and policymakers disagree on the most effective way to counter transnational terrorism, generating debate on a range of questions: Do military interventions increase or decrease the recruitment capability of transnational terrorists? Should we privilege diplomacy over military force in the campaign against terror? Can counterterrorist measures be applied without violating human rights? More > | ![]() |