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Season of Migration to the North [a novel]Tayeb Salih, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies Salih's shocking and beautiful novel reveals much about the people on each side of a cultural divide. A brilliant Sudanese student takes his mix of anger and obsession with the West to London, where he has affairs with women who are similarly obsessed with the mysterious East. Life, ecstasy, and death share the same moment in time. First published in Arabic in 1969. More > | |
Reforming State Legislative Elections: Creating a New DynamicWilliam M. Salka When it comes to legislative elections, entrenched incumbents typically face little competition, and excessive campaign spending often corrupts the democratic process. At the state level, a wide range of fixes have been introduced to remedy these problems—but do they actually make a difference? William Salka’s comprehensive analysis of election dynamics in 49 states provides a More > | |
Dreams of Dusty Roads: New PoemsTijan M. Sallah One of the most important literary voices to emerge from The Gambia for several decades, Sallah writes nostalgically about his African roots. This, his third collection, includes elegant, often melodic poems about love, prayer, fate, homesickness, and the contrasts between different places and cultures.
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Mirages of Development: Science and Technology for the Third WorldsJean-Jacques Salomon and Andre Lebeau This lively book looks at the issues of development in terms that attack both the earlier idealism and the current mood of cynicism about the Third World.
Salomon and Lebeau consider why the great majority of Third World countries have failed to solve the problems of underdevelopment by relying on science and technology, while a very few of them—the newly industrialized countries—have More > | |
Rights of Passage: The Passport in International RelationsMark B. Salter From the fourteenth century to the twenty-first, the passport has been one of the essential means of identification—and control—of peoples in the international system. Despite predictions that it would soon become an anachronism, it continues to be a central feature of international relations. Mark Salter’s narrative of the history of the passport adds a vital perspective to the More > | |
Women in Alcoholics Anonymous: Recovery and EmpowermentJolene M. Sanders Can a recovery program like Alcoholics Anonymous inadvertently discourage women from seeking treatment? Are there ways that it can more effectively contribute to their sobriety? Combining individual personal narratives with statistical data, Jolene Sanders offers valuable insight into how women adapt the twelve-step program and interact with the masculine culture of AA in ways that allow them to More > | |
US-China Nuclear Relations: The Impact of Strategic TrianglesDavid Santoro, editor Though China remains a relatively weak nuclear power, it has in recent years become central to US strategic policymaking. What explains this shift? How is the US-China strategic nuclear relationship evolving? What role do other states play in shaping it?
To address these questions, the authors of US-China Nuclear Relations examine a series of strategic triangles involving China, the US, More > | |
Insuring Children’s Health: Contentious Politics and Public PolicyAlice Sardell Assuring that low-income children have health coverage would seem to be a noncontroversial and popular issue. Yet, the policy history of US children’s health insurance is full of drama, and the fate of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has been marked by ideological conflict and two presidential vetoes. Why?
Alice Sardell answers this question through an More > | |
The U.S. Army in a New Security EraSam C. Sarkesian and John Allen Williams, editors Grappling with the constraints and opportunities the U.S. Army faces in designing policy and strategic options for the post-INF era, a select group of scholars, military officers, and policymakers outline the current strategic posture of the army, the challenges of the future, and the steps needed to meet those challenges.
The book is the outgrowth of a workshop held to address issues More > | |
Jacksonian Jew: The Two Worlds of Mordecai NoahJonathan D. Sarna |