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Jordan, Palestine, and the Politics of Collective Identity: A HistoryAsher Susser In a sweeping narrative, Asher Susser traces the evolution of Jordanian politics through the prism of the kingdom's policies toward Palestine and the Palestinians.
Susser shows how the triangular relationship involving Jordan, the Palestinians, and Israel—from the creation of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921 to the present—came to influence the Jordanians' sense of More > | ![]() |
US Politics and Climate Change: Science Confronts PolicyGlen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes Why is climate change the subject of such vehement political rhetoric in the United States? What explains the policy deadlock that has existed for nearly two decades—and that has resulted in the failure of US leadership in the international arena? Addressing these questions, Glen Sussman and Byron Daynes trace the evolution of US climate change policy, assess how key players—the More > | ![]() |
The ANC Underground in South Africa, 1950-1976Raymond Suttner It is widely assumed that the African National Congress essentially disappeared from South Africa after its banning in 1960 and the imprisonment of its leaders, until public support for it revived in the wake of the 1976 Soweto uprising. Raymond Suttner takes issue with that view.
Drawing on extensive oral testimony, Suttner reveals how internally based activists, often working independently of More > | ![]() |
Recovering Democracy in South AfricaRaymond Suttner Raymond Suttner brings together the best of his recent work to offer both an in-depth engagement with the current challenges facing South Africa and a damning account of the politics of the Zuma era. Notably, despite his strongly argued criticism of the country’s present political order, he does not leave the reader with a sense of pessimism, but instead points to ways in which South More > | ![]() |
Japan's Budget Politics: Balancing Domestic and International InterestsTakaaki Suzuki What is the source of the increasing politicization of Japan's budgetary policy? Takaaki Suzuki explores this question, finding the answer in the the interplay of domestic and international politics from the early 1970s through the 1990s.
Suzuki points out that, just as modern state leaders must strike a balance between the appropriate roles of the market and the state in determining how More > | ![]() |
Another Country: Everyday Social RestitutionSharlene Swartz Drawing on insights drawn from extensive interviews with South Africans in all walks of life, Sharlene Swartz introduces the practical concept of social restitution—the actions and attitudes that people can undertake in dialogue with each other to "make things right."
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Transformative Leadership in African Contexts: Strategies for Social ChangeSharlene Swartz, Tarryn De Kock, and Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, editors Desmond Tutu once said, "There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river and find out why they are falling in." The authors of this innovative collection take these words to heart. Embracing a transformative leadership approach, they show how contemporary African leaders are meeting a broad range of challenges as they seek positive change in societies More > | ![]() |
Studying While Black: Race, Education, and Emancipation in South African UniversitiesSharlene Swartz, Alude Mahali, Relebohile Moletsane, Emma Arogundade, Nene Ernest Khalema, Adam Cooper, and Candice Groenewald An intimate portrait of the university experiences of a diverse sample of South African students, Studying While Black highlights the centrality of both race and geography in the quest for education and, ultimately, emancipation.
The book is the outcome of a five-year longitudinal qualitative study of eighty students from eight universities. The authors, a team of researchers from the More > | ![]() |
Moral Eyes: Youth and Justice in Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South AfricaSharlene Swartz, Anye Nyamnjoh, Emma Arogundade, Jessica Breakey, and Abioseh Bockarie Grappling with issues of privilege and injustice in four African countries, the authors of Moral Eyes draw on extensive interviews with university students to demonstrate how injustices not only evolve over time, but also find a place within the collective memory of young people. Their work, encompassing questions of religion, language, ethnicity, and race, powerfully demonstrates how injustice More > | ![]() |
Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine: Security Strategies for the Nordic-Baltic FiveOtto Tabuns and Olevs Nikers In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, the authors present crucial strategies for improving security in five NATO eastern flank states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden. They also offer recommendations for NATO countries overall with regard to defending against future Russian aggression.
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