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Development and CitiesDavid Westendorff and Deborah Eade, editors The authors of Development and Cities focus on the political, social, and economic viability of new or alternative approaches to urban management in the South that aim to increase access to adequate levels of basic services and healthy living and working conditions for the growing number of urban poor. More > | ![]() |
Child Labor and Human Rights: Making Children MatterBurns H. Weston, editor The International Labour Organization estimated in 2000 that, of the approximately 246 million children engaged in labor worldwide, 171 million were working in situations harmful to their development. Child Labor and Human Rights provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of child labor from a human rights perspective.
The authors consider the connections between human rights and abusive More > | ![]() |
Women and Aging: A Guide to the LiteratureHelen Rippier Wheeler More than two thousand bibliographic entries and extensive cross-references make Women and Aging: A Guide to the Literature a valuable resource for anyone interested in women’s studies, gerontology, and related subjects.
A notable feature of the guide is its inclusion of journal articles, book chapters, essays, and doctoral dissertations, as well as complete books. All book entries are More > | |
Africa’s International Relations: Balancing Domestic and Global InterestsBeth Elise Whitaker and John F. Clark Comprehensive and engaging, this timely introduction to Africa's international relations explores how power, interests, and ideas influence interactions both among the continent's states and between African states and other actors in the global arena.
How has history shaped the international relations of African states and peoples? What role does identity play? How are foreign policies More > | ![]() |
The United Nations System: Toward International JusticeNigel D. White To what extent does the United Nations system work? This comprehensive survey of the world's most important family of international organizations examines the UN's structure and powers—and considers whether it is achieving what it set out to do.
Focusing on legal rather than political issues, White first examines the UN's objectives, not only as defined in the original charter More > | ![]() |
Democratization in Hong Kong—and China?Lynn T. White III Hong Kong and its relationship with China make for a uniquely intriguing study in democratization. What has hindered or caused greater popular sovereignty in Hong Kong? Over what time period and under what conditions could further democratization occur? Addressing these questions through the lens of comparative democratization theories, Lynn White explores Hong Kong’s complicated More > | ![]() |
Global Health Policy, Local Realities: The Fallacy of the Level Playing FieldLinda M. Whiteford and Lenore Manderson, editors International health planners often design programs based on the assumption that recipient nations share the same "level playing field" with regard to conceptions of health, illness, and at-risk populations. This volume challenges that perception, analyzing the outcomes of humanitarian projects that fail to recognize local ethnic and national identities, as well as the tensions between More > | |
Escape via Siberia: A Jewish Child’s Odyssey of SurvivalDorit Bader Whiteman, with a foreword by Yaffa Eliach Through the dramatic true story of one boy—Eliott "Lonek" Jaroslawicz—Dorit Bader Whiteman coveys the stories of the dramatic escape of thousands of Polish Jews from the encroaching Nazi menace. Whiteman draws on hours of interviews with Jaroslawicz, as well as extensive archival and other research, to narrate this saga of the only Kindertransport to leave from Russia. More > | ![]() |
Florida 2000: A Sourcebook on the Contested Presidential ElectionMark Whitman, editor Florida 2000 offers a clear, but also nuanced, account of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the disputed presidential election. Combining original sources with analyses, Mark Whitman traces the major developments in the Bush-Gore struggle.
Section introductions and commentaries synthesize the often complex material, while editor's notes provide context for each selection. The More > | ![]() |
Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered AnalysisSandra Whitworth Sandra Whitworth looks behind the rhetoric to investigate from a feminist perspective some of the realities of military intervention under the UN flag.
Whitworth contends that there is a fundamental contradiction between portrayals of peacekeeping as altruistic and benign and the militarized masculinity that underpins the group identity of soldiers. Examining evidence from Cambodia and Somalia, More > | ![]() |