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Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as Social InquiryRonald J. Berger and Richard Quinney, editors This exciting new book is about the narrative turn in sociology, an approach that views lived experience as constructed, at least in part, by the stories that people tell about it.
The book is organized around four themes—family and place, the body, education and work, and the passage of time—that tell a story about the life course and touch on a wide range of enduring sociological 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 > | |
Becoming President: The Bush Transition, 2000-2003John P. Burke How did a president-elect whose win was hardly convincing, and who had the narrowest margin of congressional support imaginable, create an advantage for himself that prevailed in the face of unexpected and unprecedented challenges? To answer this question, John Burke offers an in-depth account of George W. Bush's unconventional transition to power—and the significant developments that More > | |
Mexico's New Politics: The PAN and Democratic ChangeDavid A. Shirk Mexico's presidential elections in July 2000 brought victory to National Action Party (PAN) candidate Vicente Fox—and also the hope of democratic change after decades of single-party rule. Tracing the key themes and dynamics of a century of political development in Mexico, David Shirk explores the evolution of the party that ultimately became the vehicle for Fox's success.
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Postconflict Development: Meeting New ChallengesGerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren, editors With the proliferation of civil wars since the end of the Cold War, many developing countries now exist in a "postconflict" environment, posing enormous development challenges for the societies affected, as well as for international actors. Postconflict Development addresses these challenges in a range of vital sectors—security, justice, economic policy, education, the media, More > | |
Mexico's Democracy at Work: Political and Economic DynamicsRussell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz, and Riordan Roett, editors Painting a sober yet hopeful picture of current Mexican politics and economics, Mexico's Democracy at Work focuses on the country's still incomplete transformation from an authoritarian system, as well as the many challenges that exist within the new, more democratic context. The authors pay particular attention to both domestic and international economic dynamics and to Mexico's More > | |
Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the ChallengesRobert I. Rotberg, editor Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? Crafting the New Nigeria considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering rich—and sobering—analyses of Nigeria's current political and economic systems. More > | |
Remembering Jewish AmsterdamPhilo Bregstein and Salvador Bloemgarten, editors translated from the Dutch by Wanda Boeke National Jewish Book Awards Finalist
When the Germans overpowered the Netherlands in 1940, there were some 140,000 Dutch citizens who were considered Jews by Nationalist Socialist standards; more than half of them, about 80,000, lived in Amsterdam. Remembering Jewish Amsterdam is a celebration of their lives. The book consists of selections from seventy-seven interviews with Holocaust survivors More > | |
Critical Issues in Restorative JusticeHoward Zehr and Barb Toews, editors In a mere quarter-century, restorative justice has grown from a few scattered experimental projects into a worldwide social movement and field of study. The contributors to this book critically examine restorative justice, identifying the main threats to its integrity and effectiveness. The ground that they cover ranges from victim, offender, and practitioner issues, to the role of the state, to More > | |
Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and CanadaJames F. Hodgson and Debra S. Kelley, editors Have recent US and Canadian reforms changed institutional responses to the crime of rape and the treatment of rape victims? Exploring this issue, the authors present multidisciplinary perspectives on the effectiveness of rape law reforms, debates on chemical castration, the policing of sexual violence, cyber rape, the role of sexual assault treatment programs, sexual assault among prisoners, the More > |