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China, the Developing World, and the New Global DynamicLowell Dittmer and George T. Yu, editors With China's rise as a major player in international affairs, how have its policies toward developing countries changed? And how do those policies now fit with its overall foreign policy goals? This timely book explores the complexities of China's evolving relationship with the developing world.
The authors first examine the political and economic implications of China's efforts to More > | |
What Is Constructionism? Navigating Its Use in SociologyScott R. Harris Winner of the SSSI Charles Horton Cooley Award!
Has constructionism become a victim of its own success? Scott Harris argues that, as more scholars adopt the approach, its key concepts are being used in differing and even contradictory ways—thus undercutting the vitality of its application as a research tool. To help clear the waters, he critically examines current debates and delivers a More > | |
For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent WorldShawn Teresa Flanigan Shawn Teresa Flanigan looks at the role of faith-based nonprofit organizations (FBOs) in the context of international development to explore the ways that history and religious identity have influenced their work. More > | |
The Power Curse: Influence and Illusion in World PoliticsGiulio M. Gallarotti Can increasing power in international politics be a bad thing for nations? In this provocative book, Giulio Gallarotti argues that the answer is clearly yes—as demonstrated by a series of examples that span geography, history, and issues.
Gallarotti systematically develops the idea of the power curse and its concomitant, the power illusion. Establishing that the process by which nations More > | |
Passionate Pioneers: The Story of Yiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910-1960Fradle Pomerantz Freidenreich, with a foreword by Jonathan D. Sarna A little-known chapter in American Jewish history involves a wide network of Yiddish schools and camps—a vibrant, multifaceted educational movement—that sought to transmit a distinctive sense of secular yiddishkayt, or Jewishness. The first comprehensive record of this movement, Passionate Pioneers documents the myriad challenges, frustrations, and accomplishments of Yiddish secular More > | |
The European Union and the Global SouthFredrik Söderbaum and Patrik Stålgren, editors Choice Outstanding Academic Book!
The development of coherent and effective relations with other regions and countries is one of the most challenging tasks faced by the European Union. This original volume explores the EU’s engagement with the global South, focusing on three controversial policy areas: economic cooperation, development cooperation, and conflict More > | |
Security and Development: Searching for Critical ConnectionsNeclâ Tschirgi, Michael S. Lund, and Francesco Mancini, editors Although policymakers and practitioners alike have enthusiastically embraced the idea that security and development are interdependent, the precise nature and implications of the dynamic interplay between the two phenomena have been far from clear. The authors of Security and Development: Searching for Critical Connections realistically assess the promise and shortcomings of integrated More > | |
Snakes in Paradise: NGOs and the Aid Industry in AfricaHans Holmén Beginning in the 1980s, sub-Saharan Africa witnessed a veritable explosion of NGOs and CSOs engaged in efforts to develop the subcontinent. Often praised for their commitment, flexibility, close contact with grassroots movements and marginalized groups, these organizations have become the darlings of donors and the UN system. During the same period, however, rural Africa has sunk deeper into More > | |
Civil Society Under Strain: Counter-Terrorism Policy, Civil Society, and Aid Post-9/11Jude Howell and Jeremy Lind, editors As they investigate the convergence of security and development objectives following the attacks of September 11, 2001—in particular as this relates to civil society—the authors focus on four themes: the intersection of the "war on terror" regime and national politics, the increasing regulation of civil society, attempts to co-opt parts of civil society into security and More > | |
At Home on the Street: People, Poverty, and a Hidden Culture of HomelessnessJason Adam Wasserman and Jeffrey Michael Clair In their compelling examination of what it means to be truly at home on the street, Jason Wasserman and Jeffrey Clair argue that programs and policies addressing homeless people too often serve only to alienate them.
Wasserman and Clair delve into the complex realities of homelessness to paint a vivid picture of individuals—not cases or pathologies—living on the street and of their More > |