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Latino Political Power, 2nd editionSharon A. Navarro and Kim Geron This new, fully revised edition of Latino Political Power reflects a diverse community evolving in its ethnic, racial, and sexual identities, as well as in its voting behavior and party affiliations.
Sharon Navarro and Kim Geron map the transformation of Latino political power from the 1960s to the present. Comprehensive and accessible, their analysis of the complex processes of political More > | |
Islam in Russia: Religion, Politics, and SocietyGregory Simons, Marat Shterin, and Eric Shiraev, editors Russia's Muslims, numbering some 15 million, constitute far from a homogeneous sociopolitical group. So ... What does it mean to be a Muslim in Russia today? How is the image of Islam constructed, and how do the country's Muslims—and non-Muslims—perceive and react to it? These are the questions that gave rise to this book.
Using a multidisciplinary approach, the More > | |
Iraq Disarmed: The Story Behind the Story of the Fall of SaddamRolf Ekéus "The quest to disarm Iraq took place between two wars—one justified and right, the other a dreadful mistake, a violation of international law that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths." With these unvarnished words, Rolf Ekéus begins his political-thrilleresque story of the disarmament of Iraq—and the machinations that ultimately led to the fall of Saddam More > | |
Politics and Society in Contemporary Europe: A Concise IntroductionStephen Wright What constitutes Europe today? Is there an identifiable European culture that transcends state boundaries? How do the various national political, economic, and social structures and institutions work? To what extent does the European Union influence policy in the region for members and nonmembers alike? Stephen Wright's comprehensive discussion of contemporary European politics addresses these More > | |
Renegotiating the Liberal Order: Evidence from the UN Security CouncilBrian Frederking Is the liberal order in decline? Can we see evidence of that decline in the UN Security Council? Brian Frederking challenges the increasingly popular "decline" narrative by examining the practices of the Security Council in the decades since the end of the Cold War.
Relying on both qualitative and quantitative data, Frederking shows that the council has consistently enforced liberal More > | |
Outsourcing National Defense: Why and How Private Contractors Are Providing Public ServicesThomas C. Bruneau Every year, the US Department of Defense allocates more than $400 billion to for-profit firms. Which raises the question: Where does the money go? Thomas Bruneau takes a deep dive into the murky waters of national defense outsourcing to answer that question. Moving beyond the issue of private military contractors, Bruneau investigates the scope, legality, and implications of the private More > | |
The World Food Problem: Toward Understanding and Ending Undernutrition in the Developing World, 6th editionHoward D. Leathers and Kenneth L. Leonard Continuing in the tradition of its acclaimed predecessors, the sixth edition of The World Food Problem reflects "a boldly multidisciplinary approach that captures all the complexity of the causes of, and solutions to, hunger ... in an engaging and often witty manner that is simple but never simplistic" (Mark G. Cohen, Hunger Notes).
Updated information and new case studies throughout More > | |
#FeesMustFall and Its Aftermath: Violence, Wellbeing, and the Student Movement in South AfricaThierry M. Luescher, Angelina Wilson Fadiji, Keamogetse G. Morwe, Antonio Erasmus, Tshireletso S. Letsoalo, and Seipati B. Mokhema At first a small student protest against high fees at Wits University and the lack of government funding for higher education, the #FeesMustFall movement spread quickly, and violently, to other South African campuses.
#FeesMustFall tells the gripping story of the student activists' experiences during a year-long struggle that began in October 2015; it is also a story of the sacrifices that More > | |
Language, Culture and DecolonisationDavid Boucher, editor Fanon has written that colonialism gets under the skin of the colonized by taking control of a people’s history, language, and culture—and denigrating all three. Exploring this reality, the authors of Language, Culture and Decolonisation draw on history, politics, philosophy, and literary studies to put forth a range of arguments about the importance of indigenous languages in the More > | |
Violent Ecotropes: Petroculture in the Niger DeltaPhilip Aghoghovwia Environmental devastation. Local militancy. Smuggling. Violence. All of these describe the Niger Delta, the crude-oil extraction center of Nigeria. Philip Aghoghovwia offers a unique interpretation of the region's petroviolence, examining the cultural aspects of the extraction industry in the societies within which it operates.
As he considers the charged and often clashing contexts of the More > |