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Power Sector Reform and Regulation in Africa: Lessons from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Namibia and GhanaJoseph Kapika and Anton Eberhard Discusses the historical evolution of the power sector, the development of power-sector reform policy and its implementation, the entry of IPPs and emergency electric suppliers, the performance of state-owned utilities, and independent regulation of the power sector in six African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Namibia and Ghana. More > | |
Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil WarCaroline A. Hartzell and Andreas Mehler, eds. There are numerous studies on the role of power-sharing agreements in the maintenance of peace in postconflict states. Less explored, however, is the impact of power sharing on the quality of the peace. Do power-sharing institutions in fact transform the balance of power among actors in the aftermath of civil wars? And if so, how? As they address these issues, seeking to establish a new More > | |
Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding: Putting Theory to WorkPamina Firchow and Harry Anastasiou, editors What is sustainable peacebuilding? And what is the relationship between empirical realities and theoretical approaches to the subject? The authors of Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding present a series of case studies from around the world to explore how various peacebuilding theories engage and interact with lived experiences, and also to elaborate useful new theoretical perspectives. More > | |
Practicing Development: Upending Assumptions for Positive ChangeSusan H. Holcombe and Marion Howard, editors Practicing Development bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and sustainable development.
The authors draw from their on-the-ground experiences as they discuss what "development" is, how to attain it, and what their findings mean for the funding and practice of development efforts. More > | |
Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Expectations and Traditional BoundariesRobert A. Rubinstein, Kerry Fosher, and Clementine Fujimura, editors The relationship between anthropologists and the US military has generated many heated discussions—at professional meetings and in the pages of scholarly books and journals—much of it based on supposition rather than empirical evidence. The debates raise some fundamental questions: Who are military anthropologists? What do they do?
In response, the authors of Practicing Military More > | |
Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage ControlKenneth Kitts Kenneth Kitts offers entry into the highly political, behind-closed-doors world of blue-ribbon investigative commissions convened in the aftermath of national security crises.
Ranging from Pearl Harbor to the September 11 terrorist attacks, Kitts takes the reader into the "backroom" to watch as presidents, their advisers, and commission members confront an armory of pressures. More > | |
Presidential Elections in the South: Putting 2008 in Political ContextBranwell DuBose Kapeluck, Robert P. Steed, and Laurence W. Moreland, editors You can't win the presidency without winning the South, or so the saying goes—but what does "winning the South" actually entail? How is the southern electoral landscape distinct? Presidential Elections in the South offers a comprehensive examination of the trends driving election outcomes in the region since 1948.
The authors assess the electoral significance of everything More > | |
Presidential Transitions: From Politics to PracticeJohn P. Burke Burke's detailed and comprehensive account of the four presidential transitions from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton explores how each president-elect prepared to take office and carefully links those preparations to the performance and effectiveness of the new administration. Enriched by interviews with the key participants, this sobering tale of the difficulties that new presidents have More > | |
Presidentialism: Power in Comparative PerspectiveMichael L. Mezey In countries as diverse as Brazil, Ecuador, France, Russia, South Africa, and the United States, presidents have come to dominate the politics and political cultures of their nations. Michael Mezey offers a comprehensive cross-national study of the presidency, tracing the historical and intellectual roots of executive power and exploring in detail the contemporary forces that have driven a turn More > | |
Preventing Crowd ViolenceTamara D. Madensen and Johannes Knutsson, editors From jubilant sports fans celebrating a victory to angry political protestors, crowds create volatile situations that can all too often result in violence or property destruction. Preventing Crowd Violence offers a lucid examination of crowd behavior and of law enforcement tactics designed to deescalate tensions and promote cooperative interactions. More > |