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Minorities and the State in the Arab WorldOfra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor, editors Questions of identity and ethnicity have always been part of the intricate web of politics in the Arab World, but the recent expansion of political participation has made these issues more political, more visible, and more acute. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of minorities and ethnic politics in eight Arab countries. Focusing on the strategic political choices made by minorities, More > | |
Minuteman: The Military Career of General Robert S. BeightlerJohn Kennedy Ohl Following World War II, Robert S. Beightler was one of only two US National Guard generals to be commissioned in the regular Army. Ohl's revealing study traces Beightler's military career from his 1911 enlistment as a private in the Ohio National Guard through his rise to major general and appointment and tenure as commander of the Army's 37th Division during World War More > | |
Mirages of Development: Science and Technology for the Third WorldsJean-Jacques Salomon and Andre Lebeau This lively book looks at the issues of development in terms that attack both the earlier idealism and the current mood of cynicism about the Third World.
Salomon and Lebeau consider why the great majority of Third World countries have failed to solve the problems of underdevelopment by relying on science and technology, while a very few of them—the newly industrialized countries—have More > | |
Miriam Tlali: Writing FreedomPumla Dineo Gqola The first black woman in South Africa to publish a novel, Miriam Tlali (1933-2017) was also an internationally acclaimed playwright, author of short stories, essayist, and not least, activist against apartheid and patriarchy. Her work was routinely banned in South Africa; though translated into many languages, during the apartheid era it was available only illicitly in her own country.
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Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the "Color-Blind" EraDavid L. Brunsma, editor The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the nation. Exploring this new reality, the authors of Mixed Messages examine what we know about multiracial identities—and the implications of those identities for fundamental issues of justice More > | |
Mixed Motives, Uncertain Outcomes: Defense Conversion in ChinaJorn Brömmelhörster and John Frankenstein, editors Mixed Motives, Uncertain Outcomes looks critically at China's efforts to adapt its vast military- industrial complex to the service of its socialist market economy. The authors—all of whom have witnessed or participated first-hand in the country's defense conversion—offer political, macroeconomic, business, and military perspectives on this complex issue.
The book places the More > | |
Mobility Impairment and the Construction of IdentityHeather Ridolfo and Brian W. Ward Heather Ridolfo and Brian Ward explore the experiences of people with impaired mobility, enhancing our understanding of why some embrace a disabled identity, why others reject it, and the personal and societal implications of both choices.
Drawing on a combination of intimate interviews and statistical data, the authors unpack the ways that physical and social barriers shape personal ideas of More > | |
Mobilizing for Human Rights in Latin AmericaEdward Cleary In this follow-up to his widely read The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America, Edward Cleary examines some of the robust human rights movements of the past two decades.
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Mobilizing Force: Linking Security Threats, Militarization, and Civilian ControlDavid Kuehn and Yagil Levy, editors What leads a democratic government to use military force to counter a domestic or external threat? How does it legitimize this mobilization to its citizenry? And what is the significance for civilian control of the military?
The authors of Mobilizing Force draw on case studies from around the world to systematically examine these critical questions, exploring the interrelationships among More > | |
Modern Rice Technology and Income Distribution in AsiaCristina David and Keijiro Otsuka, editors Two decades have passed since the introduction of modern rice varieties (MVs) and their accompanying technology in Asia. This volume looks at seven Asian countries—with widely diverse production environments and agrarian and policy structures—to determine to what extent the adoption of MVs only in the irrigated and the favorable rainfed-lowland areas has exacerbated inequalities in the More > |