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Exploring Subregional Conflict: Opportunities for Conflict PreventionChandra Lekha Sriram and Zoe Nielsen, editors The causes of violent conflict, as well as approaches to conflict prevention, have been studied extensively, but only recently has attention been given to the subregional dynamics of internal wars. The authors of this original collection explore conflicts in Africa, Central Asia, and Central America, seeking new insights that can provide the foundation for more nuanced, more effective preventive More > | ![]() |
Exploring the Global Financial CrisisAlan W. Cafruny and Herman M. Schwartz, editors Did the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent recession rearrange the basic structures of the global economy?
To answer that fundamental question, the authors of Exploring the Global Financial Crisis tackle a number of related questions: What has happened, for example, to global flows of people, goods, and capital? Will the euro and the dollar persist as global currencies? Can governments More > | ![]() |
Export Growth in Latin America: Policies and PerformanceCarla Macario, with Regis Bonelli, Adriaan ten Kate, and Gunnar Niels Although Latin American and Caribbean countries have assigned a high priority to increasing exports in recent years—substantially transforming their economies in the process—export performance in most cases remains deficient. This book investigates why this is so, identifying the policies that determine successes and failures in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
Each country case More > | ![]() |
Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric vs. RealityPeter Schraeder, editor In recent years, debates within academic and policymaking circles have gradually shifted—from a Cold War focus on whether democracy constitutes the best form of governance, to the question of whether (and to what degree) international actors should be actively involved in democracy promotion. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of international efforts to promote democracy More > | ![]() |
Facing Violence: The Path of Restorative Justice and DialogueMark S. Umbreit, Betty Vos, Robert B. Coates, and Katherine A. Brown Can restorative justice be effective in cases involving the most serious violent crime? The authors of Facing Violence evaluate pioneering programs in Texas and Ohio that employ mediation/dialogue techniques in homicide, rape, and other cases involving extreme violence. Their findings document the positive impact that these programs have had not only on the lives of victims and offenders, but also More > | ![]() |
Failed State: A Guide to Russia’s RuptureJanusz Bugajski Attempts to transform the Russian Federation into a nation state, a civic state, or a stable imperial state have failed, argues Janusz Bugajski. Paradoxically, though Vladimir Putin assumed power to prevent Russia's disintegration, he may be remembered best for precipitating the country's demise.
Bugajski considers the factors contributing to a possible Russian state collapse, among More > | ![]() |
Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education StandardsKevin R. Kosar In the past fifteen years, presidents from two parties, supported by parents, teachers, and civic leaders have tried—and generally failed—to increase student achievement through federal policymaking. Supposedly pathbreaking legislation to "leave no child behind" has hardly made a dent in the problem. What is going on? Kevin R. Kosar delves into the political maneuvering More > | ![]() |
Faith and Practice in Conflict Resolution: Toward a Multidimensional ApproachRachel M. Goldberg, editor What would the work of conflict resolution look like if practitioners not only recognized that it is impossible for them to be neutral—and that there are dangers in believing otherwise—but also brought their whole selves to the negotiation table?
Focusing on this question, the authors of Faith and Practice in Conflict Resolution introduce the work of pathbreaking individuals who More > | ![]() |
Faith in the Barrios: The Pentecostal Poor in BogotáRebecca Pierce Bomann The Pentecostal Poor offers a rich and powerful perspective on evangelicalism in the barrios of Latin America, exploring conversion and subsequent commitments to faith in an unstable environment of poverty and violence.
Bomann’s study, based on extensive fieldwork, is unique in that it reveals the evangelical Protestant movement through the eyes of the believers themselves, as well as from More > | |
Falcon Brigade: Combat and Command in Somalia and HaitiColonel Lawrence E. Casper, USA Ret. Col. Lawrence E. Casper (U.S. Army-Ret.) narrates the first documented account by a military officer of the harrowing US operations in Somalia and Haiti.
As commander of the Falcon Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, and the UN Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Casper experienced Operation Continue Hope first-hand. Falcon Brigade and Special Operations aviators shared the skies over Mogadishu on October More > | ![]() |