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New titles exploring peace and security . . .

FEATURED BOOKS

Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment

Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment

Thania Paffenholz, editor

Responding to the burgeoning interest in the role of civil society in peace processes, this groundbreaking collaborative effort identifies the constructive functions of civil society in support of peacebuilding both during and in the aftermath of armed conflict. The authors also highlight the factors that support those functions and the obstacles to their fulfillment. A comprehensive analytical    More >

The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime

David H. Bayley and Robert M. Perito

Frustrated efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan give urgency to the question of how to craft effective, humane, and legitimate security institutions in conflict-ridden states—and whether legitimate policing can in fact be developed in the midst of insurgency and terrorism. David H. Bayley and Robert M. Perito confront these questions head on. Against the backdrop of failed US attempts to    More >

The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime
Security and Development: Searching for Critical Connections

Security and Development: Searching for Critical Connections

Neclâ 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 >

 

NEWS AND NOTES

In Denver's Westword, journalist Alan Prendergast gives a penetrating review of just-published Dorm Room Dealers: "A new study by two California researchers concludes that campus drug dealers—mostly white, affluent, and clueless—continue to thrive despite shifting social mores and the sometimes heavy-handed enforcement efforts elsewhere. Dorm Room Dealers is a sober but intriguing look at dealing on several campuses in southern California." Click here to read the entire article.



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