BOOKS
Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change under NeoliberalismShahra Razavi, editor The authors of Shifting Burdens explore the often overlooked gender-related effects of the neoliberal policy shifts in rural development that have reduced the role of government and switched costs of services to the rural poor themselves. More > | ![]() |
Shots Fired: Gun Violence in the United StatesHoward Rahtz Mass killings. Gang violence. Street crimes. Suicides. Accidental shootings. The United States is enduring a literal epidemic of gun violence. Howard Rahtz, drawing on decades of experience as a police officer all too familiar with the horrors that guns can cause, delves deeply into the nature and impact of this epidemic. Rahtz explores each element of the triangle of ability, desire, and More > | ![]() |
Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the Struggle for DemocracyJohn L. Hirsch Sierra Leone's bitter experience with civil war garnered international attention only after the May 1997 coup, though the conflict between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and successive governments had raged for at least a decadeĀ against the backdrop of more than three decades of progressive state collapse. John Hirsch traces Sierra Leone's downward spiral, drawing on his first-hand More > | ![]() |
Silence and Invisibility: A Study of the Literature of the Pacific, Australia, and New ZealandNorman Simms Simms explores the methodological and theoretical problems faced by creative writers in the Pacific, perceptively discussing not only the native author’s dilemma in expressing ideas and forms generally unfamiliar to Westerners, but also the problems that foreign critics and general readers face in evaluating works by Pacific authors. He considers, too, how a writer evolves in a culture where More > |
Singular Stories: Tales from SingaporeRobert Yeo, editor At the beginning of the 1980s, Singapore’s public relied largely on a literary diet of traditional British and North American authors. By 1990, however, books by Singaporeans were rapidly replacing imports on the bestseller lists and in the review columns. Singular Stories exemplifies the range of the new Singaporean prose. The pieces in this diverse collection explore the conflict between More > |
Situational Crime Prevention: Successful Case Studies, 2nd editionRonald V. Clarke, editor | ![]() |
Situational Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseRichard Wortley and Stephen Smallbone What practical steps can reduce child abuse? The authors of this provocative work argue that child sex offending is strongly influenced by opportunities to offend, and that analyzing the environmental contexts of offending may offer new insights into preventing the behavior. More > |
Six Days [a novel]Halim Barakat, translated by Bassam Frangieh and Scott McGehee Prophetically named for a real war yet to come, Six Days depicts the struggle of a fictional city under siege. Barakat tells the story of shy lovers, friends, increasing fear and anger, and finally the terror of war. The people of Dayr Albahr are confronted with an ultimatum: surrender or be destroyed. They choose to resist, knowing that they face inevitable defeat, but sustained by a More > | ![]() |
Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban WarfareLouise A. Tumchewics, editor "Avoid cities or die within" has been the prevailing attitude in the military when it comes to waging war in urban areas. So why do armies continue to fight there? What tactical advantages do they seek? What pitfalls do they face, and how can they achieve success? The authors of Small Armies, Big Cities tackle these strategic questions, drawing on a range of cases to explore how More > | ![]() |
Small Nations, Giant FirmsLouis W. Goodman Transnational corporations, today's giant firms, have assets in virtually all of the world's developing nations, yet these assets account for only a small share o the firms' economic activities. As a result, decisions that often have enormous consequences for the small nations involved may be of only marginal importance to corporate managers. Louis W. Goodman addresses this More > | ![]() |