BOOKS

Like a Tear in the Ocean, Volume 2: The Abyss
Manès Sperber, translated by Constantine Fitzgibbon

Sperber's great fiction trilogy spans the period from 1931 through the rise of Hitler and the struggles of international Communism to the early postwar era. It traces the lives of    More >

Beyond Containment: Reconstructing European Security
Kim Edward Spiezio

This study advances a novel argument about the difficulties the major powers of Europe are likely to encounter in attempting the multilateral management of regional security    More >

Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault: Inside the Criminal Justice System
Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis

Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis assess the criminal justice system's response to sexual assault, exploring the complex dynamics that shape the actions of police and prosecutors. The    More >

Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries
Anita Spring, editor

Women around the world are entering commercial agriculture—and often succeeding—despite development policies designed to exclude them. In this comparative volume, case studies    More >

Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic
Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady, editors

Egyptian President Abd al Fattah el-Sisi has sought to create a "New Republic," a stronger, more authoritarian state capable of positively transforming Egypt's polity, economy,    More >

Privileged Places: Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity
Gregory D. Squires and Charis E. Kubrin

Now priced for course use! In the United States today, quality of life depends heavily on where one lives—but high levels of racial segregation in residential communities make it    More >

From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict
Chandra Lekha Sriram and Karin Wermester, editors

How can the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations, government donors, and other policymakers best apply the tools of conflict prevention to the wide range of intrastate    More >

Exploring Subregional Conflict: Opportunities for Conflict Prevention
Chandra 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    More >

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: International Law, Local Responses
Tonia St. Germain and Susan Dewey, editors

The authors of this groundbreaking book explore the gap between policy and practice in international responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Drawing on their research in Africa, Asia,    More >

The Wave of the Future: The United Nations and Naval Peacekeeping
Robert Stephens Staley II

Though the United Nations will face numerous challenges on the world's oceans in the next decades, it has not yet developed the capability to operate effectively in the areas of maritime    More >

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