BOOKS

Winner of the African Studies Association’s Herskovits Award! Aiding Violence expresses outrage at the contradiction of genocide in a country considered at the time by Western aid    More >

Peter Uvin links human rights with development theory and practice to show how practitioners can surmount tough obstacles to successfully effect strategies for reducing conflict and    More >

What causes governments to commit mass atrocities—including genocide—during times of civil war? Gary Uzonyi tackles this discomforting question, focusing on uncertainty as a key    More >

In this analysis of South Africa's postapartheid security system, Peter Vale moves beyond a realist discussion of interacting states to examine southern Africa as an integrated    More >

Understanding Revolution concisely, but thoroughly, explains one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world. Designed to be accessible to undergraduate students,    More >

The economic problems that both Hungary and China have experienced are in many ways representative of a common set of serious difficulties faced by the entire communist world. Thus, the    More >

This political biography portrays one of the world's most fascinating statesmen and depicts Thailand as a nation at war with itself. David Van Praagh traces the history of the    More >

Poetic inquiry, or poetic research, is a literary and performance arts–based approach that combines arts and humanities with scientific inquiry to enhance social research. This    More >

Searching for Peace in Europe and Eurasia offers much-needed insight into the possibilities for effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding throughout the region. Presenting surveys of    More >

Moving beyond Cold War rhetoric and stereotypical views of Third World Marxism, the authors convincingly argue that the democratic tradition and practice that was emerging in socialist    More >