BOOKS

Contemporary Strategy II: The Nuclear Powers
John Baylis, Ken Booth, John Garnett, and Phil Williams

In this thoroughly revised and enlarged edition of a widely acclaimed work, four experts consider the planning and implementation of military and nonmilitary strategy. This second volume    More >

Restorative Juvenile Justice: Repairing the Harm of Youth Crime
Gordon Bazemore and Lode Walgrave, editors

An anthology includes 14 previously unpublished papers exploring the potential of restorative justice to serve as an overarching vision for the juvenile justice system and outlining a    More >

Resisting Radicalization: Exploring the Nonoccurrence of Violent Extremism
Morten Bøås, Gilad Ben-Nun, Ulf Engel, and Kari Osland, editors

Precarious living conditions across the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa create fertile ground for radical ideas. Yet, despite genuine grievances and legitimate grounds for anger,    More >

Housing: The Evolution of Beliefs, Politics, and Policies
Virginia Beard

Why are some people in the United States securely housed, while others struggle to obtain and maintain stable homes? What beliefs, and their consequent policies, have led to these    More >

The Search For Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank
Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson, editors

Focusing on debates within the World Bank about the value of social capital concepts for the encouragement of more participatory and empowering forms of development, the contributors to this    More >

Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies
Anton Bebler and Jim Seroka, editor

Classification systems and typologies, if properly developed, can help formulate research questions, determine agendas for inquiry, and lead to the development of scientifically testable    More >

The Homelessness Industry: A Critique of US Social Policy
Elizabeth Beck and Pamela C. Twiss

Homelessness once was considered an aberration. Today it is a normalized feature of US society.  It is also, argue Elizabeth Beck and Pamela Twiss, an industry: the embrace of    More >

China’s Regional Relations: Evolving Foreign Policy Dynamics
Mark Beeson and Fujian Li

Has China's much-discussed "charm offensive" come to an end? Are fears about the country's more assertive foreign policies justified? How will a rising China interact with    More >

The Little Black Fish and Other Modern Persian Stories, 2nd Edition
Samad Behrangi, translated by Mary Hegland and Eric Hooglund

Behrangi offers five children’s stories that are notable for their realism and social significance. In keeping with his desire to combat ignorance and bridge the cultural gap between    More >

Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness
Simon Bekker and Göran Therborn, editors

Capital cities today remain central to both nations and states. They host centers of political power, not only national, but in some cases regional and global as well, thus offering major    More >

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