BOOKS

A Small Place in Galilee: Religion and Social Conflict in an Israeli Village
Zvi Sobel

Zvi Sobel's absorbing book draws readers into the world of Yavneel, a small Israeli village that is home to several diverse communities: the established core of settler-farmers, new    More >

Conceptions of Social Inquiry
Johan Snyman, editor

What is critical theory, hermeneutics, deconstruction, positivism, and phenomenology? Is it true that "anything goes"  in the social sciences? This book provides answers to    More >

Intermediary NGOs: The Supporting Link in Grassroots Development
Thomas F. Carroll

Thomas Carroll presents a clear, accurate picture of the role and impact of NGOs in developing countries, along with case studies from Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru.    More >

The Russian Syndrome:  One Thousand Years of Political Murder
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, translated by Caroline B. Higgitt and with a forword by Adam B. Ulam

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Argentina: Illusions and Realities, Second Edition
Gary W. Wynia

Throughout his thought-provoking assessment of Argentina, Gary W. Wynia offers and informed and sensitive view of a nation of wealth, pride, and sophistication that finds itself severely    More >

The Caribbean in the Pacific Century: Prospects for Caribbean-Pacific Cooperation
Jacqueline A. Braveboy-Wagner, with W. Marvin Will, Dennis J. Gayle, and Ivelaw Griffith

Despite the current global focus on prospects for the integrated European market, there are many in the policymaking and business communities who believe that the next century will be a    More >

Peru's APRA:  Parties, Politics, and the Elusive Quest for Democracy
Carol Graham

When Peru's APRA—one of the oldest and most controversial political parties in Latin America—came to power in 1985, expectations were high for the new government, in part    More >

The Alhazai of Maradi:  Traditional Hausa Merchants in a Changing Sahelian City
Emmanuel Gregoire, translated by Benjamin H. Hardy

The West African town of Maradi, capital of a prestigious nineteenth century Hausa chiefdom, became a trading center during the colonial period, and after Niger's independence in 1960,    More >

The Insecurity Dilemma: National Security of Third World States
Brian L. Job, editor

Positing an "insecurity dilemma," in which national security, defined as regime security by state authorities, becomes pitted against the incompatible demands of ethnic, social,    More >

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