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Arctic Exceptionalism: Cooperation in a Contested WorldBarry Scott Zellen For some three centuries, the Arctic region has been a zone of collaborative governance. The interests of diverse sovereign states, indigenous peoples, NGOs, and other stakeholders have been aligned—even during periods of global conflict. Now, however, these consensus-based foundations are being tested.
In Arctic Exceptionalism, Barry Scott Zellen considers: What explains the enduring More > | |
Debating Global DevelopmentDaniel P. L. Chong and Capri Gutiérrez Although global development and the alleviation of poverty are universal goals, experts frequently disagree heatedly about how to achieve them. The debates go on: Is liberalization the best way to stimulate economic growth, or should the state take a more active role? Is foreign aid effective in strengthening low-income countries? How should we deal with the challenges associated with poverty, More > | |
Asia Pacific in World Politics, 3rd editionDerek McDougall This new edition of Asia Pacific in World Politics reflects the impact of nearly a decade of significant events and shifts in the region: the escalation of the conflicts between China and the US and China and Taiwan, the changing regional role of Japan, growing numbers of refugees, the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia's increasing prominence, and much more.
Updated throughout and designed to More > | |
Hedging the China Threat: US-Taiwan Security Relations Since 1949Shao-cheng Sun The United States has never formally recognized Taiwan as a sovereign state, yet it has provided the country with security assistance since the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) government there in 1949. What accounts for this equivocal stance? And how is the US leveraging Taiwan against China?
To unpack this complex triangular relationship, Shao-cheng Sun explores the history of US More > | |
The Transformation of the Republican PartyJeffrey M. Stonecash It is undisputed that the Republican Party has changed dramatically since the 1940s and '50s. But the exact nature of that change—and how it came to be—remain subject to debate. Jeffrey Stonecash meticulously assesses the cumulative effect of a range of contentious issues in US politics to shed light on the decisions that party leaders have made to attract voters, the essence of More > | |
Abolishing WarWinston E. Langley Is it possible to abolish war? This is the fundamental question animating Winston Langley's new book. And, though many will disagree, it is a question to which the author is persuaded the answer is yes.
Far from being utopian ideals, Langley argues, international security and peace are attainable, as are their necessary corollaries: protection of the environment, conservation of natural More > | |
Alex La Guma: The Exile Years, 1966–1985Christopher J. Lee, editor Looking beyond the novels and short stories of acclaimed South African writer Alex La Guma (1924–1985), Christopher Lee focuses on the nonfiction that La Guma produced during his years living in exile.
Lee has gathered and annotated a plethora of La Guma's political commentary and other nonfiction pieces, along with transcripts of interviews, to show how the writer’s life and More > | |
Samora Machel: Leader and Liberator in Southern AfricaColin Darch and Devid Hedges, editors The life story of Samora Machel (1933–1986) reads like a compelling novel: humble beginnings, a rise through the ranks of the Frelimo anticolonial liberation movement, successes and failures as president of the new People's Republic of Mozambique, and death in a mysterious plane crash.
Telling Machel’s extraordinary story through a biographical introduction and transcripts of More > | |
Transformative Leadership in African Contexts: Strategies for Social ChangeSharlene Swartz, Tarryn De Kock, and Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, editors Desmond Tutu once said, "There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river and find out why they are falling in." The authors of this innovative collection take these words to heart. Embracing a transformative leadership approach, they show how contemporary African leaders are meeting a broad range of challenges as they seek positive change in societies More > | |
Poetic Inquiry for the Social and Human Sciences: Voices from the South and NorthHeidi van Rooyen and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, editors 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 groundbreaking collection shows how using poetry from diverse traditions in the Global South can promote innovative research on pressing social justice issues such as inclusion and decolonization. To that end, each More > |