BOOKS

Depolicing: When Police Officers Disengage
Willard M. Oliver

Depolicing—the withdrawal from proactive law enforcement by officers on the line—has become an increasing concern within both police departments and the communities that they    More >

Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts: Small Steps to Peace
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi and Simon J. A. Mason

The result of a long collaboration between a Kenyan-Somali mediator and a Swiss scholar-practitioner, Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts introduces an innovative, practical    More >

Post-School Education and the Labour Market in South Africa
Michael Rogan

In South Africa—with one of highest rates of youth unemployment and one of the most unequal societies in the world—training and education play critical roles in helping young    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 >

Haile Selassie: His Rise, His Fall
Haggai Erlich

With scholars far from agreement in their opinions of Ethiopia's Haile Selassie, the questions remain: Who was Haile Selassie? What was the secret of his survival across half a    More >

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Comprehensive Introduction to Actors and Actions
Henry Prunckun and Troy Whitford

What is terrorism? How do terrorists operate—what are their means, targets, and motivations? How can governments prevent terrorist attacks from happening? Henry Prunckun and Troy    More >

Africa's International Relations: Balancing Domestic and Global Interests
Beth Elise Whitaker and John F. Clark

Comprehensive and engaging, this timely introduction to Africa's international relations explores how power, interests, and ideas influence interactions both among the continent's    More >

South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 3, Foreign Policy, Change and the Zuma Years
Lesley Masters and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors

Spanning the Mbeki and Zuma administrations, this volume of South African Foreign Policy Review explores questions of continuity and change. Among the topics covered are the roles of the    More >

Hunger in the Land of Plenty: A Critical Look at Food Insecurity
James D. Wright, Amy Donley, and Sara Strickhouser Vega

In the United States today, 50 million people don't have enough food. How is this possible in one of the world's wealthiest countries? Why hasn’t the problem been solved? Is it    More >

Hybrid Conflicts and Information Warfare: New Labels, Old Politics
Ofer Fridman, Vitaly Kabernik, James C. Pearce, editors

What is hybrid warfare?  And what role does information play in today's conflicts? In the context of the technological/information revolution of the last two decades—which has    More >

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