BOOKS

New African Thinkers: Drivers of Change
Olga Bialostocka and Thokozani Simelane, editors

Emerging scholars from across Africa focus on the multiple innovative ways through which Africa has been confronting challenges. The chapters cover peace and security including democracy and    More >

Navigating Change for International NGOs: A Practical Handbook
James Crowley and Morgana Ryan

How can the managers, the staff, the board members and CEOs of international NGOs best navigate the strategic changes that are needed so that their organizations can work effectively in    More >

Democracy and Its Discontents in Latin America
Joe Foweraker and Dolores Trevizo, editors

Why is there so much discontent with democracy across Latin America? Are regimes being judged by unrealistic standards of success—or is there legitimate cause for criticism in light    More >

The Changing Currents of Transpacific Integration: China, the TPP, and Beyond
Adrian H. Hearn and Margaret Myers, editors

This comprehensive assessment of transpacific economic integration explores the many ways that new approaches to multilateral cooperation, and notably the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),    More >

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Theory and Practice
Desmond Molloy

Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, or DDR, has been widely advocated for decades as an essential component of postconflict peacebuilding. But DDR in practice has generated more    More >

Seriously Funny: Disability and the Paradoxical Power of Humor
Shawn Chandler Bingham and Sara E. Green

Exploring a paradox, Shawn Bingham and Sara Green show how humor has been used both to challenge traditional views of disability and to reinforce negative stereotypes and social    More >

Political Parties in South Africa: Do They Undermine or Underpin Democracy?
Heather Thuynsma, editor

In the past several years, the dominance of the African National Congress (ANC) has strained South Africa's democracy and tested its institutions. Within that context, the authors of    More >

Cricket and Conquest: The History of South African Cricket Retold, Volume 1, 1795–1914
André Odendaal, Krish Reddy, Christopher Merrett, and Jonty Winch

The first of its kind for any sport in South Africa: a cricket love story of epic dimensions, full of sometimes shocking details. Cricket and Conquest fundamentally revises long-established    More >

Adding Insult to Injury: (Mis)Treating Homeless Women in Our Mental Health System
Laura Huey and Rose Ricciardelli

Despite widespread recognition that the majority of homeless women suffer from severe mental and emotional trauma, our healthcare system has essentially left them untreated—other than    More >

Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections: Legacies of Military Rule
Brett J. Kyle

What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J.    More >

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