BOOKS

Perspectives on Identity Theft
Megan M. McNally and Graeme R. Newman, editors

Presenting new research on the crime of identity theft, the authors of this volume focus on situational measures to protect sensitive personal information.    More >

World Disasters Report 2007: Focus on Discrimination
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Gender, race, religion, age—there are so many reasons why people are excluded from society. Those who are face an uphill struggle for equality, even if they have the strength and    More >

CIVICUS Global Survey of the State of Civil Society, Volume 2: Comparative Perspectives
V. Finn Heinrich and Lorenzo Fioramonti, editors

Volume 2 of the CIVICUS Global Survey of the State of Civil Society offers a wide-ranging analysis of key issues facing civil society worldwide. The authors draw on information collected by    More >

Surrogates of the State: NGOs, Development and Ujamaa in Tanzania
Michael Jennings

In Surrogates of the State Jennings explores the delicate relationship between development NGOs and the states they work in using his exhaustive and illuminating case study of Tanzania in    More >

Mobilizing for Human Rights in Latin America
Edward Cleary

In this follow-up to his widely read The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America, Edward Cleary examines some of the robust human rights movements of the past two decades.    More >

Dissent from War
Robert Ivie

The rhetorical presumption of war's necessity, observes Robert Ivie, functions to shame anyone who opposes military action and to portray dissenters as threats to national security.    More >

Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House?
Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, editors

From the newsroom to pop culture, all signs suggest that the United States is finally ready for a woman in the White House. But is the vision of an imminent Madam President truly in line    More >

Development and Humanitarianism: Practical Issues
Deborah Eade and Tony Vaux, editors

Humanitarian intervention invariably rubs shoulders with politics—awkwardly, and sometimes with tragic results.  Development and Humanitarianism draws from the contents of the    More >

Born of War: Protecting Children of Sexual Violence Survivors in Conflict Zones
Charli Carpenter, editor

Born of War reveals the multiple impacts of armed conflict on children born of wartime rape and sexual exploitation—and calls for greater consideration of this group in international    More >

Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Parish Partnering in the US and Haiti
Tara Hefferan

Twinning Faith and Development documents the operation of a project in which two Catholic churches— one in the US and one in Haiti—partner to spur development in Haiti. Hefferan    More >

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