BOOKS

On the Market: Strategies for a Successful Academic Job Search
Sandra L. Barnes

Sandra Barnes presents both big-picture strategic thinking and nuts-and-bolts suggestions to help junior scholars obtain satisfying academic employment in today's highly competitive    More >

Tabloid Justice: Criminal Justice in an Age of Media Frenzy, 2nd Edition
Richard L. Fox, Robert W. Van Sickel, and Thomas L. Steiger

This new edition of Tabloid Justice reveals that, although the media focus on high-profile criminal trials is thought by many to have diminished in the years since the September 11 terrorist    More >

The Europeans: Political Identity in an Emerging Polity
David Michael Green

To what extent and for what reasons do citizens of the European Union think of themselves not as French or German or Polish or ... , but as European? How have the answers changed over time?    More >

How Drug Dealers Settle Disputes: Violent and Nonviolent Outcomes
Angela P. Taylor

In this compelling ethnographic study, Angela Taylor delivers an inside view of how drug dealers settle disputes—yielding rich insight into situational theories of violence and the    More >

The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control
James M. Byrne and Donald J. Rebovich, editors

Exploring the impact of new technologies on crime and its prevention, and on the criminal justice system, the authors address five critical issues: How will new technological innovations    More >

From Soldiers to Politicians: Transforming Rebel Movements After Civil War
Jeroen de Zeeuw, editor

In the transition from war-torn societies to stable multiparty democracies, what is the role of former rebel leaders? Can rebel movements effectively transform themselves from military to    More >

Peace and the Public Purse: Economic Policies for Postwar Statebuilding
James K. Boyce and Madalene O'Donnell, editors

In the aftermath of violent conflict, how do the economic challenges of statebuilding intersect with the political challenges of peacebuilding? How can the international community help lay    More >

Oranges in the Sun: Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf
edited and translated by Deborah S. Akers and Abubaker A. Bagader

The stories in Oranges in the Sun capture a distinctly unique vision of the world, embodying the range of emotional and material concerns of the peoples of the Arab Gulf region. The    More >

Security and Sovereignty in the Former Soviet Union
Ruth Deyermond

Among the contentious issues that come into play in relations between Russia and the other post-Soviet states, security concerns are arguably at the top of the list. Ruth Deyermond explores    More >

The New European Union: Confronting the Challenges of Integration
Steve Wood and Wolfgang Quaisser

This concise but wide-ranging work explores the major political, economic, and strategic challenges confronting the European Union in the context of a rapidly changing geopolitical    More >

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