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AK Press Igniting A Revolution: Voices in Defense of the
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Clairview Books Manifesto for the Earth: Action Now for Peace,
Book SynopsisFor more than a decade Mikhail Gorbachev has been engaged in working to protect the earth and its inhabitants via the organization he founded in 1992, Green Cross International. In an age when ecological crises, poverty and military conflicts are humanity's chief challenges, Gorbachev urges us to stop regarding these problems in isolation. The man who changed the destiny of Russia, Europe and the world is now calling for a global perestroika (reform) of the twenty-first century. Based on many years' experience in international politics, Gorbachev appeals for urgent action based on a broad vision, including a strengthening of the UN and reforms to the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. To complement the Declaration on Human Rights and the Charter of the UN he has co-authored the remarkable Earth Charter that is based on four key principles: Respect and Care for the Community of Life; Ecological Integrity; Social and Economic Justice; and Democracy, Nonviolence, and Peace. "Manifesto for the Earth" is a courageous and thought-provoking work by a respected elder statesman. In a partisan and polar world, this is a 'manifesto' that does not compromise its integrity to political, ideological or national sympathies.
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Palgrave Macmillan Mobility Identity and Conflict Resolution in Africa
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Overview of resource motivated conflicts in the Albertine region and beyond.- Chapter 2. African Solutions to African Problems: Political Sloganeering or African Renaissance?.- Chapter 3. A Historical Situation of Neo-extractivism.- Chapter 4. Corporate Accountability and the Protection of Human Rights De- fenders in Uganda: Examining the Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Human Rights.- Chapter 5. History Repeats Itself: A Reflection of Civil-Military Relations in Post-colonial Uganda.- Chapter 6. Migrancy, resource contestation and citizenship claims in Uganda's oil region.- Chapter 7. Identity assertions and resource claims in the context of oil production: A Comparative Study of Bunyoro in Uganda and Turkana in Kenya.- Chapter 8. Migration, Mobility and Socio-Economic Relations Among Communities in the Wake of Oil Discovery Along the Albertine Region of Uganda.- 9. Contributing to Citizenship debate: Lessons from western Uganda, 1894-2000.- Chapter 10. Indigenous conflict resolution, land, resource contestation, mobility and identity in Africa.- Chapter 11. Indigenous Authority and Justice in State-Society Armed Conflict: A Case of the Uganda National Rescue Front II in Uganda, 1996-2002.- Chapter 12. Women and indigenous resource conflict resolution options in Uganda's oil region: A case of Barazas.- Chapter 13. Generic Dynamics in African Land ReDistribution and Alternative Justice Systems in Africa: Insights from Kenya and Zimbabwe.- Chapter 14. Ideal approaches of mobilizing local communities to participate in climate change adaptation in Mpanga catchment, Western Uganda, Racheal Ddungu Mugabi.- Chapter 15. Governing by use of parallel security regimens: The case of pastoral communities along the Elemi Triangle.- Chapter 16. Identity, Ownership, Belonging and Resource Contestation: Responding to the Crisis.
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Springer-Verlag GmbH Adaptivity of Science in Reconciliation Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies
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Springer The Origins of the Cyprus Conflict
Book SynopsisThe Origins of the Cyprus Problem: Introduction to the Origins of the Cyprus Problem.- International Law - Self-Determination vs Hegemonic Distribution of Power.- The Tripartite Conference of London.- Turkish Grand Strategy and Cyprus.- The Greek Grand Strategy Regarding the Cyprus Issue During the 1950s.- The Constitutional and International Aspect of the Cyprus Issue in the 1950s: The Harding Plan.- The Radcliff Constitution.- Changing of the Guard: New Governor in Cyprus and a New Attempt to Solve the Problem.- The Macmillan Plan: A Hegemonic Strategy of Imposed Partition.- The International Dimension and the Macmillan Plan of 1958.- Towards the Zurich Agreement - The Failed Spaak Mediation.- The Zurich-London Constitution.- Conclusion - Decolonisation and the Seeds of Intercommunal Conflict in Cyprus.
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Springer International Publishing AG Expressions of Radicalization: Global Politics,
Book SynopsisThis edited collection considers whether it is possible to discern how the level of ideology is affected by radicalization. In other words: what happens in the minds of people before they decide to use political violence as means to attain their goals? Also this book asks: what has to happen in the minds of people in order to preclude them from using political violence as a way of attaining their goals? This volume unites scholars from several disciplines and perspectives from a number of different geographical, social and cultural contexts with the overarching aim to refine our understanding of what ‘radicalization’ actually implies.Table of Contents1 Introduction: Understanding Ideological Radicalization, Andreas Önnerforsand Kristian Steiner2 “Christianist” Lone Wolf Terrorism, Matthew Feldman3 Who is Setting Your Agenda?: Social Network Analysis of Radical Movements’, Josef Slerka and Vit Sisler4 Taking the Streets with Concepts, Andreas Onnerfors5 Political Radicalization in Israel, Dani Filc6 Peace Expectations in Messianic Judaism, Kristian Steiner, Anders Lundberg7 Dealing with the Intimate Enemy, Sarbeswar Sahoo8 Elections, Violence and (de)radicalization, Megan Dyfvermark (Reif)9 The Perfect Storm: A Study of Boko Haram, Caroline Varin10 Ideas, Perceptions or Realities, Jonathan Githens-Mazer11 Exit from Terrorism and Violence and Extremism, Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen12 Conclusion, Andreas Onnerfors and Kristian Steiner
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Harrassowitz Verlag Constitutional Order in PostVersailles Central
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Feindbilder – Psychologie der Dämonisierung
Book SynopsisDer Dalai Lama schreibt im Vorwort zu diesem Buch, dass jedes menschliche Wesen nach Glück verlangt und ein Recht darauf hat. Doch Disharmonie, Streit und Gewalt bringen dem Menschen immer wieder Leid. Unversehens geraten wir in Prozesse der Dämonisierung des Anderen, der anderen Gruppe, des anderen Volkes. Wir nehmen das Gegenüber nur noch in negativem Licht wahr, machen es zum Monster, das es mit aller Macht zu bekämpfen gilt.Die psychotherapeutisch tätigen Autoren erklären, wie es dazu kommt, und zeigen – auch anhand überzeugender Fallbeispiele – Wege der Deeskalation und Entdämonisierung.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Vom Nothilfeprogramm zur Normensetzung: UNRWA im
Book SynopsisBirthe Tahmaz untersucht, inwieweit der Nahostkonflikt zusätzlich zu den Vereinten Nationen als Quelle zur Normenbildung und Handlungsfähigkeit der UNRWA fungieren kann. Die Autorin zeigt auf, dass - entgegen üblicher Annahmen - VN-Organisationen verschiedene Bezugsquellen ihres Normenkanons nutzen. Folglich sollten sie nicht nur als implementing agencies sondern als autonome Akteure betrachtet werden, deren Handeln sowohl zur Wahrung als auch Destabilisierung der internationalen Ordnung beitragen kann.Table of ContentsUNRWA im Spannungsfeld normativer Pole.- Erklärungsmodelle zur Entstehung und Verbreitung internationaler Normen.- Der Sechstagekrieg 1967, die erste Intifada von Dezember 1987 bis Oktober 1993 und der Gazakrieg 2014.- UNRWA im Wandel: von implementation zu agency.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung
Book SynopsisIn diesem Open-Access-Buch werden Prozesse und Dynamiken der Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen Akteur*innen in Projekten des zivilen Friedensdienstes in Kenia, Sierra Leone und Liberia betrachtet. Das durch lokale und internationale Akteur*innen gemeinsame Bearbeiten von Konflikten und Herausforderungen der Friedenskonsolidierung hat in der deutschen Friedensarbeit eine lange Tradition und wird in einer globalisierten Welt immer wichtiger. Deswegen geht das Buch der sowohl für die Wissenschaft als auch für die Friedenspraxis relevanten Frage nach, inwiefern im Kontext der Zivilen Konfliktbearbeitung eine gleichberechtige Partnerschaft vorliegen kann. Indem sich die Arbeit auf die Chancen und Herausforderungen der Zusammenarbeit konzentriert, gelingt es, den Blick auf die alltäglichen Aktivitäten zu legen, die eigentlichen Prozesse und Reibungspunkte der Friedensarbeit zu analysieren und einen wertvollen Beitrag zur kritischen Friedensforschung und der Diskussion um Hybridität und Friction zu leisten.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Über Partnerschaft und Macht.- Konzeptioneller Rahmen.- Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung und Ziviler Friedensdienst.- Appell für die Nutzung ethnografischer Methoden.- Innenansichten aus dem ZFD – empirische Ergebnisse aus der Forschung in Deutschland.- Fallauswahl.- Partnerschaftlichkeit und Machtdynamiken in der personellen Zusammenarbeit – Ergebnisse der Feldforschung.- Fazit.
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V & R Unipress GmbH Bottom up
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Iudicium Verlag Mission für Frieden und Demokratie
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Bloomsbury India Thinking Nonviolence
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Oxford University Press Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan
Book SynopsisSudan''s Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 ended over two decades of civil war and led to South Sudan''s independence. Peacemaking that brought about the agreement and then sought to sustain it involved, alongside the Sudanese, an array of regional and western states as well as international organisations. This was a landmark effort to create and sustain peace in a war-torn region. Yet in the years that followed, multiple conflicts continued or reignited, both in Sudan and in South Sudan. Peacemaking attempts multiplied. Authored by both practitioners and scholars, this volume grapples with the question of which, and whose, ideas of peace and of peacemaking were pursued in the Sudans and how they fared. Bringing together economic, legal, anthropological and political science perspectives on over a decade of peacemaking attempts in the two countries, it provides insights for peacemaking efforts to come, in the Sudans and elsewhere.Trade ReviewThe book is essential reading for dedicated scholars of the two countries and long-serving practitioners working in the area of peacemaking. * Jamie Pring, Sudan Studies *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Note on Contributors Preface 1: SHARATH SRINIVASAN AND SARAH M. H. NOUWEN: Introduction: Peace and Peacemaking in Sudan and South Sudan 2: NASREDEEN ABDULBARI: The Interlinkage between Understandings of Self-Determination and Understandings of Peace 3: WENDY JAMES: Making Peace on Paper Only: A View from the Blue Nile 4: DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON: Abyei, the CPA, and the War in Sudan's New South 5: PETER DIXON: Strategic Peacebuilding and the Sudanese Peace Process 6: BENEDETTA DE ALESSI: Peacemaking, the SPLM/A's Political Transition During the CPA Era and Conflict in the Sudans 7: EDWARD THOMAS: Fiscal Policy and Sudan's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement 8: LAURA M. JAMES: Economic Provisions of the CPA: Selective Implementation and Long-Term Consequences 9: NADA MUSTAFA ALI: Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Post-Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) South Sudan 10: DANIEL LARGE: China and the CPA: Developing Peace in Sudan? 11: BRENDAN BROMWICH: Natural Resources, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Darfur: The Challenge to Detraumatise Social and Environmental Change 12: PARTHA MOMAN: A Flawed Formula for Peacemaking and Continued Violence in Darfur: The Abuja Negotiations, 2004-2006 13: ROSALIND MARSDEN: Peacemaking in Darfur and the Doha Process: The Role of International Actors 14: SOPHIA DAWKINS: Why Negotiate? Why Mediate? The Purpose of South Sudanese Peacemaking 15: ALY VERJEE: How Mediators Conceive of Peace: The Case of IGAD in South Sudan, 2013-15 16: MAREIKE SCHOMERUS AND ANOUK S. RIGTERINK: South Sudan's long crisis of justice: Merging notions of lack of socio-economic justice and criminal accountability 17: ALEX DE WAAL: Concluding Reflections: Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Theories of Change Index
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The University of Chicago Press When Peace Is Not Enough
Book SynopsisThe state of Israel is often spoken of as a haven for Jewish people, a place rooted in story of a nation dispersed, wandering earth in search of its homeland. Focusing on histories of Israel's marginalized stakeholders, the author demonstrates how these voices provide urgently needed resources for conflict analysis and peace building.Trade Review"When Peace Is Not Enough is an innovative work, one that ably bridges the fields of politics, religion, and peace studies. Atalia Omer's discussion of the 'hermeneutics of citizenship' in particular - and the need for reimaging both religion and the nation as a necessary prerequisite for peace building - is both genuinely interesting and enormously insightful." (Scott Hibbard, DePaul University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Realism Utopia and the Mushroom Cloud Four
Book SynopsisA comparison of four dissident intellectuals who grappled with questions about international politics in a nuclear age and co-operation instead of coercion throughout their careers - Louise Weiss, Leo Szilard, E.P. Thompson, and Danilo Dolci.
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The University of Chicago Press Everyday Troubles The MicroPolitics of
Book SynopsisFrom roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. The author explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter - family members, intimate partners, coworkers, and others-and the common responses to such troubles.Trade Review"Emerson has written his magnum opus-a pathbreaking work destined to be a classic because it offers fresh insights into relationship troubles in everyday life that are enduring universal concerns. This achievement is the culmination of a career devoted to exploring many kinds of interpersonal relationships and the differences and similarities between them. When brought together, as Emerson does here, the insights he offers go far beyond other scholarship." (Diane Vaughan, Columbia University)
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The University of Chicago Press Strengthening Peace in PostCivil War States
Book SynopsisGiven the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approaches must be taken to ensure the successful resolution of various conflicts from Yugoslavia to Congo. This book provides both analytical frameworks and a series of critical case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of a range of strategies for keeping the peace.
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The University of Chicago Press Days of Awe
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The University of Chicago Press Resisting Reagan
Book SynopsisThis work explains why and how more than 100,000 US citizens demonstrated their protests against the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. The book concentrates on the peace movements of Witness for Peace, Sanctuary and the Pledge of Resistance.
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The University of Chicago Press Women Strike for Peace Traditional Motherhood and
Book SynopsisA historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Women Peace and Security
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Women, Peace, and Security presents novel discussion on a variety of topics such as intersectionality in relation to women, peace, and security; feminist security studies; feminist activism; and women's empowerment in the context of security studies." Simona Sharoni, Merrimack College“Overall, Women, Peace, and Security: Feminist Perspectives on International Security is a well-written and well-researched book that significantly contributes to international security studies. It provides valuable insights into how feminist approaches can be used to better understand and address security issues and offers practical tools and strategies for policymakers, practitioners, and activists. The book’s engagement with intersectionality and its critical reflection on the limitations of feminist theory and its application to security studies make it a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners alike.” Centre for Studies of Plural Societies
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Columbia University Press Peace with Justice Selected Addresses of Dwight
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Columbia University Press Healing Communities in Conflict International
Book SynopsisThis book shows how the international community can be more effective in the war-torn, disaster-scarred regions of the world-and ensure that people in conflict can rebuild their communities after the fighting stops.Trade ReviewA valuable and essential book to read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who work in the field of complex human emergencies. Ethnic Conflict Research Digest Maynard's study takes a critical look at international relief efforts in communities ruptured by violent internal conflict-what relief workers call 'complex emergencies.' Journal of Social Work Education Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years'experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts. -- J. L. Twigg Choice
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Columbia University Press Compromising Palestine A Guide to Final Status
Book SynopsisIn response to the challenges of bringing the tenacious Israeli-Palestinian conflict to an end, many have offered grand historical perspectives, vague formulas, or visionary new proposals. Klieman goes beyond abstract reflections to offer a clear and practical assessment of which issues will be important, and why.Trade ReviewKlieman's book should be of interest to any student of Israeli-Palestinian relations. -- Ann-sofi Jakobsson Hatay, Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest By carefully reviewing maps and basic territorial and geographic factors, Klieman higlights the difficulties in resolving borders, sharing Jerusalem, dividing water resources, and living with the demographic and economic realities of the partition. -- Gerald Steinberg, Bar-Ilan University Studies in Contemporary JewryTable of ContentsOne: Palestine, Peacemaking, and Partition 1. Just Stability, or a Just Peace? 2. First Choice or Last Resort? 3. Partition and Palestine Two: Facts on the Ground 4. The Confines of Palestine 5. Borders and Security 6. Fair Share: The Economics of Partition 7. Jerusalem Three: Mapping Palestine 8. The Elusive Middle Ground 9. Safe Passages 10. Toward a Negotiated Territorial Compromise
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Columbia University Press Sectarian Politics in the Gulf
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book and an important piece of scholarship. Frederic M. Wehrey has written a compelling, thoughtful, and original analysis of the new politics of sectarianism in the Persian Gulf since 2003. He is well positioned to write such a book, having traveled extensively in the region and spent considerable time with the most important political figures in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. His tone is commanding, the research is impressive, and the result is timely and vital. Wehrey's book is the best study I have seen yet of these pressing matters. -- Toby Jones, Rutgers University Wehrey has written a finely grained, insightful, and carefully researched contemporary study of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf. He offers insights on the broader Arab world and reveals that sectarian identity is no artificial construct but a culturally embedded and historically honed aspect of self. Yet he also demonstrates that sectarianism has been wielded cynically by both powerful rulers (Saudi Arabia) and insecure, easily manipulated monarchs (as in Bahrain) to foment division and divert legitimate accusations of injustice, discrimination, and opprobrious violations of basic human rights. This is the best book on the topic and a must read for policy makers. -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University Frederic M. Wehrey has produced a detailed, reliable and readable account of how regional and domestic factors combined to produce the "sectarianization" of politics in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait since the Iraq War of 2003. He skillfully demonstrates the ways different government policies in the three countries toward both Sunni and Shia groups produced different political outcomes in each. A great strength of the book is his careful analysis of factional politics within Shia and Sunni political currents in each country. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont Sectarian Politics in the Gulf represents the most up-to-date and insightful study on the politics of sectarianism in three key Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Far from being an intrinsic or innate feature of these societies, Prof. Wehrey shows in careful detail how sectarianism is invoked, produced and instrumentalized, and for very specific goals by governments, clerics as well as members of the Shii opposition. The book's argument situates sectarianism within local and regional political dynamics and contexts, and through this underscores that as a political phenomenon sectarianism cannot be apprehended by historically-rooted religious hatred. Based on a careful reading of primary sources and extensive fieldwork in the region, including in-depth interviews with many of the key activists, this book provides the most comprehensive and readable account of religious politics in the Gulf today. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton University Offering coherent and lucid analysis of what has become a main feature of Gulf politics since the Arab Spring, this book is a must read for anybody interested in Gulf political dynamics and sectarianism in the Middle East. -- Laurence Louer, author of Transnational Shia Politics in the Gulf and Shiism and Politics in the Middle East One of FP's Best Books on the Middle East for 2013...Wehrey's new book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich overview of the politics of Sunni-Shiite relations across the Gulf. His extensive research on the ground across the Gulf comes through powerfully, as does his balanced analytical sensibility. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Sunni-Shiite relations or in the regional politics of the Gulf. -- Marc Lynch Foreign Policy A model of meticulous scholarship and comprehensive research... An essential academic library acquisition for Middle Eastern Studies reference collections. MidWest Book Review The book is chock-full of insights and a deeply nuanced understanding of regional Shiite-Sunni tensions and is a fine addition to other recent treatments of the subject. Middle East Quarterly In this magisterial account, Fred Wehrey goes a long way in demystifying and dissecting the issue of sectarianism in the Gulf... [His] account is particularly refreshing for bringing scholarly gravitas to a subject that is all too often discussed in glib and superficial terms. Sectarian Politics in the Gulf is a must read that offers a fresh and innovative contribution to the literature in international relations and comparative government. It is extremely well written and laid out. The book belongs on the syllabus of any class dealing with Gulf security and on the desk of policy planners and decision makers around the world. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part I. The Roots of Sectarianism 1. Governance 2. The Long Shadow of the Iranian Revolution Part II. Bahrain 3. Debating Participation: The Bahraini Shia and Regional Influences 4. Sectarian Balancing: The Bahraini Sunnis and a Polarized Parliament 5. Into the Abyss: The Pearl Roundabout Uprising and Its Aftermath Part III. Saudi Arabia 6. Loyalties Under Fire: The Saudi Shia in the Shadow of Iraq 7. Under Siege: The Salafi and Regime Countermobilization 8. Waving Uthman's Shirt: Saudi Arabia's Sectarian Spring Part IV. Kuwait 9. Renegotiating a Ruling Bargain: The Kuwaiti Shia 10. Tilting Toward Repression: The Sunni Opposition and the Kuwaiti Regime 11. A Balancing Act Goes Awry: Sectarianism and Kuwait's Mass Protests Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Man the State and War A Theoretical Analysis
Book SynopsisIn this landmark work of international relations theory, first published in 1959, the eminent realist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz offers a foundational analysis of the nature of conflict between states.Table of ContentsForeword to the 2018 Anniversary Edition, by Stephen M. WaltPreface to the 2001 EditionPreface to the 1959 Edition1. Introduction2. The First Image: International Conflict and Human Behavior3. Some Implications of the First Image: The Behavioral Sciences and the Reduction of Interstate Violence4. The Second Image: International Conflict and the Internal Structure of States5. Some Implications of the Second Image: International Socialism and the Coming of the First World War6. The Third Image: International Conflict and International Anarchy7. Some Implications of the Third Image: Examples from Economics, Politics, and History8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex
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University of Illinois Press Womens Political Activism in Palestine
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Women's Political Activism in Palestine is remarkable for its attention to detail that is skillfully pitched to appeal both to readers with interests in women's activism more generally and to those with a deeper regional knowledge specific to Palestine. . . . A thought-provoking text that sits among the finest social scientific works on contemporary Palestine in recent years." --LSE Review of Books"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"The author has succeeded in achieving the aim of analysing and generating a better understanding of micro-level politics as represented in Palestinian women's everyday practices." --Women's Studies International Forum"A narrative that is rich with fresh insights and enlightening anecdotes, and affords a cluster of new solutions to old problems." --South Asia Magazine"Sophie Richter-Devroe's research offers a rich description and analysis of women's political activism in Palestine. . . . The focus on women's multiple forms of political engagement in the post Al-Aqsa intifada fills a gap in our knowledge about the contemporary landscape of women's politics in Palestine." --Journal of Women, Politics & Policy"Richter-Devroe's book navigates many complex trajectories and dispels the notion of understanding the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle from a Western liberal viewpoint." --Middle East Monitor"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"This brilliant book challenges successfully common theoretical approaches to the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Richter-Devroe takes the analysis of women's resistance in Palestine into new intriguing and fascinating areas of inquiry. This book successfully combines a very thorough theoretical examination with a very humane narration of life in Palestine under the Israeli colonization. A must-read for students, scholars, and anyone looking to shed new light on the evergreen topic of Palestinian resistance."--Ilan Pappé, author of The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel "Richter Devroe offers a rich and nuanced account of women’s ways of doing politics in contemporary occupied Palestine. It is an essential reading for all those seeking to understand how resistance is entrenched into mundane and ordinary practices in everyday life."--Ruba Salih, author of Gender in Transnationalism: Home, Longing, and Belonging among Moroccan Migrant Women
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Indiana University Press Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great
Book SynopsisPresents a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peace-buildingTrade ReviewThe African Great Lakes Region has been overwhelmingly shaped by war. An international group of scholars examines the region's conflicts and efforts to re-establish peace, observing that no single approach will suffice by itself.Dec. 2014 - Jan.2015 * Survival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region Kenneth Omeje and Tricia Redeker HepnerPart I. The Great Lakes Region: Challenges of the Past and Present1. Understanding the Diversity and Complexity of Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region Kenneth Omeje2. The History and Politics of Regionalism and Integration in East AfricaHannington Ochwada3. Multipolar Politics and Regional Integration in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Non-State Actors Doreen AlusaPart II. Case Studies of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes4. Historical Dynamics of Northern Uganda Conflict: A Longitudinal Struggle for Nation-Building Elias Omondi Opongo5. Kofi Annan's Conflict Resolution Model and Peacebuilding in KenyaAlfred Anangwe6. Justice versus Reconciliation: The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in KenyaOzonnia Ojielo7. Climate Change and Peacebuilding among Pastoralist Communities in Northeastern Uganda and Western Kenya Julaina A. Obika and Harriet K. BibangambahPart III. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes 8. Media Sustainability in a Post-Conflict Environment: Radio Broadcasting in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda Marie-Soleil Frère9. Youth in Transition: The Arts and Cultural Resonance in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda Lindsay M. McClain and Tricia Redeker Hepner10. Gender Issues in Reintegration: A Feminist and Rights-Based Analysis of the Experiences of Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda Eric Awich Ochen11. "The Ambivalence of the Sacred": Christianity, Genocide and Reconciliation in Rwanda Janine Natalya ClarkList of ContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Beyond Versailles
Book SynopsisBeyond Versailles considers how, in the wake of the Paris Peace Treaties, national and regional leaders sought to remake their states in accordance with international agreements while still responding to local preferences and needs.Trade Review"This is an excellent collected volume, well-conceived and very well written. . . . This is not at all a top-down history of the diffusion of ideas about national self-determination. Rather, it is an examination of the ways in which these ideas were taken up, re-fashioned, and reasserted at many levels to serve local and regional agendas, while at the same time influencing international debates about the meanings and possible implementations of self-determination."—Pieter M. Judson, author of The Habsburg Empire: A New History"This is an insightful investigation of the enduring impact and relevance of ideas and structures given prominence by the negotiations and settlements at the end of the First World War, raising important questions about the intellectual frameworks and mindsets of the inter-war period."—Alan Sharp, author of The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923"Beyond Versailles powerfully demonstrates the value of doing gritty history and connecting the principles and practices of distant diplomats with their on-the-ground meaning. The essays would deepen and enhance a graduate syllabus about the interwar period, the rise of nation-states, and World War I."—Mary Bridges - Yale University, H NET"The essays in this excellent volume give us a clear demonstration of that principle at work in the world that the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy) vainly tried to create in Paris in 1919. The book also underscores the need for us to look backward to this age of strategic narcissism if we hope to understand our own."—Michael S. Neiberg - US Army War College, Austrian History Yearbook
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Indiana University Press Beyond Versailles
Book SynopsisBeyond Versailles considers how, in the wake of the Paris Peace Treaties, national and regional leaders sought to remake their states in accordance with international agreements while still responding to local preferences and needs.Trade Review"This is an excellent collected volume, well-conceived and very well written. . . . This is not at all a top-down history of the diffusion of ideas about national self-determination. Rather, it is an examination of the ways in which these ideas were taken up, re-fashioned, and reasserted at many levels to serve local and regional agendas, while at the same time influencing international debates about the meanings and possible implementations of self-determination."—Pieter M. Judson, author of The Habsburg Empire: A New History"This is an insightful investigation of the enduring impact and relevance of ideas and structures given prominence by the negotiations and settlements at the end of the First World War, raising important questions about the intellectual frameworks and mindsets of the inter-war period."—Alan Sharp, author of The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923"Beyond Versailles powerfully demonstrates the value of doing gritty history and connecting the principles and practices of distant diplomats with their on-the-ground meaning. The essays would deepen and enhance a graduate syllabus about the interwar period, the rise of nation-states, and World War I."—Mary Bridges - Yale University, H NET"The essays in this excellent volume give us a clear demonstration of that principle at work in the world that the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy) vainly tried to create in Paris in 1919. The book also underscores the need for us to look backward to this age of strategic narcissism if we hope to understand our own."—Michael S. Neiberg - US Army War College, Austrian History Yearbook
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University of Notre Dame Press Celebrating Peace v.11 Boston University Studies
Book SynopsisThe contributors reflect on the concept of peace from a variety of viewpoints. This volume intends not only to celebrate peace but to contribute to an understanding of it through philosophical, theological and literary explorations.Trade Review"The twelve essayists (Gilligan, Yoder, Bok, Toulmin, Rendtorff, Moltmann, Minear, Larson, Smart, Parekh, Berrigan, and Levertov) present a thought-provoking and stimulating range of views on the issue of peace. The essays are grouped in four themes: just war, perpetual peace, and the nation-state; Christian conceptions of peace; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace; and peacemaking in terms of prophecy and poetry." —Journal of Ecumenical StudiesTable of ContentsJust war, perpetual peace and the nation-state, John J.Gilligan, et al; Christian conceptions of peace, Trutz Rendtorff, et al; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace, Gerald J.Larson, et al; making peace - prophecy, protest and poetry, Daniel Berrigan S.J. and Denise Levertov.
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University of Notre Dame Press Offering Hospitality
Book SynopsisIn Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theologyChristian realism, pacifism, and the just war traditionand argues that Christian political theologies on war remain, for the most part, inward-looking and resistant to criticism from opposing viewpoints.In light of the new problems that require choices about the use of forcegenocide, terrorism, and failed states, to name just a fewa rethinking of the conventional arguments about just war and pacifism is timely and important. Gentry's insightful perspective marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to prevailing theories, such as Christian realism represented in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and the pacifist tradition of Stanley Hauerwas. She draws out the connection between hospitality in postmodern literature and hospitality as derived from the Christian conception of agape, and relates the literature on hosTrade Review"This is a bold and brave book that tackles weighty matters pertaining to violence and community with a deft touch. Caron Gentry’s perspective, which marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to Christian realist, just war, and pacifist concerns, is fresh and insightful. She succeeds wonderfully in carving out a space that relates the literature on hospitality to the contemporary ethics of war. This book will be of major interest to scholars working in theology, international relations, political theory, and religious ethics." —Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow"Caron Gentry offers a daring constructive moral proposal here calling for a reconstruction of the just war ethic’s criterion of last resort as a platform for embodying a deep form of Christian hospitality in international affairs. Along the way she analyzes the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Stanley Hauerwas, and Jean Bethke Elshtain. A must read for students of political theology, international relations, and feminist theory." —Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary"Gentry challenges modern just-war theologians to move beyond abstract notions of the state to embrace both the new realities of global warfare and the eternal reality of agape love. . . . Gentry's book contributes an informed feminist and postmodern critique to the just-war conversation. She does a fine job of outlining gaps in current just-war theorizing and begins to scratch the surface of envisioning new answers." —Publishers Weekly“This is a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just to avoid war or practice it with restraint, but to build peace. May the numbers increase.” —America Magazine“Caron [E. Gentry] brings a lens of feminism and a theology of the marginalized to bear against popular political theologies that rely on a state-centric view of the world. A dense and interesting read.” —Prism“Gentry . . . presents an alternative approach to building and sustaining international political life through the Christian ethic of hospitality. . . . She argues that a Christian approach of hospitality offers a morally preferable approach to coping with failed states and international political conflicts because it can bypass hegemonic power and is better able to incorporate the needs and wants of the weak, the vulnerable, and the poor.” —Choice“By applying the concept of ‘hospitality’ in both the Christian notion of agape and in post-modern thought, [Gentry] seeks to transform each of these approaches to war in order to pave the way for a ‘better peace’ . . . Offering Hospitality is a provocative and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to Christian thinking about war.” —Political Studies Review“Gentry brings together theory, data, and practice in a stark analysis of conflict and puts forth a robust Christian approach to war. . . Though Gentry writes with an American Christian audience in mind, the principles embodied in this work find support in a plurality of religious and political traditions and extend beyond the purview of American politics, even to include a variety of inter-communal as well as inter-personal relationships. This work contributes a fresh and overdue perspective to the conversation.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
£21.84
University of Notre Dame Press Telling the Truths
Book SynopsisConfronting the past has become an established norm for countries undergoing transitions from violence to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, or both. This book draws from two bodies of literaturepeace building and transitional justiceto examine whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace and, if so, how and under what conditions. The authors approach these questions by examining whether truth telling contributes to the following elements, all of which are deemed to be constitutive of sustainable peace: reconciliation, human rights, gender equity, restorative justice, the rule of law, the mitigation of violence, and the healing of trauma.While the transitional-justice literature appears to have grasped the importance of truth telling for securing sustainable peace, few studies have undertaken empirical analysis and evaluations of the long-term impact of such mechanisms. Contributors to this interdisciplinary volumefrom the fields of political sTrade Review“The volume's objective, as editor Tristan Anne Borer states in her introduction, is to examine 'whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions.' It is a welcome aim. Neither the post-conflict peace-building literature nor the transitional justice literature has rigorously and systematically examined that relationship. . . . Borer's introduction stands out as one of the better chapters, providing a solid overview of the literature, and a lucid discussion of key conceptual and definitional issues.” —Political Science Quarterly"Truth telling is always important but never more so than when a country undergoes a transition. Getting to the truth challenges myths, half-truths, denials, and lies. When the silence is broken, it offers the opportunity for new beginnings. Telling the Truths is a major step in this direction." —Alex Boraine, Founding President and Chairperson of the Board, International Center for Transitional Justice, Cape Town, South Africa"This interesting, well-written book is timely and important for scholars of democratic transitions and conflict resolution as well as those working in the areas of international law and organization." —Jackie Smith, Sociology and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame“This collection demonstrates that scholarship of transitional justice and truth-telling structures is reaching a new stage of maturity. This interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners confront and problematize a number of aspirational assumptions found in the discourse between both scholars and policy-makers about the utility of truth commissions. The authors explicitly question the value of truth telling for countries emerging from protracted conflicts, call for modest expectations of any single attempt to hasten reconciliation, and present nuanced interpretations of the complexities of truth telling and peace building. . . . [They] discuss cases and raise questions and hypotheses that can inspire a new research agenda on the relationship between truth and peace.” —Human Rights and Human Welfare"This is a specialized volume that furthers the development of the interdisciplinary field of peace studies, and belongs in most university libraries. . . In an insightful introductory chapter, she lays out the research challenges in looking at truth telling as a peace-building activity, and then examines empirical evidence in case studies across the globe. . . With contributors from around the world and from several disciplines, the volume seeks to weigh truth telling as part of the restorative justice process and to document that peace building involves long-term processes." —Choice
£25.19
University of Notre Dame Press Violence and Reconstruction
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to focus on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed. Since the mid-1990s many peace processes, including those in Israel-Palestine, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Northern Ireland, have reverted to violence while seeking to implement formal peace agreements. In all these cases the persistence and forms of violence have been among the main determinants of the success or failure of the peace process. Violence and Reconstruction adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of policies including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Leading scholars explore in detail each of these aspects of postwar violence. Their findings draw attention to the increased willingness of the state to turn to militias to carry on violence by proxy; to the importance of distinguishing between the aims aTrade Review"Darby has edited a thoughtful book whose eight chapters form a coherent whole. It concerns violence which takes place after the implementation of a peace accord has started. . . . an erudite, coherent, crafted, thoughtful, and informative volume."—Journal of Peace Research"This well-organized and effective book could not be timelier. It sets out, and achieves, an ambitious program for itself." —Andrew Williams, University of Kent"This volume makes an original contribution to the field and will be read with great interest by scholars, graduate students, and the policy community. The contributors present an important set of arguments that engage the scholarly and policy-oriented debates about peace implementation and peacebuilding by teasing out the complex and sometimes counterintuitive relationships between violence and peace." —Terrence Lyons, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
£70.55
University of Notre Dame Press Troublemakers or Peacemakers
Book SynopsisIn contemporary armed conflicts, youth are often on the frontlines of combat and, after peace accords are signed, they are both potential threats to peace and significant peace-building resources. Troublemakers or Peacemakers? breaks new ground by exploring youth actions, perceptions, and needs as central components of the challenge of post-war peace building. The contributors develop theory and policy recommendations based on field research in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Guatemala, Colombia, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Israel-Palestine.Trade Review“This is an excellent compendium of research on largely micro-efforts at peace building aimed at youth, set in the context of country conflicts that remained violent and unjust after the conclusion of peace accords. The articles provide the context of conflicts in Guatemala, Colombia, Rwanda, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Palestine, and Israel. A few provocative thematic essays summarize the state of the literature on peace building, introducing the book's important and under-studied focus on youth, and arguing that youth can make or break sustainable peace efforts.” —Political Science Quarterly"Troublemakers or Peacemakers? comes at just the right time. While the international community now acknowledges the important role that youth play in ending or perpetuating organized violence, neither the United Nations nor country governments know what to do about it. Professor McEvoy-Levy’s project provides cutting-edge perspectives on youth and conflict concerns, and practical insights into programmatic responses that have worked in fragile and failed states around the world. It is a must read for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners."—Neil Boothby, Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University"This volume focuses on young people whose daily interactions and behaviors often shape the outcome of formal peace settlements in their society. It presents a theoretical context to examine youths' worldviews in a wide range of civil conflicts, asking when and how long-held hostile images of, and interactions between, opponents are reinforced and when and how they are transformed. The authors addressing this understudied question suggest important ways that youth in post-conflict societies make sense of their world and identify specific conditions under which they move from being combatants to peacemakers."—Marc Howard Ross, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor, Bryn Mawr College"This book makes an original contribution to the field of peace and conflict studies. It brings together valuable information in an extremely readable and integrated book."—Julia Chaitin, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University
£87.55
University of Notre Dame Press Women and the Contested State
Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
£74.70
University of Notre Dame Press Women and the Contested State
Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
£21.59
University of Notre Dame Press Stories from Palestine Narratives of Resilience
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Marda Dunsky is not only courageous in confronting Palestinian reality but also provides essential context and necessary access to Palestinian voices, which are generally unheard or ignored by Western academic and nonacademic audiences. Overall, she succeeds in amplifying Palestinian voices in their own words, highlighting their humanity and creative agency outside of narrow stereotypes. The voices she brings forth in Stories from Palestine need to be heard and contextualized, and time is of the essence." —Deema K. Shehabi, author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon"Marda Dunsky brings a unique combination of a journalist’s storytelling ability, a scholar’s discipline and depth of knowledge, and long first-hand experience in the Middle East to her stories about Palestinian life in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Besides providing us with a compelling narrative, Dunsky provides the reader context for understanding a conflict most Americans know only in caricatured terms." —Craig LaMay, author of Exporting Press Freedom"Palestinians rarely feature as ordinary people in most portrayals of them, which are marred by sensationalism and superficiality. In a welcome departure, Stories from Palestine illustrates the reality of Palestinian lives by showing their human potential, their strivings, and their successes. Meticulously reported, this uplifting but gritty book illuminates human aspects of their existence that must be understood if there is to be any hope of justice, equality, and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis." —Rashid Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit"Palestinians are geniuses at making a way out of no way, of defying a 50-year occupation with courage and creativity. . . . Dunsky is unsparing in describing the human rights violations Palestinians endure, but her interview subjects want to be seen not as victims but as vibrant people with much to contribute." —Booklist"The main thread running through all the narratives in Stories from Palestine is resilience under occupation and authoritarian self-rule: Resistance to archaic social traditions, family despotism, male domination, and most significantly, Israeli occupation. . . . The narratives . . . do not yield a quaint painting of a distant landscape. Instead, as the author explains, they are a mirror reflecting not only what can be empirically experienced but also what can be critically known." —Fathom“Stories from Palestine foregoes the usual framing of Palestinians as either victims or perpetrators of violence. Instead Marda Dunsky profiles a number of quite remarkable people who have resisted the pull of despair, said no to the appeal of hatred and violence, and summoned the will and perseverance to act as creative agents of change.” —The Friend: The Quaker Magazine"Marda Dunsky has written a compelling book about Palestinians that intertwines narratives of ordinary people, Israeli-Palestinian history, and her own scholarly artistry as a writer. Through the eyes of women and men she charts a complete landscape that will be the future State of Palestine." —H-Nationalism, H-Net Reviews"A reporter and journalist, Dunsky portrays what life and work is like for several of the 5 million Palestinians living under occupation in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. . . . [T]he author’s ethnographic account offers narratives of the everyday struggles, accomplishments, hopes, and strengths of her subjects as an alternative to the characterization of Palestinians as violent resisters or brutalized victims." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Story Behind Five Stories 1. Made in Palestine 2. Lessons in Liberation 3. Beautiful Resistance 4. Day by Day in Jerusalem 5. In Gaza, They Are Not Numbers 6. Imperatives of Narrative
£28.80
University of Notre Dame Press Stories from Palestine
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Marda Dunsky is not only courageous in confronting Palestinian reality but also provides essential context and necessary access to Palestinian voices, which are generally unheard or ignored by Western academic and nonacademic audiences. Overall, she succeeds in amplifying Palestinian voices in their own words, highlighting their humanity and creative agency outside of narrow stereotypes. The voices she brings forth in Stories from Palestine need to be heard and contextualized, and time is of the essence." —Deema K. Shehabi, author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon"Marda Dunsky brings a unique combination of a journalist’s storytelling ability, a scholar’s discipline and depth of knowledge, and long first-hand experience in the Middle East to her stories about Palestinian life in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Besides providing us with a compelling narrative, Dunsky provides the reader context for understanding a conflict most Americans know only in caricatured terms." —Craig LaMay, author of Exporting Press Freedom"Palestinians rarely feature as ordinary people in most portrayals of them, which are marred by sensationalism and superficiality. In a welcome departure, Stories from Palestine illustrates the reality of Palestinian lives by showing their human potential, their strivings, and their successes. Meticulously reported, this uplifting but gritty book illuminates human aspects of their existence that must be understood if there is to be any hope of justice, equality, and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis." —Rashid Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit"Palestinians are geniuses at making a way out of no way, of defying a 50-year occupation with courage and creativity. . . . Dunsky is unsparing in describing the human rights violations Palestinians endure, but her interview subjects want to be seen not as victims but as vibrant people with much to contribute." —Booklist"The main thread running through all the narratives in Stories from Palestine is resilience under occupation and authoritarian self-rule: Resistance to archaic social traditions, family despotism, male domination, and most significantly, Israeli occupation. . . . The narratives . . . do not yield a quaint painting of a distant landscape. Instead, as the author explains, they are a mirror reflecting not only what can be empirically experienced but also what can be critically known." —Fathom“Stories from Palestine foregoes the usual framing of Palestinians as either victims or perpetrators of violence. Instead Marda Dunsky profiles a number of quite remarkable people who have resisted the pull of despair, said no to the appeal of hatred and violence, and summoned the will and perseverance to act as creative agents of change.” —The Friend: The Quaker Magazine"Marda Dunsky has written a compelling book about Palestinians that intertwines narratives of ordinary people, Israeli-Palestinian history, and her own scholarly artistry as a writer. Through the eyes of women and men she charts a complete landscape that will be the future State of Palestine." —H-Nationalism, H-Net Reviews"A reporter and journalist, Dunsky portrays what life and work is like for several of the 5 million Palestinians living under occupation in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. . . . [T]he author’s ethnographic account offers narratives of the everyday struggles, accomplishments, hopes, and strengths of her subjects as an alternative to the characterization of Palestinians as violent resisters or brutalized victims." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Story Behind Five Stories 1. Made in Palestine 2. Lessons in Liberation 3. Beautiful Resistance 4. Day by Day in Jerusalem 5. In Gaza, They Are Not Numbers 6. Imperatives of Narrative
£19.79
University of Notre Dame Press Defiance in Exile
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The stories found within Defiance in Exile are an altogether human story of our species’ ability to enact unimaginable harm and suffering, while simultaneously illuminating the human capacity for hope and empathy. Athamneh and Masud are masterful storytellers, and they narrate the lives of the individuals they encounter with an emotional richness that brings the reader into the experiences without any hint of voyeurism.” —Hillary J. Haldane, co-editor of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence“Defiance in Exile provides compelling first-person testimony of Syrian women’s experiences in the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The accounts are vivid and well-presented, and we need to hear such voices to counteract the often hostile rhetoric about Syrian refugees that one hears in North Atlantic countries.” —Kim Shively, author of Islam in Modern Turkey"If there is a 'must read' book inspired by what has happened to Syria and Syrians over the past decade, this is it. In telling the gripping stories of Syrian refugee women dealing with dispossession while leading their families and affirming themselves, Defiance in Exile speaks with penetrating insight and jarring directness to each one of us. No one will come away from reading this book unmoved or unchanged." —Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, diplomat-in-residence at Bard College and former US special envoy to Syria"This hortatory collection of Syrian women refugees’ stories, this j'accuse against the evil Asad regime and a willfully oblivious world, is a call to awareness and action. Can you read these stories of loss, madness, despair, claustrophobia, and resilience without screaming that something must be done?" —Miriam Cooke, author of Dancing in Damascus"Defiance in Exile is a powerful testimony of hope despite war, unimaginable heartbreak, and economic hardship. It is a book that delivers on its promise to truly reveal what it is like to be in a refugee camp. And it closes with a profoundly moving message of the need to care for and be in solidarity with the oppressed." —Dawn Chatty, author of Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State"If you want to be aware of the desperate life of Syrian refugees living in camps outside their lost home country, this book is a must. Defiance in Exile reflects an urgent call to do something about the Syrian refugee crisis." —Nikolaos van Dam, former ambassador of the Netherlands and special envoy for Syria and author of Destroying a Nation"This slim volume by Athamneh and Masud movingly portrays the tragic condition of the millions of Syrians uprooted from their country because of the ongoing civil war that began in 2011. In particular, the authors focus on the impact on women living in the Zaatari refugee camp, located in the Jordanian desert." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Mission Is Born 1. A Chance To listen 2. How It All Started 3. Reaching The Camp 4. Memories And Tribulations 5. Saving The Children 6. Rising Amid The Pain Conclusion
£70.55
University of Notre Dame Press Future Peace
Book SynopsisFuture Peace urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war.Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, the eagerly awaited sequel to Future War, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public's lack of familiarity with these topics.Future Peace describes the many provoTrade Review“General Latiff writes with insight about the public belief that new weapons technology will allow us to prevail in any future conflict and how this belief inevitably leads to an increase in the likelihood of war. Future Peace is a book that should be read by US security officials and all members of Congress.” —William J. Perry, United States Secretary of Defense (1994–1997)“Complacency rather than war weariness may well be the principal product of our recent ‘forever wars.’ Robert Latiff’s excellent Future Peace offers an antidote to that complacency, calling attention to the multifaceted dangers inherent in rapid advances in military technology. Americans ignore his timely warning at their peril.” —Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse“This is a learned, deep, yet broadly accessible overview of one of the most important national security and public policy topics of the twenty-first century. Major General Robert Latiff, USAF, is one of the world’s leading thinkers about the interrelationship between war, technology, and ethics.” —Michael C. Desch, author of Cult of the Irrelevant"This book draws attention to the increasing reliance on technology and advanced weaponry in warfare, which can circumvent human decision making and expedite war before diplomacy and the human element has time to prevent it." —Veterans Today"Militaries globally are becoming more dangerously automated, with many decisions being turned over to machines. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his 2017 book, Future War, Latiff . . . warns that we aren’t paying enough attention to the growing influence that artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems are having on the strategy and conduct of war." —Notre Dame Magazine"Latiff suggests that national militaries build machines they do not and cannot entirely understand and whose behavior they may not be able to predict within the complex interactions comprising modern warfare. . . . Anyone interested in national and international security should read this book, from citizen scholars to politicians to specialists in military affairs." —Choice"Latiff’s book comes as a warning to practice caution when adopting new weapons technology, and aids in understanding human and technical behaviors to attenuate its harms and decrease the chances of war. Not only does technology make war easier and speedier, hence enabling the rush to war, but hinders human reasoning." —Politics TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. A Giant Armed Nervous System 2. Urges to Violence 3. Stumbling into War 4. Avoiding War Conclusion
£20.99
University of Notre Dame Press Just War and Christian Traditions
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is a superb resource that documents the many Christian roots of the just war tradition’s thought and practice. It is much needed now to remind us of how God’s people have sought best to meet each age’s spiritual and temporal challenges. Just War and Christian Traditions deserves a central place of reference and influence in debates on this topic.” —Mark A. Jumper, co-editor of The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy“Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles have produced a substantive and highly accessible book for anyone interested in the ethics of warfare. Highly recommended.“ —Bruce Riley Ashford, author of One Nation Under God“It is a special tragedy that the tradition of Just War, so earnestly needed as bellicose powers rise and global order strains, is too often forgotten or dismissed. Thanks to the scholars in these pages, a contemporary, accessible, and tradition-anchored anthology is now available to Christians on both why and how Just War matters. It is a magnificent and long overdue effort.” —Robert J. Joustra, author of The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom"So much more than merely a reminder of the development of just war thinking throughout the years, this splendid book offers wise, insightful, and truly useful guidance for readers as they seek to navigate the challenges of our complex twenty-first century. It is a privilege to recommend this remarkable volume." —David S. Dockery, co-editor of Christian Worldview Handbook"Just War and Christian Traditions is a rich, multi-layered compendium of essays from a wide array of Christian thinkers. This is a treasure trove of just war history, thought and application. Patterson and Charles should be commended for writing such a timely and necessary book." —David C. Iglesias, director of the Center for Faith, Politics & Economics“This collection reminds us that the just war framework is not a new way of thinking but one grounded in scripture, natural law, and the wide Christian intellectual tradition.” —Marc LiVecche, author of The Good Kill“This wonderful, balanced collection explores the development of just war thinking in eight major religious traditions/denominations. It should be read by anyone interested in how Christians have approached, or should approach, matters of war and peace.” —Mark David Hall, author of Great Christian Jurists in American History"A valuable and helpful resource that fills a particular gap in existing just war literature. The collection's essays are thoughtful, accessible, and rich with theological and historical insights." —Reading ReligionTable of ContentsContributors Foreword: The Honorable John Ashcroft 1. Christian Approaches to Just War, Peace, & Security, Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles 2. Catholic Just War Thinking, Joseph Capizzi 3. The Orthodox Church on Just War, Darrel Cole 4. Luther’s Political Thought and Its Contribution to the Just War Tradition, H. David Baer 5. John Calvin and the Reformed View of War, Resistance, and Political Duty, Keith Pavlischek 6. Anglican Thought on Just War, Daniel Strand and Nigel Biggar 7. Methodism and War: Mark Tooley 8. Praying for Peace but Preparing for War: Baptists and the Just War Tradition, Timothy Demy 9. Anabaptists and the Sword, J. Daryl Charles
£87.55
University of Notre Dame Press Just War and Christian Traditions
Book SynopsisThis much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application to contemporary conflicts.Recent Christian reflection on war has largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a much-needed and original evaluation of how Christian traditions and denominations may employ this thinking today.The introduction examines the historical development of Christian just war thinking, differences between just war thinking and the alternatives of pacifism and holy war, distinctions among Christian thinkers on issues such as the role of the state and lesser evil politics, and shared Christian theological commitments with public policy ramifications (for example, the priority of peace). The chapters that follow outlinefrom Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, ReTrade Review“This book is a superb resource that documents the many Christian roots of the just war tradition’s thought and practice. It is much needed now to remind us of how God’s people have sought best to meet each age’s spiritual and temporal challenges. Just War and Christian Traditions deserves a central place of reference and influence in debates on this topic.” —Mark A. Jumper, co-editor of The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy“Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles have produced a substantive and highly accessible book for anyone interested in the ethics of warfare. Highly recommended.“ —Bruce Riley Ashford, author of One Nation Under God“It is a special tragedy that the tradition of Just War, so earnestly needed as bellicose powers rise and global order strains, is too often forgotten or dismissed. Thanks to the scholars in these pages, a contemporary, accessible, and tradition-anchored anthology is now available to Christians on both why and how Just War matters. It is a magnificent and long overdue effort.” —Robert J. Joustra, author of The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom"So much more than merely a reminder of the development of just war thinking throughout the years, this splendid book offers wise, insightful, and truly useful guidance for readers as they seek to navigate the challenges of our complex twenty-first century. It is a privilege to recommend this remarkable volume." —David S. Dockery, co-editor of Christian Worldview Handbook"Just War and Christian Traditions is a rich, multi-layered compendium of essays from a wide array of Christian thinkers. This is a treasure trove of just war history, thought and application. Patterson and Charles should be commended for writing such a timely and necessary book." —David C. Iglesias, director of the Center for Faith, Politics & Economics“This collection reminds us that the just war framework is not a new way of thinking but one grounded in scripture, natural law, and the wide Christian intellectual tradition.” —Marc LiVecche, author of The Good Kill“This wonderful, balanced collection explores the development of just war thinking in eight major religious traditions/denominations. It should be read by anyone interested in how Christians have approached, or should approach, matters of war and peace.” —Mark David Hall, author of Great Christian Jurists in American History"A valuable and helpful resource that fills a particular gap in existing just war literature. The collection's essays are thoughtful, accessible, and rich with theological and historical insights." —Reading ReligionTable of ContentsContributors Foreword: The Honorable John Ashcroft 1. Christian Approaches to Just War, Peace, & Security, Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles 2. Catholic Just War Thinking, Joseph Capizzi 3. The Orthodox Church on Just War, Darrel Cole 4. Luther’s Political Thought and Its Contribution to the Just War Tradition, H. David Baer 5. John Calvin and the Reformed View of War, Resistance, and Political Duty, Keith Pavlischek 6. Anglican Thought on Just War, Daniel Strand and Nigel Biggar 7. Methodism and War: Mark Tooley 8. Praying for Peace but Preparing for War: Baptists and the Just War Tradition, Timothy Demy 9. Anabaptists and the Sword, J. Daryl Charles
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University of Notre Dame Press Costs of Justice
Book SynopsisGrodsky examines the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes in postcommunist Poland, Croatia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan ,and a broad range of post-conflict policy making. Trade Review“Brian K. Grodsky seeks to understand the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes and, by implication, a broad range of post-conflict policy making. He develops and empirically evaluates a theoretical framework, relying on extensive original primary research and cross-national fieldwork—all things that have traditionally been lacking in much of the relevant transitional justice literature, until recently. The Costs of Justice is situated on the cutting edge of the field.” —David Backer, The College of William & Mary"An insightful, profound, and conceptually innovative analysis of the daunting challenges encountered by the new democracies in their endeavors to confront the traumatic past. Grodsky's comparative approach allows him to highlight similarities and differences between states, institutions, and elites engaged in pursuing political and moral justice. A most valuable contribution to the major ongoing debate on the relationship between democracy, history, memory, and justice." —Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland“The Costs of Justice: How Leaders Respond to Previous Rights Abuses . . . provides an innovative study of the process by which governments decide which transitional justice policies to adopt. Grodsky makes an interesting contribution to the field of transitional justice, by focusing on the domestic dimensions, and power play that affect and often define justice policy-making in transitional societies. Furthermore, the author does a commendable job at highlighting the similarities and differences between all four states in their attempts to come to terms with their past and carry out justice.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies“While attempts to understand, or evaluate, the social and political effects of transitional justice policies have also attracted growing interest from a wide array of academic disciplines, from political science and law to sociology and psychology, Grodsky seeks to bring methodological clarity to attempts to explain transitional justice.” —International Journal of Transitional Justice“A truly international comparative history, with a clear explanatory model that can be tested in other regions of the world that have undergone often wrenching post-totalitarian changes with the demise of the Cold War. . . This work deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone who studies transitional justice, for it will be cited by forthcoming works in the field for years to come.” —Human Rights Review Online“This is an important new book that will be of major interest to those engaged in the study of transitional justice as well as scholars and practitioners working in the related literatures of political science, human rights, and democratization.” —International Studies Review
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University of Notre Dame Press Offering Hospitality
Book SynopsisIn Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron Gentry contributes an informed feminist and postmodernist critique to the just-war conversation.Trade Review"This is a bold and brave book that tackles weighty matters pertaining to violence and community with a deft touch. Caron Gentry’s perspective, which marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to Christian realist, just war, and pacifist concerns, is fresh and insightful. She succeeds wonderfully in carving out a space that relates the literature on hospitality to the contemporary ethics of war. This book will be of major interest to scholars working in theology, international relations, political theory, and religious ethics." —Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow"Caron Gentry offers a daring constructive moral proposal here calling for a reconstruction of the just war ethic’s criterion of last resort as a platform for embodying a deep form of Christian hospitality in international affairs. Along the way she analyzes the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Stanley Hauerwas, and Jean Bethke Elshtain. A must read for students of political theology, international relations, and feminist theory." —Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary"Gentry challenges modern just-war theologians to move beyond abstract notions of the state to embrace both the new realities of global warfare and the eternal reality of agape love. . . . Gentry's book contributes an informed feminist and postmodern critique to the just-war conversation. She does a fine job of outlining gaps in current just-war theorizing and begins to scratch the surface of envisioning new answers." —Publishers Weekly“This is a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just to avoid war or practice it with restraint, but to build peace. May the numbers increase.” —America Magazine“Caron [E. Gentry] brings a lens of feminism and a theology of the marginalized to bear against popular political theologies that rely on a state-centric view of the world. A dense and interesting read.” —Prism“Gentry . . . presents an alternative approach to building and sustaining international political life through the Christian ethic of hospitality. . . . She argues that a Christian approach of hospitality offers a morally preferable approach to coping with failed states and international political conflicts because it can bypass hegemonic power and is better able to incorporate the needs and wants of the weak, the vulnerable, and the poor.” —Choice“By applying the concept of ‘hospitality’ in both the Christian notion of agape and in post-modern thought, [Gentry] seeks to transform each of these approaches to war in order to pave the way for a ‘better peace’ . . . Offering Hospitality is a provocative and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to Christian thinking about war.” —Political Studies Review“Gentry brings together theory, data, and practice in a stark analysis of conflict and puts forth a robust Christian approach to war. . . Though Gentry writes with an American Christian audience in mind, the principles embodied in this work find support in a plurality of religious and political traditions and extend beyond the purview of American politics, even to include a variety of inter-communal as well as inter-personal relationships. This work contributes a fresh and overdue perspective to the conversation.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
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University of Notre Dame Press The Catholic Case against War
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