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Cosimo Classics The Great Illusion
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Echo Point Books & Media A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22
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Echo Point Books & Media A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22
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Lulu.com Twenty: Twenty Poems Inspired by Events of 2020
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Peace Knowledge Press Peace Education Around the World
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Kiye Media The Flame and the Human Family
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Longueville Media The Sky is Ours
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Urban Warfare
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The Mercier Press Ltd The Dead Beside Us:: A Memoir of Growing up in Derry
Book SynopsisIn this sequel to the hugely-popular This Man’s Wee Boy, young Tony Doherty struggles to come to terms with the murder of his father, Paddy, on Bloody Sunday and the impact it has on his mother, Eileen, and his brothers and sisters. At nine years old, he knows a terrible wrong has been committed against his family but lacks the understanding or the means to do anything about it – yet. For his fractured family, life goes on, with Tony determined to preserve the memory of his father and the bond they shared, even as he becomes increasingly immersed in the violent conflict raging on Derry’s streets. As the 1970s unfold his father’s absence remains the backdrop to the teenage Tony’s newfound friendships and relationships, an ever-present ache amidst the craic and excitement of Sunday dances, first kisses and a trip to Butlins. Then, at seventeen, Tony decides it’s time to join the fight.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
Book SynopsisAlthough there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons. Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the existence of the most savage weapons of mass destruction ever known. It is the essential handbook for those who want to debunk the arguments of the industry and its supporters: deploying case studies, statistics and irrefutable evidence to demonstrate they are fundamentally flawed, both factually and logically. Far from protecting us, the book shows how the arms trade undermines our security by fanning the flames of war, terrorism and global instability. In countering these myths, the book points to ways in which we can combat the arms trade’s malignant influence, reclaim our democracies and reshape our economies.Trade ReviewIn an unflinching assessment of the arguments that support the global trade in conventional weapons, Holden holds this new book up to its title, finding such myths to be indefensible.' * Arms Control Today *Debunks the myths commonly used to defend the indefensible. The author helps us to recognise those myths on the basis of a breathtaking, well-researched array of cases, and leads us to the conclusion that change is not only needed, but is actually possible. * Ana Gomes MEP, member of the EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs *Bristling with facts, figures, and incisive case studies, Indefensible shines a bright light on the dark underbelly of the global arms trade. Cynicism, corruption, and sheer stupidity have produced a world awash with weapons. Holden and his collaborators show how we got into this mess and offer a way out. * Andrew J. Bacevich, author of America's War for the Greater Middle East *Essential reading for all those who believe that there are alternatives to the incessant cycle of wars and conflict. It is a calm and systematic analysis, which leaves the reader in no doubt that the arms trade can and must be challenged. * Anna Macdonald, Control Arms *Holden and his colleagues’ measured, succinct and cogent analysis of the shallowness of conventional wisdom is invaluable. This excellent book deserves the widest possible readership. * Nicholas Gilby, author of Deception in High Places: A History of Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade *A ground breaking effort in myth-busting, bringing together the foremost scholars on the global arms trade to untangle the web of lies surrounding this deadly industry. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the players who make modern warfare and all its attendant suffering possible. * Nick Turse, investigative journalist and author of Kill Anything that Moves *Indefensible not only explains what is wrong with the arms trade, but also provides us with the tools needed for change. * Wendela de Vries, Dutch Campaign Against the Arms Trade *Table of ContentsIndefensible: Setting the Scene Introduction Section 1: There Is No Problem Myth 1: Higher Defense Spending Equals Increased Security Myth 2: Military Spending Is Driven by Security Concerns Myth 3: We Can Control Where Weapons End Up and How They Are Used Myth 4: The Defense Industry Is a Key Contributor to National Economies Myth 5: Corruption in the Arms Trade Is Only a Problem in Developing Countries Myth 6: National Security Requires Blanket Secrecy Section 2: The Arms Trade Can't Be Beaten Myth 7: Now Is Not the Time Conclusion: Change Is Possible
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Democratic Peace Across the Middle East: Islam and Political Modernisation
Book SynopsisFrom Tunisia to Egypt and from Israel to Iran, the debates surrounding the concept of democracy in the Middle East are never straightforward. This has been particularly evident since the events of 2009 in Iran and the uprisings across the Arab world in late 2010 and 2011. Against this backdrop, Democratic Peace across the Middle East critically analyses the prospects for democracy throughout the region, specifically asking whether political and social modernisation are absolute preconditions for democratic peace to take hold in the region, or whether democracy without modernisation might be enough. It explores the dynamics between neo-patriarchy and Islam on the one hand, and democratisation and modernisation on the other, and also considers the prospect of the political accommodation of opposition groups. Incorporating an analysis of a variety of key dynamics which affect each Middle Eastern country in turn, such as tribal and sectarian identity, Islamism and the structure of political party systems, this book will appeal to those researching the Middle East and its patterns of rule.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Democracy, Islam, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace in the Middle East. Yakub Halabi Chapter 2: Foreign Policy of a Muslim Democracy: Turkish Foreign Policy under the Justice and Development Party. Turan Kayaoglu Chapter 3: Democracy, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace: The Case of Iran. Houchang Hassan-Yari and Mojtaba Mahdavi Chapter 4: Democracy, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace: The Case of Iraq. Eric Davis Chapter 5: Contested Democracy, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace: The Case of Egypt. Sabah Alnaseri and Stephen Maher Chapter 6: Democracy, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace: The Case of Tunisia (Author to be announced) Chapter 7: Democracy, Political Modernization and Democratic Peace: The Case of Lebanon. Malek Abisaab Chapter 8: Democracy, and Political Modernization and Democratic Peace within the Palestinian Authority. Yakub Halabi Chapter 9: Can Two Walk Together, Except They Be Agreed? Electoralization and Democratization in the Middle East, A View from Israel. Uriel Abulof Chapter 10: The Consonance of the Islamist Shari’a-State with the Requirement for a Democratic Peace in the Context of Arab Spring. Bassam Tibi Chapter 11: Conclusion. Yakub Halabi
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cyprus Before 1974: The Prelude to Crisis
Book SynopsisFocusing on the period from September 1964, when Senor Galo Lasso Plaza assumed the UN mediatory role, to the coup d’etat and the Turkish invasion ten years later, Cyprus Before 1974 seeks to unpick the internal conflicts which led to the failure of the peace process in Cyprus. Marilena Varnava studies three phases: Plaza’s mediation of 1964-1965; the negotiating impasse on the island during the period 1965-1967; and finally the inter-communal talks of 1968-1974. Varnava argues persuasively that each of these successive phases, particularly the latter two, were inextricably tied to political and social developments within the two main communities on the island itself. In particular, Cyprus before 1974 focuses on the events of 1968 - when the Greek-Cypriot political leadership, and the President of the Republic of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios III, failed to grasp the nature of the changes within the island’s post-independence arena. Recurrent attempts within both communities during the talks of that year to create faits accomplis favourable to their own bargaining positions served to heighten the barriers to a stable and peaceful outcome. This study enlarges our understanding of the underlying issues which the Turkish invasion of 1974 were to throw into stark relief and is essential reading for all those who study the Cyprus problem and conflict resolution.Table of ContentsABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION Historical Background PART I: 1964-1967 CHAPTER ONE Galo Plaza Report, 1964-1965: Origins and Consequences CHAPTER TWO 1964-1967: Reshuffling the Deck: The Restructuring of the State CHAPTER THREE 1964-1967: The Economic Development of the Island CHAPTER FOUR 1965-1967: A “Convenient” Negotiating Stalemate PART II: 1968-1974 CHAPTER FIVE November 1967 Crisis: A Turning Point CHAPTER SIX Inter-Communal Negotiations, 1968-1971 CHAPTER SEVEN The Final Attempt, 1972-1974 CONCLUSION APPENDIX I THIRTEEN POINTS OF MAKARIOS 1963 APPENDIX II VARIOUS PROPOSALS DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF INTER-COMMUNAL TALKS 1968-1971 ENDNOTES SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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Global East-West (London) Briser le mur du silence
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Global East-West (London) Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy III
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Global East-West (London) Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy III
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Global East-West (London) Enjeux de diplomatie contemporaine II
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Global East-West (London) Enjeux de diplomatie contemporaine II
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Global East-West (London) Enjeux de diplomatie contemporaine III
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Power and Conflict in Russia’s Borderlands: The Post-Soviet Geopolitics of Dispute Resolution
Book SynopsisAs Cold War battle lines are seemingly re-drawn, Russia’s various ‘frozen’ war zones (ongoing separatist conflicts) are often cited as particularly volatile and assumed by some Western commentators and policymakers to be ‘next’ on Putin’s ‘wish list’. But, as Helena Rytövuori-Apunen demonstrates here, this is a gross (and dangerous) oversimplification that will only serve to fuel the vicious circle of reciprocal military escalation. Drawing on a range of empirical research and across separatist conflicts in Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), Moldova (Transnistria and Gagauzia) and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, her timely book provides a balanced assessment and critique of the assumptions and misunderstandings that inform mainstream discussions, as well as placing the conflicts in their proper and complex historical contexts. At a time when there is an increasing tendency to view Russia as the source of all instability in Eastern Europe, Power and Conflict in Russia’s Borderlands is essential reading for anyone interested in the geopolitics of post-Soviet Russia, as well as policymakers and practitioners of peace/conflict resolution studies.Trade ReviewPower and Con?ict in Russia’s Borderlands offers an original and detailed study of Russia’s policies in frozen con?icts and is strongly recommended to advanced students and researchers interested in prospects of con?ict management and Europe’s security architecture. It will also be of great interest to area studies scholars, since the in-depth reconstruction of historical events regarding con?ict negotiations may help the reader to better understand the modern social and political structure of post-Soviet states. * Europe-Asia Studies *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Russia’s Deep Borders in the Making 2. Encounters with Georgia and Faltering Ways in the International Community 3. Dealing with Divided Moldova: Failed Resolution and Policies of Vertical Power 4. Nagorno-Karabakh: Leverage for Controlling the Deep Border Arrangements with Armenia and Azerbaijan 5. Conclusion: Russia’s Deep Border Practice in the Frozen Conflicts Index
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Bloomsbury Academic Inequality Identity and the Politics of Northern Ireland
Book SynopsisCurtis C. Holland is assistant professor of criminology and sociology at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.
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Independent Publishing Network 77 Seeking The Souls Of Green Birds
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Book SynopsisThe Israeli peace movement has been in decline since the 2000s. In particular, the liberal Zionist groups, who call for peace for the sake of the security and continuity of Israel, have become paralysed and almost voiceless since the second Intifada. However, despite the stagnation around the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, this book argues that other important groups have emerged that present new ways to challenge the status quo. These are radical groups that act in solidarity with the Palestinians and human rights organisations and whose aim is to reveal the realities of the occupation and hold the government to account. Leonie Fleishmann argues that these groups have been, and remain, the agenda setters, pushing the more moderate groups to mobilise more quickly and encouraging them to take up more confrontational ideas. Using social movements theory, and based on 50 interviews and participant observation, this book sheds light on contemporary Israeli peace activism.Trade ReviewThis is an important work for students of Israeli politics and the Palestine question, as well as for other specialists in comparative and international politics concerned with ethnic conflict, human rights in the face of apartheid-like structures, and social movements. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * CHOICE *A meticulously presented work of impeccable scholarship and an unreservedly recommended contribution to college and university library Israeli/Palestinian collections and supplemental curriculum studies. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Re-Framing Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism The Liberal Zionist Component: Failing to Resonate The Radical Component: Consistently Confrontational The Human Rights Component: Challenging Israeli Consensus Gender and the Framing of Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism Irreconcilable Differences Reconciling Differences: The Case of Sheikh Jarrah Moving Forward: New Ideas Chapter 3: New Ways to Resist Contained Collective Action Harnessing Institutionalised Forms of Activism Tours Nonviolent Resistance Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conscientious Objection Conclusion: Demobilisation, Expansion and Evolution Chapter 4: A Changing Landscape Who are the Activists? Mobilisation Structures since the Al Aqsa Intifada The International Dimension Mobilisation Beyond People: Funding Chapter 5: Three Paths of Activism Path One: Demobilisation of the Liberal Zionist Component Path Two: The Continued Efforts of the Human Rights Component Path Three: A New Wave of Radical Activism Chapter 6: Beyond the Policy Realm Reflections on the Theoretical Foundations of Social Movements The Influence of Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism Notes Appendix: Table of Israeli Peace and Anti-Occupation Groups Bibliography Index
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The Invisible Imprint The End of Conflict
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Can Democracy be Designed?: The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-Torn Societies
Book SynopsisConstitution-making for democracy has always been a highly political and contested process. It has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts attempt to build democratic institutions that will foster peace and stability in countries torn by violent conflict. The extended investigation out of which this book has grown has ranged across three continents. It has examined such apparently intractable cases as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Fiji, as well as apparent 'success stories' like South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. The authors, while regarding democracy as a general entitlement, refuse to subscribe to a triumphalist view which sees it as a universal panacea. Instead they seek to understand how democratic institutions actually facilitate (or sometimes fail to facilitate) improved governance and the management of conflict in a variety of national settings. This thoughtful and empirical set of explorations is highly relevant to other societies wrestling with similar problems of institutional design in situations of democratic transition and/or deep-seated social conflict.Trade Review'These highly informed original contributions on the politics of institutional design offer a wealth of insights.' Martin Doornbos, Institute of Social Studies, the Hague 'The book reinforces a message that cannot be repeated too often, it seems, which is the need to relate institutions and institutional innovation to its specific political context.' Vicky Randall, University of EssexTable of Contents Introduction: Can Democracy be Designed? - Sunil Bastian and Robin Luckham 1. Democratic Institutions and Democratic Politics and Political Violence - Robin Luckham, Anne Marie Goetz and Mary Kaldor 2. The Politics of Institutional Design in the South African Transition - David Pottie and Shireen Hassim 3. The Reformulation of Ugandan Democracy - James Katalikawe and Aaron Griffiths 4. Ghana: The Political Economy of 'Successful' Ethno-Regional Conflict Management - E. Gyimah-Boadi 5. The Politics of Institutional Design: An Overview of the Case of Sri Lanka - Radhika Coomaraswamy 6. Proportional Representation, Political Violence and the Participation of Women in the Political Process in Sri Lanka - Kishali Pinto Jayawardena 7. The Political Economy of Electoral Reform: Proportional Representation in Sri Lanka - Sunil Bastian 8. Electoral Engineering and the Politicization of Ethnic Frictions in Fiji - Jon Fraenkel 9. Building Democracy from the Outside: The Dayton Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Marcus Fox 10. Managing Ethnic Conflicts: Democratic Decentralization in Bosnia-Hercegovina - Vesna Bojicic 11. Conclusion: The Politics of Institutional Choice - Sunil Bastian and Robin Luckham
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Guerrillas: War and Peace in Central America
Book SynopsisThree parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. These wars were long and brutal, dividing international opinion sharply between US support for dictatorial regimes and the USSR’s sponsorship of guerrilla fighters. This fascinating study of the ‘guerrilla generation’ is based on in-depth interviews with both guerrilla comandantes and political and military leaders of the time. Dirk Kruijt analyses the dreams and achievements, the successes and failures, the utopias and dystopias of an entire Central American generation and its leaders. Guerrillas ranges widely, from the guerrilla movement’s origins in poverty, oppression and exclusion; its tactics in warfare; the ill-fated experiment with Sandinista government in Nicaragua; to the subsequent ‘normalization’ of guerrilla movements within democratic societies. The story told here is vital for understanding contemporary social movements in Latin America.Trade Review‘Lucidly written, exceptionally well-informed and admirably honest, this study provides a remarkable portrait of a generation radicalized to the point at which armed struggle was an inevitable duty. Through his interviews with comandantes and regular fighters, Dirk Kruijt has built a vividly illustrated work of contemporary history.‘ James Dunkerley, University of London 'This book helps bring the reader inside the movements and their inspiration in a way that gives a rich insight into the mentalities and motivations that lay behind the resort to arms. As such, it is a major contribution to assessing the legacies of the period and reminds us of the unfinished business that is still pending twenty years later' Peadar Kirby, University of Limerick 'Uniquely illuminates a 'guerilla generation....radicalized to the point where armed struggle becomes an inescapable duty. Lucid, well-informed and admirably presented.. this is an excellent book' CHOICE 'A remarkable portrait of a bloody era...exceptionally valuable' Gavin O'Toole, Latin American Review of Books 'Impeccably researched.' Tribune 'Dirk Kruijt has crafted this beautiful book out of two decades of concern and deep engagements with Central Americans. With his clear head and unflinching gaze he brings alive both the vicious encounters between governments and revolutionaries that so profoundly affected the lives of Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, and Salvadorans, and the years of aftermath. If I were to choose a first book for some deep learning about the revolutionary guerrilla wars of Central America, this book would be it.' Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley, Georgetown UniversityTable of Contents Foreword by Edelberto Torres - Rivas Introduction: Guerrillas and Comandantes 1. Dictators and Civil Wars 2. Genesis of a Guerrilla Generation 3. Inside the Guerrilla 4. Utopia and Dystopia, Nicaragua (1979 - 1990) 5. Negotiations, Peace and Post - War Integration 6. Legacies and Ambivalences Appendix I: Politico - Military Organizations Appendix II: Demographic Data Appendix III: List of Interviews Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Policing Post-Conflict Cities
Book SynopsisHow and why does order emerge after conflict? What does it mean in the context of the twenty-first century post-colonial city? From Kabul, Kigali and Kinshasa to Baghdad and Basra, people, abandoned by the state, make their own rules.With security increasingly ghettoised, survival becomes a matter of manipulation and hustling. In this book, Alice Hills discusses the interface between order and security. While analysts and donors emphasise security, Hills argues that order is much more meaningful for people’s lives. Focusing on the police as both providers of order and a measure of its success, the book shows that order depends more on what has gone before than on reconstruction efforts and that tension is inevitable as donors attempt to reform brutal local policing. Policing Post-Conflict Cities provides a powerful critique of the failure of liberal orthodoxy to understand the meaning of order.Trade Review'Through this magisterial analysis of policing in post-conflict cities, Alice Hills challenges the "cargo cult" status of police reform and the uncritical assumptions about democratic policing that are embedded in the liberal peace.' Michael Pugh, University of Bradford 'Policing Post Conflict Cities is an engaging and provocative enquiry into the most basic of political challenges - the recontruction of "order" and the provision of "security" in post conflict urban locales. Here Alice Hills invites us to think way beyond current orthodoxies and to base our theories instead on the fluid and ambigious practices emerging from Bagdad, Basra, Kinshasa, Kigali and others. Policing Post-Conflict Cities will appeal to an audience who values critical scholarship.' Elrena Van Der Spuy, University of Cape TownTable of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations & Acronyms 1. Order in an Urban Century 2. Controlling Cities 3. International Policing 4. Ghetto Security 5. Social Continuities and the Production of Order 6. Making Their Own Rules 7. Re-emergent Order 8. Challenging Orthodoxy Bibliography Notes Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Before it is Too Late: A Dialogue
Book SynopsisLong before it became fashionable to talk of climate change, drought and water shortages, the authors of this lucid and trenchant dialogue were warning that planet earth was heading for uninhabitability. They exchange viewpoints and insights that have matured over many years of thought, study and reflection. One of the authors is a Westerner - a man of many parts, both wartime resistance fighter and leading industrialist, who founded one of the first think tanks to address seriously the human prospects for global survival. The other represents the philosophical and ethical perspectives of the East - a Buddhist leader who has visited country after country, campaigning tirelessly for the abolition of nuclear weapons and war in all its forms.Engaging constructively and imaginatively with such seemingly intractable problems as population growth, the decline of natural resources, desertification, pollution and deforestation, Ikeda and Peccei show that many of these problems are interrelated. Only by addressing them as part of a web of complex but combined issues, and by working together for peace and justice, can human beings expect to find lasting solutions. The best prospect for the future lies in an ethical revolution whereby humanity can find a fresh understanding of itself in holistic connection with, rather than separation and alienation from, the planet itself.
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Canterbury Press Norwich Faith Beyond Despair: Building Hope in the Holy Land
Book SynopsisBased upon conversations recorded by a French journalist, this book mixes autobiographical reflections with a critique of the contemporary state of the Middle East. It tells the stories of many individuals working for peace and of his own work, especially with children and students of the school and college he has founded. Fr Elias Chacour, author of the bestselling books Blood Brothers and We Belong to the Land, is the Archbishop of Galilee. Seeing the lack of educational opportunities for Palestinian youth, he created a school open to all local children which opened in the early 1980s. The Mar Elias Educational Institution and now caters for 4,500 students, representing all major religions and ethnicities in Israel.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Space Between Us: Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict
Book SynopsisEven in places of deadly national enmity, some very ordinary people are routinely doing peace. In this highly original study, Cynthia Cockburn deepens our understanding of the processes sustaining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine and Bosnia/Hercegovina by means of a close involvement with three remarkable women‘s projects that have chosen co-operation. How, she asks, do they fill the dangerous space between them with words instead of bullets? How do they make democracy out of difference? The book brings fresh insight to theories of the self in relation to collective identities, and of gender in nationalist thought and practice. Observing, in words and photographs, how these women‘s alliances create a safe space in which to work together, we learn more about the dangers of essentialism and the problematic relationship between identity and democracy.Trade Review'Cynthia Cockburn, both the activist and the writer, has been important for feminists all over the world for many years now. She is one of the all too rare people who combine a sharp analytical mind, unwavering feminist and anti-militaristic political commitment and a warm and caring heart. They are all reflected in this fascinating book which is based in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine and Bosnia-Hercegovina with activist women's groups working across ethnic and national boundaries.' - Nira Yuval-Davis, University of Greenwich/Australian National University. 'In three gritty, nuanced, feminist-informed case studies, Cynthia Cockburn reveals what sort of political acts it takes to build and sustain - through dangerous days, over wearying weeks - that elusive thing called a 'civil society'. Now, when I recommend that students and friends read Arendt and Havel, I'm going to give them Cockburn too.' - Cynthia Enloe, author of Maneuvers: The international politics of militarizing women's lives. 'Filled with photos, this is another important book from the folks at Zed.' - Feminist Bookstore News 'What is new about Cockburn’s book - which should come with a warning that 'this book changes lives' - is that it aims to challenge prevailing identity processes including those of ethnicity and nationalism.... moving and powerful... the book has many strengths: the excellent summaries of the three conflicts and the women targeted by them, the well teased out discussion of ethnicity, nation(alism) and gender, and Cockburn’s research methodology which is always collaborative, always mindful of the needs of the three projects and the women who make them... A beautiful and necessary book.' - Women's Studies International ForumTable of Contents Part I: Introduction.1. Women and Nationalism. Part II: Northern Ireland. 2. Women's Activism in a Divided City. 3. The Women's Support Network, Belfast Part III: Israel/Palestine. 4. Across an Abyss: Women in Northern Israel. 5. Bat Shalom, A Woman's Group for Peace Part IV: Bosnia-Hercegovina. 6. Women in a Disintegrating Yugoslavia. 7. Medica, Women's Therapy Centre. Part V: Conclusion8. Identity and Democracy.
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Bob Worden, Esq How to Stop Wars and Save the World
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Goblin Press How the Planet Lost Its Tail
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See Sharp Press Death Wins All Wars: Resisting the Draft in the 1960s, a Memoir
Book SynopsisWhile Daniel Holland’s memoir details his involvement in the draft resistance movement of the 1960s, the impetus to share his story now comes from the dangerous new president and congress that have taken control of the United States and threaten to plunge our nation into war. People of age to fight in today's conflicts were not yet born when the lessons of Vietnam were being learned, so this book may serve as a guide to the decisions they face in this contemporary, volatile world. Holland alternates chapters about the breaking news of the time with personal memories and reflections on his own coming of age, portraying a growing consciousness and an evolution of youthful naivete into committed antiwar activism. Then his focus turns to the legal adventures that follow: indictment, arrest, arraignment, defending himself at trial, and sentencing. Holland also shares episodes of draft board raids, secret rooms, and the day-to-day responsibilities of a full-time activist. He follows a surprise ending with a thoughtful afterword contemplating our personal responsibilities for peace.
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United House Publishing Prayers of a Prodigal
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Haleys Against All Odds
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Richard Simonian The Hidden Path Of The Tribes Of Britain
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Veterans Publishing Systems Here We Go Again
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Fortis Here We Go Again
£11.39
House of the Fifth Flame The 100th Heart
£15.19
Pristine Press and Media The Quest for Peace
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Pristine Press and Media The Quest for Peace
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Outskirts Press Tibet Brief 20/20
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OMDN Press RetroGenesis
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the emergence and fluctuation of Iran’s connections with non-state entities in the Middle East. Iran’s involvement with political-militant non-states has been at the heart of international and regional security policy for more than three decades. The author analyzes Iran’s non-state foreign policy by focusing on specific geopolitical and geocultural threats and opportunities that pushed Tehran to build strategic ties with the Iraqi Kurds and the Lebanese Shia. This project will appeal to multiple audiences interested in geopolitics of the Middle East, Iran's foreign policy, and international relations. Table of Contents1. Introduction—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy.- 2. Driving ForcesInception—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in Pre-1958.- 3. Creation—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy 1958-63.- 4. Ascension—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1963-68.- 5. Limbo—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1968-73.- 6. Downfall—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 7. Downfall—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 8. Resurrection—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1977-79.- 9. Conclusion—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy and the Shah’s Legacy.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Why Peacekeeping Fails: 20th Anniversary Edition
Book SynopsisIn this thoroughly revised edition of his bestselling 1999 volume Why Peacekeeping Fails, Dennis Jett explains why peacekeepers today are dying in record numbers while engaged in operations that either are bound to fail or make little contribution to peace. The original book compared a wide range of peacekeeping experiences, including the unsuccessful attempt at peacekeeping in Angola with the successful effort in Mozambique in the early 1990’s, to argue for the importance of peacekeeping and suggest ways to improve its chances for success. Nearly two decades later, the number of UN peacekeepers has risen to 100,000 from 15,000; and yet, after years of expansion, support for peacekeeping seems to be diminishing. This thoroughly revised and updated 20th anniversary edition—half of which is completely new material—provides a timely update to Jett’s previous volume, examining why the dramatic growth in peacekeeping has occurred, how it is now being used, and why the challenges peacekeepers face cannot be dealt with alone. Also considering the impact of terrorism on both recent and longstanding peacekeeping operations, this book will assess the prospects of peacekeeping in an era in which the United States seems to be withdrawing from the world. Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Children and Peace: From Research to Action
Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and peace and approaches to making their world safer, fairer and more sustainable. The book is divided into nine sections that examine traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of diversity, intergenerational transitions and memories of war, and multiculturalism), as well as contemporary issues such as Europe’s “migration crisis”, radicalization and violent extremism, and violence in families, schools and communities. Chapters contextualize each issue within specific social ecological frameworks in order to reflect on the multiplicity of influences that affect different outcomes and to discuss how the findings can be applied in different contexts. The volume also provides solutions and hope through its focus on youth empowerment and peacebuilding programs for children and families. This forward-thinking volume offers a multitude of views, approaches, and strategies for research and activism drawn from peace psychology scholars and United Nations researchers and practitioners.This book's multi-layered emphasis on context, structural determinants of peace and conflict, and use of research for action towards social cohesion for children and youth has not been brought together in other peace psychology literature to the same extent. Children and Peace: From Research to Action will be a useful resource for peace psychology academics and students, as well as social and developmental psychology academics and students, peace and development practitioners and activists, policy makers who need to make decisions about the matters covered in the book, child rights advocates and members of multilateral organizations such as the UN. Table of ContentsForeword.- Introduction.- Part I Addressing the Well-Being of Refugee and Migrant Children.- 1. A Multi-Method Assessment of Risk and Protective Factors in Family Violence: Comparing Italian and migrant families.- 2. Engaging Men to Support the Resilience of Syrian Refugee Children & Youth in Lebanon.- 3. Promoting civic engagement and social inclusion interventions for minors involved with crimes.- 4. Indirect Contact Interventions to Promote Peace in Multicultural Societies.- 5. Promoting prosocial behaviour toward refugees: Exploring the empathy-attitude-action model in middle childhood.- 6. Civic Participation and Other Interventions that Promote Children’s Tolerance of Migrants.- 7. Does Participating in Volunteer Organizations Promote Migrant Integration? A Study with Young First and Second Generation Immigrants.- 8. About power and empowerment for intergroup harmony.- Part II Children Growing Up in Violent Geopolitical Contexts.- 9. Beyond Risk Factors: Structural Drivers of Violence Affecting Children.- 10. Growing up in violent contexts: Differential effects of community, family and school violence on child adjustment.- 11. When do Intergenerational Narratives of Ingroup Responsibility for Past Violence Result in Peace and Violence?.- 12. Youth identity, peace and conflict: Insights from conflict and diverse settings.- 13. Children’s Conceptualizations of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding in the Context of Armed Conflict.- Part III Promoting Peace and Well-Being in Children.- 14. Learning for Peace: Lessons Learned from UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy in Conflict-Affected Contexts Programme.- 15. Educating towards a culture of peace through an innovative teaching method and experiences between secondary school and university.- 16. The Role of Cognitive Complexity in Promoting a Positive Representation of Diversity in Children.- 17. Political Orientation and Engagement from Adolescence to Adulthood: Evidence of (Dis)Continuity from a Three-Decade Longitudinal Study in the German Peace Movement.- 18. Enabling Full Participation: A Community-Led Approach to Child Protection.- 19. From research to action and the spaces in-between: experiences from peacebuilding programs for young people in Cambodia and Uganda.- 20. Working for the Well-Being of Children: The Value and Efficacy of Adopting a Cooperative, Inter-Agency Approach.- Part IV Children and Survival of the Species.- 21. Climate change and children: An issue of intergenerational justice.- Conclusion.
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