Books from Lynne Rienner Publishers
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War Crimes: Confronting Atrocity in the Modern World
By David ChuterA nuanced discussion of why war crimes occur, what can be done to bring the perpetrators to justice, and the prospects of preventing such atrocities in the future.
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Spirits Captured in Stone: Shamanism and Traditional Medicine Among the Taman of Borneo
By Jay H. Bernstein"This fascinating case study focuses on shamanism and the healing practices of the Taman, a formerly tribal society indigenous to the interior of Borneo.
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Democracy, Liberalism, and War: Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debate
By Tarak Barkawi, Mark LaffeyBased on US workshops in 1998 and 2000. Barkawi and Laffey are lecturers in international relations, the former at the U. of Wales, Aberystwyth and the latter at the U. of London.--
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Borrowing Inequality: Race, Class, and Student Loans
By Derek V. Price"Price concludes with provocative proposals for aid policies that would expand the range of college and career choices for students - policies that would in fact support the role of higher education as a vehicle for individual opportunity ...
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Fixing African Economies: Policy Research for Development
By L. C., Seck PhillipsThe authors report on the link between research and public policy in a range of African countries, seeking to effect more productive, more equitable development strategies.
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Presidential Commissions & National Security: The Politics of Damage Control
By Kenneth KittsKenneth Kitts offers entry into the highly political, behind-closed-doors world of blue-ribbon investigative commissions convened in the aftermath of national security crises. Ranging from Pearl Harbor to the September 11...
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Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau
By Adekeye AdebajoThe International Peace Academy
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Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress
By Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi“ The Class of 1990 : How Have the Autocratic Leaders of Sub - Saharan Africa Fared Under Democratization ? ” Third World Quarterly 19 , no . 1 ( 1998 ) : 115–127 . Bako , S. “ Muslims , State , and the Struggle for Democratic ...
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The International Political Economy of the Environment: Critical Perspectives
By Dimitris Stevis, Valerie J. AssettoEnvironment. and. the. Subpolitical. Domain. This book's editors and contributors identify a very worthy goal for ... that should not be separated from the unbuilt environments of nature and its reproduction processes ( Worster 1979 ) .
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The Politics of Peace-maintenance
By Jarat Chopra14-27 ; Thomas Weiss , " Triage : Humanitarian Interventions in a New Era , " World Policy Journal 11 , no . 1 ( spring 1994 ) : 59-68 ; Edward Marks and William Lewis , eds . , Triage for Failing States , McNair Paper , no .
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Falcon Brigade: Combat and Command in Somalia and Haiti
By Lawrence E. CasperCasper's candid account of Operation Continue Hope and the brigade's involvement in Somalia, showcases the leadership skills and courage necessary for troop survival under beleaguered circumstances.".
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Kosovo: An Unfinished Peace
By William G. O'NeillWilliam O'Neill considers the evolution and negative effect of the Kosovo Liberation Army and how NATO and UN policies have contributed to this state.
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Arms Control and Cooperative Security
By James J. Wirtz, Jeffrey Arthur LarsenReflecting the current debate about the value of traditional arms control in today¿s security environment, Arms Control and Cooperative Security thoroughly covers this complex topic. The authors critically review the...
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The Presidents' Wives: Reassessing the Office of First Lady
By Robert P. WatsonTraces the development of the First Lady's role from obscurity into an influential force in politics, complete with office, staff and budgetary resources to rival those of key presidential advisors.
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China's Nuclear Future
By Paul J. Bolt, Albert S. Willner?Provides cutting-edge empirical research on a difficult strategic question, while also situating the issue within a nuanced discussion of recent Chinese history and intellectual traditions. China?s Nuclear Future contributes much...
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Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the "color-blind" Era
By David L. BrunsmaThe experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the...
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Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East
By Valentine M. MoghadamThis book is intended in part to "normalize" the Middle East by underscoring the salience of structural determinants other than religion.
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The End of Government-- as We Know it: Making Public Policy Work
By Elaine Ciulla KamarckKamarck suggests that, in addition to working out what to do, today's government leaders face an unprecedented number of options when it comes to how to do things. The challenge...
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Bridging the Divide: Peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Edy Kaufman, Walid Salem, Juliette Verhoeven?An incredibly courageous effort by Israeli and Palestinian peace scholars and practitioners to take a critical look at themselves and their activities, to expose and analyze their weaknesses, and to...
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Crafting Public Institutions: Leadership in Two Prison Systems
By Arjen BoinTulkens , J.J.J. ( 1975 ) , “ Actualiteit van de Opleiding , ” Balans , Volume 6 , Number 6 , June / July , pp . 1-4 . ( 1978 ) , " Some Developments in Penal Policy and Practice in Holland , ” paper presented at NACRO's annual general ...