Life after Politics: New thinking for the twenty-first century

Across the developed world, public confidence in politics and politicians has slumped Solutions that once worked in tackling acute problems like unemployment, crime or low educational standards are no longer producing results, and the grand ideologies that dominated the twentieth century seem bankrupt, empty of relevance and popular appeal, Yet thought has not ceased, and the last few years hav…

The culture of conflict: Interpretations and interests in comparative perspec…

In this book, Ross develops a broad theoretical explanation for cross-cultural conflict, claiming that both social-cultural interests and psychocultural dispositions must be taken into account to explain why some societies are especially prone to conflict and others are more peaceful.

Contemporary conflict resolution: The prevention, management and transformati…

This book marks a milestone in peace research. The insightful review of the early development of the field of conflict resolution brings a much-needed perspective on the challenges presented by late twentieth-century conflicts. The authors provide a complex and highly differentiated view of today's international collectivity, in which no one set of actors or perspectives predominates. The analy…

Assessing the people's liberation army in the Hu Jintao era

The 2012 Pla (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and the Pla during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant o…

World on fire: How exporting free market democracy breeds ethnic hatred and g…

In World on Fire, Amy Chua shows that just the opposite has happened. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations turns ugly and violent. Examining the actual impact of economic globalization across the world Chua shows how free markets have concentrated disproportionate, often spectacular wealth in the hands of resented ethnic minorities. These 'market- …

Communal conflicts in contemporary Indonesia

this book is intended to demonstrate to readers how significant Ethnic and Religious conflict have been in Indonesia,and what their relations are toward the decline of Indonesian communal Cohesion. Comprises a collection of papers and discussion materials presented during the "International Workshop on Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Indonesia Today" conducted by Pusat Bahasa dan Budaya, Institut …

Bound to cooperate: Conflict, peace and people in Sierra Leone

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92-9045-137-8

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xv, 206 pages ; 21 cm

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Hatred's kingdom: How Saudi Arabia supports the new global terrorism

Dore Gold has the goods on Saudi Arabia, proving how it is actively supporting terrorism. Using previously unpublished documents, Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN and internationally known Middle East strategy expert, pieces together the links between the current wave of global terrorism -- from the World Trade Center to Bali, Indonesia -- and the ideology of hatred taught in the schoo…

Conflict resolution: Cross-cultural perspectives

This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. Editors Avruch, Black, and Scimecca, together with other anthropologists and sociologists, propose and test different propositions, while looking toward a general theory of conflict and confl…

Beyond conflict resolution: Managing African security in the 21st century

The contents of this book: 1. Understanding African Security Problems - the Link Between the Past, the Present and the Future 2. African Security in Historical Perspective 3. An Overview of the Theoretical Issues in African Security