Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Theory, Philosophy & History

 

Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies

Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies
By Gus Martin

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008. 343pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
Governance in Dark Times: Practical Philosophy for Public Service

Governance in Dark Times:
Practical Philosophy for Public Service
By Camilla Stivers

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2008. 166pp.
War: Essays in Political Philosophy

War: Essays in Political Philosophy
Edited by Larry May

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 325pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
International Human Rights: A Comprehensive Introduction

International Human Rights:
A Comprehensive Introduction
By Michael Haas

New York, NY: Routledge. 2008. 440pp.
Peace in International Relations

Peace in International Relations
By Oliver P. Richmond

New York, NY: Routledge. 2008. 218pp.

Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China: Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village

Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China:
Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the
Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village
By Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr.

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 383pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Asia
Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies

Clash of Identities: Explorations in
Israeli and Palestinian Societies
By Baruch Kimmerling

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 431pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
Peace: A History if Movements and Ideas

Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
By David Cortright

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 376pp.
Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America:
A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings
By Allan R. Brewer-Carias

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 432pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& Regional: Latin America
Peace Movements And Pacifism After September 11

Peace Movements And Pacifism After September 11
Edited by Shin Chiba & Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2008. 232pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society
Learning from Greensboro: Truth and Reconciliation in the United States

Learning from Greensboro: Truth and
Reconciliation in the United States
By Lisa Magarrell & Joya Wesley

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2008. 276pp.

*Cross-listed in Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture
& Regional: Europe & the West

Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics

Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics
Edited by Richard M. Price

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 309pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
& International Law & Ethics
Capabilities and Social Justice: The Political Philosophy of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum

Capabilities and Social Justice: The Political Philosophy
of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum
By John M. Alexander

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 187pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health

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