Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture

 

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TURKISH ACCESSION: Human Rights and the Kurds

The European Union and Turkish Accession:
Human Rights and the Kurds
By Kerim Yildiz & Mark Muller

London, UK: Pluto Press. 2008. 239pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin

Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin
By Katherine Pratt Ewing

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 282pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

Bleached Faith: The Tragic Cost When Religion Is Forced into the Public Square

Bleached Faith: The Tragic Cost
When Religion Is Forced into the Public Square
By Steven Goldberg

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 161pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

Identity Work in Social Movements

Identity Work in Social Movements
Edited by Jo Reger, Daniel J. Myers & Rachel L. Einwohner

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 2008. 317pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society
Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Identities

Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion
and the Making of National Identities
By Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 288pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence

Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence
By Jeroen Gunning

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 310pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
& Development, Democracy & Health
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State
By Noah Feldman

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2008. 189pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
Kingdom Without Borders: Saudi Arabia's Political, Religious, and Media Frontiers

Kingdom Without Borders: Saudi Arabia's Political,
Religious, and Media Frontiers
Edited by Madawi Al-Rasheed

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

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East

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