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Building Sustainable Peace
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Author: Edited by Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight
Published: April 2004
ISBN:   PB 9 28081 101 0
Subject: peace, governance
  • As the world turns its attention to the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq following recent conflicts in these countries, the issue of post-conflict peacebuilding takes center stage. The precise elements in peacebuilding, as envisioned by Boutros-Ghali, include disarming warring parties, restoring order, decommissioning and destroying weapons, repatriating refugees, providing advisory and training support for security personnel, monitoring elections, de-mining and other forms of demilitarization, providing technical assistance, advancing efforts to protect human rights, reforming and strengthening institutions of governance-including assistance in monitoring and supervising electoral processes-and promoting formal and informal participation in the political process. Building Sustainable Peace presents a timely and original overview of the field of peace studies and offers fresh analytical tools that promote a critical reconceptualization of peace and conflict, while also making specific reference to peacebuilding strategies employed in recent international conflicts.

    • Endless War?: Hidden Functions of the 'War on Terror'
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: David Keen
    Published: April 2006
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 416 9   PB 0 74532 417 7
    Subject: Conflict Resolution/Peace Studies |International Relations |
  • Examines the political, economic and psychological functions of the 'war on terror' -- arguing that war is often an end in itself.

    • Empire in the Age of Globalisation: US Hegemony and Neo-liberal Disorder
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Ray Kiely
    Published: September 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 449 5   PB 0 74532 448 7
    Subject: Globalization |International Relations |
  • Student guide to globalisation theory and the impact of the US on neo-liberal policies worldwide.

    • Offside Racism: Playing the White Man
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Colin King
    Published: July 2004
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 724 2   PB 1 85973 729 3
    Subject: sociology;sport;
  • It is a fact that disproportionately few black football players have ever been employed as managers or coaches, despite their prominent presence on the field. How big a role does racism play in contributing to this depressing statistic?

    • Vulnerability and Violence: The Impact of Globalisation
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Peadar Kirby
    Published: December 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 288 3   PB 0 74532 287 5
    Subject: Globalization |
  • Investigates the real meaning of 'vulnerability' in globalisation studies, and how it relates to new forms of violence.

    • Vulnerability and Violence: The Impact of Globalisation
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Peadar Kirby
    Published: December 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 288 3   PB 0 74532 287 5
    Subject: Globalization |
  • Investigates the real meaning of 'vulnerability' in globalisation studies, and how it relates to new forms of violence.

    • Histories of Leisure
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Rudy Koshar
    Published: April 2002
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 520 7   PB 1 85973 525 8
    Subject: sociology;cultural and media studies;
  • In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never previously enjoyed. Now we speak of modern leisure societies, but the history of leisure, its experiences and expectations,.

    • State Formation: Anthropological Perspectives
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Edited by Christian Krohn-Hansen and Knut G. Nustad
    Published: September 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 442 8   PB 0 74532 441 X
    Subject: Anthropology |
  • What is the state and how can we best study it?

    • Hooked on Heroin: Drugs and Drifters in a Globalized World
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Philip Lalander
    Published: October 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 762 5   PB 1 85973 767 6
    Subject: cultural and media studies;sociology;
  • Translated by Aisling O'Neill Alarmingly, heroin is growing in popularity amongst young people. This is despite the fact that it is - more than any other drug - associated with failure, death, misery and poverty.

    • Language Wars: The Role of Media and Culture in Global Terror and Political Violence
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Jeff Lewis
    Published: October 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 485 1   PB 0 74532 484 3
    Subject: Cultural Studies |Media Studies |
  • Shows how the media is implicated in global terrorism, and how the language it uses has changed since 9/11.

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