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The Long Question
Delve into the profound and thought-provoking world of existential inquiry with David Mason's philosophical exploration, "The Long Question," a contemplative journey into the complexities of human existence and meaning. Join David Mason as he navigates through the timeless questions that have puzzled thinkers for centuries. In "The Long Question," Mason invites readers to ponder the fundamental mysteries of life, identity, and purpose, offering a nuanced perspective that challenges conventional wisdom and encourages deep introspection. Explore Mason's insightful reflections on the nature of reality, consciousness, and the pursuit of truth. Through engaging prose and philosophical inquiry, he...
Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and Resistance Warfare
Examines the anatomy of undergrounds in various insurgencies of recent history. -- Preface.
The Transformation of Plantation Politics
The Transformation of Plantation Politics explores the effects of black political exclusion, the sharecropping system, and white resistance on the Mississippi Delta's current economic and political situation. Sharon D. Wright Austin's extensive interviews with residents of the region shed light on the transformations and legacies of the Delta's political and economic institutions. While African Americans now hold most of the major political offices in the region and are no longer formally excluded from political participation, educational opportunities, or lucrative jobs, Wright Austin shows that white wealth and black poverty continue to be the norm partly because of the deeply entrenched legacies of the Delta's history. Contributing to a greater theoretical understanding of black political efforts, this book demonstrates a need for a strong level of black social capital, intergroup capital, financial capital, political capital, and a human capital of educated and skilled workers.
Killing Americans
This book explores the risk factors that render an insurgent organization more likely to attack Americans. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the authors identify several competing incentives, including the group's ideology, local US military presence, and potential consequences for the insurgent group. They find that insurgent groups can gain a credibility boost among sympathizers and recruits after attacking Americans, making them deadlier and more likely to survive.
Fighting Over Peace
This book presents post-peace agreement violence as a serious, yet predictable and manageable, political phenomenon. Negotiating an end to a civil war is extremely difficult, and many signed peace agreements subsequently unravel, ushering in renewed conflict. In response, important international actors have become increasingly involved in conflict mediation, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction around the globe. Policymakers and scholars alike have identified spoilers—violent actors who often rise up and attempt to challenge or derail the peace process—as one of the greatest threats to peace. Using a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analyses of a newly created, global dataset of spoiling, Reiter demonstrates that this type of violence occurs in predictable circumstances and only represents a threat to peace under specific conditions. The book also shows that spoiling often serves to bring agreement flaws and implementation failures to light and in turn forces actors to recommit to an accord, thereby strengthening peace in the long term.
Peace and Conflict 2010
Peace and Conflict is a new biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged intercountry war. A major trend it tracks is the incidence of wars beyond the protracted conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. For 2010, Peace & Conflict adds a new regular feature-Trends in Global Terrorism-and focuses on the theme of Challenges of Post-Conflict Transitions. It covers special topics including women and post-conflict settings, and truth commissions and tribunals. Peace and Conflict is a large format, full-color reference including numerous graphs, tables, maps, and appendices dedicated to the visual presentation of data. Crisp narratives are highlighted with pull-quote extracts that summarize trends and major findings such as the continuing increase in high casualty terrorist acts and the likelihood of genocide risk in certain areas.
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