Archive for 2006

International Migration Review, special issue on "Gender and Migration Revisited"

Gabaccia, Donna, Katharine M. Donato, Jennifer Holdaway, Martin Manalansan, IV, and Patricia R. Pessar, eds., Vol. 40, Spring 2006.

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This special issue of the International Migration Review presents the findings of the SSRC’s Working Group on Gender and Migration . . .

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State and Society in Conflict

Drake, Paul W. and Eric Hershberg, eds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.

State and Society
This volume analyzes one of the most volatile regions in Latin America—the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela . . .

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The Ambivalent Consumer: Questioning Consumption in East Asia and the West

Garon, Sheldon and Patricia L. Maclachlan, eds. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006.

Ambivalent Consumer
In The Ambivalent Consumer, Abe Fellows Sheldon Garon and Patricia L. Maclachlan of the University of Texas, Austin bring . . .

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Subjetividad y figuras de la memoria

Jelin, Elizabeth and Susana G. Kaufman, eds. Madrid: Siglo XXI Editores, 2006.

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The twelfth volume in a series of publications resulting from the SSRC program on Collective Memory of Repression. The entire . . .

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Repensando las migraciones: Nuevas perspectivas teóricas y empíricas

Portes, Alejandro and Josh DeWind eds. Zacatecas, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Migración, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, 2006.

Repensando las migraciones
This volume is a translation of a recent International Migration Review special issue on "Conceptual and Methodological Developments . . .

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Negotiating Minefields: The Landmines Ban in American Politics

Sigal, Leon V. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Negotiating Minefields
Leon Sigal tells the inside story of how a handful of nongovernmental organizations joined forces to challenge . . .

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Multilateralism Under Challenge? Power, International Order, and Structural Change

Newman, Edward, Ramesh Thakur, and John Tirman eds. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006.

Multilateralism
The principles, values and manifestations of multilateralism, including the United Nations, are under sustained scrutiny . . .

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Youth, Globalization, and the Law

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi and Ronald Kassimir eds. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2006.

Youth Globalization Law
This book addresses the impact of globalization on the lives of youth, focusing on the role of legal institutions and discourses . . .

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Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe

Gunther, Richard, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Democracy and the State
This volume analyzes the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy . . .

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The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda

Straus, Scott. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006.

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2001 IDRF Fellow Scott Straus steps back from the particulars of the Rwandan genocide to offer a new, dynamic model . . .

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