http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/07/01/interrogating-development-state-displacement-and-popular-resistance-in-north-east-india/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/07/01/interrogating-development-state-displacement-and-popular-resistance-in-north-east-india/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:04:37 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=480 Hussain, Monirul. Los Angles, New Delhi, Singapore and London: Sage Publications, 2008. Written by South Asia Regional Fellowship recipient Monirul Hussain, Interrogating Development focuses on development-induced displacement . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/07/01/interrogating-development-state-displacement-and-popular-resistance-in-north-east-india/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/soft-power-superpowers-cultural-and-national-assets-of-japan-and-the-united-states/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/soft-power-superpowers-cultural-and-national-assets-of-japan-and-the-united-states/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:00:09 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=478 Watanabe, Yasushi and David L. McConnell, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. Co-edited by Abe Fellow Watanabe Yasushi, Soft Power Superpowers analyzes the soft power assets of the United States and Japan, and how they contributed to one of the most successful, if unlikely, bilateral relationships of the twentieth century . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/soft-power-superpowers-cultural-and-national-assets-of-japan-and-the-united-states/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/interdisciplinary-research-case-studies-from-health-and-social-science/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/interdisciplinary-research-case-studies-from-health-and-social-science/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:42:49 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=476 Kessel, Frank, Patricia L. Rosenfield, and Norman B. Anderson, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. This newly updated and revised edition of Interdisciplinary Research is a practical guide to the most effective avenues for collaborative and integrative research in the social, behavioral, and bio-medical sciences . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/06/19/interdisciplinary-research-case-studies-from-health-and-social-science/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/14/darfur-a-new-history-of-a-long-war-revised-and-updated/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/14/darfur-a-new-history-of-a-long-war-revised-and-updated/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:48:33 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=473 Flint, Julie, and Alex de Waal. London: Zed Books, 2008. Co-written by Program Director Alex de Waal, this book is the definitive guide to Darfur. Newly updated and hugely expanded . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/14/darfur-a-new-history-of-a-long-war-revised-and-updated/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/02/the-medieval-prison-a-social-history/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/02/the-medieval-prison-a-social-history/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 16:24:49 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=470 Geltner, Guy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. WWritten by 2004 IDRF Fellow Guy Geltner, The Medieval Prison rewrites penal history and reveals that medieval society did not have a "persecuting mentality" . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/05/02/the-medieval-prison-a-social-history/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/29/just-schools-pursuing-equality-in-societies-of-difference/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/29/just-schools-pursuing-equality-in-societies-of-difference/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:33:36 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/?p=468 Minow, Martha, Richard A. Shweder, and Hazel Rose Markus. New York: Russell Sage, 2008. The result of an SSRC Working Group on "Law and Culture," Just Schools examines schools with widely divergent methods of fostering equality . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/29/just-schools-pursuing-equality-in-societies-of-difference/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/11/visualizing-social-science/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/11/visualizing-social-science/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:30:47 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blog/?p=462 Tanur, Judith, ed. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2008. Rachel Dorothy Tanur (1958—2002) was not trained as a social scientist, but she cared deeply about people and their lives . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2008/04/11/visualizing-social-science/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/31/structures-of-participation-in-digital-culture/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/31/structures-of-participation-in-digital-culture/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:53:29 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blog/2007/12/31/structures-of-participation-in-digital-culture/ Karaganis, Joe, ed. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2007. Structures of Participation in Digital Culture, edited by SSRC Program Director Joe Karaganis, explores digital technologies that are engines of cultural innovation, from the virtualization of group networks . . . ]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/31/structures-of-participation-in-digital-culture/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/21/researching-migration-stories-from-the-field/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/21/researching-migration-stories-from-the-field/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:27:41 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blog/2007/12/21/researching-migration-stories-from-the-field/ DeSipio, Louis, Manuel Garcia y Griego, and Sherri Kossoudji, eds. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2007.
An SSRC Book of essays by Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows designed to offer general lessons on the selection , combination, and use of various quantitative and qualitative research methods In this web-publication, fellows of the International Migration Program reflect upon their experience conducting research . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/21/researching-migration-stories-from-the-field/feed/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/20/contemporary-chinese-literature-from-the-cultural-revolution-to-the-future/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/20/contemporary-chinese-literature-from-the-cultural-revolution-to-the-future/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:59:39 +0000 Debra Yoo http://www.ssrc.org/blog/2007/12/20/contemporary-chinese-literature-from-the-cultural-revolution-to-the-future/ Huang, Yibing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. This book by 1997 IDRF Fellow Yibing Huang offers a fresh and nuanced perspective into contemporary Chinese literature . . .]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/20/contemporary-chinese-literature-from-the-cultural-revolution-to-the-future/feed/