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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

Geltner, Guy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.

Written by 2004 IDRF Fellow Guy Geltner, The Medieval Prison rewrites penal history and reveals that medieval society did not have a “persecuting mentality” . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .