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  • Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies

    by Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort ...
    Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of France’s Muslim migrant population, Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores this complex question. The authors conclude that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • New Armies from Old

    Merging Competing Military Forces after Civil Wars

    by Roy Licklider, Bruce Russett, Caroline Hartzell, Matthew LeRiche, Paul Jackson, Florence Gaub, Stephen Burgess, Rosalie Arcala Hall, Judith Verweijen, Andrea Bartoli0, Martha Mutisi1, Rohan Maxwell2, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs3, Cyrus Samii4, David Laitin5, Ronald Krebs6 ...
    Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new national army, has been a frequent goal of conflict resolution practitioners since the Cold War. In practice, however, very little is known about what works, and what doesn’t work, in bringing together former opponents to build a lasting peace ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Mediation to Nation-Building

    Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict

    by Mohammad Ashraf, Elham Atashi, Linda Bishai, Steven L. Burg, Stephen D. Collins, Neil A. Cruickshank, Caroline A. Hartzell, Matthew Hoddie, Daniela Irrera, Dijon Jones, David D. Laitin, Paul T. McCartney, Cdr. Brigid Myers Pavilonis, Victor Peskin, Mateja Peter, Molly S. Wallace, Sam Whitt, Donald R. Zoufal, I.M. Lobo de Souza, David Forsythe, Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski, James DeShaw Rae ...
    The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However haltingly and selectively, that trend towards extra-systemic means of managing ethnic and national ... Read more

    $84.19 CAD

  • Military Intervention

    Cases in Context for the Twenty-First Century

    by Steven L. Burg, Jason Forrester, Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Chetan Kumar, David D. Laitin, Kwaku Nuamah, John Steinbruner, and I. William Zartman, David Chandler, Professor Eric Schwartz ...
    Internal conflict continues to be the most common form of organized violence, most often occurring in a so-called "arc of instability" comprised of Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The misery and death caused by these conflicts, with helpless civilians often victims, has resulted in states and coalitions of states intervening militarily to stop the bloodshed, giving rise ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies

    by Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort ...
    Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of France’s Muslim migrant population, Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores this complex question. The authors conclude that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • African States since Independence

    Order, Development, and Democracy

    by Darin Christensen, David D. Laitin ...
    Series series Castle Lecture Series
    Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub-Saharan states’ post-independence struggles to eradicate poverty, establish democratic accountability, and quell civil unrest. They set out the founding fathers’ challenges in transforming their postcolonial states, many of which are ethnically diverse, geographically diffuse, ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

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    In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers a climactic chapter in his bestselling series, the Bowers Files.When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world.Clues lead to long-forgotten secrets buried deep beneath Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now ... Read more

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  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

    by Joshua S. Goldstein ...
    Everyone knows: wars are getting worse, more civilians are dying, and peacemaking achieves nothing, right? Wrong.Despite all the bad-news headlines, peacekeeping is working. Fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are smaller and more localized. But peace doesn’t just happen; it needs to be put into effect. Moreover, understanding the global decline in armed conflict is ... Read more

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  • The International Arms Trade

    by Rachel Stohl, Suzette Grillot ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Making War and Building Peace

    United Nations Peace Operations

    by Nicholas Sambanis, Michael W. Doyle ...
    Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN missions can ... Read more

    $72.59 CAD

  • Humanitarian Intervention

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to Côte d�Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. But what about Syria? Why have we observed the Syrian slaughter and done nothing? Is humanitarian intervention in crisis? Is the so-called ... Read more

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  • The Responsibility to Protect

    Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

    by Gareth Evans ...
    ""Never again!"" the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences-from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the agony of Darfur.Gareth Evans has grappled with these issues firsthand. As Australian foreign minister, he was a key broker of the United Nations peace plan for ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD