Examining the 'Conciliation in Equity' program in Colombia, this book provides a dramatic, cross-cultural example of community justice and a model for developing alternative methods of resolving crime and conflict.
This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies... Læs mere
An examination of how Botswana overcame the legacies of exceptional resource deficiency and colonial neglect, to transform itself from one of... Læs mere
This work attempts to uncover the function of religion for those degraded on the basis of race. Accordingly, Recalibrating Spirit reveals the role of... Læs mere
Risk Culture is a practical volume devoted to the qualitative aspects of risk management, including those that... Læs mere
A dynamic investigation of processes of cultural reproduction – remaking and remodelling – which considers a wide range of film adaptations, remakes and fan productions from various industrial, textual and critical perspectives.
Depicting NAFTA to be but a stepping stone rather than final product of regional economic integrative efforts, a chapter-specific 15-year assessment conveys the upsides and downsides of North America's Camelot moment.
Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence settlement patterns in the United States, based on her extensive... Læs mere
The United States lost one third of its factory jobs in the past decade as jobs were outsourced offshore, mostly to Asia. Estimates of the number of vulnerable jobs range from a low 11 million to a staggering 56 million 'middle class' jobs.
The Middle East and Globalization discusses past and contemporary political, societal, economic, and cultural trends in the Middle East against... Læs mere