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The Empowerment Manual
New Society Publishers 2011; US$ 24.95How groups of equals can harness their ideals, passion, skills and knowledge more...
The Long Way Back
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 20.99Christopher Alexander, Canadian?s former ambassador to Afghanistan, offers an inside look at Afghanistan recent history, and delivers a blueprint for transforming the troubled country into a viable nation. Alexander draws on expertise gained over five years on the ground in Afghanistan, chronicling the country?s initial successes following the Afghan... more...
Challenging Global Finance
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00Friesen demonstrates how transnational CSOs and NGOs can influence the context in which international political decisions are made. She shows how, by reframing the issues, the transnational campaign for the cancellation of third world debt altered the dominant discourse, shifted the agenda and thereby shaped political outcomes. more...
Politics, Agricultural Development, and Conflict Resolution
University Press of America 2012; US$ 26.99Using the Moyen Bani Programme as an example, External Assistance or External Interference gives an analysis of a grassroots conflict and raises the issue of international NGO activities in rural development activities. This book provides the historical, economic, and political backgrounds that influenced the design and the conflict resolution.... more...
The Power of Interdependence
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 30.00This study assesses the impact and power of IOs in the international system via case studies from Togo, Mauritania, and São Tomé and Príncipe. more...
The International Monetary Fund and Latin America
Temple University Press 2012; US$ 74.50The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a critical role in the global economy since the postwar era. But, claims Claudia Kedar, behind the strictly economic aspects of the IMF’s intervention, there are influential interactions between IMF technocrats and local economists—even when countries are not borrowing money. In The International... more...
Oil Supply Crises
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 59.99Oil Supply Crises: Cooperation and Discord in the West , by Vessela Chakarova, offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of consumer countries? policies and reactions to oil supply shortages. In addition to being a valuable source of information on oil market dynamics, it provides a deep theoretical understanding of one of the most critical... more...
Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World
Zed Books 2013; US$ 34.95Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested annually in social protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability, much of which is gendered. Despite this, little attention has been paid to gender-sensitive policy implementation. Drawing on empirical evidence from poor households and communities... more...
A Primer of GIS
Guilford Publications 2008; US$ 62.00This pragmatic book introduces key concepts and skills to prepare students to understand and use geographic information systems (GIS). The text thoroughly explains what geographic information is, how it is represented and analyzed, and what it communicates about human and environmental activities and events that take place on our planet. Basic principles... more...
State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00This book explores the linkages between state failure, self-help, and self-organization with regards to Nigerian civil society. more...









