Book reviews

Book reviews

Book review - Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement
Book cover of 'Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement' Carmen López Alonso 25 October 2011
This book traces the history of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement back to its origins in the Egyp... more  
Liberal Peace in Question: Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka
María Villellas Ariño 6 August 2011
Why did liberal peace fail in Sri Lanka? Why did a peace process that gained so much international attentio... more  
Pernicious parallels in US war policy
Mariano Aguirre 6 January 2011
The United States' protracted fight against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised the spectre of... more  
Revision or revolution?
Kristoffer Lidén 2 May 2010
Kristoffer Lidén contrasts two books which distil different theoretical conclusions from rather similar emp... more  
Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving from Violence to Sustainable Peace
Madalena Moita 9 November 2009
By integrating innovative theory with detailed case studies, this book seeks to define the conditions that... more  
Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field
Necla Tschirgi 22 October 2009
This volume documents and evaluates thirteen diverse projects with a view to distilling broader lessons on... more  
Engaging the Muslim World
Sana Majeed 9 August 2009
Professor Juan Cole provides convincing arguments as to how lasting, trusting and mutually beneficial relat... more  
Africa. The Politics of Suffering and Smiling
David Sogge 5 August 2009
A provocative reflection on the perverse politics of today’s sub-Saharan Africa, this book will generate co... more  
The Dilemmas of Statebuilding
Necla Tschirgi 26 May 2009
A group of experts looks at the dilemmas, challenges and contradictions that state building and peace build... more  

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