Books Received

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Alphabetical

Bailes, Alyson, Gunilla Herolf, and Bengt Sundelius, eds. 2006. The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy. SIPRI Publications. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xiv + 427 pp. ISBN 0-19-929084-9 (hardback). Price: £40.00.

* Ballentine, Karen and Heiko Nitzschke, eds. 2005. Profiting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimension of Civil War. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ix + 536 pp. ISBN: 1-58826-287-1 (paperback). Price £17.50.

* Batchelor, Peter and Kees Kingma, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. I: Concepts and Processes. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate. xv +173 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3314-4 (hardback). Price £45.00.

* Batchelor, Peter and Kees Kingma, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. II: National and Regional Experiences. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. xvi + 237 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3315-2 (hardback). Price £49.50.

* Batchelor, Peter, Kees Kingma, and Guy Lamb, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. III: The Role of the Military in State Formation and Nation-Building. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate. xv + 150 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3316-0 (hardback). Price £45.00

* Caplan, Richard. 2006. International Governance of War-Torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, x + 291 pp. ISBN: 0-19-921275-9 (paperback). Price: £19.99.

* Chesterton, Simon, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur, eds. 2005. Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 350 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1107-X (paperback). Price: $45.00.

Child, John, David Faulkner, and Stephen Tallman. 2005. Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii + 457 pp. ISBN 0-19-926624-7 (hardback) 0-19-926625-5 (paperback). Price £60.00 (hb) £24.95 (pb).

* Coulomb, Fanny. 2004. Economic Theories of Peace and War. Studies in Defence Economics series. London: Routledge, viii + 308 pp. ISBN 0-415-28408-2 (hardback). Price £75.00.

* Enders, Walter and Todd Sandler. 2006. The Political Economy of Terrorism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xiii + 278 pp. 0-521-61650-6 (paperback). Price: £14.99.

Fisher, Franklin M., Annette Huber-Lee, Ilan Amir, Shaul Arlosoroff, Zvi Eckstein, Munther Haddadin, Salem G. Hamati, Ammar Jarrar, Anan Jayyousi, and Uri Shamir. 2005. Liquid Assets: An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. xxvii + 242 pp. ISBN 1-933115-08-4 (hardback), 1-933115-09-2 (paperback). Price $80.00 (hb) $39.95 (pb).

Gat, Azar. 2006. War in Human Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xv + 822 pp.ISBN: 0-19-926213-6 (hardback). Price: £25.00.

Geiger, Till. 2004. Britain and the Economic Problem of the Cold War: The Political Economy and the Economic Impact of the British Defence Effort, 1945-1955. Series: Modern Economic & Social History. Aldershot: Ashgate. 372 pp. ISBN 0-7546-0287-7 (hardback). Price £55.00.

* George, Edward. 2005. The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991: From Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale. London: Frank Cass Publishers. xiv + 354 pp. ISBN 0-415-35015-8 (hardback). Price: £65.00.

Goldstone, Lawrence. 2005. Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution. New York: Walker & Company. vii + 230pp. ISBN 0-8027-1460-9 (hardback). Price $24.00.

* Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. 2006: Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business. Oxford: Oxford University Press. viii + 344 pp. ISBN: 0-19-929848-3 (paperback). Price: £17.99.

* Higgs, Robert. 2006. Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Xv + 221 pp. ISBN: 0-19-518292-8 (hardback). Price: £19.99.

Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve, ed. 2003. Reforming Africa's Institutions: Ownership, Incentives, and Capabilities. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. xix + 362 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1082-0 (paperback). Price: $37.95.

Keating, Tom and W. Andy Knight, eds. 2004. Building Sustainable Peace. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 502 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1101-0 (hardback). Price: $30.00.

* Keen, David. 2005. Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone. Oxford: James Currey Publishers. xii + 340 pp. ISBN 0-85255-883-X (paperback). Price £16.95.

Korf, Benedikt. 2004. Conflict, Space and Institutions: Property Rights and the Political Economy of War in Sri Lanka. Series: Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, xviii + 218 pp. ISBN 3-8322-3219-2 (paperback), Price € 28.00.

Meyer, Gabriel. 2005. War and Faith in Sudan. Cambridge: Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co. xxviii + 216 pp. ISBN 0-8028-2933-3 (hardback), Price $20.00.

Moore, Don A., Daylian M. Cain, George Loewenstein, and Max H. Bazerman, eds. 2005. Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xii + 300 pp. ISBN 0-521-84439-8 (hardback). Price £35.00.

Nesi, Giuseppe, ed. 2006. International Cooperation in Counterterrorism. The United Nations and Regional Organizations in the Fight Againts Terrorism. Aldershot: Ashgate. xii +313 pp. ISBN 0-7546-4755-2 (hardback). Price £60.00.

Newman, Edward and Oliver Richmond, eds. 2006. Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 342 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1126-6 (paperback), Price: $37.00.

* Onuoha, Austin. 2005. From Conflict to Collaboration: Building Peace in Nigeria's Oil-Producing Communities. London: Adonis and Abbey Publishers. ix + 239 pp. ISBN 1-905068-05-0 (paperback). Price £19.99 or £10.00 as PDF file download.

* Ruttan, Vernon W. 2006. Is War Necessary for Economic Growth? Military Procurement and Technology Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xi + 219 pp. ISBN 0-19-518804-7 (hardback). Price £26.99. [Review article in EPSJ v2, n1]

Salanié, Bernard. 2005. The Economics of Contracts: A Primer, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. xii + 244 pp. ISBN 0-262-19525-9 (hardback). Price: £22.95.

Scholz, John T. and Bruce Stiftel, eds. 2005. Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. xxiii + 274 pp. ISBN 1-933115-18-1 (hardback) 1-933115-19-X (paperback). Price $75.00 (hb) $29.95 (pb).

* SIPRI. 2006. SIPRI Yearbook 2006. Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. SIPRI Publications. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xxxvi + 888 pp. ISBN 0-19-929873-4 (hardback) Price: £80.00.

* Stubbs, Richard. 2005. Rethinking Asia's Economic Miracle: The Political Economy of War, Prosperity and Crisis. Rethinking World Politics Series. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. xii + 276 pp. ISBN 0-333-96461-6 (paperback). Price: £19.99.

Thakur, Ramesh and Peter Malcontent, eds. 2004. From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability: The Search for Justice in a World of States. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, xviii + 305 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1100-2 (paperback). Price: $33.00.

* Wulf, Herbert. 2005. Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace: The Bumpy Ride to Peace Building. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. xv + 263 pp. ISBN 1-4039-4917-4 (hardback). Price: £50.00.

Yanacopulos, Helen and Joseph Hanlon, eds. 2006. Civil War, Civil Peace. Oxford: James Currey Publishers. 332 pp. ISBN 0-85255-895-3 (paperback). Price: £22.00.



Chronological

2006

Bailes, Alyson, Gunilla Herolf, and Bengt Sundelius, eds. 2006. The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy. SIPRI Publications. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xiv + 427 pp. ISBN 0-19-929084-9 (hardback). Price: £40.00.

* Caplan, Richard. 2006. International Governance of War-Torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, x + 291 pp. ISBN: 0-19-921275-9 (paperback). Price: £19.99.

* Enders, Walter and Todd Sandler. 2006. The Political Economy of Terrorism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xiii + 278 pp. 0-521-61650-6 (paperback). Price: £14.99.

Gat, Azar. 2006. War in Human Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xv + 822 pp.ISBN: 0-19-926213-6 (hardback). Price: £25.00.

* Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. 2006: Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business. Oxford: Oxford University Press. viii + 344 pp. ISBN: 0-19-929848-3 (paperback). Price: £17.99.

* Higgs, Robert. 2006. Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Xv + 221 pp. ISBN: 0-19-518292-8 (hardback). Price: £19.99.

Nesi, Giuseppe, ed. 2006. International Cooperation in Counterterrorism. The United Nations and Regional Organizations in the Fight Againts Terrorism. Aldershot: Ashgate. xii +313 pp. ISBN 0-7546-4755-2 (hardback). Price £60.00.

Newman, Edward and Oliver Richmond, eds. 2006. Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 342 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1126-6 (paperback), Price: $37.00.

* Ruttan, Vernon W. 2006. Is War Necessary for Economic Growth? Military Procurement and Technology Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xi + 219 pp. ISBN 0-19-518804-7 (hardback). Price £26.99. [Review article in EPSJ v2, n1]

* SIPRI. 2006. SIPRI Yearbook 2006. Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. SIPRI Publications. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xxxvi + 888 pp. ISBN 0-19-929873-4 (hardback) Price: £80.00.

Yanacopulos, Helen and Joseph Hanlon, eds. 2006. Civil War, Civil Peace. Oxford: James Currey Publishers. 332 pp. ISBN 0-85255-895-3 (paperback). Price: £22.00.

2005

* Ballentine, Karen and Heiko Nitzschke, eds. 2005. Profiting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimension of Civil War. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ix + 536 pp. ISBN: 1-58826-287-1 (paperback). Price £17.50.

* Chesterton, Simon, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur, eds. 2005. Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 350 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1107-X (paperback). Price: $45.00.

Child, John, David Faulkner, and Stephen Tallman. 2005. Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii + 457 pp. ISBN 0-19-926624-7 (hardback) 0-19-926625-5 (paperback). Price £60.00 (hb) £24.95 (pb).

Fisher, Franklin M., Annette Huber-Lee, Ilan Amir, Shaul Arlosoroff, Zvi Eckstein, Munther Haddadin, Salem G. Hamati, Ammar Jarrar, Anan Jayyousi, and Uri Shamir. 2005. Liquid Assets: An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. xxvii + 242 pp. ISBN 1-933115-08-4 (hardback), 1-933115-09-2 (paperback). Price $80.00 (hb) $39.95 (pb).

* George, Edward. 2005. The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991: From Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale. London: Frank Cass Publishers. xiv + 354 pp. ISBN 0-415-35015-8 (hardback). Price: £65.00.

Goldstone, Lawrence. 2005. Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution. New York: Walker & Company. vii + 230pp. ISBN 0-8027-1460-9 (hardback). Price $24.00.

* Keen, David. 2005. Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone. Oxford: James Currey Publishers. xii + 340 pp. ISBN 0-85255-883-X (paperback). Price £16.95.

Meyer, Gabriel. 2005. War and Faith in Sudan. Cambridge: Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co. xxviii + 216 pp. ISBN 0-8028-2933-3 (hardback), Price $20.00.

Moore, Don A., Daylian M. Cain, George Loewenstein, and Max H. Bazerman, eds. 2005. Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xii + 300 pp. ISBN 0-521-84439-8 (hardback). Price £35.00.

* Onuoha, Austin. 2005. From Conflict to Collaboration: Building Peace in Nigeria's Oil-Producing Communities. London: Adonis and Abbey Publishers. ix + 239 pp. ISBN 1-905068-05-0 (paperback). Price £19.99 or £10.00 as PDF file download.

Salanié, Bernard. 2005. The Economics of Contracts: A Primer, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. xii + 244 pp. ISBN 0-262-19525-9 (hardback). Price: £22.95.

Scholz, John T. and Bruce Stiftel, eds. 2005. Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. xxiii + 274 pp. ISBN 1-933115-18-1 (hardback) 1-933115-19-X (paperback). Price $75.00 (hb) $29.95 (pb).

* Stubbs, Richard. 2005. Rethinking Asia's Economic Miracle: The Political Economy of War, Prosperity and Crisis. Rethinking World Politics Series. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. xii + 276 pp. ISBN 0-333-96461-6 (paperback). Price: £19.99.

* Wulf, Herbert. 2005. Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace: The Bumpy Ride to Peace Building. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. xv + 263 pp. ISBN 1-4039-4917-4 (hardback). Price: £50.00.


2004

* Batchelor, Peter and Kees Kingma, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. I: Concepts and Processes. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate. xv +173 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3314-4 (hardback). Price £45.00.

* Batchelor, Peter and Kees Kingma, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. II: National and Regional Experiences. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. xvi + 237 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3315-2 (hardback). Price £49.50.

* Batchelor, Peter, Kees Kingma, and Guy Lamb, eds. 2004. Demilitarisation and Peace-building in Southern Africa. Vol. III: The Role of the Military in State Formation and Nation-Building. Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. Aldershot: Ashgate. xv + 150 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3316-0 (hardback). Price £45.00

* Coulomb, Fanny. 2004. Economic Theories of Peace and War. Studies in Defence Economics series. London: Routledge, viii + 308 pp. ISBN 0-415-28408-2 (hardback). Price £75.00.

Geiger, Till. 2004. Britain and the Economic Problem of the Cold War: The Political Economy and the Economic Impact of the British Defence Effort, 1945-1955. Series: Modern Economic & Social History. Aldershot: Ashgate. 372 pp. ISBN 0-7546-0287-7 (hardback). Price £55.00.

Keating, Tom and W. Andy Knight, eds. 2004. Building Sustainable Peace. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 502 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1101-0 (hardback). Price: $30.00.

Korf, Benedikt. 2004. Conflict, Space and Institutions: Property Rights and the Political Economy of War in Sri Lanka. Series: Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, xviii + 218 pp. ISBN 3-8322-3219-2 (paperback), Price € 28.00.

Thakur, Ramesh and Peter Malcontent, eds. 2004. From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability: The Search for Justice in a World of States. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, xviii + 305 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1100-2 (paperback). Price: $33.00.

2003

Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve, ed. 2003. Reforming Africa's Institutions: Ownership, Incentives, and Capabilities. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. xix + 362 pp. ISBN: 92-808-1082-0 (paperback). Price: $37.95.