Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground
Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin
352 pages | 6 x 9
Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3976-8 | $65.00 | £42.50
A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series
As nations struggling to heal wounds of civil war and atrocity turn toward the model of reconciliation, Reconciliation in Divided Societies takes a systematic look at the political dimensions of this international phenomenon.
Now in Paperback
Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives
Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor
296 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus.
Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8 | $19.95 | £13.00
A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series
Female Circumcision brings together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the U.S., and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice.
Child Soldiers in Africa
Alcinda Honwana
216 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus.
Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3911-9 | $45.00 | £29.50
Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1987-6 | $22.50 | £15.00
A volume in the Ethnography of Political Violence series
In Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done.
Of Related Interest
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice
Thomas F. Jackson
472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus.
Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3969-0 | $39.95 | £26.00
A volume in the Politics and Culture in Modern America series
From Civil Rights to Human Rights examines King's lifelong commitments to economic equality, racial justice, and international peace. Drawing upon broad research in published sources and unpublished manuscript collections, Jackson positions King within the social movements and momentous debates of his time.
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