Nonviolent Change Journal

Vol. XIX, No. 3, Spring, 2005

Nonviolent Change Journal helps to network the peace community: providing dialoguing, exchanges of ideas, articles, reviews, reports and announcements of the activities of peace related groups and meetings, reviews of world developments relating to nonviolent change and resource information concerning the development of human relations on the basis of mutual respect.

Conciliation Resources' Accord programme has just published the 15th issue in its Accord series, From Military Peace to Social Justice? The Angolan Peace Process . The full text is available on line at no cost at http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15 or can be ordered in print from Conciliation Resources, 173 Upper street, London N1 1RG, UK, Tel +44 (0)20 7 359 7728, accord@c-r.org, http://www.c-r.org/accord/order/index.shtml,

Rabbi Michael Lerner , Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation is available from Tikkun Books. Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace is published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Gadi Wolfsfeld, Media and the Path to Peace can be obtained from Cambridge University Press.

Amy Benson Brown and Karen M. Poremski , Roads to Reconciliation: Conflict and Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century is 300 pp. for $39.95 cloth from M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Dr., Suite 202, Armonk, NY 10504 (800)541-6563. Kelly Guinan, Peace Quest is a practical, comprehensive and motivational guide to living as a peacemaker, available for $15.50 from Kind Regards, LLC, P.O. Box 33, Blair, NE 68008 (402)533-2615, www.celebratinfpeace.com.

Volumes from MIT Press include: William J. Long and Peter Brecke, War and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution (224 pp. for $24 paper); Michael Brown, Owen Cote, Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller, Eds., New Global Dangers: changing Dimensions of International Security (560pp. for $28 paper); Alexander T. J. Lennon, Ed., Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defenses, Arms Control and Arms Races in the Twenty-first Century (270 pp. for $27 paper); Kenneth D. Bergeron, Tritium on Ice: The Dangerous New alliance of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power (224 pp. for $15.95 paper); Philip B. Heymann, Terrorism, freedom and Security: Winning without War (227 pp. for $14.95 paper); Alexander T.J. Lennon, Ed., The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks (352 pp. for $25 paper); Alexander T.J. Lennon and Camille Eiss, Eds., Reshaping Rogue states: Prompting Regime Change, and U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Iraq and North Korea (384 pp. for $27 paper); Alexander T. J. Lennon, Ed., What Does the World Want from America: International Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy (200 pp. for $24 paper)

Michael E. Brown, Owen Cote, Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller, Eds., Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict , revised edition (475 pp. for $32 paper); Hussein Agha, Shai Feldman, Ahmad Khalidi and Zeev Schiff, Track-II Diplomacy: Lessons from the Middle East (224 pp. for $22 paper); Amira Hass, Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land (144 pp. for $14.95 paper); Brenda Shaffer, Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenges of Azerbaijani Identity (300 pp. for $25 paper); Michael E. Brown and Sumit Gangully, Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in As ia (400 pp. for $24.95 paper) Robert Legvold, Thinking Strategically: The Major Powers, Kazakhstan and the Central Asian Nexus (256 pp. for $27 paper); Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer, Bare Branches: the Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population (342 pp. for $35); Nives Dolsak and Arthur P.J Moy, Globalization and Environmental Reform: The Ecological Modernization of the Global Economy (288 pp. for $24.95 paper); Elinor Ostrom, Eds., The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adoptions (392 pp. for $30 paper); and Vaclav Smil, Enmergy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties (448 pp. for $34.95), all, plus $4 for the first item,$1 for each additional, shipping, from MIT Press, C/O Triliteral LLC, 100 Maple Ridge Dr., Cumberland, RI 02864 (800)405-1619, http://mitpress.mit.edu

David Solnit, Ed., Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World is 448 pp. for $17.95 from City Light books.

Richard Heindberg, The Party's Over: Oil Ware and the Fate of Industrial Societies is 288 pp. from New Society Publishers.

James L. Gibson, Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation is 488 pp. for $47 cloth, plus $5 for the first item, $1 for each additional, shipping, from the Russell Sage Foundation, 112 E 64 St., New York, NY 10021 (800)524-6401, www.russellsage.org.

Offerings from the Unites States Institute of Peace at no charge for single copies include Special reports, among them: " India and Pakistan Engagement: Prospects for Breakthrough or Breakdown? " Banning Garrett and Jonathan Adams, " U.S.-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats ," and Mona Yacoubian, " Promoting Middle East democracy: European Initiatives ," from USIP, 1200 17 St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202)457-1700. www.usip.org.

The Stanley Foundation offerings, some for no charge, include: Capturing the 21st Century Security Agenda: Prospects for Collective Responses (140 pp., paper); and ththe quarterly Courier: Promoting Thought and Encouraging Dialogue About the World, from the Stanley Foundation, 209 Iowa Ave., Muscatine, IA 52761 (563)264-1500, www.stanleyfoundation.org.

South End Press offerings include: Arundhati Roy, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire , a discussion of what the Bush administration really means by the "war on terror" and "compassionate conservatism" (168 pp. for $12 paper, $40 cloth); Oscar Olivera in collaboration with Tom Lewis, Cochabmba! Water War in Bolivia (224 pp. for $16 paper, $40 cloth); and Peter Kelly, Fighting for Hope , a call for a world free from violence between North and South, Men and Women, ourselves and the environment (124 pp. for $14 paper), all, plus $3.5o for first item, $.75 for each additional, shipping, from South End Press, 7 Brookline St., #1, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)547-4002, southend@southendpress.org, www.southendpress.org.

Duke University Press has available: Swanee Hunt, This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace (344 pp. for $29.95 cloth) and James Ridgeway, Its All for Sale: The Control of Global Resources (272 pp. for $18 paper) from Duke University Press, 905 W. Main St., Suite 18B, Durham, NC 27701 (919)687-3600, dukeupress.edu.

The Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East , published by Search for Common Ground in the Middle East lists and briefly reviews the following writings in its Winter 2005 Issue (to subscribe via E-mail send E-mail to: Subscribe-cgnews@lists.sfcg.org (English),
Subscribe-cgnewsarabic@lists.sfcg.org (Arabic),
Subscribe-cgnewshebrew@lists.sfcg.org (Hebrew): Greg Philo and Mike Berry, Bad News from Israel , highlights the important role of the media in conflict situations and their intimate link with the situation on the ground. In exploring the process that shapes the news, Berry and Philo suggest to journalists that they be aware of the positive or negative influence they may have on viewers and thus on the situation.

The book proposes to explore and clarify the position of all parties to the conflict, their goals and issues of concern, their interests and actions and to enquire deeper into the reasons for something to happen. It also advocates exploration of untruths and distortions of reality on both sides, highlighting that media are important players in conflicts for the best and for the worst. The 260 p. volume is available from Pluto Press in London. Clayton E. Swisher, The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story about the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process is 440 pp. from Nation Books, New York. Yossi Beilin, The Path to Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Agreement, 1996-2004 is 297 pp. from RDV Books/Akashic Books. The Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture (PIJ ) is the only independent, non-profit quarterly publication co-published and produced by Israelis and Palestinians, as an explicitly joint venture promoting dialogue, in the search for peaceful relations.

The Journal aims to shed light on, and analyze freely and critically, complex issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians. It also devotes space to regional and international affairs. Its purpose is to promote rapprochement and better understanding between peoples, and it strives to discuss all issues without prejudice and without taboos. For information go to: http://www.pij.org. Peace, Conflict & Development is an Interdisciplinary open-access journal publishing innovative and accessible writing on a wide range of topics in human rights, democracy and democratization, conflict resolution, environment, security, war, culture, identity and community, and other related areas of interest. For information, go to: http://www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk/index.asp. Conflict Resolution Quarterly is published by the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), For subscription information go to http://www.acrnet.org/publications/crq.htm

Neven Andjelic, Bosnia-Herzegovina: The End of a Legacy can be obtained from Frank Cass Publishers. Verghese Koithara. Crafting Peace in Kashmir: Through a Realist Lens , can be obtained from Sage Publications. Rose Kadende-Kaiser and Paul J. Kaiser, Eds. Phases of Conflict in Africa is available from de Sitter Publications. Yoichi Funabashi, Ed., Reconciliation in the Asis-Pacific is published by United States Institute of Press, Gerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren, Eds., Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific: An Overview of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities is available from Lynne Rienner Publishers. Munib Younan, Witnessing for Peace: In Jerusalem and the World is available from Munib Younan, Fortress Press. by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases is published by United States Institute of Peace. Annelies Heijmans, Nicola Simmonds, and Hans van de Veen, Eds., Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges is published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. Marie-Claire Foblets and Trutz von Trotha, Eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War is available from Hart Publishing. Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.. Commonsense on Weapons of Mass Destruction is published by University of Washington Press. Inge Kaul, Pedro Conceicao, Katell Le Goulven, and Ronald U. Mendoza, Editors, Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization edited. Oxford University Press, 2003.

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational journal of research and analysis, focusing on the current issues and controversies that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world. Social progress requires, among other things, sustained intellectual work, which should be pragmatic as well as analytical. The task of the journal is to present the results of this research and thinking in short, accessible and substantive essays. For details, go to: http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview/index.htm.

The Carolyn Freeze Baynes Institute for Social Justice, an international forum for addressing ideas and innovations in pursuit of ethical social relations within and among societies, will begin publishing Social Justice in Context , in Mid-2005, to stimulate thought, study, and practice that advance its cause. For information contact W. David Harrison, Editor, Social Justice in Context, Carolyn Freeze Baynes Institute for Social Justice, East Carolina University, College of Human Ecology, Greenville NC 27858 (252)328-1445, harrisonw@mail.ecu.edu.

Global Beat , has been an excellent source of information and further sources for Nonviolent Change , at: http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat. Global Beat also has an E-mail list serve.

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