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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor's Comments

What Are You Up To?

Ongoing Activities

Upcoming Events

World Developments

Letters: Dialoging

Articles

Media Notes

Reports and Announcements

Vol. XX, No. 1                                                                      Fall, 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.

 

MEDIA NOTES

 

Marc Gopin, Holy War, Holy Peace:  How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East is 228 pp. in paper from Oxford University Press. Thomas Carothers and Marina S. Ottaway, Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East is 302 pp. from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

 

Tom H. Hastings, Nonviolent Response to Terrorism is 244 pp. available from McFarland & Co., Inc of Jefferson, NC.

 

Michael N. Nagler, The Search for a Nonviolent Future is available from by Inner Ocean Publishing.

 

World Watch Institute's State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security is available in paper for $18.95 from World watch Instiute, 1776 Mass Ave, suite 800, Washington, Dc 20036, wpub@worldwatch.org, or may be viewed on line at www.worldwatch.org. World Watch also publishes in hard copy and on line: Vital Signs 2005,139 pp. for $16.95 paper or PDF; Worldwatch Global Trends on the web site offers instant access to each of Worldwatch's 220 global indicators. Each trend contains a PowerPoint slide and an Excel spreadsheet containing graphs, charts and raw data. The spreadsheets are easily manipulated to include the users data for research comparisons or for use in presentations. The indicators are in th following areas: Agriculture, Food, and Water;  Ecosystems and Biodiversity; Economy; Materials; Transportation and Communications; Climate and Pollution; Conflict and Peace; Energy; and Population and Health. Each Worldatch Global Trends bundle costs $1.00, and group of bundles can be purchased on line; Worldwatch Papers on a variety of topics are produced regularly, the Institute produces World Watch Magazine by monthly for $27 a year.

 

The Center fro Defense Information (CDI) has a series of in print and on line reports, including Future Security in Space: Charting a Cooperative Course, 108 pp. for $25, from Center fro Defense Information, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20036 (202)332-0600, www.cdi.org.

 

Nel Noddings, Ed., Educating Citizens for Global Awareness is available from Teachers College Press (800)575-6500, www.tcpress.com.

 

Elinor Ostrom and James Walker, Eds., Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons for Experimental Research is 352 pp. for $39.95 from the Russell Sage Foundation, 112 E. 64 St., New York, NY 10021 (800)524-6401, (212)750-6038, www.russellsage.org.

 

Conflict Resolution Quarterly is produced by the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and is available with membership at rates which vary according to type of membership, from Association for Conflict Resolution, 1015 18 St., NW, suite 1150, Washington, DC 20036 (202)464-9700, acr@acr.net, www.acr.net.

 

The Arab Reform Bulletin is an electronic monthly published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIPThe Bulletin, published both in English and Arabic, provides objective, timely and incisive analysis of political reform in the Middle East and North Africa. For more information go to: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=16504. The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) is a non-profit, non-partisan publication that involves people across the geographical and political spectrum and represents a new approach to the study of the modern Middle East, producing accurate, groundbreaking research and analysis on contemporary issues using the latest approaches and technologies, to advance research on the Middle East and foster scholarly communication and cooperation. For more information, please see: http://meria.idc.ac.il/whatis.html. For a free subscription to the Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East and to the Common Ground News Service, please click on one or more of the following:   Subscribe-cgnews@lists.sfcg.org  (English),   Subscribe-cgnewsarabic@lists.sfcg.org  (Arabic), Subscribe-cgnewshebrew@lists.sfcg.org  (Hebrew).

 

International Interactions is a quarterly focusing on the analysis of current issues in international relations, publishing empirical and theoretical research. The journal, published by Routledge, is available to individuals for $195 a year from Taylor and Francis, 325 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106.

 

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has an extensive video and film lending library, including such films as, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War and A Force More Powerful. For the complete catalogue contact AFSC at (617)497-5237 or www.afsc.org/resources/video-film.htm

 

 

 

Useful Web Sites

 

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.

 

Europa World Plus +: Europa World/Regional Surveys of the World On Line is at: www.europaworld.com

 

 

Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR):, www.acr.net

 

To receive periodic updates of the Index of Violence and Harm for the U.S., E-mail njwollman@manchester.edu, with "Nivah Updates" in the subject line. The index is at www.manchester.edu/links/violenceindex

 

 

The noticeboard for the Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation is available, and welcomes information for posting, at: http://www.tlpeace.org.au/noticeboard.htm

 

 

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