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Introduction: Remaking Europe in the margins, Christopher S. Browning. Regional Perspectives: Regional security, the War on Terrorism and the dual enlargements, Clive Archer; Rafting Nilas: subjectivity, memory and the discursive patterns of the North, Frank Möller. The North And The Construction Of Europe: Lessons from the North for the EU's 'Near Abroad', Marius Vahl; Constitutionalising the European Union, constructing EU borders, Thomas Christiansen; Westphalian, imperial, neomedieval: the geopolitics of Europe and the role of the North, Christopher S. Browning. Russian Perspectives: Russia and the challenges of regional cooperation in Northern Europe, Alexander Sergounin; EU-Russian regional cooperation: logics of regionalisation and the challenge of the exception, Sergei Prozorov. Future Motors Of Regional Cooperation: Accounting for the role of cities in regional cooperation: the case of Europe's North, Pertti Joenniemi; The paradiplomacy of St. Petersburg, Stanislav Tkachenko; Transnational forces, states and international institutions: three perspectives on change in Baltic sea affairs, Carl-Einar Stålvant. Conclusion: Conclusion: Europe-making and the North after enlargement, Christopher S. Browning and Pertti Joenniemi; Index.

About the authors -- Criminal justice as a system : the basics -- Fundamentals of criminal justice : essential themes and practices -- Foundations of law and crime : nature, elements, and defenses -- Theories of crime and measuring victimization -- Ethical essentials : "doing right when no one is watching" -- The police -- Police organization: structure and functions -- Police at work : patrolling and investigating -- Policing methods and challenges -- Expounding the constitution : laws of arrest, search, and seizure -- The courts -- Court organization : structure, functions, and the trial process -- The bench and the bar : those who judge, prosecute, and defend -- Court methods and challenges : sentencing and punishment -- Corrections -- Prisons and jails : structure and function -- The inmates' world : the "keepers" and the "kept" -- Corrections in the community : probation, parole, and other -- Alternatives to incarceration -- Spanning the system : methods and issues -- Juvenile justice : philosophy, law, and practices -- On the crime policy and prevention agenda : terrorism, the mentally -- In the criminal justice system, and the threat of illegal -- Immigration -- Appendix: constitution of the united states -- Answers -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index

Why do countries restrict immigration and travel? -- A history of immigration legislation / Beth Rowen -- Protecting public health? / Suzanne B. Goldberg -- A travel ban won't solve the ebola crisis / Tara Culp-Ressler -- President Trump's travel ban / U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- What changed in the revised travel ban / Tom McCarthy -- Is president Trump's travel ban racist or necessary? -- Reaction to the travel ban / Clark Mindock -- Trump's travel ban is not racist / Corine Gatti -- It's not about fighting terrorism / Kermit Roosevelt III -- Trump's travel ban makes Americans less safe / Ken Gude -- Without better screening of immigrants, we need the travel ban / Lee Smith -- Who deserves to come to America? -- Trump can't hide the racism of the travel ban / Nicole Colson -- Merit is hard to judge / John Carson -- All immigrants can benefit America / Raquel Aldana -- International students benefit America / Paula Calligiuri -- Fear leads to hate crimes / Ingrid Anderson -- Facts about immigration and travel restrictions -- Organizations to contact

At this time when many have lost hope amidst conflicts, terrorism, environmental destruction, economic inequality and the breakdown of democracy, this beautifully written book outlines how to rethink and reform our key institutions - markets, corporations, welfare policies, democratic processes and transnational governance - to create better societies based on core principles of human dignity, sustainability, and justice. This new vision is based on the findings of over 300 social scientists involved in the collaborative, interdisciplinary International Panel on Social Progress. Relying on state-of-the-art scholarship, these social scientists reviewed the desirability and possibility of all relevant forms of long-term social change, explored current challenges, and synthesized their knowledge on the principles, possibilities, and methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Their common finding is that a better society is indeed possible, its contours can be broadly described, and all we need is to gather forces toward realizing this vision

Is Islam inherently a 'problem'? For influential New Atheists such as Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Richard Dawkins, the answer is an emphatic yes, largely because of the Islamic doctrine of jihad. According to this view, when al-Qaeda plotted 9/11 or ISIS planned any one of its recent terrorist attacks, they were manifesting the letter of Islamic scripture. Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism interrogates this claim by comparing the conflicting interpretations of jihad offered by mainstream Muslim scholars, violent Muslim radicals, and New Atheists. Mohammad Hassan Khalil considers contemporary Muslim terrorism to be a grave problem that we must now confront. He shows, however, that the explanations offered for this phenomenon by certain prominent New Atheists are highly problematic, and that their own interpretations of Islam overstep those of even radicals such as Osama bin Laden. This book offers an accessible examination of one of the most pressing issues of our day

This book is the first comprehensive examination of North Africa's political, security, and economic developments since the 2011 Arab Uprisings shook the Middle East. North Africa in Transition examines how the people and governments of North Africa have responded to the Arab uprisings that shook the region's politics in 2011. With individual chapters detailing key developments in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, the authors bring together a wide range of expertise to assess how a previously under-explored and politically static region underwent bursts or energy, protests, and war. Two of the regimes were completely transformed and two adapted to survive. Of interest to North Africa specialists and scholars of democratic transitions, North Africa in Transition unravels the story of what has changed since 2011 and what security, political, and economic reforms are required to ensure progress and stability. The book argues that without the persistent and comprehensive development of key government institutions focused on creating jobs and providing security, the region risks future protests, terrorism or even revolution.

Foreword by Francis T. Cullun -- Part I. Terrorism in Context : 1. Meeting Deniz -- 2. The History of the Kurds and the PKK -- Part II. The Freedom Fighter's Own Story : Section A. Becoming a Terrorist : 3. The Early Years -- 4. Joining the PKK -- 5. Mission Training -- Section B. Being a Terrorist : 6. Rangers and My First Mission -- 7. Turkish Oppression toward the Kurdish Villagers -- 8. The PKK Organization -- 9. On the Way to Damascus, Syria -- 10. War against Barzani's Peshmerghas -- 11. The Chaotic Situation at Central Headquarters Command -- 12. The Women Guerillas of the Organization -- 13. The War against the YNK -- 14. Internal Conflict within the Organization -- 15. That's All She Wrote! -- 16. The Trip to Amed -- 17. Recruiting New Guerillas -- 18. Decision to Keep My Hands Off -- Section C. Prison and Beyond : 19. Leaving the PKK -- 20. The Prison and the General -- 21. Penitence (Second Thoughts) -- 22. The Turks, the Kurds, and the Last Chance -- Part III. Conclusion : 23. Lessons from a Terrorist's Own Story.

The modernization of the Western world / John McGrath and Jay P. Corrin -- Modernization and social change / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The ancient and classical inheritance / John McGrath -- Europe in the Medieval era / John McGrath -- The late Middle Ages and the transformation of Medieval society / John McGrath -- The Italian Renaissance / John McGrath and Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The Reformation / Susan Hagood Lee -- Commerce, cities, and capitalism / John McGrath -- The centralization and rationalization of the political state / John McGrath -- The Enlightenment / John McGrath -- The French Revolution / John McGrath -- The Industrial Revolution / John W. Mackey -- Classical liberalism and the bourgeois state / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Karl Marx and the socialist response to capitalism / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Nationalism and nations / John W. Mackey -- The age of empire / John W. Mackey -- The Great War / Benjamin E. Varat -- Europe between wars / Jay P. Corrin -- The rise of fascism / Jay P. Corrin -- Total war: World War II / Michael G. Kort -- The cold war / Benjamin E. Varat -- Globalization and social change / John McGrath -- Terror and terrorism / John McGrath

"The inexorable advent of globalization has transformed the public policymaking process into a multi-faceted challenge that transcends traditional policymaking boundaries and forces scholars, experts, and practitioners to redefine their field in terms of both theory and practice. While every policy dilemma has a specific location in time and space, most significant policy issues-- climate change, food and water, economic development, global pandemics, terrorism and violence, and migration, to name just a few--now require a collective framing of the problem and a collaborative effort to take effective action.The essays in this volume were first presented at a conference hosted by the Istanbul Policy Center and supported by the Freidrich Naumann Foundation in November 2014. Policy thinkers from nearly a dozen countries participated, offering valuable insights into how policymaking is evolving from a circumscribed field of inquiry into a truly global dialogue that can help stakeholders to focus on key issues that threaten the survival of our planet."--Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Part One: The Disciplines of International Studies -- Chapter 1: The Past in the Present: Historical Interpretation in International Conflict -- Chapter 2: Peoples, Places, and Patterns: Geography in International Studies -- Chapter 3: Anthropology and Intercultural Relations -- Chapter 4: Economics and International Development -- Chapter 5: Power, Conflict, and Policy: The Role of Political Science in International Studies -- Part Two: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Regional and International Topics -- Chapter 6: North America and International Studies -- Chapter 7: Europe and the Modern World -- Chapter 8: East Asia and International Studies: Demography and Development -- Chapter 9: South/Central Asia and International Studies: Environment and Population -- Chapter 10: Sub-Saharan Africa and the International Community -- Chapter 11: The Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 12: Latin America -- Part Three: Contemporary Global Issues -- Chapter 13: International Terrorism -- Chapter 14: The Global Refugee Crisis -- Chapter 15: The Syrian Civil War and the Rise of the Islamic State -- Chapter 16: The Veil Controversy -- Chapter 17: Global Population Projections -- Chapter 18: Global Climate Change -- Chapter 19: The globalization of Modern Sports -- Conclusion

Front Matter -- Contents -- Editorial Foreword -- Introduction /Fuat Gursozlu -- A Critique of Thug Culture /Andrew Fiala -- The Role of Language in Justifying and Eliminating Cultural Violence /William C. Gay -- Getting at the "Root Cause": Why a "Culture of Violence" is the Wrong Place to Focus /Todd Jones -- Cultural Violence, Hegemony, and Agonistic Interventions /Fuat Gursozlu -- Two Semites Confront Anti-Semitism: On the Varities of Anti-Semitic Experience /Amin Asfari and Ron Hirschbein -- The War on Drugs as Harm to Persons: Cultural Violence as Symbol and Justification /Lloyd Steffen -- Terrorism and the Necessity of Oppositional Clarification in the "War" Against It /Sanjay Lal -- Just War Perspectives on Police Violence /David Speetzen -- Cultural Violence and Gender Injustice in Africa: The Necessity for Enlightened Self-Interest /Laleye Solomon Akinyemi -- War is America's Altar: Violence in the American Imagination /Alessandro Rovati -- Michel Foucault's Theory of Practices of the Self and the Quest for a New Philosophical Anthropology /Edward Demenchonok -- Toward a New Conception of Socially-Just Peace /Joshua M. Hall.

Redefinitions of EU borders (enlargements, Brexit), geopolitical challenges (conflicts, migrations, terrorism, environmental risks) and the economic and financial crises have triggered debates on the common values that hold European countries and citizens together, justify public action and ensure the sustainability of European governance. This book discusses the genesis of and increasing references to "European values", their appropriation by diverse groups of actors and their impact on public action. It argues that European values are a broad and flexible symbolic repertoire, instrumental to serving diverging ends, and a resource for both negotiation and conflicts. Looking at the broader picture, the book reflects on the role of values in the institutionalization of the EU as a political order and paves the way to an assessment of its singularity in comparison with other polities across time and space.This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in EU politics, comparative politics, IR, public policy, sociology and cultural studies.

The prominence of religion in recent debates around politics, identity formation, and international terrorism has led to an increased demand on those studying religion to help clarify and contextualise religious belief and practice in the public sphere. While many texts focus on the theoretical development of the subject, this book outlines a wider application of these studies by exploring the role of religious studies scholars and theologians as public intellectuals.Looking at the individual and collective role of religious studies scholars and theologians in public life, this book will be of great interest to all scholars and academics involved in religious studies and theology across the academy.This collection of essays first seeks to define exactly what makes an intellectual "public". It then goes on to deal with a few questions of concern: How do public intellectuals construct knowledge in religious and theological scholarship? What is the link between public intellectuals of higher education and their role in society? Do higher education institutions have a responsibility to endorse public intellectualism?.

"This book assesses the foreign policy legacy of the Obama administration through the lens of national security and leadership. Timely, accessible chapters authored by leading scholars of presidential and international politics cover White House-Cabinet relations; Congress and War Powers; challenges including the Iran nuclear deal, ISIS, and the closing of Guantanamo Bay; drone strikes; the New Cold War with Russia; and the ways in which the Obama foreign policy legacy shaped the 2016 presidential election. In particular, the book explores the philosophical basis of counter-terrorism strategy in the Obama administration and traces how precepts differed from the administration of George W. Bush. More generally, the book contributes to an understanding of the distinctive interplay between the formal, constitutional powers of the president and the use of informal, executive powers in the quest for peace and security. Finally, the book surveys the challenges that Donald J. Trump faces in the transition to the new presidential administration. "--Provided by publisher.

This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("the Ramo Plan") to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis. Issuing a direct challenge to the status quo, the author lays out a bold set of policies to overcome the West-East divide and lead us to a more successful and secure future. Alongside the presentation of a new economic approach, this book provides a thorough survey of the major forces behind the decline in economic growth rates. It examines the state of the major world economies, explores the impact of the global debt crisis, identifies the income and wealth gaps in the United States and other countries, and explains the relationship between these issues and the spread of alienation, radicalism and terrorism. Imaginative and refreshing, this is valuable and original reading for students and academics interested in international political economy, economic development, sustainable development, and social economics, as well as global policy, area studies, globalization studies, and international relations.