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Antisemitism : an enduring reality / Brian Mulroney -- Law and antisemitism : the role for the state in responding to hatred / R. Roy McMurtry -- The changing dimensions of contemporary Canadian antisemitism / Morton Weinfeld -- Historical reflections on contemporary antisemitism / Steven J. Zipperstein -- Antisemitism in Western Europe today / Todd M. Endelman -- Antisemitism and anti-Zionism : a historical approach / Derek J. Penslar -- The nature and determinants of Arab attitudes towards Israel / Mark Tessler.

For conceptual and empirical reasons the quest for predictive theory rests on a mistaken analogy between physical and social phenomena. Evolutionary biology is a more productive analogy for social science. We explore the value of this analogy in its `hard' and `soft' versions, and examine the implications of both for theory and research in International Relations. We develop the case for forward `tracking' of International Relations on the basis of local and general knowledge as a constructive response to the problems we identify in backward-looking attempts to build deductive, nomothetic theory.

This essay seeks to identify the relationships between single-group dynamics & foreign policy decisions, including the nature of conflict resolution within such groups. Management of group conflict requires information processing & option management. Group decision outputs are examined, with emphasis on group choices among one or more options that lack any perceived common underlying structure. Conflict resolution models include concurrence, as illustrated by the 1938 Munich crisis; unanimity, as practiced by the Swedish government in 1981 when a Soviet submarine ran aground; & plurality, exemplified by the Israeli government's response to Egyptian military action in May 1967. Additional historical examples are analyzed. The authors conclude that each decision process has its merits & that no single model works best in all situations. 2 Figures, 47 References. J. R. Callahan

Antisemitism is reappearing in disturbing new ways and in unexpected strength. This resurgence is of deep concern to politicians, practitioners of law, the academic community, and to informed citizens everywhere. To address this, a scholarly conference was assembled at the University of Toronto in 2003. Contemporary Antisemitism is the result of that meeting.Editors Derek J. Penslar, Michael R. Marrus, and Janice Gross Stein, and the contributors to this volume address the following questions: is contemporary antisemitism an eerie echo of the past, or is it driven by new combinations of political, economic, and religious forces? How powerful are the anti-Jewish trends that so many have detected? And how should liberal democratic societies respond to this new threat against them? The essays map the terrain of antisemitic thought and practice, make important distinctions between expressions of antisemitism across time and space, and put various strategies of response into critical perspective.With its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership – including Chief Justice of Ontario R. Roy McMurtry and former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney – and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds.