International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2002

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2002

Religion and global governance: harmony or clash? *.
March 1, 2002... Historically, the exclusion of religion from political life was seen as a vital step in the struggle to establish humane governance. However, the best secular thinking has fallen short of providing either a plausible path to such governance or...

The impact of globalization on civil liberties: Asian vs. Non-Asian States.
March 1, 2002... This article examines the relationship between economic globalization and its impact on civil liberties. Many scholars posit that globalization of national economy has weakened states' control over civil liberties, thus, rendering support for...

Who's big? The top 100.
March 1, 2002... What were the economies, corporations and governments among the 100 largest economic entities at the end of the twentieth century? Recognition of the 100 largest economic entities at the end of the twentieth century (1999, the most current year...

Friendship and strife in Frank O'Connor's Guests of the Nation.(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2002... Modern literature can carry messages related to peace through the magic of words that transport the reader into weighty life and death situations. The author uses Frank O'Connor's short story Guests of the Nation as a sounding-board for ideas...

Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Mohammed Abu-Nimer New York: Lexington, 2001 Paperback, 384 pp. index, $29.95 Mohammed Abu-Nimer has compiled articles by some of the top people in the field that describe models and efforts to achieve the deep and sustainable aspects...

The South African Truth Commission: The Politics of Reconciliation. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Dorothy C. Shea Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2000 128 pages, $8.95 Dorothy Shea has done an excellent job in examining the process of the South African Truth Commission. She steadfastly refuses to draw conclusions...

A Changing Turkey: The Challenge to Europe and The United States. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Heinz Kramer Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000 304 pp. $18.95 This book is divided into three parts: The first part examines the internal threats to the Kemalist foundations of the Turkish republic. These...

Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Bruce Russett and John R. Oneal New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company. 2001 393 pp., $22.05 This book examines the significance of democracy, interdpendence, and international organizations in maintaining global peace. More...

For the Sake of Peace: Seven Paths to Global Harmony, a Buddhist Perspective. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Daisaku Ikeda Santa Monica, GA: Middleway Press, 2001 252 pages, cloth, $25.95 Once identified almost exclusively with the east Asian phenomenon of post-World War II new religious movements, Daisaku Ikeda is now recognized by academics...

Violence in Columbia, 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Penaranda, Gonzalo Sanchez G , eds. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2001 256 pp., cloth, $21.95 As Ana Maria Bejarano stresses in her insightful analysis of the Colombian Constitution, "Colombia enters into the...

States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2002... Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson, Jennifer Marchbank, eds. London: Zed Books, 2000 256 PP., paper, $22.50 It has been difficult for those of us who are concerned with conflict transformation to come to grips with the issue of gender....