International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2003

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2003

Toward economic democracy.
March 1, 2003... The Enron scandal sent a signal that the nature of corporations and the security of investments and retirement funds might no longer be what citizens had grown to accept in the second half of the twentieth century. This paper considers the...

Commentary on "Toward Economic Democracy".
March 1, 2003... Taking the previous article "Toward Economic Democracy" as his point of departure, the author notes that the impact of the business sector on society has become too strong to ignore generating a backlash against commerce. There are three...

Nationalism in globalizing context: governance focused intervention in the developing world.
March 1, 2003... This paper presents realist and liberal frameworks of globalization and treats the globalization/ethnic conflict link in both frameworks. With this background, it identifies some of the globalization forces that influence the dynamics of ethnic...

Strategic measures to curb crime rates in Nairobi.
March 1, 2003... This study has been undertaken to establish the impact of crime on businesses and residents in Nairobi by considering the main causes and trends of crime. The role played by street families or the increased urban insecurity is discussed....

The 2002 WANGO awards: human and proud of it.(Miscellany)
March 1, 2003... It is a privilege to be acquainted with a large number of individuals and organizations whose dedication and passion for human betterment, peace, and solidarity provide us with a new sense of hope. The threat of war hangs in the air and...

Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Richard T. Antoun Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001 181 pages, paper, $19.95 Anthropologist Richard Antoun, a specialist in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, began his career in 1959 with ethnographic fieldwork in rural Jordan....

Is There No Other Way? The Search for a Nonviolent Future.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Michael N. Nagler Berkeley, California: Berkeley Hills Books, 2001 335 pages, paper, $15.00 The world changed forever on September 11, 2001. Violence and its devastating effects on individuals and nations moved to center stage that day....

The United Nations Under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1997.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... S.F. Burgess Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2001 312 pages, hard cover, $49.50 In this thoughtful book, Dr. Stephen Burgess, a professor of International Security at US Air War College, examines the United Nations during the...

Diplomacy of India: Then and Now.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Harish Kapur New Delhi: Manas Publications, 2002 399 pages, no price indicated Harish Kapur, emeritus professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, has written a first-rate study of the making of Indian foreign...

Democracy and War, the End of an Illusion?(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... E.A. Henderson Boulder: Lynne Rienner. 2002 191 pages, paper, $19.95 Professor Henderson, in this excellent work, examines the impact of democracy on war. More specifically, in Chapter I he provides an overview of the democratic peace...