International Journal on World Peace articles from September 2002

International Journal on World Peace archives from September 2002

Increasing transparency in government.
September 1, 2002... A key to good governance is to make governments and markets transparent. Transparency runs counter to incentives of agents to create feifdoms at the expense of those they have been chosen to serve. This is true of national governments,...

Capitalism and Christianity: The uneasy partnership?
September 1, 2002... In the 20th century the free market proved superior for meeting human needs than socialism. Yet many Christians, rightly concerned about the poor, blame capitalism for the world's ills. The author argues that the biblical Kingdom of Heaven does...

The end of hegemony? Panama and the United States.
September 1, 2002... The author argues that US policy toward Panama in the last century has been consistent and focused on maintaining US hegemony in Latin America, even if at times bureaucratic infighting and domestic politics appear to make US policy chaotic....

A century of war: A citizen's call to action. (Commentary).
September 1, 2002... Today, we are at war. Upon hearing this statement, you may be asking yourself: what war? The Afgan conflict has almost come to a close. Yes, U. S. President George Bush has proclaimed 2002 a "war year" and implies that the "War on Terror" will...

Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Clement Henry and Robert Springborg Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 258 pages, cloth $60.00, paper $20.00 The present era of globalization of the economy is not new but, as an organizing concept for policy makers to view...

Non-State Actors in International Relations. .(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Bas Arts, Math Noortmann, Bob Reinalda (eds.) Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001 318 pages, cloth, $79.95 There is a growing interest in the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the making and the implementation of policies at...

Cultural Politics in International Relations.(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001 224 pages, cloth, $74.95 The content of this book--the impact of ideas on the disintegration of the Soviet Union--is more specific than the title would indicate. Sheeran's basic concern is that the realist...

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. .(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Jossey-Bass Publishers 1998 pp.200, price $22.00 The place of religion in society seems to be slowly shifting from the "private sphere" to the "public square" during the last decade or so. Now, religious commitment is openly expressed...

Fields of Light: A Son Remembers his Heroic Father.(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 2001 pp. xi + 201, $24.50, illustrated Not so long ago students and scholars interested in the various facets of World War II were complaining that publications on the Holocaust overshadowed those on the...