International Journal on World Peace articles from September 2004

International Journal on World Peace archives from September 2004

Cultural dimensions of Korean reunification: building a unified society (1).
September 1, 2004... Korean reunification is almost unthinkable for non-Koreans. But more unlikely is the alternative that Koreans will never reunify their 1,200-year old country, which lost its sovereignty to Japanese imperialism in 1910 and was tragically divided...

Modernization and child neglect in Oman: trends and implications.
September 1, 2004... There is an irreversible link between the future well being of a nation and its ability to create a sound social and economic environment for raising children. This study of public policy that affects children in Oman is guided by research...

The Intifadah: four years later.(COMMENTARY)
September 1, 2004... As the fourth anniversary of the second Intifadah has come and gone, perhaps it is a good time to survey what has happened since that infamous day in September 2000, when the first Israeli and the first Palestinian were killed. Their deaths...

Boycotts, girlcotts and procotts.(MISCELLANY)(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... In the last year International Journal on World Peace has received numerous notices about boycotts, "girlcotts" and "procotts." These reflect new strategies with respect to large corporations and the governments that fall under their influence....

NGO launches campaign to remove food produced with methyl bromide from American supermarket shelves.(PRESS RELEASE)(Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA))
September 1, 2004... Prague; The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is launching a campaign to convince United States supermarkets to stop selling food, such as tomatoes, strawberries and nuts, grown or treated with the deadly chemical methyl bromide. ...

How the procott movement began in Fort Wayne, Indiana.(PROCOTT ORIGINS)
September 1, 2004... "The Procott Council" Sox Sperry, Kathy Clark, Heather Grady, Gary McClelland, Joan Uebelhoer The Movement to Redefine Globalization In December 1999 in Seattle, WA, popular discontent over the antidemocratic nature of...

The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY EXPOSED Ivan Eland Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute, 2004 298 pages, cloth, $24.95 Since the United States' response to the September 11 attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, and...

Philosophy of the United States: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNITED STATES: LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Gordon L. Anderson St. Paul: Paragon House, Paragon Issues in Philosophy Series, 2004 320 pp., paperback, ISBN: 1557788448, $19.95 At the outset of his...

A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology (Second Edition).(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... A HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TERMINOLOGY (SECOND EDITION) H. Victor Conde Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004 393 pages, paper, $35.00 With over 1,100 clearly defined entries, the Handbook of International...

Second Track/Citizens' Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... SECOND TRACK/CITIZENS' DIPLOMACY: CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION edited by John Davies and Edward (Edy) Kaufman Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002 328 pp. $69.00 cloth, $35.00 paper...

Cooperative Capitalism: A Blueprint for Global Peace and Prosperity.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... COOPERATIVE CAPITALISM: A BLUEPRINT FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND PROSPERITY J.W. Smith Sun City, Arizona: Institute for Economic Democracy, 2003 198 pages, paper, $22.00, free on line at http://www.ccus.info/books/cc/ I have read many...

Passion for Peace: Exercising Power Creatively.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... PASSION FOR PEACE: EXERCISING POWER CREATIVELY Stuart Rees Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2003 304 pp. $24.95 paper Archbishop Desmond Tutu's endorsement to this book states, "If the vision which characterizes...