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The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some        successes. But this pernicious practice persists. It may shift locally, but it        endures globally. Preventative measures therefore remain inadequate. Former child        soldiers experience challenges readjusting to civilian life. Reintegration...

Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception        of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces        in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our        lives. Highlighting the historical development and continued relevance of...

A Basic IntroductionThis lucid and authoritative introduction to Cognitive Grammar presents the theory        and its rationale in careful, systematic detail. Its application to central domains        of language structure makes a compelling case that grammar is inherently meaningul.          The book holds great interest for linguists, linguistics...

There is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: "e;Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing."e; In this book Burt builds on his celebrated work to examine the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers, and find that rewards, in fact, do go to people with well-connected...

The author uses a political science paradigm to explain the growth of emerging equity markets. She departs from conventional economic explanations and examines politics at the micro-level of large issues of emerging market stock. The second half of the book presents case studies dealing with emerging market countries in Latin America, Asia, Russia...

Bureaucracy is often used as short-hand for the dysfunctions of organizations. Its        reform or abolition is continually demanded or promised. This book highlights the        positive attributes of bureaucracy and shows why bureaucratic organization should be        valued, both by those engaged in business and commerce, and those responsible...