The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and…
This extensive work explores the changing world of religions, faiths and practices. It discusses a broad range of issues and phenomena that…
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.
Following Stimpson and Herdt’s careful account of the evolution of gender studies and its relation to women’s and sexuality studies, the…
Despite the growing concern about elections which fail around the world, there has been little systematic understanding of the importance…
Will the death penalty ever be abolished in America? Executions, and the states that carry them out, are in decline. Public support for the…
The author’s 2012 book On Global Justice gives pride of place to the idea that humanity collectively owns the earth. Independently of this…
This paper develops and defends the approach to distributive justice the author presents in his 2012 book On Global Justice. Characteristic…