NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN

UNCLAS AMMAN 006252 SIPDIS DEPT PLEASE PASS ALL NEA POST COLLECTIVE CAIRO FOR PA/ETHORNHILL,JRAGHEB STATE FOR NEA/PPD-DBENZE, IIP-CDATTA, IIP/G/NEA-SA-TSCOTT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KPAO OIIP OPRC JO SUBJECT: NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN 1.Post is pleased to announce the publication of the Arabic version of four new titles: -The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development The list of contributors to this book includes Nobel Prize winner and Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Irrational Exuberance author Robert Shiller, and Nobel Prize- winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The theme on which they are all passionate is the importance of a free and independent press. Several contributors describe the challenges faced by the media in the former Soviet Union, Thailand, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Zimbabwe. These are fascinating case studies and provide vivid illustrations of the media's potential as a catalyst for change and growth. -Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions Violent conflict can spell catastrophe for developing countries and their neighbors, stunting and even reversing the course of economic growth. Recent World Bank research on the causes of conflict and civil war finds that the countries most likely to be blighted by conflict are those whose economies depend heavily on natural resources. The book first explains the links between resource dependence conflicts and then considers what can be done to help reduce the risk of civil war in these nations. -Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular states. Historical examples of such trans-border alliances include anti-slavery and woman suffrage campaigns. In the past two decades, transnational activism has had a significant impact in human rights, especially in Latin America, and advocacy networks have strongly influenced environmental politics as well. The authors also examine the emergence of an international campaign around violence against women. -Culture and Democracy in the United States (Studies in Ethnicity) This is a recognized classic in the psychology of the American peoples. It brings together a series of reflections upon the nature of culture and democracy, upon their bearing to one another in the United states, and upon their underlying dynamics in the social and spiritual endeavors of the many peoples striving toward life, liberty and happiness amid the varied settings of the American scene 2.Per standard procedure each NEA post will receive two review copies of each of these titles, sent to your APO address or other address of record. For additional orders, please contact Ruba Hattar at the Arabic Book Program, PA Amman at hattarrh"at"state.gov Hale