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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


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