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World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and
Inequality
Authors: Timberlake Michael
Published: December 2006

World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and
Inequality, Josef Gugler, ed., Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge
University Press, 2004, pp. xv, 396.

This book seeks to redress what its editor regards as an imbalance in
the social science discourse on globalization and cities by providing a
collection of research on cities in the global South, in the lower income
countries of the world. In his introduction to the book, much of which
could stand on its own as a valuable contribution, Gugler demonstrates
that many cities “beyond the core” are involved in
articulations that span broad regions of the world, if not always the
whole world. Gugler also warns of the tendency to over-generalize across
these “second tier” cities, insisting that scholarship needs
to attend to the unique history, context and culture (especially political
culture) of each city.
Dynamiques partisanes et réalignements électoraux au
Canada (1867–2004)
Authors: Bastien Frédérick
Published: December 2006

Dynamiques partisanes et réalignements électoraux au
Canada (1867–2004), Pierre Martin, Paris : L'Harmattan,
2005, 302 pages.

Les politologues canadiens ont abondamment documenté la plupart
des élections fédérales depuis le milieu du
20e siècle par des ouvrages collectifs (en particulier,
la série The Canadian General Election of…), des
analyses de données provenant d'enquêtes d'opinion
publique (les études sur les élections canadiennes) et
d'autres contributions. La plupart de ces publications se concentrent
sur un ou deux rendez-vous électoraux. L'ouvrage de Pierre
Martin est différent puisqu'il adopte une perspective
historique englobant toutes les élections fédérales
depuis 1867 et rejoint ainsi certains travaux de David Smith, Kenneth
Carty et Richard Johnston. Le politologue français examine le cas
canadien en y appliquant une version revisitée de la théorie
des réalignements électoraux.
The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry
Authors: Kapur S. Paul
Published: December 2006

The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry, T.V. Paul,
ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

The rivalry between India and Pakistan has clearly been both deep and
enduring. The two sides have fought four wars since attaining independence
in 1947, and have waged a low-intensity conflict in the disputed territory
of Kashmir since the late 1980s. And despite recent improvements in
Indo-Pakistani relations, their fundamental political and territorial
disagreements remain unresolved. However, it is not obvious why
the two countries' relationship has been so stubbornly antagonistic.
The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry, edited by T.V.
Paul, addresses this issue. Specifically, the volume asks: Why has the
Indo-Pakistani rivalry been so persistent, even compared to other
long-standing conflicts? How have factors at the international, state and
leadership levels contributed to this outcome? And why are the prospects
for achieving a negotiated settlement of the rivalry so dim?
Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical
Engagement
Authors: Chambers Simone
Published: December 2006

Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical
Engagement, Stephen Eric Bronner, New York: Columbia University
Press, 2004, pp. xiii, 181.

I am very sympathetic to the project that Stephen Eric Bronner
undertakes in this book. As someone inspired by the progressive potential
of the Enlightenment, I find myself constantly on the defensive in a world
deeply suspicious of the dead white men of eighteenth-century Europe. So I
welcome a vigorous and uncompromising defence of those men and the ideals
and values they stood for. For those of us who already see ourselves as
working to further that tradition, this book is an inspiring call to keep
up the good work. But for those who have been hesitant in their enthusiasm
for the Enlightenment, this book will be more like a red flag waved in
their face, confirming many of their suspicions of Western rationalism.
Theorists of recognition, identity, post-colonialism, post-modernism,
republicanism, communitarianism, post-secularism and multiple-modernities,
are just some of the people who will not find this book very congenial.
Ultimately, Bronner's uncompromising defence of the Enlightenment is
less successful than it might have been.
Canada Among Nations 2005: Split Images
Authors: Keating Tom
Published: December 2006

Canada Among Nations 2005: Split Images, Andrew F. Cooper and
Dane Rowlands, eds., Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University
Press, 2005, pp. xiv, 295.

Split Images marks the twenty-first installment of the
Canada Among Nations series. It also marks a new beginning as the
first collaboration between the series host institution, the Norman
Patterson School of International Affairs, and the Centre for
International Governance and Innovation at the University of Waterloo,
editors Andrew Cooper and Dane Rowlands, and publisher,
McGill-Queen's University Press. It is reassuring to see that others
have come forward to assume the task of providing an annual assessment of
Canadian foreign policy, its current challenges, and future prospects. The
Canada Among Nations series has, through the years, provided a
valuable chronicle of the pressing concerns of the day. On occasion the
volume has been overshadowed by unexpected events, such as the terrorist
attacks of September 11th, that give the text less urgency than
it would otherwise have. Potentially, this volume could have suffered a
similar fate, given the election of Stephen Harper's minority
government after the collection went to press. Repeated references to the
Liberal government's International Policy Statement (IPS),
not to mention the image of Paul Martin, Jr., that graces the cover, seem
somewhat nostalgic, in the face of the Harper government's move to
put its own face on such critically important policy arenas as relations
with the United States, defence spending, climate change and the Middle
East, among others.
Mao: The Unknown Story
Authors: Alexander Don
Published: December 2006

Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang and Jan Halliday, New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, pp. 814.

Mao Tse-Tung has always had a radical allure. Mao's legions of
fans have included such luminaries as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de
Beauvoir, Pierre Trudeau and numerous others. Now we have a book that
forces us to radically reconsider our view.
Human Rights in the ‘War on Terror’
Authors: Robinson Fiona
Published: December 2006

Human Rights in the ‘War on Terror’, Richard
Ashby Wilson, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. xv,
347.

Given this book's title, I assumed that it would consist mainly
of elaborations of already over-rehearsed debates about the
“trade-offs” between “liberty” and
“security.” And while it does include plenty of this, several
chapters in this volume offer thoughtful, nuanced analyses which challenge
the dichotomous rhetoric of the day, and force the reader to rethink not
just the future, but also the nature, of contemporary human rights and
security.
Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds and Social Investment in
Canada
Authors: Drover Glenn
Published: December 2006

Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds and Social Investment in
Canada, Isla Carmichael, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005,
pp. 219.

Isla Carmichael has been writing about union pensions for a decade.
Over the past ten years, she has examined different aspects of union-based
pension funds and labour-sponsored investment, including fiduciary
responsibility, the role of union pension trustees, social accounting,
collateral benefits and economically targeted investment. In this book,
she brings together these, and other, arguments to make a case for the
greater involvement of unions in directing and investing pension funds,
not only to provide benefits to union members but also to shape economic
growth and community development. Her analysis is comprehensive and her
argument is persuasive.
Turbulence acceleration by strong Langmuir plasmons in a laser-plasma
Authors: YANG XIAO-SONG , LIU SAN-QIU
Published: December 2006

The turbulence acceleration of ultra-relativistic electrons by strong Langmuir plasmons is analytically studied in a laser-plasma. Based on the Fokker–Planck equation in the frame of strong turbulence, the exponential form of the spectra of hot electrons is obtained theoretically, which is consistent with the experimental result near the critical surface in a laser-plasma.
Kinetic modulational instability of broadband dispersive Alfvén waves in plasmas
Authors: SHUKLA P.K. , SHUKLA NITIN , STENFLO L.
Published: December 2006

We consider a kinetic modulational instability of broadband (random phase) magnetic-field-aligned circularly polarized dispersive Alfvén waves in plasmas. By treating random phase Alfvén waves as quasi-particles, we consider their nonlinear interactions with ion quasi-modes within the framework of the wave-kinetic and Vlasov descriptions. A nonlinear dispersion relation governing such interactions is derived and analyzed. An explicit expression for the kinetic modulational instability growth rate is presented. Our results can be of relevance to the nonlinear propagation of incoherent Alfvén waves, which have been frequently observed in interstellar media, in the solar corona and in the solar wind, as well as in the foreshock regions of planetary bow-shocks and laboratory plasmas.