Politics

Global Studies
NEW!
Female Suicide Bombings:
A Critical Gender Approach
Tanya Narozhna (University of Winnipeg) and W. Andy Knight
(University of Alberta)
Fall 2016 / 6 x 9 / paper / 280 pp / 978-1-4875-2004-5
US & CDN $29.95
Available as an ebook
Due to its prominence in media reporting, the phrase “female suicide
bomber” has become loaded with gendered notions and assumptions
that elicit preconditioned responses in the West. Drawing on a combination of feminist and
post-colonial approaches as well as terrorism studies literature, Female Suicide Bombings seeks to
enhance student understanding of how gender, power, and academic practices influence our
perceptions of female suicide bombings.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED!
Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want:
An Introduction to Human Security
Robert J. Hanlon and Kenneth Christie (both at Royal Roads University)
2016 / 6 x 9 / paper / 288 pp / 978-1-4426-0957-0
US & CDN $32.95
Available as an ebook
Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Freedom from Fear,
Freedom from Want is a brief introduction to human security, conflict,
and development. The book analyzes such key human security issues
as climate change, crimes against humanity, humanitarian intervention, international law, poverty,
terrorism, and transnational crime, among others. The authors encourage students to critically
assess emerging threats while evaluating potential mechanisms of deterrence.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED!
After the Paris Attacks: Responses in Canada,
Europe, and around the Globe
Edited by Edward M. Iacobucci and Stephen J. Toope
(both at University of Toronto)
2015 / 6 x 9 / paper / 256 pp / 978-1-4426-3001-7
US & CDN $32.95
Available as an ebook
The violent attacks on journalists at Charlie Hebdo and shoppers in a
Jewish supermarket in Paris in January 2015 left seventeen dead and
shocked the world. After the Paris Attacks brings together leading scholars and journalists to
respond to this tragedy and to debate how we can reach a safer and saner future while balancing
security, justice, and tolerance.
For more information, visit utppublishing.com
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