Founded in 2019, the Prison Agriculture Lab is a collaborative space for inquiry and action that links innovative research, science translation and storytelling, and public engagement committed to challenging inequities in the criminal punishment system in the United States. Prison agriculture is not only important as a practice that is central to the development and […]
The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn ʿAsakir (1105–1176), including his “Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad,” in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nūr al-Din’s (d. 1174) agenda to revivify Sunnism and fight, under the banner […]
Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology—many of which are translated into English for the first time here—provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. Despite their importance, the Muslim sources remain relatively marginal […]
The likelihood China will attack Taiwan in the next decade is high and will continue to be so, unless Taipei and Washington take urgent steps to restore deterrence across the Taiwan Strait. This monograph introduces the concept of interlocking deterrents, explains why deterrents lose their potency with the passage of time, and provides concrete recommendations […]
Even as growing polarization and hyper-partisanship define society and politics at home, American leaders seem to agree on one thing: US military dominance abroad is essential for national security and international stability. This is despite an upswing in popular support for “doing less” overseas. What explains Washington’s blinkered view of its foreign policy options? Why […]
Farmed Out uses US agricultural policy as a vehicle to understand how the rapidly polarizing political environment has altered the role of interest groups in Washington, D.C. Often understudied, agricultural policy impacts the livelihood of millions, the success of thousands of companies, the implementation (or lack thereof) of nationwide conservation efforts, and the diet, health, […]
When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in 1963 during his March on Washington, he famously said in his “I Have a Dream Speech” that he dreamed that his “four children [would] one day live in a nation where they would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their […]
State-of-the-art surveys of key research areas within the field of international environmental politics which collectively provide a comprehensive and pluralistic overview you of the field. Chapters cover key substantive debates as well as different ways of evaluating the quality of global environmental politics: effectiveness, transparency, sustainability, justice.
This book addresses the challenges of using games and simulations in the political science classroom, both online and in person. Each chapter offers a game or simulation that politics teachers can use to teach course concepts and explains ways to execute it effectively. In addition, the authors in this volume make a proactive case for […]
American Lullaby – Still Singing was an evening-length dance theatre performance created by Judy Bejarano, artistic director of IMPACT Dance Company. This collaborative performance featured IMPACT company members as well as faculty and students of the Colorado State University (CSU) Dance Program. American Lullaby – Still Singing was part of CSU’s thematic “Year of Democracy” […]
