US embassy cable - 05AMMAN6252

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 
 
 
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