...Sandra E. Greene In Mauritania, where slavery remained legal until 1981, women descended from slaves are taking charge of their lives and redefining their identities. Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania , by Katherine Ann Wiley Indiana University Press , 2018...

... of California Jeff Kingston Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe economic reforms Liberal Democratic Party tsunami Fukushima nuclear power free press World War II comfort women self-defense forces 233 One of the great conundrums of Abe s second term is how he has managed to retain...

...Indrani Bagchi As more women get educated and move to the cities, they become the face of a society in transition. Tragically, they also become targets in the conflict that accompanies this transition. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California...

... state immigration crime education health care women demographic 112 What concerns social scientists, of course, is the question of who will support an aging population legally entitled to lifelong social security. Sweden s Welfare State at a Turning Point FreDerick hale Sweden during...

... modernity commerce women cosmopolitanism reason history individualism 34 [O]n top of all the benefits that modernity has brought us in health, experience, and knowledge, we can add its role in the reduction of violence. Why the World Is More Peaceful steven PinKer Believe it or not and most...

...Nikki R. Keddie Women's struggles, along with the forces of modernization, have increased the public roles open to women in the Muslim world despite the growing power of Islamism, and this expansion of women's roles constitutes in itself a force for democratization. © 2001 Current History. All...