Publications

WCFIA Publications

The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site includes: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and recent books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the collection of published journal articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.


Shorelines: Space and Rights in South India
by Subramanian, Ajantha
After a clerical sanction prohibited them from fishing for a week, a group of Catholic fishers from a village on India's southwestern coast took their church to court. They called on the state to...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: April 2009 More

Sexing the Citizen: Morality and Masculinity in France, 1870–1920
by Surkis, Judith
How did marriage come to be seen as the foundation and guarantee of social stability in Third Republic France? In Sexing the Citizen, Judith Surkis shows how masculine sexuality became central to...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2006 More

Who Will Provide?: The Changing Role of Religion in American Social Welfare
by Thiemann, Ronald
Who will provide for America’s children, elderly, and working families? Not since the 1930s has our nation faced such fundamental choices over how to care for all its citizens. Now, amid economic...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: November 2000 More

Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy
by Thiemann, Ronald
Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights—these bitterly divisive issues dominate American politics today, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. In a highly...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: January 1996 More

Revelation and Theology: The Gospel as Narrated Promise
by Thiemann, Ronald
Arguing that the Christian doctrine of revelation is necessary for understanding the prevenience of God's grace, Ronald Thiemann defends the doctrine of revelation by focusing on the identity and...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: November 2005 More

Building Democracy in Japan
by Haddad, Mary Alice
How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture?...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2012 More

Why Do Nations Fail?
Publisher: Boston Globe
Publication Type: Op-ed
Several centuries ago, there was a nation that rose to become a world power on the strength of its innovation and its dedication to capitalist enterprise. It became a major center of trade, a...
Published Date: March 2012 More
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: March 2012 More

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Book Review)
by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
Publisher: The Economist
Publication Type: Book Review
The rich world’s troubles and inequalities have been making headlines for some time now. Yet a more important story for human welfare is the persistence of yawning gaps between the world’s haves...
Published Date: March 2012 More
Demographic Forecasting
by King, Gary; Girosi, Federico
Demographic Forecasting introduces new statistical tools that can greatly improve forecasts of population death rates. Mortality forecasting is used in a wide variety of academic fields, and for...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: August 2008 More

The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives
by King, Gary
This book contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions. To spur future research, enrich...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: March 2009 More

How Americans Vote
by Keyssar, Alexander
Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy (ELJ) is the leading peer-reviewed journal for up-to-date coverage of this evolving area of specialization. The Journal offers timely perspectives on...
Publication Type: Book Review
Published Date: December 2011 More
Rethinking School Feeding: Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector
by Jukes, Matthew
The global food, fuel, and financial crises have given new prominence to school feeding as a potential safety net and as a social support measure that helps keep children in school. 'Rethinking...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: June 2009 More

School Health, Nutrition and Education for All: Levelling The Playing Field
by Jukes, Matthew
Providing good quality education to all children in the poorest countries of the world is not a simple task. However, improving children’s health and nutrition is one simple step that can be taken...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: December 2007 More

Early Primary Literacy Instruction in Kenya
by Jukes, Matthew
We report on a study that used observations, conversations, and formal interviews to explore literacy instruction in 24 lower-primary classrooms in coastal Kenya. Specifically, we report the ways...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: February 2012 More