Recent Faculty Publications

Buenos Dias,

To give you a sense of the kind of research being conducted at SIS, here are a few examples of some recent publications from our faculty members.

Dr. Stephen D. Cohen, a senior lecturer in International Economic Relations, has published six books. His most recent work is titled Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment: Avoiding Simplicity, Embracing Complexity (Oxford University Press, 2006). The overarching thesis of this study is the intrinsic heterogeneity of Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations accordingly, the imperative of disaggregation. Nuance is too pervasive to permit many valid generalizations. Foreign-owned subsidiaries are seldom if ever identical and need to be considered on a case by case basis according to circumstances. MNCs are different by nature and therefore different in their respective mix of costs and benefits. This book argues that a different route to understanding is needed and overdue: acknowledge the diversity and heterogeneity of these two phenomena avoid broad categorization.

Dr. Charles (Chuck) Call is Assistant Professor in the Program on Peace & Conflict Resolution. His publications include peer-reviewed articles in Comparative Politics, Journal of Latin American Studies, and Global Governance. His latest work is an edited volume titled Constructing Justice and Security After War (United States Institute of Peace, 2006). In this volume, the distinguished contributors—including scholars, criminal justice practitioners, and former senior officials of international missions—examine the experiences of countries that have recently undergone transitions from conflict with significant international involvement. The volume offers generalizations based on careful comparisons of justice and security reforms in some of the most prominent and successful cases of transitions from war of the 1990s drawn from Central America, Africa, the Balkans, and East Timor.

Many more fascinating research opportunities await you at SIS ...

Best Regards,
Andy

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