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Contributors Badredine Arfi is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University ofIllinois in 1988 and a Ph.D. in political science with specialties in the fields ofinternational relations, international security, and comparative politics also from the University of Illinois in 1996. Jack Donnelly is Andrew W. Mellon Professor with the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He has published six books and nearly fifty journal articles and book chapters, most dealing with the theory and practice ofinternationally recognized human rights. Edward Friedman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His book Chinese Village, Socialist State China received the Association for Asian Studies Prize for best book on modern China. Valerie J. Hoffman is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Sufism, Mystics, and Saints in Modern Egypt and numerous articles. Stanley A. Kochanek is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in comparative politics, international relations, and South Asian political systems. His latest volume is India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation with Robert L. Hardgrave ,Jr. Edward A. Kolodziej is Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Director of the Office ofGlobal Studies at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written or edited thirteen books on security and foreign policy. He has also contributed more than 100 articles to professional journals. Carol Skalnik Leff is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of two books on Czechoslovakia, National Conflict in Czechoslovakia: The Making and Remaking ofa State, 1918-1987and The Czech and Slovak Republics: Nation vs. State, as well as numerous articles on Russian and East European politics. 318 Contributors Anthony Leysens is a lecturer with the International Studies Program in the Department of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, South Mrica. He is the editor of the Political Economy ofSouth Africa's &lations with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Robert Mattes is Associate Professor in the Department ofPolitical Studies at the University of Cape Town. He studies the evolution of democratic institutions in southern Mrica. Clark D. Neher is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University. His books include Democracy and Develapment in Southeast Asia and Patriots and Tyrants: Ten Asian Leaders, both with Ross Marlay. Michael Newman is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies and Director of the London European Research Centre at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Democracy, Sovereignty, and the Eurapean Union. Dan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College. His book Human Rights in the West Bank and Gaza: Legacy and Politics received the Choice Award. Marvin G. Weinbaum is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently a research analyst in the U.S. Department of State, specializing in Northern Tier and South Asian politics. Howard J. Wiarda is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. and Leonard J. Horwitz Professor ofIberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His most recent books include Non-Western Theories ofDevelapment and Corporatism and Comparative Politics. I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organization and Conflict Resolution and Director of Mrican Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He has also written extensively on Mrican politics and relations. His latest works are Ripe for &solution: Conflict and Intervention in Africa and The Politics of Trade Negotiations Between Africa and the European Economic Community. ...

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