商品簡介
Having lived and worked in Kenya as a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor from 1987 to 1995, Press (political science, international development, and international affairs, U. of Southern Mississippi) wrote about the democratization process, civil society, war and genocide in Africa in a 1999 book. Here, after visits and interviews in 2002, he deepens the story by looking not only at the organizations and movements, but at the individual activism and the culture of resistance. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Robert M. Press grew up in Missouri, USA, where he graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. After working in Africa for the U.S. Agency for International Development, he and his wife, Betty Press, hitch-hiked and flew around the world for two years. He then worked as a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor in various locations, including eight years based in Kenya (1987-1995), travelling across East and West Africa with his wife, a photographer. He was a Visiting Professor at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, USA, and an Adjunct Professor at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, USA, before moving to Mississippi. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, International Affairs and International Development at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
