Rabindra Kumar Mohanty

Book Review: James J Chriss, Beyond Community Policing: From Early American Beginnings to the 21st Century

the literature, as Alam herself notes. Overall, the book relies on concise analyses of secondary sources, but is particularly convincing when complemented by interviews conducted by the author. The richness of the depiction of the Bangladeshi survivor could have been supported by similar insights into other women’s experiences. Moreover, the chapter on Kenya could also have benefited from an equally in-depth and embodied account of a woman surviving this war. The personal account here is provided by a ‘Jane Smith’, who contributes greatly as an informant, but whose embodied experience is not given the same emphasis as Priyobhashinee’s. With these minor additions, the book could have made an even richer contribution to widening the scope of recognition. Women and Transitional Justice is a timely piece on how feminism can help postconflict policies move towards stability and equality, and offers useful illustrations on how current practice might be harmful to women. The book is a welcome reader for students and scholars in the study areas of global development, gender, war, or politics. Individuals involved in policy and/or implementation would also greatly benefit from using the book as a starting point for looking more closely at the multiplicity of gendered experiences and needs during and after war.

Review: Jeremiah I Dibua, Development and Diffusionism: Looking beyond Neopatrimonialism in Nigeria, 1962–1985

Eugenia Roussou is a social anthropologist and a postdoctoral research fellow, at CRIA/FCSH, New University of Lisbon. She has conducted extensive research on Orthodox Christianity, religious pluralism, and the interaction between religion and spirituality in Greece. She is currently working on her postdoctoral project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, which examines the relationship between Christianity and new forms of spirituality in Portugal, while looking into the challenges southern European religiosity has to face in times of socioeconomic crisis. Address: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: jennyroussou@gmail.com