A new issue of the Journal of Applied Hermeneutics is out. From the latest issue of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence, a special section on youth and violence, including Josjah Kunkeler (Utrecht) and Krijn Peters (Swansea): “The Boys Are Coming to Town”: Youth, Armed Conflict and Urban Violence in Developing Countries. Once we model the connectome — the million billion points of contact between neurons in the brain — we’ll glimpse the anatomy of the mind. A review of Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas Ranchos by Andres Tijerina. Is conservatism in crisis?: An interview with Charles Moore: “Capitalism should not be run by capitalists”. George Morelli on Christian belief and the medical establishment (and part 2). Urban-development legends: Mario Polese on how grand theories do little to revive cities. Obama to Cities — Drop Dead: An article on the life and death of a Great American Urban Policy. No parties, No banners: Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza on the Spanish experiment with direct democracy. We're All the 1 Percent: The U.S. middle class is still incredibly wealthy by international standards.
