Washington, DC's Challenges

About the Book

This is the fourth in a series of books dealing with Washington, DC. Like the first three, this also is the outgrowth of special seminars conducted in the Department of Political Science at Howard University. We examine Washington, DC's challenges, because it is vital to know the conditions under which the residents of the most powerful city in the world continue to live, based on sound empirical evidence.

About the Author

Abdul Karim Bangura is a researcher-in-residence at the Center for Global Peace and a professor of International Relations in the School of International Service at American University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, a Ph.D. in Development Economics, a Ph.D. in Linguistics, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He is the author of 49 other books and more than 350 scholarly articles. He is also fluent in a dozen African languages, six European languages, and now studying to strengthen his proficiency in Arabic and Hebrew.