Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Development, Democracy & Health

 

AIDS and Governance

AIDS and Governance
Edited by Nana K. Poku, Alan Whiteside & Bjorg Sandkjaer

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2007. 267pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Civil Society
Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies

Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies
Edited by Matthias Koenig & Paul de Guchteneire

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2007. 308pp.
Interim Governments: Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?

Interim Governments: Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?
Edited by Karen Guttieri and Jessica Piombo

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press. 2007.
406pp.
Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance
and Development
Edited by Miriam Jorgensen

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 2007. 363pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Civil Society
Regional: Europe & the West

Healthy Voices, Unhealthy Silence: Advocacy and Health Policy for the Poor

Healthy Voices, Unhealthy Silence: Advocacy and Health Policy
for the Poor
By Colleen M. Grogan & Michael K. Gusmano

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2007. 156pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Civil Society
The Idea of Poverty

The Idea of Poverty
By Paul Spicker

Bristol, UK: Policy Press. 2007. 175pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
National Insecurity and Human Rights

National Insecurity and Human Rights:
Democracies Debate Couterterrorism
Edited by Alison Brysk & Gershon Shafir

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2007. 245pp.
406pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
International Law & Ethics
The World of Crime

The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of
Security, Justice and Development Across the World
By Jan Van Dijk

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008. 434pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
International Law & Ethics
The Invisible Cure

The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and
the Fight Against Aids
By Helen Epstein

New York: NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2007. 326pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Africa & the Middle East
Regional Focus on Europe & the West
Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture

Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture:
Legal Developments and Challenges
Edited by Yvonne Donders & Vladimir Volodin

Paris, France: UNESCO. 2007. 320pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society

Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society
Edited by James W. St.G. Walker & Andrew S. Thompson

Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 2008. 299pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society
Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities

Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children:
Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities
Edited by Jan C. M. Willems

Holmes Beach, FL: Intersentia. 2007. 211pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
African Development Report 2007

African Development Report 2007
By African Development Bank

Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. 2007. 219pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Africa & the Middle East
Global Obligations for the Right to Food

Global Obligations for the Right to Food
Edited by George Kent

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2008. 258pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society

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