Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

 

Unconstitutional Regimes and the Validity of Sovereign Debt: A Legal Perspective

Unconstitutional Regimes and the Validity of Sovereign Debt:
A Legal Perspective
By Sabine Michalowski

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2007. 217pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Democracy, Freedom and Coercion: A Law and Economic Approach

Democracy, Freedom and Coercion: A Law and Economics Approach
Edited by Alain Marciano and Jean-Michel Josselin

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. 276pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& International Law & Ethics
& Development, Democracy & Health

Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone: Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka

Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone:
Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka
By Sandya Hewamanne

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 287pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
Regional Focus on Asia
Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money?

Human Rights and Foreign Aid:
For Love or Money?
By Bethany Barratt

New York, NY: Routledge, 2008. 239pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream

The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity
and the Decline of the American Dream
By Jacob S. Hacker

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. 250pp.
Social Movements for Global Democracy

Social Movements for Global Democracy
By Jackie Smith

Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press. 2008. 286pp.

* Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health

Trade and Development in a Globalized World: The Unfair Trade Problem in U.S.–Thai Trade Relations

Trade and Development in a Globalized World:
The Unfair Trade Problem in U.S.–Thai Trade Relations
By John M. Rothgeb, Jr. & Benjamas Chinapandhu

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2007. 124pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Asia
The Price of Racial Reconciliation

The Price of Racial Reconciliation
By Ronald W. Walters

Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. 2008. 249pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugees & Displaced Persons
Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital Through Cross-Border Campaigns

Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital
Through Cross-Border Campaigns
Edited By Kate Bronfenbrenner

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2007. 261pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society
Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing

Assembling Women:
The Feminization of Global Manufacturing
By Teri L. Caraway

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2007. 208pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender

Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought

Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a
New Society in Modern American Thought
By Howard Brick

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2006. 324pp.
Are Worker Rights Human Rights?

Are Worker Rights Human Rights?
By Richard P. McIntyre

Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. 2008. 222pp.

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