Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Global Governance & Civil Society

 

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 Democracy, Development & Health
Regional: Europe & the West

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 Democracy, Development & Health
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 Democracy, Development & Health
Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment?: Reforming Resettlement through Investments and Benefit-Sharing

Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment?: Reforming
Resettlement through Investments and Benefit-Sharing
Edited by Michael M. Cernea & Hari Mohan Mathur

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2008. 441pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugess & Displaced Persons &
Democracy, Development & Health
The African Human Rights System: Activist Forces and International Institutions

The African Human Rights System: Activist Forces
and International Institutions
By Obiora Chinedu Okafor

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2007. 336pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
Global Democracy: The Case for a World Government

Global Democracy: The Case for a World Government
By Torbjorn Tannsjo

George Square, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2008. 154pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Democracy, Development & Health
Peace Movements And Pacifism After September 11

Peace Movements And Pacifism After September 11
Edited by Shin Chiba & Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2008. 232pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights: Towards Best Practice

Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights: Towards Best Practice
Edited by Dr. Purna Sen

London, UK: Commonwealth Secretariat. 2009. 138pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

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