Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Development, Democracy & Health

 

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

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
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
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 &
Global Governance & Civil Society
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations: Law, Environmental Harm and the Right to Health

Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn
and Future Generations: Law, Environmental Harm
and the Right to Health
By Laura Westra

Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publishing. 2006. 326pp.
Fighting For Rights: Military Service and The Politics of Citizenship

Fighting For Rights: Military Service
and The Politics of Citizenship
By Ronald R. Krebs

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2006. 265pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
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
Global Governance & Civil Society
Education and the Making of a Democratic People

Education and the Making of a Democratic People
Edited by John I. Goodlad, Roger Soder & Bonnie McDaniel

Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2008. 237pp.
Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison

Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS
Ward at Limestone Prison
By Benjamin Fleury-Steiner

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2008. 238pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
When is Separate Unequal?: A Disability Perspective

When is Separate Unequal?:
A Disability Perspective
By Ruth Colker

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 280pp.
Beyond Prison: The Fight to Reform Prison Systems around the World

Beyond Prison: The Fight to
Reform Prison Systems around the World
By Ahmed Othmani

New York, NY: Berghahn Books. 2008. 113pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
The Human Right to Development in a Globalized World

The Human Right to Development in a Globalized World
By Daniel Aguirre

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 351pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
& International Law & Ethics
Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question

Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health
and Security in Question
Edited by Andrew Lakoff & Stephen J. Collier

New York, NY.: Columbia University Press. 2008. 307pp.

Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform

Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform
By Catherine Weaver

Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press. 2008. 224pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Capabilities and Social Justice: The Political Philosophy of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum

Capabilities and Social Justice: The Political Philosophy
of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum
By John M. Alexander

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 187pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
Strategic US Foreign Assistance: The Battle Between Human Rights and National Security

Strategic US Foreign Assistance:
The Battle Between Human Rights and National Security
By Rhonda L. Callaway & Elizabeth G. Matthews

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 219pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West
& Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward
Edited by Laura Reichenbach & Mindy Jane Roseman

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. 292pp.

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