Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Development, Democracy & Health

 

Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework

Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework
By David M. Estlund

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 309pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance

New News Out of Africa:
Uncovering Africa's Renaissance

By Charlayne Hunter-Gault

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 189pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East

Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions, Social Representations, and Biopolitics Matter

Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions,
Social Representations, and Biopolitics Matter

By Mark Nichter

Tuscon, AZ: Uinversity of Arizona Press, 2008. 268pp.

Peace Through Health: How Health Professionals Can Work for a Less Violent World

Peace Through Health: How Health Professionals
Can Work for a Less Violent World

By Neil Arya & Joanna Santa Barbara

Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 2008. 340pp.

China Returns to Africa: A Rising Power and a Continent Embrace

China Returns to Africa: A Rising
Power and a Continent Embrace

Edited by Chris Alden, Daniel Large & Ricardo Soares De Oliveira

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 382pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
& Regional: Asia

Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health

Health Disparities in the United States:
Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health

By Donald A. Barr, M.D., Ph.D.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2008. 295pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Europe and the West

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.

Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change

Democracy Works: Joining Theory
and Action to Foster Global Change

Edited by Torry D. Dickinson, Terrie A. Becerra & Summer B.C. Lewis

Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2008. 268pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
& Theory, Philosophy & History

Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development

Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development
By Seth D. Kaplan

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 2008. 215pp.

How East Asians View Democracy

How East Asians View Democracy
Edited by Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan &
Doh Chull Shin

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 309pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Asia

Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence

Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence
By Jeroen Gunning

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 310pp.

*Cross-listed in Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture
& Regional: Africa & the Middle East

Democracy, Economy, and Conservatism: Political and Economic Freedoms and Their Antithesis in the Third Millennium Volume 2

Democracy, Economy, and Conservatism: Political and Economic
Freedoms and Their Antithesis in the Third Millennium
Volume 2

By Milan Zafirovski

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2009. 448pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

Is the Sacred for Sale? Tourism and Indigenous Peoples

Is the Sacred for Sale?: Tourism and Indigenous Peoples
By Alison M. Johnston

London, UK: Earthscan. 2006. 381pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors

Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors
By Steven H. Miles, MD

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 274pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& International Law & Ethics

The Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibilities

The Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibilities
By Radu Mares

Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2008. 370pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development

The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development
By Jean-Pierre Chauffour

Washington, DC: CATO Institute. 2009. 197pp.

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