Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Refugees & Displaced Persons

 

Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America

Asylum Denied: A Refugee's
Struggle for Safety in America
By David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip G. Schrag

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. 352pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West
& International Law & Ethics

The Refugee in International Society: Between Sovereigns

The Refugee in International Society: Between Sovereigns
By Emma Haddad

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 235pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
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 Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Blisters on their Feet: Tales of Internally Displaced Persons in India's North East

Blisters on their Feet: Tales of
Internally Displaced Persons in India's North East
Edited by Samir Kumar Dasr

Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 2008. 347pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Asia
Hollow Bodies: Institutional Responses to Sex Trafficking in Armenia, Bosnia, and India

Hollow Bodies: Institutional Responses
to Sex Trafficking in Armenia, Bosnia, and India
By Susan Dewey

Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 2008. 201pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
Americans at the Gate: The United States and Refugees during the Cold War

Americans at the Gate: The United States
and Refugees during the Cold War
By Carl J. Bon Tempo

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2008. 264pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Theory, Philosophy & History

Israel's Occupation

Israel's Occupation
By Neve Gordon

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2008. 318pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Regional: Africa & the Middle East

A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery

A Crime So Monstrous:
Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
By E. Benjamin Skinner

New York, NY: Free Press. 2008. 330pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today

The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and
Slavery in America Today
By Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 312pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Rethinking Asylum: History, Purpose, and Limits

Rethinking Asylum: History, Purpose, and Limits
By Matthew E. Price

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 279pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

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