Human Rights Review - BOOKS TO REVIEW
Human Rights Review
Books Available for Review
The books listed below can be obtained from the Book Review Editor, Dr. Lindsey Kingston, at lkingston54@webster.edu (this opens in a new tab) for review in future issues of Human Rights Review. To request one or more books, please send an e-mail outlining (1) the books of interest, (2) your anticipated deadline for completing the review, and (3) your mailing address. Also include your CV as a Word or PDF attachment.
The normal length for reviews is as follows:
One book: 750-1000 words
Two books: 1750 to 2000 words
Three books: 2750-3000 words.
The review should contain a balance between description and critical evaluation. You will receive with your requested book “Instructions for Authors” for appropriate formatting. Acceptance for publication is conditional on approval and editing by the Book Review Editor.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Human Rights Review Book Review Editor Lindsey Kingston at lkingston54@webster.edu (this opens in a new tab)
BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW (Updated June 2019)
Alvarez, Natalie. Immersions in Cultural Difference: Tourism, War, Performance (University of Michigan Press, 2018).
Anaya-Muñoz, Alejandro, and Barbara Frey. Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019).
Avdan, Nazli. Visas and Walls: Border Security in the Age of Terrorism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019).
Bowersox, Zack. International Sporting Events and Human Rights (Lexington Books, 2019).
Brysk, Alison, and Michael Stohl (eds.). Contesting Human Rights: Norms, Institutions and Practice (Edward Elgar, 2019).
Campbell, Meghan. Women, Poverty, Equality (Hart Publishing, 2018).
Clément, Dominique. Debating Rights Inflation in Canada: A Sociology of Human Rights (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2018).
Covell, Katherine, R. Brian Howe, and J.C. Blokhuis. The Challenge of Children’s Rights for Canada, 2nd Edition (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2018).
Çubukçu, Ayça. For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
David, Roman. Communists and Their Victims: The Quest for Justice in the Czech Republic (University of Pennsylvania, 2018).
Dean, Carolyn J. The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide (Cornell University Press, 2019).
Destrooper, Tine, and Sally Engle Merry (eds.). Human Rights Transformation in Practice (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Dowd, Nancy E. Reimagining Equality: A New Deal for Children of Color (New York University Press, 2018).
Duffy, Maureen. Detention of Terrorism Suspects: Political Discourse and Fragmented Practices (Hart Publishing, 2018).
Falleti, Tulia G., and Emilio A. Parrado (eds). Latin America Since the Left Turn (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
FitzGerald, David Scott. Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Gonzalez-Salzberg, Damian A. Sexuality & Transsexuality under the European Convention on Human Rights: A Queer Reading of Human Rights Law (Hart, 2019).
Greer, Steven, Janneke Gerards, and Rose Slowe. Human Rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Griffiths, Gareth, and Philip Mead (eds). The Social Work of Narrative: Human Rights and Cultural Imaginary (Ibidem Press, 2018).
Hasian, Marouf A. Jr. Kafkaesque Laws, Nisour Square, and the Trials of the Former Blackwater Guards
(Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2018).
Haverkamp, Rita, Ester Herlin-Karnell, and Claes Lernestedt (eds.). What is Wrong with Human Trafficking? Critical Perspectives on the Law (Hart, 2019).
Hayter, Julian Maxwell, and George R. Goethals (eds). Reconstruction and the Arc of Racial (in)Justice (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018).
Hoffman, Valerie J. (ed.). Making the New Middle East: Politics, Culture, and Human Rights (Syracuse University Press, 2019).
Kapoor, Nisha. Deport Deprive Extradite (Verso, 2018).
Kinley, David. Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Land, Molly K. and Jay D. Anderson (eds). New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Lattimer, Mark and Philippe Sands (eds). The Grey Zone: Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War (Hart Publishing, 2018).
MacNaughton, Gillian, and Diane F. Frey (eds). Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Maguire, Mark, Ursula Rao, and Nils Zurawski (eds). Bodies as Evidence: Security, Knowledge, and Power (Duke University Press, 2018).
Marino, Katherine M. Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement (University of North Carolina Press, 2019).
Maru, Vivek, and Varun Gauri (eds). Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Miller, Alice. M., and Mindy Jane Roseman. Beyond Virtue and Vice: Rethinking Human Rights and Criminal Law (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019).
Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Nowak, Manfred. Torture: An Experts Confrontation with an Everyday Evil (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Powers, Matthew. NGOs as Newsmakers: The Changing Landscape of International News (Columbia University Press, 2018).
Rizas, Sotiris. Realism and Human Rights in US Policy toward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus (Lexington Books, 2018).
Robben, Antonius C. G. M. Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning, and Accountability (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (ed.). Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Delegitimization (Indiana University Press, 2019).
Rozbicki, Michal Jan. Human Rights in Translation: Intercultural Pathways (Lexington Books, 2018).
Sharpe, Marina. The Regional Law of Refugee Protection in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2018). Selby, Don F. Human Rights in Thailand (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Staden, Andreas Von. Strategies of Compliance with the European Court of Human Rights: Rational Choice Within Normative Constraints (University of Pennsylvania, 2018).
Sundstrom, Lisa Mcintosh, Valerie Sperling, and Melike Sayoglu. Courting Gender Justice: Russia, Turkey, and the European Court of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Totten, Samuel (ed). Dirty Hands and Vicious Deeds: The US Government’s Complicity in Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide (University of Toronto Press, 2018).
Udogu, E. Ike, and Sambuddha Ghatak (eds). Human Rights Dilemmas in the Developing World: The Case of Marginalized Populations at Risk (Lexington Books, 2018).
Waddington, Lisa, and Anna Lawson (eds). The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Practice (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Walker, Marquita R. Protecting the Workforce: A Defense of Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains (Lexington Books, 2019).
Watson, Katie. Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, & Politics of Ordinary Abortion (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Weissinger, Sandra E. and Dwayne A. Mack (eds). Law Enforcement in the Age of Black Lives Matter: Policing Black and Brown Bodies (Lexington Books, 2018).
Wright, Fiona. The Israeli Radical Left: An Ethics of Complicity (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). Xu, Ting and Jean Allain (eds). Property and Human Rights in a Global Context (Hart Publishing, 2018).