New books: October 2007

Research methodology

Huck. Reading statistics and research, 5th ed (Allyn and Bacon, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY HA 29 HUC.

Jowell et al (eds.). Measuring attitudes cross-nationally: lessons from the European Social Survey (Sage, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY H 61 JOW.

Levin. Elementary statistics in social research, 2nd ed (Allyn and Bacon, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY HA 29 LEV.

Social, cultural, economic and environmental

International Organization for Migration. International dialogue on migration 9: migration and human resources for health (IOM, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY JV 6035 INT.

Ionescu. Engaging diasporas as development partners for home and destination countries: challenges for policymakers (International Organisation for Migration, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY HD 78 ION.

Sharman. Havens in a storm: the struggle for global tax regulation (Cornell, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY HD 3616 SHA.

Shelley. Exploited: migrant labour in the new global economy (Zed, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY HF 1411 SHE.

Political theory

Bellamy. Political constitutionalism (Cambridge UP, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY JC 348 BEL.

Gutmann and Thompson (eds.). Ethics and politics: cases and comments, 4th ed (Thomson, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY JA 79 GUT.

Tilly. Democracy (Cambridge UP, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY JC 421 TIL.

Political administration

Bhatnagar. E-government: from vision to implementation (Sage, 2004). PUBLIC POLICY JF 1525 BHA.

Pollitt. Unbundled government: a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation (Routledge, 2004). PUBLIC POLICY JF 1351 POL.

US

McKeever and Davies. Politics USA, 2nd ed (Pearson, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY JK 21 MCK.

Steen. Self-financed candidates in congressional elections (University of Michigan, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY JK 1991 STE.

UK

Giddings (ed.). The future of parliament: issues for a new century (Palgrave, 2005). PUBLIC POLICY JN 550 GID.

EU and Europe

Hay and Menon. European politics (Oxford UP, 2007). PUBLIC POLICY JN 12 HAY.

Lord. Democracy in the new Europe (Palgrave, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY JN 40 LOR.

Literature

Shteyngart. Absurdistan (Granta, 2006). PUBLIC POLICY PS 3619 SHT. Read a review.

International relations

Dannreuther. International security: the contemporary agenda (Polity, 2007). INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XB 30 DAN.

Steffek. Embedded liberalism and its critics: justifying global governance in the American century (Palgrave, 2006). INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XB 60 STE.

Wilkinson and Hughes (eds.). Global governance: critical perspectives (Routledge, 2002). INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XB 60 WIL.

Human rights

Caney. Justice beyond borders: a global political theory (OUP, 2005). HUMAN RIGHTS A 220 CAN.

Mertus. The United Nations and human rights (Routledge, 2005). HUMAN RIGHTS CB 7 MER.

Rachels. The elements of moral philosophy, 5th ed (McGraw-Hill, 2007). HUMAN RIGHTS A 200 RAC.

Rachels. The right thing to do, 5th ed (McGraw-Hill, 2007). HUMAN RIGHTS A 200 RAC.