Month: October 2012

Authors: Emily Rosenbaum and Samantha Friedman Publisher: New York University Press – 309 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram A great book on the causes of disparities in housing, about the first two-thirds of the length of this book consists of discussions of the various immigration patterns of different ethnic communities into new York City. The other third provides a lot of data in over 100 pages to support those discussions, in the form of three appendices, notes on the content in the six chapters of this book, references for further study and a detailed index. There is a...

Author: Ruben J. Garcia Publisher: New York University Press – 181 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar A marginal worker is one whose rights and protections under United States labor laws are not clear. This book is mainly about the undocumented workers, who are one category of marginal workers, wherein courts have often ruled against them in cases pertaining to loss of employment, compensation and other situation. This is a well-written book on marginal workers by someone with education and experience on this subject: Ruben J. Garcia who is a professor of law at the University of Nevada in...

Editors: John Crowley, William J. Smyth, and Mike Murphy Publisher: New York University Press – 710 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a very large book about not just the history but also the geography of the Great Irish Famine. Numerous sources were used by the editors and the contributors in purring together this very valuable volume. As a matter of fact, the End Notes detailing these sources is a list that is 25 pages long. The Great Irish Famine which lasted seven years from 1845 to 1852 was a period of mass starvation, hunger, disease and...

Editors: Ulrich Bernath, Andreas Szucs, Alan Tait and Martine Vida Publisher:  Wiley – Higher Education – 857  pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar This book was put together from the vast volume of papers read and discussed in the Conferences of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) held for nine years from 2001 to 2009. The core purpose of the members of EDEN is to undertake and advance research in the fields of distance learning as well as e-learning and flexible learning. Discovery and sharing of individual and institutional findings and other scholarly activity have been the hallmark...

Authors: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, PhD Publisher: Jossey-Bass, an Imprint of Wiley – Higher Education (5 booklets) Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar This set of three booklets for reading and study along with two others for testing and review purposes – one for the self and the other for the observer – and the SLPI scoring CD-ROM – is known collectively as Student Leadership Practices Inventory. The three main booklets consist of a Facilitator’s Guide, a Student Workbook, and a third one entitled The Five Practices of Exemplary Student Leadership. What exactly is leadership and why...