Month: July 2013

Author: Jack Donnelly Publisher: Cornell University Press – 320 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar The subject of human rights is complex, controversial, and detailed to say the least, but author Jack Donnelly provides a clear and concise framework within which it can be looked at and easily understood. In this book, he provides support to the strongly-held belief that human rights are inalienable, meaning that these rights as a whole or any one of them in particular, cannot be taken away by any government, be it autocratic or even democratic. We include ‘democratic’ because history has shown that...

Author: Chekitan S. Dev (also editor of a series of books under Cornell Hospitality Management Best Practices) Publisher: Cornell University Press – 179 Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This short book, like others in the series mentioned above, presents research findings on a variety of topics relating to best practices in the hospitality industry. Facilities in the hospitality industry include hotels, motels, banquet halls, resorts, restaurants, and other such places; river and sea cruises; and travel. In recent decades, branding has become a crucial and critical aspect of marketing and management in the hospitality business. This book presents data...

Editors: Paul R. Krausman and Bruce D. Leopold Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press – 682 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The reader may first ask a number of questions relating to the title of this textbook meant for college courses on wildlife management, e.g. what is wildlife; what is management relating to wildlife; and what is conservation. So before writing an evaluation of this book and its values, let me get these questions answered, as provided by its two editors. Wildlife as defined by them refers to “any free-ranging vertebrate or invertebrate organism;” management is “any active or...