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A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis. By David Rieff. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Pp. 367. $26.00, cloth.

The Power and Limits of NGOs: A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Edited by Sarah E. Mendelson & John K. Glenn. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp. 257. $22.50, paper.

Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique. By Makau Mutua. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Pp. 256. $49.95, cloth.

In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All. By William F. Schulz. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2002. Pp. 235. $15.00, paper.

Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry. By Michael Ignatieff. Edited by Amy Gutmann. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp. 216. $19.95, cloth.

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. By Francis Fukuyama. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Pp. 256. $25.00, cloth.

Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies. Edited by Richard A. Shweder, Martha Minow, and Hazel Rose Markus. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002. Pp. 485. $49.95, cloth.

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. By Samantha Power. New York: Basic Books, 2002. Pp. 384. $30.00, cloth.

Partner to History: The U.S. Role in South Africa’s Transition to Democracy. By Princeton N. Lyman. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2002. Pp. 384. $19.95, paper.

International Human Rights and Authoritarian Rule in Chile. By Darren G. Hawkins. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Pp. 261. $45.00, cloth.

Zichroni v. State of Israel: The Biography of a Civil Rights Lawyer. By Michael Keren. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2002. Pp. 240. $26.95, paper.

La Charte des Droits Fondamentaux de l’Union Européenne. Edited by Jean-Yves Carlier and Olivier de Schutter. Brussels, Belgium: Bruylant, 2002. Pp. 304. €40.00, paper.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The System in Practice, 1986–2000. Edited by Malcolm Evans and Rachel Murray. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 418. $75.00, paper.

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook, Second Revised Edition. Edited by Asbjørn Eide, Catarina Krause, and Allan Rosas. The Hague, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 2001. Pp. 785. $184.00, cloth.

Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements. By Alexander Tsesis. New York: NYU Press, 2002. Pp. 250. $40.00, cloth.

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Harvard Human Rights Journal / Vol. 16, Spring 2003