The Steering Committee has reviewed the following books and recommends them as background reading for the 2006 Forum.

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS GIFT BOOK:

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Ritzer, George. (2006, 2nd edition, paperback). McDonaldization: The Reader. Pine Forge. 1412926009.

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING:

Bagwati, Jagdish. (2004, hardcover). In Defense of Globalization. Oxford. 0195170253.

Bolen, Jean Shimoda. (2005, hardcover). Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World. Conari. 1573242659.

Chang, Grace. (2000, paperback). Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy. South End. 0896086178.

Crittenden, Ann. (2002, paperback). The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued. Owl. 0805066195.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. (2002, paperback). Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Owl. 0805063897.

Friedman, Thomas L. (2006, updated and expanded hardcover). The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 0374292795.

Gladwell, Malcolm. (2002, paperback). The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Back Bay. 0316346624.

Huseman, Richard C., & Jon P. Goodman. (1998, paperback) Leading With Knowledge: The Nature of Competition in the 21st Century. SAGE. 0761917756.

Jacobs, Jerry A., & Kathleen Gerson. (2005, paperback). The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality. Harvard University. 0674018397.

Levitt, Steven D., & Stephen J. Dubner. (2005, revised hardcover). Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. William Morrow. 006073132X.

Lichtenstein, Nelson. (2004, paperback). Walmart: The Face of 21st Century Capitalism. New Press. 1595580212.

Lu, Diana. (2006, hardcover). Daughter of the Yellow River. Image Global Impact. 1933726016.

Ng, Cecilia, & Swasti Miller. (2005, hardcover). Gender and the Digital Economy: Perspectives from the Developing World. SAGE. 0761934103.

Prestowitz, Clyde. (2006, paperback). Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East. Perseus. 0465062822.

Ritzer, George. (2003, paperback). The Globalization of Nothing. Pine Forge. 0761988076.

Ritzer, George. (2004, paperback). McDonaldization of Society, Revised New Century Edition. Pine Forge. 0761988122.

Rivoli, Pietra. (2006, paperback). Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. Wiley. 0470039205.

Sachs, Jeffrey. (2006, paperback). End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time. Penguin. 0143036580.

Sernau, Scott. (2005, paperback). Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a Global Economy. Pine Forge. 1412915244.

Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2003, paperback). Globalization and Its Discontents. W.W. Norton. 0393324397.