Employment and Human Rights

"This book should have appeal for a broad spectrum of scholars." (Choice) "Siegel's treatment of the employment issue brings together three perspectives, national, international, and transnational, and he does this very effectively both in terms of style and substance; he relates national, local, and regional developments to international ones and to the attempts at regulation of the employment issue through agreements and devices that transcend the national state, though, of course, without replacing it as yet. This is quite a feat, conceptually and intellectually." (Alexander J. Groth) "Siegel's book provides a much needed 'map' for scholars and activists alike, who need to understand how the complex of institutions in the field of international human rights have developed the idea of a right to employment, have modified and adapted it over time, have interacted with other institutions-governmental, intergovernmental, and private-and have been themselves shaped and influenced by theoretical and didactic writing over the past century or more." (Sumner M. Rosen)