Reviews of Rules without Rights:

"Bartley brings together factory workers and forests in China and Indonesia in an elegant comparative design that combines careful empirical grounding with analytical breadth and sophistication.” (Peter Evans, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley)

"This book provides a major contribution to analysis of the failure of private rules on sustainability and labour standards in global production networks.” (Stephanie Barrientos, Professor, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester)

“Rules without Rights establishes an ambitious new research agenda for students of modern, transnational, capitalism." (Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University)

"Rules without Rights, given its theoretical and empirical richness, should be read widely by scholars and students of comparative politics, labor studies, and management…” (Mari Sako, Industrial and Labor Relations Review)

“A tremendous and in many ways gutsy contribution. The book required a prodigious amount of fieldwork in two difficult environments; includes the careful analysis of qualitative and quantitative data; and runs the risk of antagonizing both proponents of TPR [transnational private regulation] . . . and their myriad critics.” (Andrew Schrank, Socio-Economic Review)

“Rules without Rights provides a stark account of the flaws of offloading governance onto the private sector to resolve pressing concerns about land and labour rights in the fast and cheap sourcing model of GPNs and the underlying ‘impatient’ global economic system.” (Samentha Goethals, Business and Human Rights Journal)

“This is a very interesting book. It is well written and a joy to read … The book will be of use to researchers but is accessible to the general reader, whether researcher, student, or member of the public.” (Andrew Herod, Journal of Industrial Relations)

"Rules without Rights is carefully researched, is trenchant but fair in its critique, and offers enough detail in its four chapters of case study to help direct those wrestling with real problems … Bartley convincingly shows why the ‘‘empty space’’ assumption that underpins studies to date is not just an errant abstraction…" (Josh Whitford, Contemporary Sociology)

“Rules without Rights is a theoretically provocative and empirically rich and informative book . . . It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the political economy of private regulation, transnational governance, labor studies and the state, markets and social movements in China and Indonesia.” (Lu Zhang, Socio-Economic Review)

"This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to learn more about sustainable production and transnational private governance." (Rachel Alexander, Competition & Change)

“The age of private regulation may be over. The time of extra-territorial liability is coming. And not a moment too soon, as Rules without Rights persuasively demonstrates.” (Alice Evans, LSE Review of Books)

“This book is a welcome and much needed contribution to our understanding of how micro and macro contexts interact in different international settings and is, in my judgement, a thoughtful and well-written volume that makes for essential reading.” (Jean Jenkins, Journal of World-Systems Research)