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BOOKS
O’Rourke, Dara (2004), Community-Driven Regulation: Balancing Development and the Environment in Vietnam, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Fung, Archon, Dara O’Rourke, and Charles Sabel (2001), Can We Put an End To Sweatshops?, Boston: Beacon Press.

PUBLICATIONS - REFEREED

O’Rourke, Dara (2005), “Market Movements: Nongovernmental Strategies to Influence Global Production and Consumption” Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 9, no. 1-2.

O’Rourke, Dara and Eungkyoon Lee (2004), “Mandatory Planning for Environmental Innovation: Evaluating Regulatory Mechanisms for Toxics Use Reduction,” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 47, no. 2, March.

O’Rourke, Dara (2004), “Transition Environments: Ecological and Social Challenges to Post-Socialist Industrial Development,” in R. Peet and M. Watts (eds.) Liberation Ecologies, London: Routledge, pp.: 244-270.

O’Rourke, Dara (2003), Outsourcing Regulation: Non-Governmental Systems of Labor Standards and Monitoring, Policy Studies Journal, vol. 31. no. 1. pp. 1-29.

O’Rourke, Dara and Gregg Macey (2003),Community Environmental Policing: Assessing New Strategies of Public Participation in Environmental Regulation, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 22, no. 3, summer, pp. 383-414.

O’Rourke, Dara and Sarah Connolly (2003), Just Oil? The Distribution of Environmental and Social Impacts of Oil Production and Consumption, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 28, pp.587-617.

O’Rourke, Dara and Garrett Brown (2003), Experiments in Transforming the Global Workplace: Incentives and Impediments to Improving Workplace Conditions in China, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 9, no. 4, October/December, pp. 378-385.

Betty Szudy, Dara O’Rourke, and Garrett Brown (2003), Developing an Action-Based Health and Safety Training Project in southern China, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 9, no. 4, October/December, pp. 357-367.

O’Rourke, Dara (2002), Motivating a Conflicted Environmental State, in A.P.J. Mol and F.H. Buttel (eds.) The Environmental State Under Pressure, Social Problems and Public Policies Series, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 221-244.

O'Rourke, Dara (2001), Community-Driven Regulation: Towards an Improved Model of Environmental Regulation in Vietnam, in Peter B. Evans (ed.), Livable Cities: The Politics of Urban Livelihood and Sustainability, Berkeley: University of California Press.

Sabel, Charles, Dara O'Rourke and Archon Fung (2000), Ratcheting Labor Standards: Regulation for Continuous Improvement in the Global Workplace, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, Social Protection Discussion Paper No.11.

Fung, Archon and Dara O'Rourke, (2000) Reinventing Environmental Regulation from the Grassroots Up: Explaining and Expanding the Success of the Toxics Release Inventory, Environmental Management, vol. 25, no. 2, pp.:115-127.

O'Rourke, Dara, Lloyd Connelly, and C.P. Koshland, (1996) Industrial Ecology: A Critical Review, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 6, Nos. 2/3, pp. 89-112.

Sikor, Thomas O. and Dara O'Rourke, (1996) Economic and Environmental Dynamics of Reform in Vietnam, Asian Survey, Berkeley CA, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, June, pp. 601-617.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1995) Economics, Environment and Equity: Policy Integration During Development in Vietnam, Berkeley Planning Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 15-35.

PUBLICATIONS - NON-REFEREED

O’Rourke, Dara (2005), “Sharing Love in the Global Economy: tough to find gifts that don’t do great harm,” San Francisco Chronicle, Insight Section, p. C2, February 13, 2005.

O’Rourke, Dara (2004), “Community Monitoring and Corporate Accountability,” in A. Kuper (ed.) The Impact of Corporations on Global Governance, a report of the Empire and Democracy Project, New York: Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs.

O’Rourke, Dara (2004), Opportunities and Obstacles for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in Developing Countries, policy paper prepared for the Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank Group.

O’Rourke, Dara (2002), “Struggling to be a Good Global Citizen,” The San Jose Mercury News, Perspectives, December 8, 2002.

O’Rourke, Dara (2002), “The Implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Functioning of National Contact Points,” Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Trade Union Advisory Committee, Paris, June 17th, 2002.

O'Rourke, Dara, (2001), "To fix sweatshop conditions in factories, we must listen to workers," The Boston Globe, Op-ed page, February 27th, 2001.

O’Rourke, Dara (2001), Sweatshops 101: Lessons in Monitoring Apparel Production Around the World, Dollars and Sense, cover article, September/October.

Fung, Archon, Dara O'Rourke, and Chuck Sabel (2001), "Realizing Labor Standards," The Boston Review, New Democracy Forum, February, 2001.

O'Rourke, Dara (2000), "Monitoring the Monitors: A Critique of PricewaterhouseCooper's Labor Monitoring," white paper, released Sept. 28, 2000.

Sabel, Charles, Dara O'Rourke, and Archon Fung, (2000) "Ratcheting Labor Standards: How Open Competition Can Save Ethical Sourcing," in (ed.) R. Thamotheram, Visions of Ethical Sourcing, London: Financial Times Prentice Hall.

O'Rourke, Dara and Garrett Brown (1999), "Beginning to Just Do It: Current Workplace and Environmental Conditions at the Tae Kwang Vina Nike Shoe Factory in Vietnam," report released March 14, 1999, available on the Internet at: www.globalexchange.org/economy/corporations/nike/vt.html

O'Rourke, Dara (1998), "Vietnam's Reforms and Economic Growth," by Charles Harvie and Tran Van Hoa, book review, Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1997) Smoke from a Hired Gun: A Critique of Nike's Labor and Environmental Auditing in Vietnam as Performed by Ernst & Young, report published by the Transnational Resource and Action Center: San Francisco, November 10th, available on the Internet at: www.corpwatch.org/trac/nike/ernst/

Karliner, Joshua, Alba Morales, and Dara O'Rourke, (1997) "The Barons of Bromide: The Corporate Forces Behind Toxic Poisoning and Ozone Depletion," The Ecologist, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June, pp. 90-98.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1996) "Is Sustainable Development Sustainable?" Boston Book Review, Cambridge, MA, July/August.

Fung, Archon, Penn Loh, and Dara O'Rourke, (1996) "Out of the Darkness: A Response to Richard Flacks' 'Reflections on Strategy in a Dark Time,'" Boston Review. Vol. 21, No. 1, Feb/March: 10.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1996) "Hinting at the Counter-Revolution," Boston Book Review, Cambridge, MA, March.

O'Rourke, Dara, et al., (1995) "Environment and Industrial Renovation in Vietnam: A Report from Vinh Phu Province," Institute of International Studies Working Paper, Berkeley, CA:IIS.

Sikor, Thomas O. and Dara O'Rourke, (1995) "A Tiger in Search of a New Path: The Economic and Environmental Dynamics of Reform in Viet Nam," Vietnam's Socio-Economic Development Hanoi, No. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 35-52.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1995) "Rent, Lease, or Own - Academia on the Block," Boston Book Review, Cambridge, MA, September.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1993) "Worker Health Hazards at Seagate," Multinational Monitor, Washington, D.C., November.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1992) "Alternatives to Ozone Depleting Substances in Solvent Cleaning," Greenpeace International, Washington, D.C., June.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1992) "Green Tide - Bagging Honduras," Z Magazine, Boston, MA, March.

O'Rourke, Dara, (1991) "Conservation and Recycling Practices for CFC-113 and Methyl Chloroform," U.S. EPA, June.