Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: James H. Cassing and Steven L. Husted (eds). Capital, Technology, and Labor in the New Global Economy. G.T. Kenshaw (ed.), Market Liberalisation, Equity and Development. Joan M. Nelson el al., Fragile Coalitions: The Politics of Economic Adjustment. Hamza Alavi and John Harriss (eds), South Asia — Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’. Frans Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen (eds), Urban Social Movements in the Third World. Susan Eckstein (ed.), Power and Popular Protest. Latin American Social Movements. Jonathan Hartlyn, The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia. Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-war Japan. Melanie Beresford, National Unification and Economic Development in Vietnam. June I. Parpart (ed.), Homen and Development in Africa: Comparative Perspectives. Anil Bhatt, Development and Social Justice. Micro Action by Weaker Sections.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY Raymond A. Bauer & Kenneth J. Gergen (eds.), The Study of Policy Formation Charles E. Lindblom, The Policy-Making Process C. West Churchman, The Systems Approach Yehezkel Dror, Public Policymaking Lester B. Pearson, The Crisis of Development Jagdish Bhagwait & Richard S. Eckaus (eds.), Foreign Aid Max Marwick (ed.), Witchcraft and Sorcery Peter Worsley et al, Introducing Sociology Peter Worsley (ed.), Modem Sociology: Introductory Readings Thomas Vietorisz & Bennett Harrison, The Economic Development of Harlem     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Olav Stokke (ed.), Western Middle Powers and Global Poverty. The Determinants of the Aid Policies of Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Gerald K. Helleiner (ed.), The Other Side of International Development Policy. The Non-Aid Economic Relations with Developing Countries of Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Cranford Pratt (ed.). Internationalism under Strain. The North-South Policies of Canada, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Cranford Pratt (ed.), Middle Power Internationalism. The North-South Dimension. D.W. Attwood and B.S. Baviskar (eds), Who Shares? Co-operatives and Rural Development. H. Jeffrey Leonard and contributors, Environment and the Poor: Development Strategies for a Common Agenda. Nikolai Shmelev and Vladimir Popov, The Turning Point. Revitalizing the Soviet Economy. George T. Crane, The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones. Alexander de Waal, Famine that Kills. Darfur, Sudan, 1984–1985. Philip Leroy Kilbride and Janet Capriotti Kilbride, Changing Family Life in East Africa: Women and Children at Risk. Philip Quarles van Ufford and Matthew Schoffeleers (eds), Religion and Development. Towards an Integrated Approach. William E. James, Seiji Naya and Gerald M. Meier, Asian Development, Economic Success and Policy Lessons. Bonnie K. Campbell (ed.), Political Dimensions of the International Debt Crisis. Lucio Kowarick, The Subjugation of Labour: The Constitution of Capitalism in Brazil. Charles David Smith, Did Colonialism Capture the Peasantry? A Case Study of the Kagera District. H. H. de Haan, Alternatives in Industrial Development: Sugarcane Processing in India. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, 1. Charles K. Mann, Merilee S. Grindle and Parker Shipton (eds), Seeking Solutions: Framework and Cases for Small Enterprise Development Programs. David E. Sahn (ed.), Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture. The Consequences for Food Security. Tessa Marcus, Modernising Super-Exploitation: Restructuring South African Agriculture. Peter N. Dean with Cedric Pugh, Government Budgeting in Developing Countries. Suzette Heald, Controlling Anger: The Sociology of Gisu Violence.     

Book reviews

History of Iranian Literature. By JAN RYPKA. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1967. 928 pages. $35.00

The Sociology of Development: Iran as an Asian Case Study. By NORMAN JACOBS. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. 541 pages. $17.50.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Masahisa Fujita and Jacques‐François Thisse, Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth Timothy J. Bartik, Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Policies Help? Miriam Solomon, Social Empiricism Nicole Pohl, Mobility in Space and Time: Challenges to the Theory of International Economics Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, and Charles van Marrewijk, An Introduction to Geographical Economics: Trade, Location and Growth Bruce A. Weber, Greg J. Duncan, and Leslie A. Whitener (eds.), Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform Wallace E. Oates (ed.), Property Taxation and Local Government Finance: Essays in Honor of C. Lowell Harris Maryann P. Feldman and Nadine Massard (eds.), Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation Dengjian Jim, The Dynamics of Knowledge Regimes: Technology, Culture and Competitiveness in the USA and Japan Harvey J. Miller and Jiawei Han (eds.), Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Anna Nagurney and June Dong, Supernetworks: Decision‐Making for the Information Age Stuart McCook, States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760‐1940 Philip Scranton (ed.), The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization from the 1940's to the 1970's Stephen Haycox, Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska Kathleen Ann Pickering, Lakota Culture, World Economy Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Hungary Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Italy Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Bergamo, Italy Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: Teruel, Spain Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), OECD Territorial Reviews: The Valencian Central Districts, Spain Jaakko Suvantola, Tourist's Experience of Place     

SHORT NOTICES

Books reviewed:
L arry W. H urtado , Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity .
A llan D. F itzgerald (ed.), Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia .
G areth B. M atthews (ed.), The Augustinian Tradition .
T homas O'L oughlin (ed.) Adomnán at Birr, AD 697. Essays in Commemoration of the Law of the Innocents. .
V ictor S egesvary , L'Islam Et La Réforme, Etude sur l'Attitude des Réformateurs Zurichios Enverse l'Islam, 1510–1550. .
R ichard B arber , The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief .
J ames A. N estingen , Martin Luther: A Life .
T imothy J. W engert (ed.), Harvesting Martin Luther's Reflections on Theology, Ethics and the Church .
M artin S utherland (ed.), Baptists in Colonial New Zealand: Documents Illustrating Baptist Life and Development .
R ichard F enn (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion .
C onrad R udolph , Pilgrimage to the End of the World     

Reviews / Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article:
Beaches and Coasts (2nd ed), by C uchlaine A. M. K ing , M acmillan
Introduction to Geomorphology, by A listair F. P itty , Methuen and Co., London
Political Geography, by J. R. V. P rescott , M ethuen & Co Ltd, Toronto
Politics and Geographic Relationships (2nd ed.), edited by W. A. D ouglas J ackson and M arwyn S. S amuels
Migration and Regional Development in the United States, 1950–1960, by P aul J. S chwind
China, by Y i -F u T uan
The Changing Face of the Great Hungarian Plain, edited by B éla S árfalvi
Vénézuéla. Travailleurs et villes du pétrole, par Bernard Marchand, Travaux et Mémoires de l'lnstitut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine
L'Amérique Latine, économies et sociétés, par D.-C. Lambert et J.-M. M artin , A rmand C olin
The Soviet Far East, by E. S tuart K irby , M acmillan
Design for Development in Ontario: The Initiation of a Regional Planning Program, by R ichard S. T homan
Combinatorial Programming, Spatial Analysis and Planning, by A llen J. S cott , M ethuen and C o. , Toronto
Experiments in Recreation Research, by T homas L. B urton , with a part by A. J. V eal , M ethuen
AMBIO, A Journal of the Human Environment – Research and Management, edited by ERIC Dyring     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Barrington Moore, Jr, Authority and Inequality under Capitalism and Socialism: USA, USSR and China. Rhys Jenkins, Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development. The Internationalization of Capital and the Third World. Ashok Bapna (ed.), One World One Future: New International Strategies for Development. Michael Redclift, Sustainable Development: Exploring the Contradictions. D. K. Fieldhouse, Black Africa 1945–1980 Economic Decolonization and Arrested Development. Douglas C. Dacy, Foreign Aid, War and Economic Development: South Vietnam Shared S. Marathe, Regulation and Development: India's Policy Experience of Controls over Industry. Eduardo P. Archetti, Paul Cammack and Bryan Roberts (eds), Latin America, Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’ series. A. H. J. Helmsing, Firms, Farms and the State in Colombia. Esbern Friis-Hansen, Changes in Land Tenure and Land Use Since Villagization and their Impact on Peasant Agricultural Production in Tanzania. The Case of the Southern Highlands. Jeffrey Harrod, Power, Production and the Unprotected Worker. S. S. Jha, Structure of Urban Poverty: The Case of Bombay Slums. Janet H. Momsen and Janet Townsend (eds), Geography of Gender in the Third World. Emily Honig, Sisters and Strangers: Women in the shanghai Cotton Mills, 1919–1949.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article. Michalos. Alex C. Foundations of Decision Making Robert A. Scott and Arnold R. Shore, Why Sociology Does Not Apply: A Study of the Use of Sociology in Public Policy Gary Orfiled, Must We Bus?Segregated Schools and National Policy D. Babatunde Thomas and Miguel S. Wionczek, eds. Integration of Science and Technology with Development: Carribean and Latin American Problems in this Context of the United NationsConference on Science and Technology for Development John A. Rohr, Ethics for Bureaucrats: An Essay on Law and Values Robert L. Lineberry, Equality and Urban Policy. The Distribution of Muncipal Public Services Leslie H. Gelb with Richard K. Betts, The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked Philip L. Bereano, ed., Technology as a Social and Political Phenomenon     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Youngil Lim, Technology and Productivity: The Korean Way of Learning and Catching up Ronaldo Munck and Denis O’Hearn (eds), Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm Paul Collins, Applying Public Administration in Development: Guideposts to the Future Stephen A. Vosti and Thomas Reardon (eds), Sustainability, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation. A Policy and Agroecological Perspective Donald O. Mitchell, Merlinda D. Ingco and Ronald C. Duncan, The World Food Outlook Richard E. Mshomba, Africa in The Global Economy Paul Gifford, African Christianity: Its Public Role Haleh Afshar, Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case Study Anders Corr, No Trespassing: Squatting, Rent Strikes and Land Struggles Worldwide Henny Romijn, Acquisition of Technological Capability in Small Firms in Developing Countries Chandan Mukherjee, Howard White and Marc Wuyts, Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries. Priorities for Development Economics Series Dani Rodrik, The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Do World Bank and IMF Policies Work? Michelle Miller‐Adams, The World Bank: New Agendas in a Changing World Ravi Kanbur and Todd Sandler with Kevin M. Morrison, The Future of Development Assistance: Common Pools and International Public Goods Miguel Centeno and Patricio Silva (eds), The Politics of Expertise in Latin America Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War Orlando Fals Borda (ed.), People’s Participation: Challenges Ahead Angela Cheater (ed.), The Anthropology of Power: Empowerment and Disempowerment in Changing Structures Terje Tvedt, Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats? NGOs and Foreign Aid Ann C. Hudock, NGOs and Civil Society. Democracy by Proxy? Steven R. Brechin, Planting Trees in the Developing World. A Sociology of International Organisations     

“If voting could change anything it would be illegal”∗

Colin Crouch (ed.), Participation in Politics, British Political Sociology Yearbook, Vol. 3, Groom Helm, London, 1977; $38.50.     

Book reviews

TRANSFORMATION SCENE: THE CHANGING CULTURE OF A NEW GUINEA VILLAGE, by Ian Hobgin. The International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1951. xiv + 326 pp. with 2 maps and 22 plates. Price 30s.

AN INTRODUCTION TO WORLD POLITICS. By Professor W. Friedmann. 2nd ed. London, 1952 (Macmillan & Co. Ltd.), pp. xiv + 384. (Maps and tables).

THE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MODERN ENGLAND. By M. Penelope Hall. Routledge, 1952. Pp. viii 332. Price 25s.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Dime Elson (ed.), Male Bias In the Development Process Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive - Women, Ecology and Development Lynne Brydon and Sylvia Chant, Women in the Third World. Gender Issuap in Rural and Urban A m Lecllmma Devda and V.V. Devaoia (eds), Women in India. Equality, Social Justice und Development Maitbnyi KriSh?rnj and KENM Cbanpnn (eds), Gender und the Household Do-, Soeial and Cultural Dimensions WilUnm E. Myers (ed.), Protecting Working Children John S. Aird, Slaughter of the Innocents: Coercive Birth Control in China Frank D. Bean, Barry Edmonston and Jeffrey S. Passel (eds), Undocumented Migmtion to the United States: IRCA and the Expcrzsnce of the 1980s Arthur Hlzkwood with Jane Armitage, Albert Berry, John Knight and Richard Sabot, Education, Work and Pay in Eht Afdca E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 1780; Programme, MMh, Reality Keith Forster, Rebellion and Factiona & !sm in a Chinese Province: Zhejipng 19661976     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Cedric Pugh. Housing and Urbanisation: A Study of India Gil Shidlo, Social Policy in a Non-Democratic Regime: The Case of Public Housing in Brazil Lars Marcussen, Third World Housing In Social and Spatial Development Philip Amis and Peter Lloyd (eds), Housing Africa's Urban Poor Alan Gilbert and Ann Varley, Landlord and Tenant. Housing the Poor in Urban Mexico Patrkia Adams, Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World's Environmental Legacy Elmar Altvater, Kurt Hiibner, Jocben Lorentzen and Rall Rojas (eds), The Poverty of Nations: A Guide to the Debt Crisis from Argentina to Zaire Cheryl Payer, Lent and Lost: Foreign Credit and Third World Development James Pickett and Hans Singer (eds), Towards Economic Recovery in Sub-Suharan Africa: Essays in Honour of Robert Cardiner. Roger C. Riddell, Manufacturing Africa. Performance and Prospects of Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Robert Klitgmrd. Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa. Oda van Cranenburgh, The Widening Gyre: The TanrruriOn One-Party State and Policy towards Rural Cooperatives William Ascher and Robcrt Healy, Natural Resource Policymaking in Developing Countries. Environment, Economic Growth and Income Distribution. Asit K. Bisweo, T.N. Khoshoo and Ashok Khosla (eds), Environmental Modelling for Developing Countr & s. Barbara J. Cummings, Dam the Rivers, Damn the People: Development and Resistance in Amazonian Brazil. David Barkin, Rosemary L. BIatt and Bilk R. DeWalt, Food Crops vs. Feed Crops. GlobalSubstitution of Grains in Production. Boulder, CO and London: Chris Milaer (ed.), Exporl Promotion Strategies: Theory and Evidence from Developing Counlrlcs Jairus Bannji and Rohini Hensman, 6eyond Multinationalism: Management Policy and Bargaining Rehtionships in International Companies. (Indo-Dutch Studies in Development Alternatives No. 2) Santosb Mehrotra, India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer John Child and Martin Lockett (eds), Reform Poky and the Chinese Enterprise Micbael C. Howard, FQi: Ruceund PoUricsin un IslundStute Stephanie Lawson, The Fuilure of Democrutic PoUtics in FQi Mark Turner, Pepuo New Guinea: The Challenge of Independence SePn Dorney, Papua New Guinea. People, Polfries and History since 1975 Peter Knapp and Alan J. Spector, Chis and Change: Basic Questions of Morxist Sociology. Adrian P. Wood, Stuart A. Keaa, John T. Mllimo and Dennis Michael Warren (eds), The Dynamics of Agricultural Policy and Reform in Zambia lsmael P. Cetublg, Jr, V.L. Choprn and M.S. Swaminathan (eds), Biotcchnologyfor Asian Agriculture: Public Policy Implicotions.     

On Bernstein's class,codes and control

Basil Bernstein, ed. Class, Codes and Control Volume 1: Theoretical Studies towards a Sociology of Language. Primary Socialization, Language and Education Series. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1971. xiv + 239 pp. Tables, figures, notes, references, and index. $10.00.

Basil Bernstein, ed. Class, Codes and Control Volume 2: Applied Studies towards a Sociology of Language. Primary Socialization, Language and Education Series. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973. xvi + 377 pp. Tables, figures, notes, references, appendix, and index. $16.95.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Y. Dror, Ventures in Policy Sciences: Concepts and Applications Y. Dror, Design for Policy Sciences, Elsevier Publishing Company 2. These changes are reviewed in Policy Sciences, in two special issues devoted to “Universities and the Teaching of Policy Sciences” Richard L. Clinton, William S. Flash, and R. Kenneth Godwin (eds.), Political Science in Population Studies Jaroslav Krej?í, Social Change and Stratification in Postwar Czechoslovakia Ivan Vallier (ed), Comparative Methods in Sociology; Essays on Trends and Applications Theodore Shanin (ed), Peasant and Peasant Societies Elbaki Hermassi, Leadership and National Development in North Africa. A Comparative Study Centre d'Etudes pour le Monde Arabe Moderne, Arab Culture and Society in Change. A partially annotated bibliography of books and articles in English, French, German and Italian International Labour Office, Employment, Incomes and Equality - A Strategy for Increasing Productive Employment in Kenya 1. It is assumed that GDP will continue to grow by 7 percent per annum with a growthrate for the population of about 3&12frec; percent. 2. Report of the Commission of Inquiry (Public Service Structure and Remuneration Commission) A. L. Keith Acheson et al., Bretton Woods Revisited. Evaluation of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ¹ Alexandra Kafka, The IMF: The Second Coming? and Tom de Vries, An Agenda for Monetary Reform (Essays in International Finance, Princeton, July and September 1972, respectively); and J. Keith Horsefield, et al., The International Monetary Fund 1945–1965. Twenty Years of International Monetary Co-operation. Volume I: Chronicle; Volume II: Analysis; Volume III: Documents Rudolf Bi?ani?, Turning Points in Economic Development* Mouton, The Hague * The author passed away before publication of his book. Kenneth J. Rothwell (ed), Administrative Issues in Developing Economies     

Book Reviews

Thomas D. Hall (ed.), A World‐Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology Arif Dirlik, Vinay Bahl and Peter Gran (eds.), History After the Three Worlds: Post Eurocentric Historiographies Susan Schech and Jane Haggis, Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction Mehran Kamrava, Cultural Politics in the Third World Adrian Wood, Raymond Apthorpe and John Borton (eds.), Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners Richard Black, Refugees, Environment and Development Aristide R. Zolberg and Peter Benda (eds.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions H. W. Singer with D. J. Shaw (ed.), International Development Co‐Operation: Selected Essays by H. W. Singer on Aid and the United Nations System Kristoffel Lieten and Ben White (eds.), Child Labour: Policy Options C. J. Barrow, Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction Douglas Saltmarshe, Identity in a Post‐communist Balkan State: An Albanian Village Study Anne Marie Goetz, Women Development Workers. Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh A. Kundu and A. N. Sharma (eds.), Informal Sector in India: Perspectives and Policies A. Haroon Akram‐Lodhi (ed.), Confronting Fiji Futures M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis (eds.), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger Kasperson (eds.), Global Environmental Risk James R. Bingen, David Robinson and John M. Staatz (eds.), Democracy and Development in Mali Harri Eglund, From War to Peace on the Mozambique‐Malawi Borderland     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: Peter Isard, Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can be Done Matthew Odedokun (ed.), External Finance for Private Sector Development: Appraisals and Issues Sunanda Sen, Global Finance at Risk: On Real Stagnation and Instability Susanne Soederberg, The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins, Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development Patricia L. McCarney and Richard E. Stren (eds), Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of the Developing World Michael Carley, Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith (eds), Urban Development & Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner (eds), Development Planning and Poverty Reduction Feargal Cochrane, Rosaleen Duffy and Jan Selby (eds), Global Governance, Conflict and Resistance Pranab Bardhan, Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development Lyuba Zarsky (ed.), Human Rights and the Environment: Conflict and Norms in a Globalizing World Krishna B. Ghimire (ed.), The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism within Developing Countries Donald G. Reid, Tourism, Globalization and Development: Responsible Tourism Planning Rosaleen Duffy A Trip Too Far. Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema (eds), Agribusiness and Society: Corporate Responses to Environmentalism, Market Opportunities and Public Regulation Ashok Gulati, Ruth M. Dick and K. V. Raju, Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation Robin Clarke and Jannet King, The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource Janelle Plummer and John G Taylor (eds), Community Participation in China: Issues and Processes for Capacity Building Tunde Zack‐Williams, Diane Frost and Alex Thomson (eds), Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities     

Book Reviews

Henry Bernstein and Tom Brass (eds), Agrarian Questions Max Spoor (ed.), The ‘Market Panacea’. Agrarian Transformation in Developing Countries and Former Socialist Economies Obadiah Mailafia, Europe and Economic Reform in Africa. Structural Adjustment and Economic Diplomacy Meine Pieter van Dijk and Sandro Sideri (eds), Multilateralism versus Regionalism: Trade Issues after the Uruguay Round Richard Grabowski and Michael P. Shields, Development Economics James M. Cypher and James L. Dietz, The Process of Economic Development John Harriss, Janet Hunter and Colin M. Lewis (eds), The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development Mats Lundahl and Benno J. Ndulu (eds), New Directions in Development Economics. Growth, Environmental Concerns, and Government in the 1990s Adrian Leftwich (ed.), Democracy and Development: Theory and Practice Patricia L. McCarney (ed.), The Changing Nature of Local Government in Developing Countries Michael Kaufman and Haroldo Dilla Alfonso (eds), Community Power and Grassroots Democracy Kim Scipes, KMU: Building Genuine Trade Unionism in the Philippines, 1980–1994 Isa Baud and Ines Smyth (eds), Searching for Security: Women's Responses to Economic Transformations Miriam Goheen, Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Grassfields Ann Daniya Usher, Dams as Aid: A Political Anatomy of Nordic Development Thinking Idris S. Kikula, Policy Implications on Environment. The Case of Villagization in Tanzania Kenneth King, Jua Kali Kenya: Change and Development in an Informal Economy 1970–1995 Jürgen Rüland (ed.), The Dynamics of Metropolitan Management in Southeast Asia H. S. Geyer and T. M. Kontuly (eds), Differential Urbanization. Integrating Spatial Models Joshua M. Epstein and Robert L. Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies. Social Science from the Bottom Up Parviz Daneshvar, Revolution in Iran     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Gene Tidrick and Chen Jiyuan (eds), China's Industrial Reform. Oiva Laaksonen, Management in China during and after Mao, in Enterprises, Government and Party. Erik Baark and Andrew Jamison (eds), Technological Development in China, India and Japan: Cross-cultural Perspectives John Markakis, National and Class Conflict in the Horn of Africa. D.D. Laitin and Said Samatar, Somalia: Nation in Search of a State. Ahmed I. Samatar, Socialist Somalia: Rhetoric and Reality. Paul M. Lubeck (ed.), The African Bourgeoisie: Capitalist Development In Nigeria, Kenya and the Ivory Coast. Nzongola-Ntalaja (ed.) The Crisis in Zaire: My:hs and Realities. Dharam Ghai and Lawrence D. Smith, Agricultural Prices, Policy, and Equity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aart van de Laar Harold Wolpe, Race, Class and the Apartheid State. Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift (eds), Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy. Said El-Naggar (ed.), Adjustment Policies and Development Strategies in the Arab World. Michael Pinches and Salim Lakha (eds), Wage Labour and Social Change. The Proletariat in Asia and the Pacific.