Book Notes

Said El-Naggar (ed.), Privatization and Structural Adjustment in the Arab Countries. African Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development, Understanding Africa's Food Problems: Social Policy Perspectives. Penny van Esterik, Motherpower and Infant Feeding. Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick (eds), Privatisation in Less Developed Countries. Gordon R. Conway and Edward B. Barbier, After the Green Revolution. Sustainable Agriculture for Development.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Malcolm Waters, Globalization. London and New York: Alan Pred and Michael John Watts, Reworking Modernity: Capitalisms and Symbolic Discontent. Jeff Haynes, Religion in Third World Politics. Raoul Granqvist (ed.), Culture in Africa: An Appeal for Pluralism. D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds), The Cultural Dimension of Development: Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Judith Randel and Tony German (eds), The Reality of Aid 95: An Independent Review of International Aid. Maurice J. Williams and Parti L. Pretesch, Sustaining the Earth: Role of Multilateral Development Institutions. Joan M Nelson and Stephanie J. Eglinton, Global Goals, Contentious Means: Issues of Multiple Conditionality. Alan Rix, Japan's Foreign Aid Challenge: Policy Reform and Aid Leadership. R. Vos, Debt and Adjustment in the World Economy. Structural Asymmetries in North-South Interactions. W. F. M. de Vries, G. P. den Bakker, M. B. G. Gircour, S. J. Keuning and A. Lenson (eds), The Value Added of National Accounting: Commemorating 50 Years of National Accounts in the Netherlands. Michael Cranna (ed.), The True Cost of Conflict. Raymond W. Copson, Africa's Wars and Prospects for Peace. Sharif Harir and Terje Tvedt (eds), Short-Cut to Decay: The Case of the Sudan. John Walton and David Seddon, Free Markets and Food Riots: The Politics of Global Adjustment. Peter Gibbon (ed.), Social Change and Economic Reform in Africa. Amitava Mukherjee, Structural Adjustment Programme and Food Security—Hunger and Poverty in India. Tony KiUick (ed.), The Flexible Economy: Causes and Consequences of the Adaptability of National Economies. Howard Stein (ed.), Asian Industrialization and Africa: Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment. Jan Peter Wogart, Aasha Kapur Mehta and Arun Mehta, Technology and Competitiveness: The Case of Brazilian and Indian Machine Tools. Nicholas Maddock and Frank A. Wilson (eds), Project Design for Agricultural Development. John D. MacArthur and John Weiss (eds), Agriculture, Projects and Development. Papers in Honour of David Edwards. Alan Gilpin, Environmental Impact Assessment. Cutting Edge for the Twenty-First Century. Laura Westra and Peter S. Wenz (eds), Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice. Gita Sen and Rachel C. Snow, Power and Decision: The Social Control of Reproduction. Isabella Bakker (ed.), The Strategic Silence: Gender and Economic Policy. Parvin Paidar, Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran. Sankar Kumar Bhaumik, Tenancy Relations and Agrarian Development: A Study of West Bengal. Pauline E. Peters, Dividing the Commons: Politics, Policy, and Culture in Botswana. Susan Eva Eckstein, Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro. Olga Nieuwenhuys, Children's Lifeworlds: Gender, Welfare and Labour in the Developing World. Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller, The Age of Migration. W. R. Böhning and L.-L. Schloeter-Paredes (eds), Aid in Place of Migration? Werner Sengenberger and Duncan Campbell (eds), International Labour Standards and Economic Interdependence: Essays in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the International Labour Organisation and the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Philadelphia. Francis T. Seow, To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison. Christopher Tremewan, The Political Economy of Social Control in Singapore. John Foran, Fragile Resistance: Social Transformation in Iran from 1500 to the Revolution.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: John Friedmann, Empowerment: The Polities of Alternative Development. Charles P. Oman and Ganeshan Wignaraja, The Postwar Evolution of Development Thinking. David Booth (ed.), Rethinking Social Development: Theory, research and practice. Hubert Schmitz and José Cassiolato (eds), Hi-Tech for Industrial Development: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience in Electronics and Automation. Henk Hobbelink, Biotechnology and the Future of World Agriculture: The Fourth Resource. Alan Grainger, Controlling Tropical Deforestation. David Reed (ed.), Structural Adjustment and the Environment. Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Changing Uganda: The Dilemmas of Structural Adjustment and Revolutionary Change. John Osgood Field (ed.), The Challenge of Famine: Recent Experience, Lessons Learned. David Keen, The Benefits of Famine: A Political Economy of Famine and Relief in Southwestern Sudan, 1983–1989. Peter Utting, Economic Reform and Third World Socialism: A Political Economy of Food Policy in Post-Revolutionary Societies. Sylvia Chant (ed.), Gender and Migration in Developing Countries. Joseph Wronka, Human Rights and Social Policy In the 21st Century. Ismael Getubig Jr and Harry T. Oshima (eds), Towards Full Employment Strategy For Accelerated Economic Growth. Sunanda Sen, Colonies and the Empire: India 1890–1914. Nabendu Sen, India in the International Economy, 1858–1913: Some Aspects of Trade and Finance. Wouter van Ginneken (ed.), Government and its Employees, Case Studies of Developing Countries. John D. Kasarda and Allan M. Parnell (eds), Third World Cities: Problems, Policies, and Prospects. Jorge E. Hardoy, Diana Mitlin and David Satterthwaite, Environmental Problems in Third World Cities.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: P. T. Bauer, Dissent on Development. Studies and Debates in Development Economics. Ukandi G. Damachi and Hans Dieter Seibel (eds.), Social Change and Economic Development in Nigeria R. Sandbrook, Proletarians and African Capitalism; the Kenyan Case, 1960–1972 Manzoor Ahmed, The Economics of Non-Formal Education. Resources, Costs and Benefits. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development     

Book Reviews

M. P. Cowen and R. W. Shenton, Doctrines of Development Peter W. Preston, Development Theory: An Introduction John Brohman, Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development Stuart Corbridge (ed.), Development Studies: A Reader Development and Social Diversity—Development in Practice Readers Peter Willets (ed.), The Conscience of the World. The Influence of Non-Governmental Organisations in the UN System Patricia L. McCarney (ed.), Cities and Governance: New Directions in Latin America, Asia and Africa Robin Luckham and Gordon White (eds), Democratization in the South: The Jagged Wave Kunibert Raffer and Hans W. Singer, The Foreign Aid Business: Economic Assistance and Development Co-operation William Ryrie, First World, Third World Robert Z. Lawrence, Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert Bressand and Takatoshi Ito, A Vision for the World Economy: Openness, Diversity, and Cohesion Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Regionalism and the Global Economy. The Case of Africa Lennart Petersson (ed.), Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future Ben Fine and Zavareh Rustomjee, The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-Energy Complex to Industrialisation Owen Crankshaw, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid Finn Tarp and Peter Brixen, The South African Economy: Macroeconomic Prospects for the Medium Term Deborah F. Bryceson (ed.), Women Wielding the Hoe: Lessons from Rural Africa for Feminist Theory and Development Practice Leif Manger with Hassan Abd el Ati, Sharif Harir, Knut Krzywinski, Ole R. Vetaas, Survival on Meagre Resources. Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills Emmanuel Manzungu and Pieter van der Zaag (eds), The Practice of Smallholder Irrigation. Case Studies from Zimbabwe Margaret Hall and Tom Young, Confronting Leviathan. Mozambique since Independence David Murray, Angels and Devils. Thai Politics from February 1991 to September 1992—A Struggle for Democracy? Alan R. Kluver, Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: A Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy Walter Hatch and Kozo Yamamura, Asia in Japan's Embrace. Building a Regional Production Alliance Albert Berry (ed.), Poverty, Economic Reform and Income Distribution in Latin America Pieter de Vries, Unruly Clients in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica: A Study of How Bureaucrats Try and Fail to Transform Gatekeepers, Communists and Preachers into Ideal Beneficiaries Christine Barrow, The Family in the Caribbean: Themes and Perspectives Barbara Harriss-White, A Political Economy of Agricultural Markets in South India. Masters of the Countryside Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India. Economic Development and Social Opportunity     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Chang Ha‐Joon and Irene Grubel, Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual Simon Bromley, Maureen Mackintosh, William Brown and Marc Wuyts (eds), Making the International: Economic Interdependence and the Political Order Ann Zammit, Development at Risk: Rethinking UN–Business Partnerships Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization Dennis A. Rondinelli and G. Shabbir Cheema (eds), Reinventing Government for the Twenty‐First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society Joel S. Migdal (ed.), Boundaries and Belongings: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices Vernon W. Ruttan, Social Science, Knowledge and Economic Development: An Institutional Design Perspective Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks and Dorothea Hilhorst (eds), Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development & People Ruedi Baumgartner and Ruedi Hogger (eds), In Search of Sustainable Livelihoods Systems: Managing Resources and Change William D. Sunderlin, Ideology, Social Theory, and the Environment Steven R. Brechin, Peter R. Wilshusen, Crystal L. Fortwangler and Patrick C. West (eds), Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty‐first Century Diane Russell and Camilla Harshbarger, Groundwork for Community‐Based Conservation: Strategies for Social Research James K. Boyce and Barry K. Shelley (eds), Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership Nick J. Freeman and Frank L. Bartels (eds), The Future of Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia Sharma, Kishor (ed.), Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries D. Bandyopadhyay and Amitava Mukherjee, New Issues in Panchayati Raj François Ruf and Frederic Lançon (eds), From Slash‐and‐Burn to Replanting: Green Revolutions in the Indonesian Uplands?     

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

Book reviewed in this article: ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Carl Henry Feuer, Jamaica and the Sugar Worker Cooperatives: The Politics of Reform. Boulder ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Monica Frölander-Ulf and Frank Lindenfeld, A New Earth: The Jamaican Sugar Workers' Cooperatives, 1975–1981. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: D. C. M. Piatt and Guido di Telia (eds), Argentina, Australia and Canada. Studies in Comparative Development, 1870–1965. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Charles Edquist, Capitalism, Socialism and Technology: A Comparative Study of Cuba and Jamaica. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Merle Lipton, Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa 1910–84. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Dale Johnson (ed.) Middle Class in Dependent Countries. Liberal Hopes: John W. Sewell, R. E. Feinberg and V. Kallab (eds), U. S. Foreign Policy and the Third World: Agenda 1985–1986. US-Third World Policy Perspectives No. 3. Washington DC: Overseas Development Council; Liberal Hopes: A. Gauhar (ed.), Regional Integration: The Latin American Experience. Liberal Hopes: Theodore Panayotou (ed.), Food Policy Analysis in Thailand. Liberal Hopes: J. G. M. Hilhorst and M. Klatter (eds), Social Development in the Third World Level of Living Indicators and Social Planning. Liberal Hopes: R. L. Harris and C. M. Vilas (eds), Nicaragua: A Revolution under Siege. Liberal Hopes: Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp and Laurens van der Laan (eds), Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa. Monographs from the Africa Studies Centre, Leiden. Liberal Hopes: Alan Gilbert and Peter M. Ward, Housing, the State and the Poor. Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities. Liberal Hopes: John Rogge, Too Many, Too Long: Sudan's Twenty-Year Refugee Dilemma. Liberal Hopes: Robert Cassen (ed.), Soviet Interests in the Third World London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Liberal Hopes: Raymond Goodman, Charles Lepani and David Morawetz, The Economy of Papua New Guinea. An Independent Review. Liberal Hopes: Allan G. Hill (ed.), Papulation, Health and Nutrition in the SaheL Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities. London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley: Kegan Paul International, 1985. xxiv + 400 pp. Paperback. N. p.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Brandon, Katrina, Redford, Kent H. and Sanderson, Steven E. (eds), Parks in Peril: People, Politics and Protected Areas. Schelhas, John and Greenberg, Russell (eds), Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Bryant, Raymond L. The Political Ecology of Forestry in Burma 1824–1994. Råberg, Per (ed.), The Life Region: The Social and Cultural Ecology of Sustainable Development. Hirsch, Philip and Warren, Carol (eds), The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia. Mathur, Kuldip (ed.). Development Policy and Administration. Readings in Indian Government and Politics I. Radhakrishna, R. and Sharma, Alakh N. (eds), Empowering Rural Labour in India: Market, State and Mobilisation. Jenkins, Rob. Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India. Weber, Maria (ed.), After the Asian Crises. Perspectives on Global Politics and Economics. El‐Ghonemy, M. Riad. Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East. Ruben, Ruerd. Making Cooperatives Work: Contract Choice and Resource Management within Land Reform Cooperatives in Honduras. Berke, Phillip R. and Beatley, Timothy. After the Hurricane: Linking Recovery to Sustainable Development in the Caribbean. Mapetla, Matseliso, Larsson, Anita and Schlyter, Ann (eds), Changing Gender Relations in Southern Africa — Issues of Urban Life. Kathuria, Sanjay. Competing through Technology and Manufacturing. A Study of the Indian Commercial Vehicles Industry. Kumar, Nagesh and Siddharthan, N. S. Technology, Market Structure and Internationalization: Issues and Policies for Developing Countries. Mosse, David, Farrington, John and Rew, Alan (eds), Development as Process. Concepts and Methods for Working with Complexity. Eade, Deborah (Series editor) Development and Patronage.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Cristovam Buarque, The End of Economics? Ethics and the Disorder of Progress. Gautam Mathur, Economic Justice in a Free Society. Gerry Rodgers, Charles Gore and José B. Figueiredo (eds), Social Exclusion: Rhetoric, Reality, Responses. G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson (eds), Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley. Krishna Bharadwaj, Accumulation, Exchange and Development: Essays on the Indian Economy. Willem van Schendel, Reviving a Rural Industry. Silk Producers and Officials in India and Bangladesh 1880s to 1980s. Jennifer A. Widner (ed.), Economic Change and Political Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adebayo Adedeji (ed.), Africa Within the World: Beyond Dispossession and Dependence. Jomo K. S. (ed.), Industrialising Malaysia: Policy, Performance, Prospects. K. Saradamoni (ed.), Finding the Household: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Md Anisur Rahman, People's Self-Development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research. A Journey through Experience. Michael Painter and William H. Durham (eds), The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. Ilja A. Luciak, The Sandinista Legacy: Lessons from a Political Economy in Transition. Overseas Development Administration, A Guide to Social Analysis for Projects in Developing Countries. Heng-Kang Sang, Project Evaluation. Techniques and Practices for Developing Countries. Charles Stewart Goodwin, The Third World Century.     

Books Reviews

Books reviewed: Geremie R. Barmé, In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture. Martin Daunton and Rick Halpern (eds.), Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples 1600–1850. Dana D. Nelson, National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White Men. Dru C. Gladney (ed.), Making Majorities: Constituting the Nation in Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the United States. John Hargreaves, Freedom for Catalonia: Catalan Nationalism, Spanish Identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games. Kosaku Yoshino (ed.), Consuming Ethnicity and Nationalism: Asian Experiences. Antje Wiener, European Citizenship Practice: Building Institutions of a Non‐state. Michael Dillon, China's Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects. Stefan Berger and Angel Smith (eds.), Nationalism, Labour and Ethnicity 1870–1939. Patrick Pasture and Johan Veberckmoes (eds.), Working‐class Internationalism and the Appeal of National Identity. Darshan Singh Tatla, The Sikh Diaspora: the Search for Statehood. Timothy Brook and Andre Schmid (eds.), Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: A.L. Somjee, Development Theory: Critiques and Explorations. R.M. Sundrum, Economic Growth In Theory and Practice. Phyllis Deane, The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy. Michael Upton with Richard Longburst, New Seeds and Poor People. Inderjit Singh, The Great Ascent. The Rural Poor In South Asia. Robert S. Anderson, Edwin Levy and Barrie M. Morrison, Rice Science and Development Politics: Research Strategies and IRRTs Technologies Confront Asian Diversity (1950–1980) Henry Bernstein, Ben Crow, Maureen Mackintosh and Charlotte Martin (eds), The Food Question: Profits versus People? Martin Doornbos, Frank van Dorsten, Manoshi Mitra and Piet Terhal, Dairy Aid and Development. India's Operation Flood. Martin Doornbos and K.N. Nair (eds), Resources, Institutions and Strategies. Operation Flood and Indian Dairying. Mohammad Javad Amid, Agriculture, Poverty and Reform In Iran. Jos G.M. Hilhorst, Regional Studies and Rural Development. P. de Valk and K.H. Wekwete (eds), Decentralizing for Participatory Planning? Jonathan Baker (ed.), Small Town Africa. Studies In Rural-Urban Interaction. M. Jide Balogun and Gelase Mutahaba (eds), Economic Restructuring and African Public Administration: Issues, Actions and Future Choices. Gordon P. Means, Malaysian Politics. The Second Generation. Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide. State, Society and the Politics of Economic Transformation In Malaysia. Victor T. King and Michael J.G. Parnwell (eds), Margins and Minorities. The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia. Forrest D. Colburn (ed.), Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Tony Saicb (ed.), The Chinese People's Movement. Perspectives on Spring 1989. Michel Oksenberg, Lawrence R. Sullivan and Marc Lambert (eds), Beijing Spring 1989. Confrontation and Conflict. The Basic Documents. Jan Nederveen Pleterse, Empire and Emancipation: Power and Liberation on a World Scale.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Hans Singer, Neelamber Hatti and Ramesbwar Tandon (eds), Technology Transfer by Multinationals. Paul W. Beamish, Multinational Joint Ventures in Developing Countries. Yves Beigbeder, Management Problems in United Nations Organizations: Reform or Decline? Frits van Holthoon and Marcel van der Linden (eds), Internationalism in the Labour Movement 1830–1940. R. Vos (ed.), From Crisis to Equitable Growth. A New Development Agenda for Latin America. PREALC, In Search of Equity. Planning for the Satisfaction of Basic Needs in Latin America. Margaret Garritsen de Vries, Balance of Payments Adjustment, 1945 to 1986. The IMF Experience. Birol A. Yesilada, Charles D. Brockett and Bruce Drury (eds), Agrarian Reform in Reverse: The Food Crisis in the Third World. J. Hinderink and J. J. Slerkenburg, Agricultural Commercialization and Government Policy in Africa. Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield, Land Degradation and Society. Mike Donaldson and Kenneth Good, Articulated Development: Traditional and Capitalist Agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Sun Jingzhi (ed.), The Economic Geography of China. Peter Bowden, National Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Programs in the Third World. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and Republic of Korea. William K. A. Agyei, Fertility and Family Planning in the Third World: A Case Study of Papua New Guinea. G. N. Ramu, Family Structure and Fertility: Emerging Patterns in an Indian City. S. Alessandrini and B. Dallago (eds), The Unofficial Economy: Consequences and Perspectives in Different Economic Systems. The Netherlands Review of Development Studies.     

Book Reviews

Mahmood Mamdani, Citizen and Subject. Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism Stephen Ellis (ed.), Africa Now: People, Policies, Institutions David E. Apter and Carl G. Rosberg (eds), Political Development and the New Realism in Sub-Saharan Africa Alfred Zack-Williams, Tributors, Supporters and Merchant Capital: Mining and Underdevelopment in Sierra Leone Ruth Iyob, The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: Domination, Resistance, Nationalism 1941–1993 Daiva Stasiulis and Nira Yuval-Davis (eds), Unsettling Settler Societies: Articulations of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class Ping-Chun Hsiung, Living Rooms as Factories: Class, Gender, and the Satellite Factory System in Taiwan Rounaq Jahan, The Elusive Agenda: Mainstreaming Women in Development David Hulme and Michael Edwards (eds), NGOs, States and Donors. Too Close for Comfort? Olav Stokke (ed.), Foreign Aid Towards the Year 2000: Experiences and Challenges Graham Bird, IMF Lending to Developing Countries: Issues and Evidence Tony Killick, IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact Mahbub ul Haq, Richard Jolly, Paul Streeten and Khadija Haq (eds), The UN and The Bretton Woods Institutions. New Challenges for the Twenty First Century Will Martin and L. Alan Winters (eds), The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries Gerd Nonneman (ed.), Political and Economic Liberalization. Dynamics & Linkages in Comparative Perspective Klaus Esser, Wolfgang Hillebrand, Dirk Messner and Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Systemic Competitiveness: New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade, Building a Modern Financial System: The Indonesian Experience Gerry Rodgers, Klárá Fóti and Laurids Lauridsen (eds), The Institutional Approach to Labour and Development David G. Gutiérrez (ed.), Between Two Worlds. Mexican Immigrants in the United States Benno Galjart and Patricio Silva (eds), Designers of Development. Intellectuals and Technocrats in the Third World Christopher R. Dowswell, R. L. Palival and Ronald P. Cantrell, Maize in the Third World Brian Furze, Terry de Lacy and Jim Birckhead, with Phil Tracy and Gabrielle Wiltshire, Culture, Conservation and Biodiversity: The Social Dimension of Linking Local Level Development and Conservation Through Protected Areas Frank van Steenbergen, Institutional Change in Local Water Resource Management: Cases from Balochistan     

Book Reviews

King, Anthony D. (ed.), Re-Presenting the City: Ethnicity, Capital and Culture in the Twenty-First Century Metropolis Cohen, Michael A.; Ruble, Blair A.; Tulchin, Joseph S. and Garland, Allison M. (eds), Preparing for the Urban Future. Global Pressures and Local Forces Schlyter, Ann (ed.), A Place to Live: Gender Research on Housing in Africa Simon, Julian L. (ed.), The State of Humanity Bennett, Jon Meeting Needs: NGO Coordination in Practice Potter, David (ed.), NGOs and Environmental Policies: Asia and Africa van der Ploeg, Jan Douwe and Long, Ann (eds), Born From Within: Practice and Perspectives of Endogenous Rural Development Wolf, Diane L. (ed.), Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork Sparr, Pamela (ed.), Mortgaging Women's Lives: Feminist Critiques of Structural Adjustment Keddie, Nikki R. Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution Garnaut, Ross; Grilli, Enzo and Riedel, Jim (eds), Sustaining Export-Oriented Development. Ideas from East Asia Schulte Nordhold, Nico and Visser, Leontine (eds), Social Science in Southeast Asia: From Particularism to Universalism Apter, David E. and Saich, Tony Revolutionary Discourse in Mao's Republic     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Raymond D. Crotty (ed.), When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas and Jonathan Pincus (eds), Development Policy in the Twenty‐First Century: Beyond the Post‐Washington Consensus Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey Winters (eds), Reinventing the World Bank Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq J. R. Mandle, Globalization and the Poor Colin C. Williams and Jan Windebank, Poverty and the Third Way David Booth (ed.), Fighting Poverty in Africa: Are PRSPs Making a Difference? Catherine Campbell, Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail Regina Scheyvens and Donovan Storey (eds), Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide Dorothea Hilhorst, The Real World of NGOs: Discourses, Diversity and Development Claudio O. Delang (ed.), Living at the Edge of Thai Society: The Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan and Pierre Walter (eds), Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds Jasveen Jairath, Water User Associations in Andhra Pradesh ‐‐– Initial Feedback Renana Jhabvala, Ratna M. Sudarshan and Jeemol Unni (eds), Informal Economy Centrestage: New Structures of Employment Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, Towards Good Governance Monique Nuijten, Power, Community and the State: The Political Anthropology of Organisation in Mexico Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (eds), The Crisis that Was Not Prevented: Lessons for Argentina, The IMF and Globalization Richard N. Cooper and Richard Layard (eds), What the Future Holds: Insights from Social Science     

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

Books reviewed: David Mosse, Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice Jeff Haynes, Politics in the Developing World: A Concise Introduction James Petras, The New Development Politics: The Age of Empire Building and New Social Movements Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease, Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from 16 Developing Countries David Held and Anthony McGrew (eds), Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Global Governance Bjørn Lomborg (ed.), Global Crises, Global Solutions Uma S. Kambhampati, Development and the Developing World Sanjeev Prakash and Per Selle (eds), Investigating Social Capital: Comparative Perspectives in Civil Society, Participation and Governance Manoranjan Mohanty (ed.), Class, Caste, Gender: Readings in Indian Government and Politics K. Sivaramakrishnan and Arun Agrawal (eds), Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in India Aihwa Ong, Buddha is Hiding Duncan McCargo and Ukrist Pathmanand, The Thaksinization of Thailand Pansak Vinyaratn, 21^st Century Thailand: Facing the Challenge, Economic Policy and Strategy Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker, Thaksi: The Business of Politics in Thailand Bade Onimode et al., African Development and Governance Strategies in the 21^st Century: Looking Back to Move Forward (Essays in Honour of Adebayo Adedeji at Seventy) Christine J. Walley, Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park Christian A. Kull, Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg (eds), Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Policies Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey and Andrew Feenberg (eds), Modernity and Technology     

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Books reviewed in this articles: Aaron, Henry J. and Gary Burtless (eds.), Retirement and Economic Behavior Aaronson, David E., C. Thomas Dienes, and Michael C. Musheno, Public Policy and Police Discretion: Processes of Decriminalization Abdul-Rauf, Muhammad, A Muslim's Reflection on Democratic Capitalism Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Regulatory Federalism: Policy, Process, Impact and Reform Ball, Howard, Controlling Regulatory Sprawl: Presidential Strategies from Nixon to Reagan Bandyopadhyaya, Kalyani, Burma and Indonesia: Comparative Political Economy and foreign Policy Baranson, Jack, Robots in Manufacturing: Key to International Competitiveness Baumgartner, Thomas, and Tom R. Burns (eds.), Transitions to Alternative Energy Systems: Entrepreneurs, New Technologies, and Social Change Becker, William H., and Samuel F. Wells, Jr. (eds.), Economics and World Power: An Assessment of American Diplomacy Since 1789 Bendix, Reinhard, Force, Fate, and Freedom: On Historical Sociology Benvenisti, Meron, The West Bank Data Project: A Survey of Israel's Policies Brigham, John, Civil Liberties and American Democracy Chackerian, Richard, and Gilbert Abcarian, Bureaucratic Power in Society Clawson, Marion, The Federal Lands Revisited Dahiya, S. Bhagwan (ed.), Development Planning Models Diamond, Edwin and Stephen Bates, The Spot: The rise of Political Advertising on Television Eden, Robert, Political Leadership and Nihilism: A Sutdy of Weber and Nietzche Epstein, David F., The Political Theory of The Federalist Gawthrop, Louis C., Public Sector Management, Sysems and Ethics Ghosh, Pradip K. (ed.), Energy Policy and Third World Development Ghosh, Pradip K. (ed.), Population, Environment and Resources, and Third World Development Goldenberg, Edie N., and Michael W. Traugott, Campaigning for Congress Hanson, Royce (ed.), Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure Haskell, Thomas L. (ed.), The Authority of Experts: Studies in History and Theory Hofstetter, Richard r. (ed.), U.S. immigration Policy Johnson, Charles A., and Bradley Canon, Judicial Policies: Implementation and Impact King, Mervyn A., and don Fllerton (eds.), The Taxation of Income from Capital: A Comparative Study of the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and West Germay Kirby, Andrew, Paul Knox, and Steven Pinch (eds.), Public Service Provision and Urban Development Kresge, David T. Daniel A. Seiver, Oliver S. goldsmith, and Michael J. Scott, Regions and Resources: Strategies for Development Laband, David N., Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmaland: and Economic Analysis of Regulation Lawrence, Robert Z., Can America Compete? Malbin, Michael J., (ed.), Money and Politics in the United States: Financing elections in the 1980s Meyer, Stephen M., The Dynamics of Nucler Proliferation Muns, Joaquin (ed.), Adjustment, Conditionality, and International Financing Nelson, Barbara J., Making an Issue of Child Abuse: political Agenda Setting for Social Problems Nigro, Lloyd G. (ed.), Decision Making in the Public Sector Nye, Joseph S., Jr. (ed.), The making of America's Soviet Policy Piasecki, Bruce (ed.), beyond Dimping: New Strategies for Controlling Toxic Contamination Pontell, Henry N., A Capacity to Punish: The Ecology of Crime and Punishment Rabin, jack, Samuel Humes, and Brian S. Morgan (eds.), Managing Administration Rivlin, alice M. (ed.), Economic Choices 1984 Spear, Joseph C. Presidents and the Press: The Nixon Legacy Stewart, Michael, The Age of Interdependence: Economic Policy in a Shrinking World Taylor, Theodore W., American Indian Policy West, Darrell M., Making Campaigns Count: Leadership and Coalition building in 1980 Woolsey, R. James (ed.), Nuclear Arms: Ethics, Strategy, Politics