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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     

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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.     

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Books reviewed: Geoffrey Carey, David Lindenmayer and Stephen Dovers (eds), Australia Burning: Fire Ecology, Policy and Management Issues . V. Golosov, V. Belyaev and D.E. Walling (eds), Sediment Transfer through the Fluvial System . R.Q. Grafton, L. Robin and R.J. Wasson (eds), Understanding the Environment: Bridging the Disciplinary Divides . Neil McKenzie, David Jacquier, Ray Isbell and Katherine Brown, Australian Soils and Landscapes: an Illustrated Compendium . John Randolph, Environmental Land Use Planning and Management . Paul Robbins, Political Ecology: a Critical Introduction . Jenny Stewart and Grant Jones, Renegotiating the Environment: the Power of Politics Marta Vannucci (ed.), Mangrove Management and Conservation. Present and Future      

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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.     

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Environment and Agriculture. Rethinking Development Issues for the 2lst Century. Morrilton, AR John Abbot, Politics and Poverty: A Critique of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sanjiv Misra, India's Textile Sector: A Policy Analysis. Ippei Yamazawa and Fu-Chen Lo (eds), Evolution of Asia-Pacific Economies, International Trade and Investment. Kuala Lumpur: John W. Longworth and Gregory J. Williamson, China's Pastoral Region. Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable Development. L. E. Visser (ed.), Halmahera and Beyond.     

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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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David C. Korten, When Corporations Rule the World Nagesh Kumar, Multinational Enterprises and Industrial Organisation: The Case of India Amiya Kumar Bagchi (ed.), New Technology and the Workers' Response: Microelectronics, Labour and Society Richard Heeks, Prabhakara Bhatt, Mozammel Huq, Chris Lewis and Ahmed Shibli (eds), Technology and Developing Countries. Practical Applications, Theoretical Issues A. Pio (ed.), From Adjustment to Long-Run Growth. The Role of Human Capital and the Informal Sector Sonia Corrêa with Rebecca Reichmann, Population and Reproductive Rights: Feminist Perspectives from the South Gita Sen, Adrienne Germain and Lincoln Chen (eds), Population Policies Reconsidered. Health, Empowerment and Rights Marian A. L. Miller, The Third World in Global Environmental Politics Thaddeus C. Trzyna (ed.), A Sustainable World. Defining and Measuring Sustainable Development Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha, Ecology and Equity: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India Melissa Leach, Rainforest Relations. Gender and Resource Use among the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone Akhileshwar Pathak, Contested Domains—The State, Peasants and Forests in Contemporary India John Martinusson, Democracy, Competition and Choice: Emerging Local Self-Government in Nepal Myo Thant, Min Tang and Hiroshi Kakazu (eds), Growth Triangles in Asia: A New Approach to Regional Economic Cooperation W. G. Huff, The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century K. S. Jomo, U-Turn? Malaysian Economic Development Policies after 1990 E. T. Gomez, Political Business: Corporate Involvement of Malaysian Political Parties Adam Fforde and Stefan de Vylder (eds), From Plan to Market: The Economic Transition in Vietnam Kathleen Barry (ed.), Vietnam's Women in Transition Michael R. DiGregorio, Urban Harvest: Recycling as a Peasant Industry in Northern Vietnam Elisabeth Croll, From Heaven to Earth: Images and Experiences of Development in China Per Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), The Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies James Morton, The Poverty of Nations: The Aid Dilemma at the Heart of Africa John Sorenson (ed.), Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa Andargachew Tiruneh, The Ethiopian Revolution 1974–1987. A Transformation from an Aristocratic to a Totalitarian Autocracy Gerard Prunier, The Rwanda Crisis; History of a Genocide 1959–1994 Tor Skalnes, The Politics of Economic Reform in Zimbabwe. Continuity and Change in Development Esbern Friis-Hansen, Seeds for African Peasants: Peasants' Needs and Agricultural Research: The Case of Zimbabwe Max Spoor, The State and Domestic Agricultural Markets in Nicaragua. From Interventionism to Neo-Liberalism Lúcio Kowarick (ed.), Social Struggles and the City: The Case of Sāo Paulo SEADE Foundation, Survey of Living Conditions in the Metropolitan Area of Sāo Paulo     

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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     

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Books reviewed: Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last Geoffrey D. Wood and Iffath A. Sharif (eds), Who Needs Credit? Poverty and Finance in Bangladesh Tony Killick with R. Gunatilaka and A. Marr, Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change Alex de Waal, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa David Turton (ed.), War and Ethnicity: Global Connections and Local Violence Krishna Kumar (ed.), Rebuilding Societies After Civil War. Critical Roles for International Assistance Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany (eds), The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India Homa Hoodfar, Between Marriage and the Market. Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo Adri van den Berg, Land Right, Marriage Left. Women's Management of Insecurity in North Cameroon Haleh Afshar (ed.), Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt, Virginia Vargas and Saskia Wieringa (eds), Women's Movements and Public Policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean Edith Sizoo (ed.), Women's Lifeworlds: Women's Narratives on Shaping their Realities Lawrence Haddad, John Hoddinott and Harold Alderman (eds), Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries. Models, Methods and Policy Joseph Blasi, Maya Kroumova and Douglas Kruse, Kremlin Capitalism: Privatising the Russian Economy Kees van der Pijl, Transnational Classes and International Relations Melissa Leach and Robin Mearns (eds), The Lie of the Land: Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment Ramachandra Guha and J. Martinez-Alier, Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays North and South Lawrence S. Grossman, The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean Yiping Huang, Agricultural Reform in China: Getting Institutions Right Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Developing Uganda     

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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.     

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Stokke, Olav (ed.), Aid and Political Conditionality Elsenhans, Hartmut State, Class and Development Moghadam, Valentine M. (ed.), Patriarchy and Development: Women's Positions at the End of the Twentieth Century Ngan-ling Chow, Esther and White Berheide, Catherine (eds), Women, the Family and Policy. A Global Perspective Borooah, Romy; Cloud, Kathleen; Seshadri, Subadra; Saraswathi, T. S.; Peterson, Jean T. and Verma, Amita (eds), Capturing Complexity. An Interdisciplinary Look at Women, Households and Development Gilmartin, Christina Kelley Engendering the Chinese Revolution: Radical Women, Communist Politics, and Mass Movements in the 1920s Naughton, Barry Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978–1993 Bain, Irene Agricultural Reform in Taiwan—From Here to Modernity? Brass, Tom (ed.), New Farmers' Movements in India Hirway, Indira and Terhal, Piet Towards Employment Guarantee in India—Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes Sangmpam, S. N. Pseudocapitalism and the Overpoliticized State. Reconciling Politics and Anthropology in Zaire Abegaz, Berhanu (ed.), Essays on Ethiopian Economic Development Park, James William Latin American Underdevelopment: A History of Perspectives in the United States 1870–1965 Belous, Richard S. and Lemco, Jonathan (eds), NAFTA as a Model of Development: The Benefits and Costs of Merging High- and Low-Wage Areas Krueger, Anne O. Trade Policies and Developing Nations Cho, George Trade, Aid and Global Interdependence Teunissen, Jan Joost (ed.), Regionalism and the Global Economy. The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean Evans, Trevor; Castro, Carlos and Jones, Jennifer Structural Adjustment and the Public Sector in Central America and the Caribbean Buchanan-Smith, Margaret and Davies, Susanna Famine Early Warning and Response — the Missing Link     

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Books reviewed: Ronaldo Munck, Contemporary Latin America Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalene León, Empowering Women: Land and Property Rights in Latin America Annelies Zoomers and Gemma van der Haar (eds), Current Land Policy in Latin America: Regulating Land Tenure under Neo‐liberalism Annelies Zoomers (ed.), Land and Sustainable Livelihood in Latin America Sudipta Kaviraj and Sunil Khilnani (eds), Civil Society: History and Possibilities Rajesh Tandon and Ranjita Mohanty (eds), Does Civil Society Matter? Governance in Contemporary India Ha‐Joon Chang, Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State Yilmaz Akyüz (ed.), Developing Countries and World Trade: Performance and Prospects George Monbiot, The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order Paul Kennedy, Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler (eds), Global Trends and Global Governance Paulette Goudge, The Whiteness of Power: Racism in Third World Development and Aid John Clark (ed.), Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action Julian Le Grand, Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets Sara Oldfield (ed.), The Trade in Wildlife: Regulation for Conservation Patricia L. Howard (ed.), Women & Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation Ernest Aryeetey, Julius Court, Machiko Nissanke and Beatrice Weder (eds), Asia and Africa in the Global Economy Jane I. Guyer, Marginal Gains. Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa Amanda Hammar, Brian Raftopoulos and Stig Jensen (eds), Zimbabwe's Unfinished Business: Rethinking Land, State and Nation in the Context of Crisis D. John Shaw, Sir Hans Singer: The Life and Work of a Development Economist     

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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.     

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Books reviewed: Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern (eds), Global Public Goods. International Cooperation in the 21st Century Edward Clay and Olav Stokke (eds), Food Aid and Human Security Mirjam van Reissen, EU ‘Global Player’: The North–South Policy of the European Union Sheila Page (ed.), Regions and Development: Politics, Security and Economics John Bailey and Roy Godson (eds), Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the US–Mexican Borderlands Peter Soderbaum, Ecological Economics Charles David Smith, Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania Peter P. Mollinga (ed.), Water for Food and Rural Development. Approaches and Initiatives in South Asia Roger Jeffrey and Nandini Sundar (eds), A New Moral Economy for India’s Forests? Discourses of Community and Participation Rekha Wazir (ed.), The Gender Gap in Basic Education: NGOs as Change Agents Gail Wilson, Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives Bhanoji Rao, East Asian Economies: The Miracle, A Crisis and The Future Jayati Ghosh, and C. P. Chandrasekhar, Crisis as Conquest, Learning from East Asia     

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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.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives. Mark Pinson (ed.) The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia. H. T. Norris, Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society between Europe and the Arab World. Walker Connor, Ethnonationalism: The quest for understanding. Raymond W. Duncan and Paul G. Holman, Jr. (eds.), Ethnic Nationalism and Regional Conflict: The Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Peter Jackson and Jan Penrose (eds.), Constructions of Race Place and Nation. Dermot Keogh and Michael T. Haltzel (eds.), Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation. Oliver P. Rafferty, Catholicism in Ulster 1603–1983: An Interpretative History. Charles Taylor, Amy Gutmann et al. (eds.), Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition. Stephen Iwan Griffiths, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Threats to European Security.     

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Books reviewed: Harold Brookfield, Helen Parsons and Muriel Brookfield (eds), Agrodiversity. Learning from Farmers Across the World . Fidelis Kaihura and Michael Stocking (eds), Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa . Peter Dunbar‐Hall and Chris Gibson, Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia . M.H. Glantz (ed.), La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation . D.L. Higgitt and E.M. Lee (eds), Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain in the Last 1000 Years . M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique (eds), Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in Modelling and Decision Support .     

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Books reviewed in this article: Alfred P. Smyth (ed.), Medieval Europeans: studies in ethnic identity and national perspectives in medieval Europe. Andrew Linklater, The Transformation of Political Community: ethical foundations of the post- Westphalian era. András Bozóki (ed.), Intellectuals and Politics in Central Europe. Michael Löwy, Fatherland or Mother Earth? Essays on the national queation. Montserrat Guibernau and John Rex (eds.), The Ethnicity Reader: nationalism, multiculturalism, and migration. Ralph D. Grillo, Pluralism and the Politics of Difference: state, culture, and ethnicity in comparative perspective. Steve Bruce, Comparative Protestant Politics. Kas Deprez and Louis Vos (eds.), Nationalism in Belgium: shifting identities, 1780-1995. Taras Kuzio, Ukraine: State and nation building. Taras Kuzio (ed.), Contemporary Ukraine: dynamics of post-Soviet transformation. Seyoum Y. Hameso, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa. Seyoum Y. Hameso, Trevor Trueman and Temesgen M. Erena (eds.), Ethiopia: conquest and the quest for freedom and democracy. Martin Evans, The Memory of Resistance: French opposition to the Algerian War (1954–1962). Joane Nagel, American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the resurgence of identity and culture. John Fitzgerald, Awakening China: politics, culture and class in the Nationalist Revolution.     

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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

Book reviewed in this article: Kent E. Calder, Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability in Japan 1949–1986 J.L. Enos and W.H. Park, The Adoption and Diffusion of Imported Technology: The Case of Korea Mel Gurtov, Global Politics in the Human Interest. Explorations in Peace and Justice. New Perspectives on World Order Ralph Austen, African Economic History: Internal Development and External Dependency James Putzel and John Cunnington, Gaining Ground: Agrarian Reform In the Philippines Ben R. Finney, Business Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Islands Development Program, Research Report no. 6 Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott, Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries Bertil Egerö, Mozambique: A Dream Undone. The Political Economy of Democracy 1975–84 Baruch Kimmerling (ed.), The Israeli State and Society, Boundaries and Frontiers David Parkin and David Nyamwaya (eds), Transformations of African Marriage. International African Seminars New Series, No. 3 Christine Oppong (ed.), Sex Roles, Population and Development In West Africa. Policy-related Studies on Work and Demographic Issues W. Ladd Hollist and F. LaMond Tullis (eds), Pursuing Food Security. Strategies and Obstacles in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. International Political Economy Yearbook, Volume 3 E.C. Paul, Fisheries Development and the Food Needs of Mauritius. Rotterdam and Boston: Balkema, 1987. J.-Ph. Platteau, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Ana Teresa Gutierrez-San Martin, Agrarian Reform Policy in the Dominican Republic. Local Organization and Beneficiary Investment Strategies Thandika Mkandawire and Naceur Bourenane (eds), The State and Agriculture in Africa. London: CODESRIA Book Series, 1987 P.H.J.J. Terhal, World Inequality and Evolutionary Convergence. A Confrontation of the Convergency Theory of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin with Dualistic Integration. Delft: Eburon, 1987 John Weiss, Industry in Developing Countries: Theory, Policy and Evidence C. Lloyd Brown-John (ed.) Centralizing and Decentralizing Trends in Federal States James Dunkerley, Power in the Isthmus: a Political History of Central America Anne F. Thurston, Enemies of the People: The Ordeal of the Intellectuals in China's Great Cultural Revolution