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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.     

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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.     

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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     

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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     

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Books reviewed: Zygmunt Bauman, Globalization: The Human Consequences Veronika Bennholdt‐Thomsen and Maria Mies, The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalized Economy Martin Doornbos, Institutionalizing Development Policies and Resource Strategies in Eastern Africa and India: Developing Winners and Losers Andre Gunder Frank, ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt and Jonathon Perraton, Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance Robert J. Holton, Globalization and the Nation‐State Wolfgang Sachs, Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development Sue Wright, Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration Jim Freedman (ed.), Transforming Development: Foreign Aid for a Changing World Rube´n Berríos, Contracting for Development. The Role of For‐Profit Contractors in U.S. Foreign Development Assistance Alan Fowler, The Virtuous Spiral. A Guide to Sustainability for NGOs in International Development Reidar Dale, Evaluation Frameworks for Development Programmes and Projects Jamal Khan and Wayne Soveral, Doing Projects Patricia Feeney, Accountable Aid: Local Participation in Major Projects Susanne Neubert, Social Impact Analysis of Poverty Alleviation Programmes and Projects: A Contribution to the Debate on the Methodology of Evaluation in Development Cooperation Chris Roche, Impact Assessment for Development Agencies: Learning to Value Change Santosh Mehrotra and Richard Jolly, Development with a Human Face: Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth Shepard Forman and Steward Patrick (eds), Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid for Postconflict Recovery Holger Henke and Ian Boxill (eds), The End of the ‘Asian Model’? Manoranjan Mohanty, Partha Nath Mukherji with Olle Tornquist (eds), People’s Rights: Social Movements and the State in the Third World S. Iudicello, M. Weber and R. Wieland, Fish, Markets and Fishermen: The Economics of Overfishing David A. McDonald (ed.), On Borders: Perspectives on International Migration in Southern Africa Jennifer Hyndman, Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Displacement Chris Lyttleton, Endangered Relations: Negotiating Sex and AIDS in Thailand     

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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     

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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     

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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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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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Books reviewed: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein (eds), Readings in Planning Theory, 2nd Edition Noel Castree and Bruce Braun (eds), Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics Thomas V. Cech, Principles of Water Resources; History, Development, Management and Policy Jonathan Crush and David McDonald (eds),Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa K. O’Connor, R. Stimson and M. Daly, Australia's Changing Economic Geography. A Society Dividing B. Roberts and D. Wadley (eds), Planning for Sustainable Industry Sima Williamson, David Brunckhorst and Gerard Kelly, Reinventing the Common: Cross‐Boundary Farming for a Sustainable Future     

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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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Jonathan Crush (ed.), Power of Development John Rapley, Understanding Development. Theory and Practice in the Third World Ankie Hoogvelt, Globalisation and the Postcolonial World. The New Political Economy of Development Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark (eds), The Underdevelopment of Development. Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank Barbara Stallings (ed.), Global Change, Regional Response. The New International Context of Change National Research Council, Lost Crops of Africa. Vol. I: Grains Barbara Harriss-White and Sir Raymond Hoffenberg (eds), Food. Multidisciplinary Perspectives Robert Cassen and contributors, Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions Kerstin Lindahl-Kiessling and Hans Landberg (eds), Population, Economic Development, and the Environment. The Making of Our Common Future Judith Richter, Vaccination Against Pregnancy. Miracle or Menace? Tim Allen (ed.), In Search of Cool Ground: War, Flight and Homecoming in Northeast Africa Ans Kolk, Forests in International Environmental Politics: International Organisations, NGOs and the Brazilian Amazon Judith Randel and Tony German (eds), The Reality of Aid 1997/98 Marie Söderberg (ed.), The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid: Five Case Studies from Asia. Douglas J. Tilton (edited by Jim Cason), USAID in South Africa: Learning Lessons, Continuing Debates Ricardo Ffrench-Davis and Stephany Griffith-Jones (eds), Coping with Capital Surges. The Return of Finance to Latin America Robert Z. Lawrence, Single World, Divided Nations? International Trade and OECD Labor Markets S. M. Wangwe (ed.), Exporting Africa. Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa Amrita Chhachhi and Renée Pittin (eds), Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy. Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization Theo van der Loop, Industrial Dynamics and Fragmented Labour Markets: Construction Firms and Labourers in India     

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Book reviewed in this article: Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal, The Evolving International Economy A.M. Choksi and D. Papageorgiou (eds), Economic Liberalization in Developing Countries George Wedell (ed.), Making Broadcasting Useful: The African Experience. The Development of Radio and Television in Africa in the 1980s Julia A. Walsh and Kenneth S. Warren (eds), Strategies for Primary Health Care: Technologies Appropriate for the Control of Disease in the Developing World David Morley and Hermione Lovel, My Name is Today: An Illustrated Discussion of Child Health, Society and Poverty in Less Developed Countries Margery Wolf Revolution Postponed. Women in Contemporary China     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Ngaire Woods (ed.), The Political Economy of Globalization Alan Doig and Robin Theobald (eds), Corruption and Democratisation Rita Abrahamsen, Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse and Good Governance in Africa Pierre Englebert, State Legitimacy and Development in Africa Clarck C. Gibson, Politicians and Poachers: The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Africa Mark Breusers, On the Move: Mobility, Land Use and Livelihood Practices on the Central Plateau in Burkina Faso James Ferguson, Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt Elisabeth Croll, Endangered Daughters. Discrimination and Development in Asia Arun Agrawal, Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community among a Migrant Pastoral People Evelyn Blackwood, Webs of Power: Kin and Community in a Sumatran Village Shirley A. White (ed.), The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the Power of Grassroots Communication Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds), Food for Thought: Ancient Visions and New Experiments of Rural People Barbara Harriss‐White and S. Subramanian (eds), Illfare in India. Essays on India’s Social Sector in Honour of S. Guhan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Rashid Amjad (ed.). Human Resource Planning: The Asian Experience. Richard Hosier (ed.), Energy, Environment and Development in Africa. Uppsala, Sweden: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies in association with the Beijer Institute and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Vol. 9, Zimbabwe: Energy Planning for National Development, 1986, xii + 206pp; Vol.10, Zimbabwe: Industrial and Commercial Energy Use, 1988, 142pp; Vol. 11, Energy for Rural Development in Zimbabwe, 1988, 248pp. SEK 70/SEK 40 for Third World countries, hardback. David Burch, Overseas Aid and the Transfer of Technology. T.N. Srinivasan and Pranab K. Bardhan (eds). Rural Poverty in South Asia. John Iliffe, The African Poor: A History. E. Wayne Nafziger, Inequality in Africa: Political Elites, Proletariat, Peasants and the Poor. Randolph C. Kent, Anatomy of Disaster Relief: The International Network in Action. War Wounds: Development Costs of Conflict in Southern Sudan. Sudanese People Report on Their War. A.G.M. Ahmed and Gunnar M. Sørbo (eds), Management of the Crisis in the Sudan: Proceedings of the Bergen Forum 23–24 February 1989. Donald A. Wilwhite and William E. Easterling (eds), with Deborah A. Wood, Planning for Drought: Toward a Reduction of Societal Vulnerability. Keith McLachlan, The Neglected Garden: The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran. Philip Rallies, Modernising Hunger: Famine. Food Surplus and Farm Policy in the EEC and Africa. Roger Jeffery, The Politics of Health in India. Ben Wisner, Power and Need in Africa: Basic Human Needs and Development Policies. Herlbert Adam and Kogila Moodley, South Africa Without Apartheid: Dismantling Racial Domination. John Suckling and Landeg While (eds). After Apartheid: Renewal of the South African Economy. William Cobbett and Robin Cohen (eds), Popular Struggles in South Africa: Review of African Political Economy. Ann Seidman, The Roots of Crisis in Southern Africa. Peler H. Katjavivi, A History of Resistance in Namibia. Irene Silverblatt, Moon, Sun and Witches. Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru. David Rock, Argentina 1516–1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin. Barry Ames, Political Survival. Politicians and Public Policy in Latin America. Abel Aganbegyan, The Challenge: Economics of Perestroika. Ronaldo Munck, The New International Labour Studies. An Introduction.     

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?     

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Peter de Valk, African Industry in Decline Jean-Pierre Lachaud, The Labour Market in Africa Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Religion and Politics in East Africa: The Period since Independence Timothy D. Sisk, Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract Ashutosh Varshney, Democracy, Development and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India Nicolas Hall, Rob Hart and Diana Mitlin (eds), The Urban Opportunity: The Work of NGOs in Cities of the South Maggie Black, Children First. The Story of UNICEF, Past and Present Roger Jeffery and Alaka M. Basu (eds), Girls' Schooling, Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia Louis Ouwerkerk (edited and with an introduction by Dick Kooiman), No Elephants for the Maharaja: Social and Political Change in the Princely State of Travancore (1921–1947) Anuradha Basu, Public Expenditure Decision Making: The Indian Experience Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink (eds), Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theory and Experiences from Developing Countries Frances Stewart, Adjustment and Poverty Justin Yifu Lin, Fang Cai and Zhou Li, The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform Aidan Cox et al., How European Aid Works. A Comparison of Management Systems and Effectiveness Aidan Cox et al., Understanding European Community Aid Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Can Currency Crises be Prevented or Better Managed? Lessons from Mexico Percy S. Mistry, Resolving Africa's Multilateral Debt Problem. A Response to the IMF and the World Bank Jonathan Rigg, Southeast Asia. The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development Susanna Davies, Adaptable Livelihoods: Coping with Food Insecurity in the Malian Sahel Gaim Kibreab, People on the Edge in the Horn: Displacement, Land Use and the Environment in the Gedaref Region, Sudan Tushaar Shah, Catalysing Co-operation. Design of Self-governing Organisations Katar Singh and Vishwa Ballabh (eds), Cooperative Management of Natural Resources W. J. Assies and A. J. Hoekema (eds), Indigenous People's Experiences with Self-Government Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds), Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge Tony Marjoram (ed.), Island Technology. Technology for Development in the South Pacific     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Solon Barraclough and Krishna Ghimire, Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: Poverty, International Trade, and Land Use David Sogge, Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid? Joanna Macrae, Aiding Recovery? The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies J. E. Stiglitz and Pierre‐Alain Muet (eds), Governance, Equity and Global Markets Richard Freeman (ed.), Inequality Around the World Nils Bhinda, Stephany Griffith‐Jones, Jonathan Leape and Matthew Martin, Private Capital Flows to Africa: Perception and Reality Robert Ebel and Rajan Menon (eds), Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus Samantha F. Ravich, Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences Else Øyen et al. (eds), Best Practices in Poverty Reduction: An Analytical Framework Karen Brock and Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy Judy Batt and Kataryna Wolczuk (eds), Region, State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe Harald Wydra, Continuities in Poland's Permanent Transition Joseph Fewsmith, China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition Gita Sen, Asha George and Piroska Ostlin (eds), Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity Trevor Parfitt, The End of Development? Modernity, Post‐modernity and Development Linda Whiteford and Lenore Manderson (eds), Global Health Policy,Local Realities: The Fallacy of the Level Playing Field Gary S. Fields, Distribution and Development: A New Look at the Developing World     

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Books reviewed: James Raymond Vreeland , The IMF and Economic Development Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa , Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations Richard Peet , Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and the WTO William I. Robinson , A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World Mary Ann Haley , Freedom and Finance: Democratisation and Institutional Investors in Developing Countries Ganeshan Wignaraja (ed.) , Competitiveness Strategy in Developing Countries: A Manual for Policy Analysis Kaushik Basu (ed.) , India's Emerging Economy: Performance and Prospects in the 1990s and Beyond Alvin Y. So (ed.) , China's Developmental Miracle: Origins, Transformations and Challenges Shahra Razavi (ed.) , Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights Haleh Afshar and Deborah Eade (eds) , Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives Emmanuel Nnadozie , African Economic Development Fantu Cheru , African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenges of Globalization Fumihiko Saito , Decentralization and Development Partnerships: Lessons from Uganda Lise Rakner , Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991–2001 Jim Igoe , Conservation and Globalization: A Study of National Parks and Indigenous Communities from East Africa to South Dakota Hugh Schwartz , Urban Renewal, Municipal Revitalization: The Case of Curitiba, Brazil Simon Maxwell and Rachel Slater (eds) , Food Policy Old and New     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Peter Hayes and Kirk Smith (eds), The Global Greenhouse Regime: Martin Carnoy, Manuel Castells, Stephen S. Cohen, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The New Global Economy in the Information Age: Reflections on our Changing World Keith Griffin and Azizur Rahman Khan, Globalization and the Developing World: An essay on the international dimensions of development in the post-Cold War era Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis and Ben Wisner, At Risk. Natural hazards, people's vulnerability, and disasters. David G. Westendorff and Dharam Ghai (eds), Monitoring Social Progress in the 1990s Per Lind, Computerization in Developing Countries: Model and Reality. Olav Stokke (ed.), Evaluating Development Assistance: Policies and Performance. P. O. Pedersen, A. Sverrisson and M. P. van Dijk (eds), Flexible Specialization. Edward G. Goetz and Susan E. Clarke (eds), The New Localism: Comparative urban politics in a global era. Richard D. Bingham and Robert Mier (eds), Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives from across the disciplines. ‘Atu Emberson-Bain’, Labour and Gold in Fiji. Cambridge: Brij V. Lai, Broken Waves: A History of the Fiji Islands in the Twentieth Century. Yanrui Wu and Xiaohe Zhang (eds), Chinese Economy in Transition. Canberra: Linda Low et al. (eds), Challenge and Response: David R. Phillips (ed.), Ageing in East and South-East Asia, Research Studies in Gerontology. Nandini Dasgupta, Petty Trading in the Third World: The Case of Calcutta. Stanley Lalta and Marie Freckleton (eds) Caribbean Economic Development—The first generation, Kingston, Jamaica: Peter Wade, Blackness and Race Mixture. The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia. Baltimore and London: Sarah A. Radcliffe and Sallie Westwood (eds) ‘VIVA’, Women and Popular Protest in Latin America. Javier Gonzalo Alcalde, Development, Decay and Social Conflict. Thomas Carothers, In the Name of Democracy: US Policy Toward Latin America in the Reagan Years. Berkeley: Jeffry A. Frieden, Debt, Development and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, Aderanti Adepoju and Christine Oppong (eds), Gender, Work and Population in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: James Currey; Eliphas G. Mukonoweshuro, Colonialism, Class Formation and Underdevelopment in Sierra Leone. J. S. Eades, Strangers and Traders: Yoruba Migrants, Markets and the State in Northern Ghana. C. R. Cutshall, Justice for the People. Community Courts and Legal Transformation in Zimbabwe. Yusif A. Sayigh, Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region. Jean-Pierre Potier, Pierro Sraffa—unorthodox economist (1898–1983). A Biographical Essay.