Book Reviews

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

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

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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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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;
Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes (eds.), A Companion to Economic Geography
David Harvey, Spaces of Hope
Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp (eds.), Spatial Dynamics of European Integration: Regional and Policy Issues at the Turn of the Century
Ronald E. Miller, Optimization: Foundations and Applications
Martin J. Beckmann, Lectures on Location Theory
Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice
Harvey Lithwick and Yehunda Gradus (eds.), Developing Frontier Cities: Global Perspectives—Regional Contexts
Janice F. Madden, Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Amy Glasmeier, Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry, 1795–2000
Hans Westlund, Alexander Granberg, and Folke Snickars (eds.), Regional Development in Russia: Past Policies and Future Prospects
William J. Mitchell, e-topia: "Urban Life, Jim—But Not As We Know It"
Michael Harrison, Bournville: Model Village to Garden Suburb
Graham Crampton (ed.), Regional Unemployment, Job Matching, and Migration
Kenneth Button and Roger Stough, Air Transport Networks: Theory and Policy Implications
William Garrison and Jerry D. Ward, Tomorrow's Transportation: Changing Cities, Economies, and Lives
Anna Nagurney, Sustainable Transportation Networks
Thomas Hyclak, Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets     

BOOK NOTES

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     

BOOK NOTES

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Ha‐Joon Chang, Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Stategy in Historical Perspective Sabina Alkire, Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction Anirudh Krishna, Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy Leonardo Avritzer, Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America Daniel Taylor‐Ide and Carl E. Taylor et al., Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures Jeni Klugman, John Micklewright and Jerry Redmond, Poverty in the Transition: Social Expenditures and the Working Age Poor John Friedman, The Prospect of Cities Robert Biel, The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations Peter Stalker, Workers Without Frontiers: The Impact of Globalization on International Migration Gillian Hart, Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post‐Apartheid South Africa Gerd Schönwälder, Linking Civil Society and the State: Urban Popular Movements, the Left, and Local Government in Peru Jan Breman and Gunawan Wiradi, Good Times and Bad Times in Rural Java: Case Study of Socio‐Economic Dynamics in Two Villages Towards the End of the Twentieth Century Ameena Saiyid, Human Development in South Asia, 2001: Globalisation and Human Development Anand Chakravarti, Social Power and Everyday Class Relations: Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar Elinor Ostrom, Thomas Dietz, Nives Dols?ak, Paul C. Stern, Susan Stonich, and Elke U. Weber (eds.), The Drama of the Commons. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Dawn Chatty and Marcus Colchester (eds.), Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development Imme Scholz, Overexploitation or Sustainable Management: Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry, The Case of Pará (Brazil) 1960–1997 Bhaskar Vira and Roger Jeffrey, Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management Alain Durand‐Lasserve and Lauren Royston (eds.), Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries M. Aoki and Y. Hayami (eds.), Communities and Markets in Economic Development Mylène Kherallah, Christopher Delgado, Eleni Gabre‐Madhin, Nicholas Minot and Michael Johnson (eds.), Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa     

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Books reviewed in this articles: Alt, James E. and K. Alec Chrystal, Political Economics American Enterprise Institute, Natural Gas Proposals: 1983. 98th Congress, 1st Session American Enterprise Institute, Reauthrization of the Clean Water Act: 1983, 98th Congress, 1st Session Bajpai, U.S. (ed.), Non-Alignment: Pespectives and Prospects Ball, Howard (ed.), Federal Administrative Agencies: Essays on Power and Politics barker, Michael (ed.), State Employment Policy in Hard Times Baugh, William H., The Politics of Nuclear balance: Ambiguity and Continuity in Strategic Policies Baum, Kenneth H. and Lyle P. Schertz (eds.), Modeling Farm Decisions for Policy Analysis Brewster, Lawrence G., The Public Agenda: Issues in American Politics Bullock, Charles S. III and Charles M. lamb (Eds.), Implementation of Civil Rights Policy Campbell, Duncan C. and Richard L. Rowan, Multinational Enterprises and the OECD Industrial Relations Guidelines Clark, Terry Nichols and Lorna Crowley Fergusion, City Money: Political Processes, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment Dahl, Robert A., Modern Political Analysis Deloria, Vine Jr. and Clifford M. Lytle, American Indians, American Justice Eddy, William B. (ed.), Handbook of Organization Management Finsinger, Jorg (ed.), Public Sector Economics Franklin, Kay and Norman Schaeffer, Duel for the Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan Gilberty, Neil, Capitalism and the Welfare State: Dilemmas of Social Benevolence Grannemann, Thomas W. and Mark V. Pauly, Controlling Medicaid Costs: Federalism, Competition, and Choice Hall, Richard H. and Robert E. Quinn (eds.), Organizational Theory and Public Policy Held, David, et al (eds.), States and Societies Herson, Lawrence J. R., The Politics of Ideas: Political Theory and American Public Policy Hicks, Donald A. and Norman J. Glickman (eds.), Transition to the 21st Century: Prospect and Policies for Economic and Urban-Regional Tansformation Kerr, Thomas J., Civil Defense in the United States: Bandaid for a Holocaust? Klein, Mitchell S. G., Law, Courts, and Policy Lynch, Thomas D. (ed.), Organization Theory and management Martin, Shan, Managing Without Managers: Alternative Work Arrangements in Public Organizations McNeil, john S., Pedro J. Lecca, and Roosevelt Wright, Jr., Military Retirement: Social, Economic, and Mental Health Dilemmas Miles, Robert H. and Arvind Bhambri, The Regulatory Executives Nelson, Michael (ed.), The Presidency and the Political System Northrup, Herbert R. and Richard L. Rowan, The International Transport Workers’ Federation and Flag of Convenience Shipping Paddison, Ronan, The Fragmented State: The Political Geography of Power pogrow, Stanley, Education in the Computer Age: Issues of Policy, Practice, and Reform Rostow, W. W., The Barbaric Counter-Revolution: Cause and Cure Samuels, Richard J., The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? Sternlieb, George and James W. Hughes, The Atlantic City Gamble Tatalovich, Raymond and Byron W. Daynes, Presidential Power in the United States Taylor, Charles Lewis (ed.), Why Governments Grow: Measuring Public Sector Size Thompson, William R. (ed.), Contending Approaches to World System Analysis Trebilcock, Michael, J., J. Robert S. Prichard, Thomas J. Courchene, and John Whalley (eds.), Federalism and the Canadian Economicc Union Van Maanen, John (ed.), Qualitative Methodology Wallance, Helen, William Wallace, and Carole Webb (eds.), Policy-Making in the European Community Whitaker, Gordon P. and Charles David Phillips (eds.), Evaluating Performance of Criminal Justice Agencies Wilson, John T., Academic Science, Higher Education, and the Federal Government, 1950–1983     

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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     

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Books reviewed: Manfred M. Fischer and Arthur Getis (eds.), Recent Developments in Spatial Analysis: Spatial Statistics, Behavioural Modelling, and Computational Intelligence Lars Lundqvist, Lars-Göran Mattson, and Tschangho John Kim (eds.), Network Infrastructure and the Urban Environment: Advances in Spatial Systems Modelling Piet Rietveld and Frank Bruinsma, Is Transport Infrastructure Effective? Russell W. Cooper, Coordination Games: Complementarities and Macroeconomics Philip W. Porter and Eric S. Sheppard, A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development Mary Douglas and Steven Ney, Missing Persons: A Critique of Personhood in the Social Sciences Robert A. Dodgshon, Society in Time and Space: A Geographical Perspective on Change     

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Books reviewed: Mark Duffield, Global Governance and the New Wars: The Merging of Development and Security Jude Howell and Jenny Pearce, Civil Society and Development. A Critical Exploration Klaas van Walraven, Dreams of Power: The Role of the Organization of African Unity in the Politics of Africa, 1963–1993 E. Wayne Nafziger, Frances Stewart and Raimo Väyrynen, (eds) War, Hunger, and Displacement. The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies. Volume 1: Analysis, Volume 2: Case Studies John M. Hobson, The State and International Relations Jorge Larraine, Identity and Modernity in Latin America Anil Hira, Ideas and Economic Policy in Latin America: Regional, National and Organizational Case Studies Janet Townsend, Emma Zapata, Jo Rowlands, Pilar Alberti and Marta Mercado, Women and Power. Fighting Patriarchies and Poverty Anjan K. Datta (ed.), Planning and Management of Water Resources. Lessons from Two Decades of Early Implementation Projects, Bangladesh S. Mahendra Dev, Piush Antony, V. Gayathri and R. P. Mamgain, (eds) Social and Economic Security in India Nira Ramachandran and Lionel Massun (eds), Coming to Grips with Rural Child Work: A Food Security Approach Cecile Jackson (ed.), Men at Work. Labour, Masculinities, Development Paul Rivlin, Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World S. Griffith–Jones, M. F. Montes and A. Nasution (eds), Short–Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises     

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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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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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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.     

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Books reviewed:
Trevor J. Barnes and Meric S. Gertler (eds.), The New Industrial Geography: Regions, Regulation and Institutions
A. Stewart Fotheringham, Chris Brunsdon, and Martin Charlton, Quantitative Geography: Perspectives on Spatial Data Analysis
Reginald G. Golledge (ed.), Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes
Anita A. Summers, Paul C. Cheshire, and Lanfranco Senn (eds.), Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy
W. Dennis Keating and Norman Krumholz (eds.), Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods: Achievements, Opportunities, and Limits
Gerald Frug, City Making: Building Communities Without Building Walls
Gideon S. Golany, Keisuke Hanaki, and Osamu Koide (eds.), Japanese Urban Environment
Etienne Louis Nel, Regional and Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Experience of the Eastern Cape
Klaus Frantz, Indian Reservations in the United States: Territory, Sovereignty, and Socioeconomic Change
Francis William Carter and W. Maik (eds.), Shock-Shift in an Enlarged Europe: The Geography of Socio-Economic Change in East-Central Europe After 1989     

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Books reviewed:
A. Stewart Fotheringham and Michael Wegener (eds.), Spatial Models and GIS: New Potential and New Models
Aura Reggiani (ed.), Spatial Economic Science: New Frontiers in Theory and Methodology
Jean-Claude Thill (ed.), Geographic Information Systems in Transportation Research
Barbara Dluhosch, Industrial Location and Economic Integration: Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in the New Europe
Jean-Marie Huriot and Jacques-François Thisse, Economics of Cities: Theoretical Perspectives
Manfred M. Fischer and Yee Leung (eds.), GeoComputational Modelling: Techniques and Applications
Eduardo A. Haddad, Regional Inequality and Structural Changes: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience
Manfred M. Fischer, Luis Suarez-Villa, and Michael Steiner (eds.), Innovation, Networks and Localities
Marjolein C.J. Caniëls, Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth: Regional Growth Differentials across Europe
Martin van der Velde and Henk van Houtum (eds.), Borders, Regions, and People
Peter W. J. Batey and Peter Friedrich (eds.), Regional Competition
John E. Anderson and Robert W. Wassmer, Bidding for Business: The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area
Philip Hanson and Michael Bradshaw (eds.), Regional Economic Change in Russia
Gred Hise and William Deverell, Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region     

Calming the Shock Waves: Can Financial Reform Do It? (A Review Article)

Books reviewed in this article: G. Caprio, P. Honohan and J. E. Stiglitz (eds.), Financial Liberalization, How Far, How Fast? B. Eichengreen, Financial Crises and What to do about Them D. Nayyar (ed.), Governing Globalization, Issues and Institutions J. E. Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents J. J. Teunissen (ed.), New Challenges of Crisis Prevention, Addressing Economic Imbalances in the North and Boom‐Bust Cycles in the South J. Tirole, Financial Crises, Liquidity and the International Monetary System     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: E. Shepard and T. J. Barnes (eds.), A Companion to Economic Geography G. L. Clark, M. P. Feldman and M. S. Gertler (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography A. Rogers and H. A. Viles (eds.), The Student's Companion to Geography, 2^nd edition G. Bridge and S. Watson (eds.), A Companion to the City G. Bridge and S. Watson (eds.), The Blackwell City Reader G. Aplin, Heritage: Identification, Conservation, and Management T. Huybers and J. Bennett, Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature‐based Tourism Destinations M. Shaw, D. Dorling and R. Mitchell, Health, Place and Society J. Collins, G. Noble, S. Poynting and P. Tabar, Kebabs, Kids, Cops and Crime: Youth, Ethnicity and Crime N. A. Geeson, C. J. Brandt and J. B. Thornes (eds.), Mediterranean Desertification S. Boehmer‐Christiansen and A. Kellow, International Environmental Policy: Interests and the Failure of the Kyoto Process L. Head, Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change     

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