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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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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: 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: 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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Books reviewed: Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa Reframing Deforestation. Global Analysis and Local Realities — Studies in West Africa Kaimowitz, David and Angelsen, Arild Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review Carney, Diana and Farrington, John Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change Cernea, Michael M. and McDowell, Christopher (eds), Risks and Reconstruction, Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees Nederveen Pieterse,Jan (ed.), World Orders in the Making Mallick, Ross Development, Ethnicity and Human Rights in South Asia Mengers, Harry A. Urban Development in the State of Karnataka, India: Policies, Actors and Outcome Tipton, Frank B. The Rise of Asia. Economics, Society and Politics in Contemporary Asia Griffin, Keith (ed.), Economic Reform in Vietnam Shireen M. Hashim, Income Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia Buckley, Peter J. and Mucchielli, Jean‐Louis (eds), Multinational Firms and International Relocation Bird, Richard M. and Vaillancourt, François (eds), Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries Bloström, Magnus, Kokko, Ari and Zejan, Mario Foreign Direct Investment. Firm and Host Country Strategies MacBean, Alasdair (ed.), Trade and Transition. Trade Promotion in Transitional Economics Page, Sheila Regionalism Among Developing Countries Taylor, Annie and Thomas, Caroline (eds), Global Trade and Global Social Issues Tellegen, Nina Rural Enterprises in Malawi: Necessity or Opportunity? Rapoport, Robert N. Families, Children and the Quest for a Global Ethic     

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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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Books reviewed: Bent Flyvberg, Rationality and Power. Democracy in Practice A. de Tinguy, (ed.)The Fall of the Soviet Empire Peter Godwin, (ed.)The Looming Epidemic: The Impact of HIV and AIDS in India Alejandro Portes, Carlos Dore‐Cabral and Patricia Landolt, (eds)The Urban Caribbean. Transition to the New Global Economy Elsa Leo‐Rhynie, Barbara Bailey and Christine Barrow, (eds) Gender: A Caribbean Multi‐Disciplinary Perspective Nalinin Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma, (eds)The Women, Gender and Development Reader Doreen Indra, (ed.) Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice. S. M. Charlton and J. Everett, (eds) NGOs and Grassroots in Development Work in South India: Elizabeth Moen Mathiot Ruddar Datt, (ed.) Organising the Unorganised Workers A. Dorward, J. Kydd and C. Poulton, (eds)Smallholder Cash Crop Production under Market Liberalisation. A New Institutional Economics Perspective Deepak Nayyar, (ed.) Trade and Industrialization J. Leckie, To Labour with the State. The Fiji Public Service Association Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz, (eds) International Agricultural Development     

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

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Books Reviewed: Adam Szirmai, The Dynamics of Socio‐Economic Development, an Introduction Damien Kingsbury, Joe Remenyi, John McKay and Janet Hunt, Key Issues in Development Robbie Robertson, The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness Natalia Dinello and Lyn Squire (ed.)Globalization and Equity: Perspectives from the Developing World William K. Tabb, Economic Governance in the Age of Globalization Elisabeth Mudimbe‐Boyi (ed.), Beyond Dichotomies: Histories, Identities, Cultures and the Challenge of Globalization Jozef Ritzen, A Chance for the World Bank Ha‐Joon Chang (ed.), Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank: The Rebel Within June Nash (ed.), Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader Märta C. Johanson, Self‐Determination and Borders: The Obligation to Show Consideration for the Interests of Others Deepa Narayan (ed.), Measuring Empowerment: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives Katherine Homewood (ed.), Rural Resources and Local Livelihoods in Africa John Weiss (ed.), Poverty Targeting in Asia Ivo Imparto and Jeff Ruster, Slum Upgrading and Participation: Lessons from Latin America Nicholas P. Higgins, Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion: Modernist Visions & the Invisible Indian     

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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: C.H. Hanumantha Rao, Susantha K. Ray and K. Subbarao, Unstable Agriculture and Droughts. Implications for Policy. A. Vaidyanalhan, Bovine Economy in India. Bernard Glaeser (ed.), The Green Revolution Revisited. Critique and Alternatives. Prabhu L. Pingali, Yves Bigot, Hans P. Binswanger, Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Constance G. Anthony, Mechanization and Maize. Agriculture and the Politics of Technology Transfer in East Africa. Robert Fatlon Jr., The Making of a Liberal Democracy. Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985. Melanie Beresford, Vietnam: Politics, Economics and Society. Robert S. Ross, The Indochina Tangle. China's Vietnam Policy, 1975–1979. Richard Lawless and Laila Monahan (eds), War and Refugees: The Western Sahara Conflict. Julian Burger, Report from the Frontier. The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Peter J. Reynolds, Political Economy: A Synthesis of Kaleckian and Post-Keynesian Economics. Sanjaya Lall, Learning to Industrialize. The Acquisition of Technological Capability by India. P.W. Preston, Rethinking Development: Essays on Development and Southeast Asia. J. Ives and D.C. Pill (eds), Deforestation: Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems. John F. Richards and Richard P. Tucker (eds), World Deforestation in the Twentieth Century. Barry Munslow, The Fuelwood Trap: A Study of the SADCC Region. Salehuddin Ahmed (ed.), Impact of Agricultural and Energy Technology on the Rural Poor. Gustav Ranis and T. Paul Schultz (eds), The State of Development Economics. Progress and Perspectives. Christopher Clapham, Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia. Cristóbal Kay, Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment. Paul Taylor and A.J.R. Groom (eds), International Institutions at Work.     

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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: 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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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.     

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

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Jerome O. Gefu, Pastoralist Perspectives in Nigeria. The Fulbe of Udubo Grazing Reserve. Research Report no. 89. Tevfik F. Nas and Mehmet Odekon (eds), Economics and Politics of Turkish Liberalization. Philip L. Martin, The Unfinished Story: Turkish Labour Migration to Western Europe, with Special Reference to the Federal Republic of Germany. Richard Tapper (ed.), Islam in Modern Turkey: Religion, Politics and Literature in a Secular State. Philip G. Pardey, Johannes Roseboom and Jack R. Anderson (eds), Agricultural Research Policy. International Quantitative Perspectives. Brian Smith (ed.) Progress in Development Administration. Selected Papers from Public Administration and Development 1981-91. Gerald E. Caiden and Bun Woong Kim (eds), A Dragon's Progress: Development Administration in Korea. Roger Bartra, Agrarian Structure and Political Power in Mexico. Norma J. Kriger, Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War. Peasant Voices. Mehran Kamrava, Politics and Society in the Third World. James Manor (ed.), Rethinking Third World Politics Dessalegn Rahmato, Famine and Survival Strategies: A Case Study from Northeast Ethiopia.