Reviews

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

Book Review

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

Book Reviews

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: José Havet (ed.). Staying On: Retention and Migration in Peasant Societies. Josh DeWind and David H. Kinley III, Aiding Migration. The Impact of International Development Assistance on Haiti. Md. Abdul Quader Mian, Karl E. Weber and Nazrul Islam, Upgrading a Slum Settlement in Dhaka: Study of Existing Conditions, Assessment of Dwellers' Potential for Self-help, and Project Proposal. Czech Conroy and Miles Litvinoff (eds.), The Greening of Aid. Sustainable Livelihoods in Practice. Jack R. Kloppenburg, Jr (ed.), Seeds and Sovereignty. The Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources. Steven Yearley, Science, Technology and Social Change. Ole Therkildsen, Watering White Elephants? Lessons from Donor-funded Planning and Implementation of Rural Water Supplies in Tanzania. R. T. Appleyard and R. N. Ghosh (eds), Indian Ocean Islands Development. Indian Ocean Policy Papers No. 1. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, The Australian National University, and Centre for Migration and Development Studies, The University of Western Australia, 1988. F. von Benda-Beckmann, K. von Benda-Beckmann, E. Casino, F. Hirtz, G.R. Woodman and J. F. Zacher (eds), Between Kinship and the State: Social Security and Law in Developing Countries. Janet MacGaffey, Entrepreneurs and Parasites. The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaire.     

Book Reviews

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

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Politics in Place: social power relations in an Australian country town Ian Gray Australian Rainforests Paul Adam Greening a Brown Land: The Australian Search for Sustainable Land Use Neil Barr and John Cary A Question of Balance; National Resources Conflict Issues in Australia David Mercer Inventing Places: Studies in Cultural Geography Kay Anderson and Fay Gale, (eds) Joining Hands for Quality Tourism—Interpretation, Preservation and the Travel Industry Raymond S. Tabata, Jane Yamashiro and Gabriel Cherem (eds). Proceedings of the Heritage Interpretation International Third Global Congress The Unique Continent: An Introductory Reader in Australian Environmental Studies. Jeremy Smith (ed)     

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

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

Book Reviews

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?     

Reviews

Books reviewed: L. Bondi, H. Avis, R. Bankey, A. Bingley, J. Davidson, R. Duffy, V. Einagel, A. Green, L. Johnston, S. Lilley, C. Listerborn, S. McEwan, M. Marshy, N. O’Connor, G. Rose, B. Vivat and N. Wood, Subjectivities, Knowledges, and Feminist Geo‐graphies: The Subjects and Ethics of Social Research L.C. Botterill and M. Fisher (eds), Beyond Drought. People, Policy and Perspectives J.S. Bridge, Rivers and Floodplains. Forms, Processes, and Sedimentary Record Carolyn Cartier, Globalizing South China Stephen Dovers and Su Wild River (eds), Managing Australia's Environment Antoinette M. Mannion, Dynamic World: Land‐cover and Land‐use Change P. Moss (ed.), Feminist Geography in Practice E. Pawson and T. Brooking (eds), Environmental Histories of New Zealand Ian Thomas, Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition J.F. Williams and R.J. Stimson (eds), International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carl Abbott, Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest Massimo Gastaldi and Aura Reggiani, New Analytical Advances in Transportation and Spatial Dynamics Manfred M. Fischer and Josef Frohlich (eds.), Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems Marlon G. Boarnet and Randall Crane, Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin, Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technological Mobilities and the Urban Condition Wilbur R. Maki and Richard W. Lichty, Urban Regional Economics: Concepts, Tools, Applications Gerald D. Nash, The Federal Landscape: An Economic History of the Twentieth–Century West William G. Robbins and James C. Foster (eds.), Land in the American West: Private Claims And The Common Good Geoffrey P. Meen, Modelling Spatial Housing Markets: Theory, Analysis, and Policy William P. Browne, The Failure of National Rural Policy: Institutions and Interests Martha Burt, Laudan Y. Aron, and Edgar Lee, with Jesse Valente, Helping America's Homeless: Emergency Shelter or Affordable Housing? David Pitfield (ed.), Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch: A Regional Science Perspective Harvey J. Miller and Shih–Lung Shaw, Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications Boris A. Portnov and Evyatar Erell, Urban Clustering: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Location Philip McCann, Urban and Regional Economics     

Promoting participation—Seeking sustainability: The ITK Dilemma

Moock, Joyce Lewinger and Robert E. Rhoades, eds. Diversity, Farmer Knowledge, and Sustainability. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. xix + 278 pp. including index. $49.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.

Pottier, Johan, ed. Practising Development: Social Science Perspectives. London: Routledge, 1993. ix + 222 pp. including index. $18.95 paper.

Thurston, H. David. Sustainable Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. xii + 279 pp. including bibliography and indices. $54.50 cloth.     

Book Reviews

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

Recent work on the concept of the state

Stephen Bornstein, David Held and Joel Krieger (eds), The State in Capitalist Europe, London, Allen and Unwin, 1984, pp.170. $24.95 (paper).

Gregor McLennan, David Held and Stuart Hall (eds), The Idea of the Modern State, Milton Keynes, Open University Press, 1984, pp.240. $28.95 (paper).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Catherine Boone, Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal, E. V. K. Fitz Gerald, The Macroeconomics of Development Finance. A Kaleckian Analysis of the Semi-Industrial Economy. Ester Boserup, The Condition of Agricultural Growth. Thomas J. Bassett and Donald E. Crummey (eds),Land in African Agrarian Systems. M. Riad El-Ghonemy, Land, Food and Rural Development in North Africa. Gillian Hart, Andrew Turton and Ben White (eds), Agrarian Transformation: Local Processes and the State in Southeast Asia. Vali Jamal and John Weeks, Africa Misunderstood or Whatever happened to the Rural-Urban Gap? Henry Bernstein, Ben Crow and Hazel Johnson (eds), Rural Livelihoods: Crises and Responses. Redman Sobhan, Agrarian Reform and Social Transformation: Preconditions for Development. Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Liberalizing Tanzania's Food Trade. Geneva: Robert McC. Netting, Smallholders, Householders. Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture. Leela Gulati, In the Absence of their Men: The Impact of Male Migration on Women. K. R. Venugopal, Deliverance from Hunger. The Public Distribution System in india. Kamala Ganesh, Boundary Walls: Caste and Women in a Tamil Community. Brian Turner, Community Politics and Peasant-State Relations in Paraguay. Jan M. G. Kleinpenning, Rural Paraguay, 1870–1932. Kenneth G. Lieberthal and David M. Lampton (eds), Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Wim van Binsbergen and Peter Geschiere (eds), Old Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment. Anthropological Explorations in Africa. Ximena Bunster and Elsa M. Chaney, Sellers and Servants. Working Women in Lima, Peru. Martin Carnoy, The State and Political Theory. Muthoni Likimani, Passbook Number F. 47927: Women andMau Mau in Kenya. With an Introductory Essay by Jean O'Barr. Nancy Gina Bermco, The Revolution within the Revolution. Workers' Control in Rural Portugal. Gunilla Andrae and Björn Beckman, The Wheat Trap. Bread and Underdevelopment in Nigeria.. Gilbert Rozman, A Mirror for Socialism: Soviet Criticisms of China.. Hugh Hawes and Trevor Coombe, with Carol Coombe and Kevin Lillis (eds), Education Priorities and Aid Responses in Sub-Sakaran Africa. Report of a Conference at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor (UK), 4–7 December 1984. V. V. Ramanadham (ed.), Public Enterprise: Studies in Organisational Structure. Merilee S. Grindle, State and Countryside. Development Policy and Agrarian Politics in Latin America. Stephen S. Cohen, Rethinking the Soviet Experience. Politics and History since 1917. R. James Bingen, Food Production and Rural Development in the Sahel. Lessons from Mali's Opération Riz-Segou. Westview Special Series in Social, Political and Economic Development. Loet B. M. Mennes and Ardy J. Stoutjesdijk, Multicounlry Investment Analysis. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Graham Pyatt and Jeffrey R. Round (eds), Social Accounting Matrices. A Basis for Planning. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Douglas C. Bennett and Kenneth E. Sharpe, Transnational Corporations Versus the State. The Political Economy of the Mexican Auto Industry. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: P. W. Preston, New Trends in Development Theory: Essays in Development and Social Theory. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Carlos M. Vilas, The Sandinista Revolution. National Liberation and Social Transformation in Central America. Translated by Judy Butler. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Cole P. Dodge and Paul D. Wiebe (eds), Crisis in Uganda: The Breakdown of Health Services. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Diana Hunt, The Impending Crisis in Kenya: The Case for Land Reform. A CONSISTENT DATA SET LINKED TO PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH: Martin Godfrey, Global Unemployment: The New Challenge to Economic Theory.     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: 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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Paul James, Nation Formation: Towards a Theory of Abstract Community. Joep Leerssen, Remembrance and Imagination. Patterns in the Historical and Literary Representation of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. Susan Paul Pattie, Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community. C. C. Barfoot (ed.), Beyond Pug's Tour: National and Ethnic Stereotyping in Theory and Literary Practice. Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber (eds.), State Sovereignty as Social Construct Michel Wieviorka (ed.), Une société fragmentée? Le multiculturalisme en débat. Gérard Noiriel, The French Melting Pot: Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity. David Westerlund (ed.), Questioning the Secular State: The Worldwide Resurgence of Religion in Politics. Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. Paul R. Brass, Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence. K. E. Schulze, M. Stokes and C. Campbell (eds.), Nationalism, Nationalities and Diasporas: Identities and Rights in the Middle East. Dusan Kecmanovic, The Mass Psychology of Ethnonationalism.