The Reagan Presidency and the Reagan Experiment

Fred I. Greenstein, ed., The Reagan Presidency: An Early Assessment. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. Pp. 196. $7.95 softbound. John L. Palmer and Isabel V. Sawhill, eds., The Reagan Experiment: An Examination of Economic and Social Policies under the Reagan Administration. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press, 1982. Pp. xvii, 523. $29.95 hardbound; $12.95 softbound.     

The Continuing Puzzle of Committee Outliers: A Methodological Reassessment

Crovitz, L. Gordon, and Jeremy A. Rabkin, eds., The Fettered Presidency. Washington: American Enterprise Institute, 1989. Pp. xx, 335; $14.95 softbound.

Jones, Gordon S., and John A. Marini, eds., The Imperial Congress. New York: Pharos Books, 1988. Pp. xi, 366; $24.95.

Reedy, George E., The Twilight of the Presidency: From Johnson to Reagan. New York: New American Library, 1987. Pp. 200; $4.50 softbound.

Seligman, Lester G., and Cary R. Covington, The Coalitional Presidency. Chicago: Dorsey Press, 1989. Pp. 191; $25.00 hardbound; $11.95 softbound.     

Issues,Coalitions, and Divided Government

Ryan J. Barilleaux, The Post-Modern Presidency. The Office After Ronald Reagan. New York: Praeger. 1988. Pp. x, 175. $35.95.

Richard Rose, The Postmodern President: The White House Meets the World. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers. 1988. Pp. x, 350. $17.95.     

LITERATURE REVIEWS

Book Review Essay URBAN POLICY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF CITIES: GENTRIFICATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION J. John Palen and Bruce London, eds., Gentrification, displacement and Neighborhood Revitalization Michael H. Schill and Richard P. Nathan, Revitalizing America's Cities Paul E. Peterson, ed., The New Urban Reality Addo, Herb, et al. Development as Social Transformation: Reflections on the Global Problematique Arian, Asher. Politics in Israel: The Second Generation Bean, Philip, John Ferris and David Whynes, (eds.). In Defense of Welfare Bedichek, Wendell M., and Neal Tannahill. Public Policy in Texas Bowman, William, Roger Little and G. Thomas sicilia. The All-Volunteer Force After a Decade: Retrospedt and Prospect Congressional quarterly Editorial Staff, Energy and Environment: Unfinished Business Dahrendorf, Ralf. Law and Order Dillon, K. Burke, et al., and Khan, Mohsin S., et al. Recent Developments in External Debt Restructuring Editors of congressional Quarterly. U.S. Foreign Policy: The Reagan imprint Edwards, George C., 111, Steven A. Shull and Norman C. Thomas, (eds.). The Presidency and Public Policy Making Foell, Earl, and Richard Henneman, (eds.). How Peace Came to the Word Grant, Wyn (ed.). The Political economy of Corporatism Grindle, Merilee S. State and Countryside: Development Policy and Agrarian Politics in Latin America Hardin, Russell, John J. Mearsheimer, Gerald Dworkin and Robert E. Goodin, (eds.). Nuclear Deterrence: ethics and Strategy Hershey, Marjorie Randon. Running for Office: The Political Education of Campaigners Hough, Jerry F. The Struggle for the third World: Soviet Debates and American Options Kamieniecki, sheldon, Robert O'Brien and Michael Clark (eds.). Controversies in environmental Policy Kaufman, Herbert. Time, Chance and Organizations: Natural Selection in a Perilous Environment Kenny, Anthouny. The Logic of Deterrence: A Philosopher Looks at the Arguments For and Against Nuclear Disarmament Lal, Deepak. The Poverty of ‘Development Economics’ Mehran, Hassanali (ed.). External Debt Management Rees, Gareth and John Lambert. Cities in Crisis: The Political Economy of Urban Development in Post-War Britain Ripley, Randal B., and Grace A. Franklin. Policy Implementation and Bureaucracy Savoie, Donald J. Regional Economic Development: Canada's Search for Solutions Sawhill, John C., and Richard Cotton (eds.). Energy Conservation-Successes and Failures Schmandt, Jurgen, and Hilliard Roderick (eds.). Acid Rain and Friendly Neighbors: The Policy Dispute Between Canada and the United States Sundquist, James L. Constitutional Reform and Effective Government Vincent, C. Paul. The Politics of Hunger: The Allied Blockade of Germany 1915-1919 Witt, Elder. A Different Justice: Reagan and the Supreme Court Wright, Kevin. The Great American Crime Myth     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Klein, N. ‘No Logo Forster, C. Australian Cities: Continuity and Change Hamnett, S. and Freestone, R. (eds) The Australian Metropolis: a Planning History Marcuse, P. and van Kempen, R. (eds) Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Gleeson, B. and Low, N. Australian Urban Planning: New Challenges, New Agendas Meyer, B. and Geschiere, P. (eds) Globalization and Identity. Dialectics of Flow and Closure Hall, C.M. Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes and Relationships Inglis, A. Beside the Seaside. Victorian Resorts in the Nineteenth Century Stratford, E. (ed.) Australian Cultural Geographies J. Dargavel and B. Libbis (eds) Australia's Ever‐Changing Forests IV: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Australian Forest History Filer, C. (ed.) Dilemmas of Development: the Social and Economic Impact of the Porgera Gold Mine 1989–1994 Summerfield, M.A. (ed.) Geomorphology and Global Tectonics     

Reviews

Books reviewed: J.E. Hobbs, J.A. Lindesay and H.A. Bridgman (eds) Climates of the Southern Continents: Present, Past and Future K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim H.D. Foster, D.C. Lai and N. Zhou (eds) The Dragon’s Head: Shanghai, China’s Emerging Megacity R. Hall and J.D. Holloway (eds) Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia A.J. Conacher and M. Sala (eds) Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Extent, Causes and Solutions G. Tansey and J. D’Silva (eds), The Meat Business Devouring a Hungry Planet J.B. Kirkpatrick A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Natural Vegetation of Australia J.S. Duncan and D.J. Gregory (eds) Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer and M. Goldstone (eds) Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place J. Overton and R. Scheyvens (eds) Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific R. Harding and E. Fisher (eds) Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle E. Darier (ed.) Discourses of the Environment S. Body‐Gendrot The Social Control of Cities? A Comparative Perspective M.J. Dear The Postmodern Urban Condition     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: T.L. Maliyamkono and M.S.D. Bagachwa, The Second Economy in Tanzania. Paul van Gelder and Joep Bijlmer (eds). About Fringes, Margins and Lucky Dips. The Informal Sector in Third World Countries; Recent Developments in Research and Policy. Wil Pansters and Arij Ouweneel (eds), Region, State and Capitalism in Mexico, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Terry Cannon and Alan Jenkins (eds), The Geography of Contemporary China: The Impact of Deng Xiaoping's Decade. Suh Jang-Won (ed.), Strategies for Industrial Development: Concept and Policy Issues. Bruce McKern and Praipol Koomsup (eds), The Minerals of ASEAN and Australia: Problems and Prospects. Deborah Lynn Bleviss and Vanessa Lide (eds), Energy Efficiency Strategies for Thailand. The Needs and the Benefits. Report of a conference 4–6 March 1988, Pattaya, Thailand. Maureen Mackintosh, Gender, Class and Rural Transition. Agribusiness and the Food Crisis in Senegal. Anders Hjort af Ornäs and M.A. Mohamed Salih (eds), Ecology and Politics: Environment Stress and Security in Africa. Alvin Y. So, Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency and World System Theories. Terry Boswell (ed.). Revolution in the World System. Thierry G. Verhelsl (trans. Bob Cumming), No Life Without Roots: Culture and Development. Howard Johnson (ed.). After the Crossing. Immigrants and Minorities in Caribbean Creole Society. Frank Furedi, The Mau Mau War in Perspective. Robert B. Edgerton, Mau Mau: An African Crucible. Edmond J. Keller, Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic. Dawit Wolde Giorgis, Red Tears: War, Famine and Revolution in Ethiopia. Andrew Finkel and Nukhet Sirman (eds), Turkish State, Turkish Society. David Dewar and Vanessa Watson, Urban Markets. Developing Informal Retailing. Josephine Smart, The Political Economy of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong. Charles Cooper and Raphael Kaplinsky (eds), Technology and Development In the Third Industrial Revolution. Patrice J.H. Riemens, On the Foreign Operations of Third World Firms. M. Dutta, Chan Pei-Kang and Lin Shao-Kung (eds). Research in Asian Economic Studies, Vol. 2, 1990: China's Modernization and Open Economic Policy. C. Gwin and R. Keinberg et al., Pulling Together: The International Monetary Fund in a Multipolar World. Overseas Development Council US-Third World Policy Perspectives, No. 13. Malcolm Wallis, Bureaucracy. Its Role in Third World Development. Peter H. Koehn, Public Policy and Administration in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria. John A. Dixon, David E. James and Paul B. Sherman, The Economics of Dryland Management. John A. Dixon, David E. James and Paul B. Sherman (eds), Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies.     

New Caledonia viewed from Australia

John Connell. New Caledonia or Kanaky? The Political History of a French Colony. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, 1987. xx+493 pp. $25.00.

Michael Spencer, Alan Ward and John Connell (eds). New Caledonia. Essays in Nationalism and Dependency. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1988. xv+253 pp.     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

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.     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin, Conserving Forest Biodiversity: a Comprehensive, Multiscaled Approach John Dargavel, Diane Hart and Brenda Libbis (eds), Perfumed Pineries: Environmental History of Australia's Callitris Forests M. Cotter, B. Boyd and J. Gardiner (eds), Heritage Landscapes: Understanding Place and Communities Clem Tisdell (ed.), The Economics of Tourism Arthur J. Conacher (ed.), Land Degradation D.M.J.S. Bowman and S.L. Farrer (eds), Measuring and Imagining: Exploring Centuries of Australian Landscape Change Fiona J. Dyer, Martin C. Thoms and Jon M. Olley (eds), The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems     

Reconciliation and the Budget Process

John Gilmour. Reconcilable diferences? Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit. Allen Schick, The Capacity to Budget. Richard Fenno, The Emergence of a Senate Leader: Pete Domenici and the Reagan Budget. Dennis Ippolito, Uncertain Legacies: Federal Budget Policy from Roosevelt through Rragan. Stanly Collender, The Guide to the Federal Budget, Fiscal 1992.     

Book Reviews

Chisholm, Michael Britain on the Edge of Europe Simmie, James (ed.) Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions? Ogilvie, Sheilagh C., and Cerman, Markus (eds.) Europe Proto-Industrialization Vence-Deza, Xavier, and Metcalfe, J. Stanley (eds.) Wealth from Diversity: Innovation, Structural Change and Finance for Regional Development in Europe Pagano, Michael A., and Bowman, Ann O'M. (eds.) Cityscapes and Capital: The Politics of Urban Development McGee, T. G., and Robinson, Ira M. (eds.) The Mega-Urban Regions of Southeast Asia Hayashi, Yoshitsugu, and Roy, John (eds.) Transport, Land-Use and the Environment Power, Thomas Michael Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The Search for a Value of Place     

Reviews

Books reviewed: G. Worboys, M. Lockwood and T. De Lacey, Protected Area Management — Principles and Practice Martin Doornbos, Ashwani Saith and Ben White (eds.), Forests: Nature, People, Power Marwan A. Hassan, Olav Slaymaker and Simon M. Berkowicz (eds.), The Hydrology‐Geomorphology Interface: Rainfall, Floods, Sedimentation, Land Use M. Stone (ed.), The Role of Erosion and Sediment Transport in Nutrient and Contaminant Transfer Thomas J.R. Jenkin, Place, Image and Environmental Conflict: World Heritage and the Lake Eyre Basin P. Leadbeter, N. Gunningham and B. Boer (eds.), Environmental Outlook No. 3: Law and Policy T.M. Swanson and S. Johnston, Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements: the Economics of International Institution Building B. Pritchard and P. McManus (eds.), Land of Discontentment: the Dynamics of Change In Rural and Regional Australia L.R. Goldman (ed.), Social Impact Analysis: an Applied Anthropological Manual B. Badcock and A. Beer, Home Truths: Property Ownership and Housing Wealth in Australia     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else Arun Agrawal and K. Sivaramakrishnan (eds), Agrarian Environments: Resources, Representation and Rule in India >Florence E. Babb, After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua Richard Meyer and Geetha Nagarajan, Rural Financial Markets in Asia: Policies, Paradigms, and Practice. Study of Rural Asia, Volume 3 Paul B. McGuire, John D. Conroy and Ganesh B. Thapa, Getting the Framework Right: Policy and Regulation for Microfinance in Asia Navroz K. Dubash, Tubewell Capitalism: Groundwater Development and Agrarian Change in Gujarat Ananta Kumar Giri (ed.), Rethinking Social Transformation: Criticism and Creativity at the Turn of the Millennium Tor A. Benjaminsen and Christian Lund (eds), Politics, Property and Production in the West African Sahel: Understanding Natural Resource Management Liz Alden Wily and Sue Mbaya, Land, People and Forests in Eastern and Southern Africa at the Beginning of the 21st Century: The Impact of Land Relations on the Role of Communities in Forest Future A. Wood, P. Stedman–Edwards and J. Mang (eds), The Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss Charles Landry, The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators Paul Sillitoe, Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History Alice H. Amsden, The Rise of ‘the Rest’: Challenges to the West from Late–Industrializing Economies A. S. Bhalla, Market or Government Failures? An Asian Perspective     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: M. G. Wiltshire : Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of Gautama the Buddha (Religion and Reason 30, gen. ed. J. Waardenburg) P. G. Griffiths , N. Hakamaya , J. P. Keenan and P. L. Swanson (eds and trans): The Realm of A wakening: A Translation of and Study of the Tenth Chapter of Asan̊ga's Mahay anasan̊graha. Graeme Clarke , Brian Croke , Alanna Emmett Nobbs and Raoul Mortley (eds): Reading the Past in Late Antiquity. Alister E. Mc Grath : Luther's Theology of the Cross: Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough. Ian Tyrrell : Woman's World, Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880–1930. Patricia Grimshaw : Paths of Duty. American Missionary Wives in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii Mary Zwiep : Pilgrim Path. The First Company of Women Missionaries to Hawaii John P. Maguire : Prologue: A History of the Catholic Church as Seen from Townsville 1863–1983. W. J. Lawton : The Better Time to Be: Utopian Attitudes to Society among Sydney Anglicans, 1885 to 1914. Madeleine Sophie Mc Grath : These Women? Women Religious in the History of Australia: The Sisters of Mercy Parramatta 1888–1988.     

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 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.