Book Reviews

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

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Thomas J. Biersteker, Multinationals, the State, and Control of the Nigerian Economy. Olusola Akinrinade and J. Kurt Barling (eds), Economic Development in Africa: International Efforts, Issues and Prospects. Kamran Mofid, Development Planning in Iran from Monarchy to Islamic Republic. George Kopils, Structural Reform, Stabilization and Growth in Turkey. Rizwanul Islam (ed.), Rural Industrialization and Employment in Asia. Javier Gonzalo Alcade, The Idea of Third World Development: Emerging Perspectives in the United States and Britain Christopher Layton, Europe and the Global Crisis: a First Exploration of Europe's Potential Contribution to World Order. Roger C. Riddell, Foreign Aid Reconsidered Stephen Britton and William C. Clarke (eds), Ambiguous Alternative: Tourism in Small Developing Countries. Rosemary B. Jommo, Indigenous Enterprise in Kenya's Tourism Industry. Clare Wells, The UN, UNESCO and the Politics of Knowledge. Caroline Thomas, In Search of Security: The Third World in International Relations. Nzongola-Ntalaja, Bade Onimode, Bernard Magubane, Harold Wolpe, Kempton Makamure, Fatima Babikar Mahmoud, Abdoulaye Bathily, Africa's Crisis. Alan Berg, Malnutrition. What can be done? Lessons from World Bank Experience. Charles L. Choguill, New Communities for Urban Squatters; Lessons from the Plan that Failed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. John W. Mellor, Christopher L. Delgado and Malcolm J. Blackie (eds), Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. James A. Beckford (ed.), New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change. Kirsten Hoist Petersen (ed.), Religion, Development and African Identity. Jean-Paul Sajhau and Jiirgen Von Muralt, Plantations and Plantation Workers. Colin Kirk, People in Plantations: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography. Victor Buhner-Thomas, The Political Economy of Central America since 1920. Judith Gentleman (ed. h Mexican Politics in Transition. Chris Prouty, Empress Taytu and Menilek II. Ethiopia 1883–1910. Stewart MacPherson and James Midgley, Comparative Social Policy and the Third World. Mansour Khalid (ed.), John Garang Speaks. Robert E. Hudec, Developing Countries in the GA TT Legal System.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Jeffrey James, Consumption and Development. Wolfgang Lute (ed.), The Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today? Bishwapriya Sanyal, Cooperative Autonomy: The Dialectic of State-NGOs Relationship in Developing Countries. Philippe Sands (ed.) Greening International Law. Valerie Barzetti and Yanina Rovinski (eds), Towards a Green Central America: Integrating Conservation and Development. Sheldon Annis and contributors, Poverty, Natural Resources and Public Policy in Central America. Janet Henshall Momsen (ed.), Women and Change in the Caribbean: A Pan Caribbean Perspective. Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism. Ellen R. Judd, Gender and Power in Rural North China. Hans-Dieter Evers and Heiko Schrader (eds), The Moral Economy of Trade: Ethnicity and Developing Markets. Ken Young, Islamic Peasants and the State: The 1908 Anti-Tax Rebellion in West Sumatra. Abdolali Lahsaeizadeh, Contemporary Rural Iran. Peter Berman and M. E. Khan (eds). Paying for India's Health Care. Howard Barnum and Joseph Kutzin, Public Hospitals in Developing Countries: Resource Use, Cost, Financing. Sirimal Abeyratne, Anti-Export Bias in the ‘Export-Oriented’ Economy of Sri Lanka. R. Kaplinsky with A. Posthuma, Easternisation: The Spread of Japanese Management Techniques to Developing Countries. Gay W. Seidman Manufacturing Militance. Workers' Movements in Brazil and South Africa, 1970–1985. R. F. Watters, Poverty and Peasantry in Peru's Southern Andes, 1963-90.     

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Books reviewed: John Toye, Keynes on Population Jan Aart Scholte, Globalization: A Critical Introduction James H. Mittelman and Norani Othman, (eds.) Third World Quarterly Wim F. Wertheim, Third World Whence and Whither? Protective State versus Aggressive Market Ian Tellam, Fuel for Change: World Bank Energy Policy, Rhetoric vs. Reality Guillermo Perry, John Whalley and Gary McMahon, (eds.) Fiscal Reform and Structural Change in Developing Countries, Volume One Faye Duchin, Structural Economics: Measuring Change in Technology, Lifestyles, and the Environment A. Arce and N. Long, (eds.) Anthropology, Development and Modernities: Exploring Discourses, Counter–Tendencies and Violence Ramjee P. Parajulee, The Democratic Transition in Nepal Bob Currie, The Politics of Hunger in India. A Study of Democracy, Governance and Kalahandi’s Poverty Mohammad Gholi Majd, Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran Anjan Kumar Datta, Land and Labour Relations in South–West Bangladesh: Resources, Power and Conflict Vigdis Broch–Due and Richard A. Schroeder, (eds.) Producing Nature and Poverty in Africa Tony Hodges, Angola from Afro–Stalinism to Petro–Diamond Capitalism Yvon Grenier, The Emergence of Insurgency in El Salvador: Ideology and Political Will Elizabeth Francis, Making a Living: Changing Livelihoods in Rural Africa     

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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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Migration and Residential Mobility: Macro and Micro Approaches , by Martin Cadwallader
Integrated Urban Models 2: New Research and Applications of Optimization and Dynamics , by Stephen H. Putman.
Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries , by Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn.
The Randstad A Research and Policy Laboratory , edited by Frans M. Dieleman and Sako Musterd.
Jumpstart: The Economic Unification of Germany , by Gerlinde Sinn and Hans-Werner Sinn. 1993. (Translation, by Juli Irving-Lessmann
Problems of Economic Transition: Regional Development in Central Europe , edited by Tibor Vasko.
Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries , edited by Edward Bergman, Gunther Maier, and Franz Tödtling.
The Changing Role of Rural Communities in an Urbanizing World Saskatchewan 1961–90 , by Jack C. Stabler, Margaret R. Olfert, and Murray Fulton.
Restructuring Rural Saskatchewan: The Challenge of the 1990's , by Jack C. Stabler and Margaret R. Olfert.
Housing Markets and Residential Mobility , edited by G. Thomas Kingsley and Margery Austin Turner.
Spreadsheet Models for Urban and Regional Analysis , edited by Richard E. Klosterman, Richard K. Brail, and Earl G. Bossard.
Microcomputer-Based Input-Output Modeling: Applications to Economic Development , edited by Daniel M. Otto and Thomas G. Johnson.
Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective , by Elinor Ostrom, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynne.
Preparing for the Twenty-First Century , by Paul Kennedy.     

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

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Book reviewed in this article: Olle Törnquist, Dilemmas in Third World Communism. The Destruction of the PKI in Indonesia. Gaim Kibreab, African Refugees. B.E. Harrell-Bond, Imposing Aid — Emergency Assistance to Refugees. Jan Bouke Wijbrandi, Organized and Spontaneous Settlement in Eastern Sudan: Two Case Studies on Integration of Rural Refugees. Kim Forss, Planning and Evaluation in Aid Organizations. Piers Blaikie, The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries. Michael Lipton with Richard Longhurst, Modern Varieties, International Agricultural Research, and the Poor. Shaul Bakhash: The Reign of tbe Ayatollahs. Iran and the Islamic Revolution. George Black, Garrison Guatemala. Marlene Dixon (ed.), On Trial: Reagan's War Against Nicaragua. Andrew J. Pierre (ed.), Third World Instablity. Central America as a European-American Issue. Maria Helena Moreira Alves, State and Opposition in Military Brazil. E.H. Preeg (ed.), Hard Bargaining Ahead. U.S. Trade Policy and Developing Countries. Esperanza Durán (ed.), Latin America and the World Recession. Gareth Stedman Jones, Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832–1982. Jan Breman, Of Peasants, Migrants and Paupers. Rural Labour Circulation and Capitalisf Production in West India. Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald, Political Change and Underdevelopment: A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics. Stephany Griffith-Jones and Charles Harvey (eds), World Prices and Development. Malcolm C. Sawyer, The Economics of Michal Kalecki. Ricardo Acosta Suárez (ed.), The Management of Interlinkages. ICPE, Essays on Relations between Governments and Public Enterprises. Ale? Vah?i? and Vesna Smole-Grobov?ek (eds), Workers' Self-management and Participation. National Reports, Vol. III Ivan Turk, Accounting Analysis of the Efficiency of Public Enterprises. Twenty-five Years of Development Cooperation: A Review. Efforts and Policies of the Members of the Development Assistance Committee. Report by Rutherford M. Poats. Javed A. Ansari, The Political Economy of International Economic Organization.     

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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.     

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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: 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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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: Kent E. Calder, Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability in Japan 1949–1986 J.L. Enos and W.H. Park, The Adoption and Diffusion of Imported Technology: The Case of Korea Mel Gurtov, Global Politics in the Human Interest. Explorations in Peace and Justice. New Perspectives on World Order Ralph Austen, African Economic History: Internal Development and External Dependency James Putzel and John Cunnington, Gaining Ground: Agrarian Reform In the Philippines Ben R. Finney, Business Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Islands Development Program, Research Report no. 6 Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott, Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries Bertil Egerö, Mozambique: A Dream Undone. The Political Economy of Democracy 1975–84 Baruch Kimmerling (ed.), The Israeli State and Society, Boundaries and Frontiers David Parkin and David Nyamwaya (eds), Transformations of African Marriage. International African Seminars New Series, No. 3 Christine Oppong (ed.), Sex Roles, Population and Development In West Africa. Policy-related Studies on Work and Demographic Issues W. Ladd Hollist and F. LaMond Tullis (eds), Pursuing Food Security. Strategies and Obstacles in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. International Political Economy Yearbook, Volume 3 E.C. Paul, Fisheries Development and the Food Needs of Mauritius. Rotterdam and Boston: Balkema, 1987. J.-Ph. Platteau, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Ana Teresa Gutierrez-San Martin, Agrarian Reform Policy in the Dominican Republic. Local Organization and Beneficiary Investment Strategies Thandika Mkandawire and Naceur Bourenane (eds), The State and Agriculture in Africa. London: CODESRIA Book Series, 1987 P.H.J.J. Terhal, World Inequality and Evolutionary Convergence. A Confrontation of the Convergency Theory of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin with Dualistic Integration. Delft: Eburon, 1987 John Weiss, Industry in Developing Countries: Theory, Policy and Evidence C. Lloyd Brown-John (ed.) Centralizing and Decentralizing Trends in Federal States James Dunkerley, Power in the Isthmus: a Political History of Central America Anne F. Thurston, Enemies of the People: The Ordeal of the Intellectuals in China's Great Cultural Revolution     

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Books reviewed: Galliard, Jacques, Krishna, V.V. and Waast, Roland (eds) Scientific Communities in the Third World Emmerij, Louis (ed.) Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century Waterman, Peter Globalization, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms Bratton, Michael and van de Walle, Nicolas Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in a Comparative Perspective Sahn, David, Dorosh, Paul and Younger, Stephen Structural Adjustment Reconsidered: Economic Policy and Poverty in Africa Engberg‐Pedersen, Poul, Gibbon, Peter, Raikes, Phil and Udsholt, Lars (eds) Limits of Adjustment in Africa Fisher, Julie Nongovernments: NGOs and the Political Development of the Third World Werlin, Herbert The Mysteries of Development: Studies using Political Elasticity Theory Tendler, Judith Good Government in the Tropics Harris, Nigel and Fabricius, Ida (eds) Cities and Structural Adjustment Taylor, J. Edward and Adelman, Irma et al., Village Economies: The Design, Estimation, and Use of Village‐wide Economic Models van Dijk, Meine Pieter and Rabellotti, Roberta (eds) Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries Deacon, Bob with Hulse, Michelle and Stubbs, Paul Global Social Policy. International Organisations and the Future of Welfare Cortright, David (ed.) The Price of Peace. Incentives and International Conflict Prevention Hanlon, Joseph Peace Without Profit: How the IMF Blocks Rebuilding in Mozambique Axinn, George H. and Axinn, Nancy W. Collaboration in International Rural Development. A Practitioner’s Handbook Crook, Nigel (edited by Timaeus, Ian M.) Principles of Population and Development, with Illustrations from Asia and Africa Marr, David G. Vietnam 1945: The Quest for Power Curtis, Grant Cambodia Reborn? The Transition to Democracy and Development Argy, Victor and Stein, Leslie The Japanese Economy Lam, Wai Fung Governing Irrigation Systems in Nepal. Institutions, Infrastructure, and Collective Action Rittenberg, Libby (ed.) The Political Economy of Turkey in the Post‐Soviet Era. Going West and Looking East? Osaghae, Eghosa E. Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence Negash, Tekeste Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience Prevost, Gary and Vanden, Harry E. (eds) The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution Gould, Jeremy Localizing Modernity. Action, Interests and Association in Rural Zambia     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Krishna Bharadwaj, Classical Political Economy and the Rise to Dominance of Supply and Demand Theories. Isaac Arnon, Modernization of Agriculture in Developing Countries. Resources, Potentials and Problems. Second Edition R.G. Lowe, Agricultural Revolution in Africa? Impediments to Change and Implications for Farming, for Education and for Society. C.K. Brown (ed.), Rural Development in Ghana. C.E. Barker, M.R. Bhagavan, P.V. Mitschke-Collande and D.V. Wield, African Industrialization: Technology and Change in Tanzania. Annika Rabo, Change on the Euphrates. Villagers, Townsmen and Employees in Northeast Syria. Studies in Social Anthropology, 15 M. Harper and M.F. de Jong (eds), Financing Small Enterprise. Proceedings of a Seminar organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) Norman E. Philp, The Cash Incentive. The Economic Response of Semi-subsistent Craftworkers in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Research Monographs 13 Michael Stevenson, Wokmani: Work, Money and Discontent in Melanesia. H.D. Kopardekar, Social Aspects of Urban Development — A Case Study of the Pattern of Urban Development in the Developing Countries. David B.H. Denoon, Devaluation under Pressure: India, Indonesia and Ghana. Ann Seidman, Money, Banking and Public Finance in Africa. Ugo Fasano-Filho, Currency Substitution and Liberalization. The Case of Argentina. Michael Posner (ed.), Problems of International Money, 1972–85. Washington DC: International Monetary Fund S.J. Tambiah, Sri Lanka. Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy. Fen Hampson, Forming Economic Policy: the Case of Energy in Canada and Mexico. Studies in International Political Economy Zuhayr Mikdashi, Transnational Oil: Issues, Policies and Perspectives. Studies in International Political Economy Poul Engberg-Pedersen, World Bank Management of Structural Crisis in Africa: The Energy Sector, CDR Research Report 9 Maria Mies, Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale. Women in the International Division of Labour. Swasti Mitter, Common Fate, Common Bond:     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Michael Fleet, The Rise and Fall of Chilean Christian Democracy. Richard E. Feinberg and Contributors, Between Two Worlds, The World Bank's Next Decade. US-Third World Policy Perspectives No. 7. World Bank, Recovery in the Developing World. The London Symposium on the World Bank's Role. OECD, Financing and External Debt of Developing Countries Stanley Please, The Hobbled Giant. Essays on the World Bank. Robert Cassen and Associates, Does Aid Work? Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force. W. Arthur Lewis, Racial Conflict and Economic Development. Gunnar M. Serbe, Tenants and Nomads in Eastern Sudan. A Study of Economic Adaptations in the New Haifa Scheme. Victor S. D'Souza, Economic Development, Social Structure and Population Growth. Mark Hnlmström, Industry and Inequality. The Social Anthropology of Indian Labour. S. M. Ghanem, OPEC. The Rise and Fall of an Exclusive Club. Shelagh Weir, Qat in Yemen: Consumption and Social Change. Ray Bromley (ed.), Planning for Small Scale Enterprises in Third World Cities. Ian Smillie, No Condition Permanent: Pump-Priming Ghana's Industrial Revolution. The ‘Geneva Group’, How to Run Small Development Projects. Val Curtis, Women and the Transport of Water. Marcia M. Gowen, with the assistance of Herbert A. Wade, Renewable Energy Assessments: An Energy Planner's Manual. Deepak Lai and Martin Wolf (eds), Stagnation, Savings and the State. T. G. Weiss, Multilateral Development Diplomacy in UNCTAD. Rune Skarstein and Samuel W. Wangwe, Industrial Development in Tanzania: Some Critical Issues. Ian Livingstone, Rural Development, Employment and Incomes in Kenya. Franceses Bray, The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies. Saadet Deger, Military Expenditure in Third World Countries: The Economic Effects. K. J. Davey, Financing Regional Government: International Practices and their Relevance to the Third World. Stella Lowder, Inside Third World Cities. H. A. Reitsma and J. M. G. Kleinpenning, The Third World in Perspective.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: M. I. Tuqan, Education, Society and Development in Underdeveloped Countries. Centre for the Study of Education in Changing Societies A. Lauterbach: Psychological Challenges to Modernization. D.H. Burger, Sociologisch-economische geschiedenis van Indonesia (The Social- Economic History of Indonesia) James Howe et al: The US and World Development. Agenda for Action 1975. Charles Cooper and Sidney Alexander (eds): Economic Development and Population Growth in the Middle East.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Olav Stokke (ed.), Western Middle Powers and Global Poverty. The Determinants of the Aid Policies of Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Gerald K. Helleiner (ed.), The Other Side of International Development Policy. The Non-Aid Economic Relations with Developing Countries of Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Cranford Pratt (ed.). Internationalism under Strain. The North-South Policies of Canada, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Cranford Pratt (ed.), Middle Power Internationalism. The North-South Dimension. D.W. Attwood and B.S. Baviskar (eds), Who Shares? Co-operatives and Rural Development. H. Jeffrey Leonard and contributors, Environment and the Poor: Development Strategies for a Common Agenda. Nikolai Shmelev and Vladimir Popov, The Turning Point. Revitalizing the Soviet Economy. George T. Crane, The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones. Alexander de Waal, Famine that Kills. Darfur, Sudan, 1984–1985. Philip Leroy Kilbride and Janet Capriotti Kilbride, Changing Family Life in East Africa: Women and Children at Risk. Philip Quarles van Ufford and Matthew Schoffeleers (eds), Religion and Development. Towards an Integrated Approach. William E. James, Seiji Naya and Gerald M. Meier, Asian Development, Economic Success and Policy Lessons. Bonnie K. Campbell (ed.), Political Dimensions of the International Debt Crisis. Lucio Kowarick, The Subjugation of Labour: The Constitution of Capitalism in Brazil. Charles David Smith, Did Colonialism Capture the Peasantry? A Case Study of the Kagera District. H. H. de Haan, Alternatives in Industrial Development: Sugarcane Processing in India. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, 1. Charles K. Mann, Merilee S. Grindle and Parker Shipton (eds), Seeking Solutions: Framework and Cases for Small Enterprise Development Programs. David E. Sahn (ed.), Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture. The Consequences for Food Security. Tessa Marcus, Modernising Super-Exploitation: Restructuring South African Agriculture. Peter N. Dean with Cedric Pugh, Government Budgeting in Developing Countries. Suzette Heald, Controlling Anger: The Sociology of Gisu Violence.