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.     

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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:     

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Book reviewed in this article: James H. Cassing and Steven L. Husted (eds). Capital, Technology, and Labor in the New Global Economy. G.T. Kenshaw (ed.), Market Liberalisation, Equity and Development. Joan M. Nelson el al., Fragile Coalitions: The Politics of Economic Adjustment. Hamza Alavi and John Harriss (eds), South Asia — Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’. Frans Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen (eds), Urban Social Movements in the Third World. Susan Eckstein (ed.), Power and Popular Protest. Latin American Social Movements. Jonathan Hartlyn, The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia. Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-war Japan. Melanie Beresford, National Unification and Economic Development in Vietnam. June I. Parpart (ed.), Homen and Development in Africa: Comparative Perspectives. Anil Bhatt, Development and Social Justice. Micro Action by Weaker Sections.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Cristovam Buarque, The End of Economics? Ethics and the Disorder of Progress. Gautam Mathur, Economic Justice in a Free Society. Gerry Rodgers, Charles Gore and José B. Figueiredo (eds), Social Exclusion: Rhetoric, Reality, Responses. G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson (eds), Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley. Krishna Bharadwaj, Accumulation, Exchange and Development: Essays on the Indian Economy. Willem van Schendel, Reviving a Rural Industry. Silk Producers and Officials in India and Bangladesh 1880s to 1980s. Jennifer A. Widner (ed.), Economic Change and Political Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adebayo Adedeji (ed.), Africa Within the World: Beyond Dispossession and Dependence. Jomo K. S. (ed.), Industrialising Malaysia: Policy, Performance, Prospects. K. Saradamoni (ed.), Finding the Household: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Md Anisur Rahman, People's Self-Development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research. A Journey through Experience. Michael Painter and William H. Durham (eds), The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. Ilja A. Luciak, The Sandinista Legacy: Lessons from a Political Economy in Transition. Overseas Development Administration, A Guide to Social Analysis for Projects in Developing Countries. Heng-Kang Sang, Project Evaluation. Techniques and Practices for Developing Countries. Charles Stewart Goodwin, The Third World Century.     

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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: 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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Book reviewed in this article: C. George Kahama, T.L. Maliyamkono and Stuart Wells, The Challenge for Tanzania's Economy John Sender and Sheila Smith, The Development of Capitalism in Africa Ted J. Davis (ed.) Development of Rainfed Agriculture under Arid and Semi-arid Conditions. Proceedings of the Sixth Agricultural Sector Symposium Jan Hesselberg, The Third World in Transition: The Case of the Peasantry in Botswana Samir Radwan and Eddy Lee, Agrarian Change in Egypt: An Anatomy of Rural Poverty. A study prepared by the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme. Martin Fransman, Technology and Economic Development. Sudha V. Rao, Education and Rural Development. J.P. Lewis and V. Kallab (eds), Development Strategies Reconsidered. The World Bank, Antigua and Barbuda: Economic Report. The World Bank, Dominica: Priorities and Prospects for Development, The World Bank, Grenada: Economic Report The World Bank, St. Christopher and Nevis: Economic Report The World Bank, St. Lucia: Economic Performance and Prospects. The World Bank, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Economic Situation and Selected Development Issues     

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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: 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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Solon L. Barraclough, An End to Hunger? The Social Origins of Food Strategies. Fernando H. Cnrdoso et al., Eight Essays on the Crisis of Deuelopment in Latin America. Peter Utting, Economic Adjustment under the Sanrlinistas; Policy Reform, Food Security and Livelihood in Nicaragua. Geneva: Mats Lundahl, Politics or Markets? Essays on Haitian Underdevelopment. David Shapiro and Eric Tollens, The Agricultural Development of Zaire. Bruce Berman and John Lonsdale, Unhappy Valley: Conflict in Kenya and Afiica. Steve Chan and Cal Clark, Flexibility, Foresight and Fortuna in Taiwan™s Development: Tibor Vagko (ed.), Problems of Economic Transition: Regional Development in Central and R. Adhikari, C. Kirkpatrick and J. Weiss (eds), Industrial and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Dilip K. Dm, Import Candisarion David Simon, Cities, Capital and Development: African Cities in the World Economy. Robert-Jan Baken and Jan van der Linden, Land Delivery for Low Zncorne Groups in Third World Cifies. Usha Jumani, Dealing with Poverty. Self-employment for Poor Rural Women. David Wright-Neville, The Evolution of Japanese Foreign Aid 1955-1956. Monash Development Studies Centre Monograph No. 2. Monash Oliver Morrissey, Brian Smith and Edward Horesh, British Aid and International Trade. David Keen, Refugees: Rationing the Right to Life. The Crisis in emergency relief; M. B. K. Darkoh (ed.), African River Basins and Dryland Crises. Doug Porter, Bryant Allen and Gaye Thompson Navigating between Scylla und Charybdis. Eastern Europe. Countries     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Carl Widstrand (ed), Multinational Firms in Africa, with an Introduction by Samir Amin. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar, and Scandinavian Institute of African Studies Industry, Employment and the Developing World (The contribution of private business to the employment objectives of developing countries). Overseas Development Institute R.M. Bird, Taxing Agricultural Land in Developing Countries K.J. Davey, Taxing a Peasant Society: The Example of Graduated Taxes in East Africa V.A. Pai Panandiker and N.C. Mehta (eds), Rural Banking. National Institute of Bank Management Antoni Kuklinski (ed), Regional Disaggregation of National Policies and Plans     

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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Barrington Moore, Jr, Authority and Inequality under Capitalism and Socialism: USA, USSR and China. Rhys Jenkins, Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development. The Internationalization of Capital and the Third World. Ashok Bapna (ed.), One World One Future: New International Strategies for Development. Michael Redclift, Sustainable Development: Exploring the Contradictions. D. K. Fieldhouse, Black Africa 1945–1980 Economic Decolonization and Arrested Development. Douglas C. Dacy, Foreign Aid, War and Economic Development: South Vietnam Shared S. Marathe, Regulation and Development: India's Policy Experience of Controls over Industry. Eduardo P. Archetti, Paul Cammack and Bryan Roberts (eds), Latin America, Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’ series. A. H. J. Helmsing, Firms, Farms and the State in Colombia. Esbern Friis-Hansen, Changes in Land Tenure and Land Use Since Villagization and their Impact on Peasant Agricultural Production in Tanzania. The Case of the Southern Highlands. Jeffrey Harrod, Power, Production and the Unprotected Worker. S. S. Jha, Structure of Urban Poverty: The Case of Bombay Slums. Janet H. Momsen and Janet Townsend (eds), Geography of Gender in the Third World. Emily Honig, Sisters and Strangers: Women in the shanghai Cotton Mills, 1919–1949.     

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Peter de Valk, African Industry in Decline Jean-Pierre Lachaud, The Labour Market in Africa Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Religion and Politics in East Africa: The Period since Independence Timothy D. Sisk, Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract Ashutosh Varshney, Democracy, Development and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India Nicolas Hall, Rob Hart and Diana Mitlin (eds), The Urban Opportunity: The Work of NGOs in Cities of the South Maggie Black, Children First. The Story of UNICEF, Past and Present Roger Jeffery and Alaka M. Basu (eds), Girls' Schooling, Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia Louis Ouwerkerk (edited and with an introduction by Dick Kooiman), No Elephants for the Maharaja: Social and Political Change in the Princely State of Travancore (1921–1947) Anuradha Basu, Public Expenditure Decision Making: The Indian Experience Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink (eds), Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theory and Experiences from Developing Countries Frances Stewart, Adjustment and Poverty Justin Yifu Lin, Fang Cai and Zhou Li, The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform Aidan Cox et al., How European Aid Works. A Comparison of Management Systems and Effectiveness Aidan Cox et al., Understanding European Community Aid Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Can Currency Crises be Prevented or Better Managed? Lessons from Mexico Percy S. Mistry, Resolving Africa's Multilateral Debt Problem. A Response to the IMF and the World Bank Jonathan Rigg, Southeast Asia. The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development Susanna Davies, Adaptable Livelihoods: Coping with Food Insecurity in the Malian Sahel Gaim Kibreab, People on the Edge in the Horn: Displacement, Land Use and the Environment in the Gedaref Region, Sudan Tushaar Shah, Catalysing Co-operation. Design of Self-governing Organisations Katar Singh and Vishwa Ballabh (eds), Cooperative Management of Natural Resources W. J. Assies and A. J. Hoekema (eds), Indigenous People's Experiences with Self-Government Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds), Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge Tony Marjoram (ed.), Island Technology. Technology for Development in the South Pacific     

Book Notes

Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson, Women and Environment in the Third World. Alliance for the Future M. Kazim Bacchus, Educational Policy and Development Strategy in the Third World. Per Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), Food Subsidies in Developing Countries. Costs, Benefits and Policy Options. James R. Simpson, The Economics of Livestock Systems in Developing Countries. Farm and Project Level Analysis.     

Book Reviews

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

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M. P. Cowen and R. W. Shenton, Doctrines of Development Peter W. Preston, Development Theory: An Introduction John Brohman, Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development Stuart Corbridge (ed.), Development Studies: A Reader Development and Social Diversity—Development in Practice Readers Peter Willets (ed.), The Conscience of the World. The Influence of Non-Governmental Organisations in the UN System Patricia L. McCarney (ed.), Cities and Governance: New Directions in Latin America, Asia and Africa Robin Luckham and Gordon White (eds), Democratization in the South: The Jagged Wave Kunibert Raffer and Hans W. Singer, The Foreign Aid Business: Economic Assistance and Development Co-operation William Ryrie, First World, Third World Robert Z. Lawrence, Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert Bressand and Takatoshi Ito, A Vision for the World Economy: Openness, Diversity, and Cohesion Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Regionalism and the Global Economy. The Case of Africa Lennart Petersson (ed.), Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future Ben Fine and Zavareh Rustomjee, The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-Energy Complex to Industrialisation Owen Crankshaw, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid Finn Tarp and Peter Brixen, The South African Economy: Macroeconomic Prospects for the Medium Term Deborah F. Bryceson (ed.), Women Wielding the Hoe: Lessons from Rural Africa for Feminist Theory and Development Practice Leif Manger with Hassan Abd el Ati, Sharif Harir, Knut Krzywinski, Ole R. Vetaas, Survival on Meagre Resources. Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills Emmanuel Manzungu and Pieter van der Zaag (eds), The Practice of Smallholder Irrigation. Case Studies from Zimbabwe Margaret Hall and Tom Young, Confronting Leviathan. Mozambique since Independence David Murray, Angels and Devils. Thai Politics from February 1991 to September 1992—A Struggle for Democracy? Alan R. Kluver, Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: A Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy Walter Hatch and Kozo Yamamura, Asia in Japan's Embrace. Building a Regional Production Alliance Albert Berry (ed.), Poverty, Economic Reform and Income Distribution in Latin America Pieter de Vries, Unruly Clients in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica: A Study of How Bureaucrats Try and Fail to Transform Gatekeepers, Communists and Preachers into Ideal Beneficiaries Christine Barrow, The Family in the Caribbean: Themes and Perspectives Barbara Harriss-White, A Political Economy of Agricultural Markets in South India. Masters of the Countryside Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India. Economic Development and Social Opportunity     

Book Reviews

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

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Book reviewed in this article: ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Carl Henry Feuer, Jamaica and the Sugar Worker Cooperatives: The Politics of Reform. Boulder ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Monica Frölander-Ulf and Frank Lindenfeld, A New Earth: The Jamaican Sugar Workers' Cooperatives, 1975–1981. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: D. C. M. Piatt and Guido di Telia (eds), Argentina, Australia and Canada. Studies in Comparative Development, 1870–1965. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Charles Edquist, Capitalism, Socialism and Technology: A Comparative Study of Cuba and Jamaica. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Merle Lipton, Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa 1910–84. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Dale Johnson (ed.) Middle Class in Dependent Countries. Liberal Hopes: John W. Sewell, R. E. Feinberg and V. Kallab (eds), U. S. Foreign Policy and the Third World: Agenda 1985–1986. US-Third World Policy Perspectives No. 3. Washington DC: Overseas Development Council; Liberal Hopes: A. Gauhar (ed.), Regional Integration: The Latin American Experience. Liberal Hopes: Theodore Panayotou (ed.), Food Policy Analysis in Thailand. Liberal Hopes: J. G. M. Hilhorst and M. Klatter (eds), Social Development in the Third World Level of Living Indicators and Social Planning. Liberal Hopes: R. L. Harris and C. M. Vilas (eds), Nicaragua: A Revolution under Siege. Liberal Hopes: Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp and Laurens van der Laan (eds), Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa. Monographs from the Africa Studies Centre, Leiden. Liberal Hopes: Alan Gilbert and Peter M. Ward, Housing, the State and the Poor. Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities. Liberal Hopes: John Rogge, Too Many, Too Long: Sudan's Twenty-Year Refugee Dilemma. Liberal Hopes: Robert Cassen (ed.), Soviet Interests in the Third World London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Liberal Hopes: Raymond Goodman, Charles Lepani and David Morawetz, The Economy of Papua New Guinea. An Independent Review. Liberal Hopes: Allan G. Hill (ed.), Papulation, Health and Nutrition in the SaheL Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities. London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley: Kegan Paul International, 1985. xxiv + 400 pp. Paperback. N. p.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Robert Wade, Village Republics: Economic Conditions for Collective Action in South India Niels Röling, Extension Science. Information Systems in Agricultural Development Cutting Edge Technologies and Microcomputer Applications for Developing Countries. Report of an Ad Hoc Panel on the Use of Microcomputers for Developing Countries Institute of Social Studies, P.O. Box 90733, 2509 LS The Hague Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Richard Jolly and Frances Stewart (eds), Adjustment with a Human Face. Volume I: Keith Griffin, Alternative Strategies for Economic Development Lance Taylor, Varieties of Stabilization Experience: Towards Sensible Macroeconomics in the Third World Hans Linnemann (ed.), with Pitou van Dijck and Harmen Verbruggen, Export-Oriented Industrialization in Developing Countries Helen Hughes (ed.), Achieving Industrialization in East Asia John Kriedmann, Life Space and Economic Space. Essays in Third World Planning Rudolf Teekens (ed.), Theory and Policy Design for Basic Needs Planning. A Case Study of Ecuador Julio A. Fernandez, Belize: Case Study for Democracy in Central America