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

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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.     

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

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Books reviewed: Ngaire Woods (ed.), The Political Economy of Globalization Alan Doig and Robin Theobald (eds), Corruption and Democratisation Rita Abrahamsen, Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse and Good Governance in Africa Pierre Englebert, State Legitimacy and Development in Africa Clarck C. Gibson, Politicians and Poachers: The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Africa Mark Breusers, On the Move: Mobility, Land Use and Livelihood Practices on the Central Plateau in Burkina Faso James Ferguson, Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt Elisabeth Croll, Endangered Daughters. Discrimination and Development in Asia Arun Agrawal, Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community among a Migrant Pastoral People Evelyn Blackwood, Webs of Power: Kin and Community in a Sumatran Village Shirley A. White (ed.), The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the Power of Grassroots Communication Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds), Food for Thought: Ancient Visions and New Experiments of Rural People Barbara Harriss‐White and S. Subramanian (eds), Illfare in India. Essays on India’s Social Sector in Honour of S. Guhan     

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

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

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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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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: Rist, Gilbert, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years Tenner, Edward, Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences Yuval‐Davis, Nira, Gender and Nation Davison, Jean Gender, Lineage and Ethnicity in Southern Africa Owen, Margaret, A World of Widows Bandarage, Asoka, Women, Population and Global Crisis, A Political‐Economic Analysis National Research Council, Reproductive Health in Developing Countries. Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions Stein, Jane, Empowerment and Women’s Health. Theory, Methods and Practice Cole, David C. and Huntington, Richard, Between a Swamp and a Hard Place: Developmental Challenges in Remote Rural Africa Farnham, Dana A. Plows, Prosperity and Cooperation at Agbassa: The Change from Hoes to Plows on a Government‐sponsored Land Settlement Project in Northern Togo Raynaut, Claude and contributors, Societies and Nature in the Sahel Cairns, Edmund, A Safer Future. Reducing the Human Cost of War Eade, Deborah (ed.), Development in States of War (selected articles from Development in Practice) Prendergast, John, Frontline Diplomacy. Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa Chelliah, Raja J. and Sudarshan, R. (eds), Income Poverty and Beyond. Human Development in India Quibria, M. G. and Dowling J. Malcolm (eds), Current Issues in Economic Development. An Asian Perspective Clark, Cal and Roy, K. C.Comparing Development Patterns in Asia Teunissen, Jan Joost (ed.), Regionalism and the Global Economy. The Case of Central and Eastern Europe Watters, Ray and McGee, Terry (eds), New Geographies of the Pacific Rim: Asia‐Pacific Lavergne, Re´al (ed.), Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa. A Multidimensional Perspective     

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Book reviewed in this article: Norman Long (ed.), Encounters at the Interface. A perspective on social discontinuities in rural development Eva Poluha, Central Planning and Local Reality: The Case of a Producers Cooperative in Ethiopia. Studies in Social Anthropology No. 23 Harvard Institute for International Development Caleslous Juma, The Gene Hunters: Gerry Rodgers (ed.), Population Growth and Poverty in Rural South Asia Peter Walker, Famine Early Warning Systems: Victims and Destitution Michael Mortimore, Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa Alan Grainger, The Threatening Desert: Controlling Desertification M. Muqtada (ed.), The Elusive Target. An Evaluation of Target-Group Approaches to Employment Creation in Rural Asia. New Delhi: Ching-yan Lin, Latin America vs East Asia. A Comparative Development Perspective Peter M. Ward (ed.), Corruption, Development and Inequality. Soft Touch or Hard Graft? K.N. Panikkar, Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar, 1836–1921 P. Calvert (ed.), The Central American Security System: North-South or East-West? Stefan Hedlund and Mats Lundahl, Ideology as a Determinant of Economic Systems. Nyerere and Ujamaa in Tanzania     

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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     

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

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

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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: 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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Thomas D. Hall (ed.), A World‐Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology Arif Dirlik, Vinay Bahl and Peter Gran (eds.), History After the Three Worlds: Post Eurocentric Historiographies Susan Schech and Jane Haggis, Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction Mehran Kamrava, Cultural Politics in the Third World Adrian Wood, Raymond Apthorpe and John Borton (eds.), Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners Richard Black, Refugees, Environment and Development Aristide R. Zolberg and Peter Benda (eds.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions H. W. Singer with D. J. Shaw (ed.), International Development Co‐Operation: Selected Essays by H. W. Singer on Aid and the United Nations System Kristoffel Lieten and Ben White (eds.), Child Labour: Policy Options C. J. Barrow, Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction Douglas Saltmarshe, Identity in a Post‐communist Balkan State: An Albanian Village Study Anne Marie Goetz, Women Development Workers. Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh A. Kundu and A. N. Sharma (eds.), Informal Sector in India: Perspectives and Policies A. Haroon Akram‐Lodhi (ed.), Confronting Fiji Futures M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis (eds.), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger Kasperson (eds.), Global Environmental Risk James R. Bingen, David Robinson and John M. Staatz (eds.), Democracy and Development in Mali Harri Eglund, From War to Peace on the Mozambique‐Malawi Borderland     

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Jonathan Crush (ed.), Power of Development John Rapley, Understanding Development. Theory and Practice in the Third World Ankie Hoogvelt, Globalisation and the Postcolonial World. The New Political Economy of Development Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark (eds), The Underdevelopment of Development. Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank Barbara Stallings (ed.), Global Change, Regional Response. The New International Context of Change National Research Council, Lost Crops of Africa. Vol. I: Grains Barbara Harriss-White and Sir Raymond Hoffenberg (eds), Food. Multidisciplinary Perspectives Robert Cassen and contributors, Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions Kerstin Lindahl-Kiessling and Hans Landberg (eds), Population, Economic Development, and the Environment. The Making of Our Common Future Judith Richter, Vaccination Against Pregnancy. Miracle or Menace? Tim Allen (ed.), In Search of Cool Ground: War, Flight and Homecoming in Northeast Africa Ans Kolk, Forests in International Environmental Politics: International Organisations, NGOs and the Brazilian Amazon Judith Randel and Tony German (eds), The Reality of Aid 1997/98 Marie Söderberg (ed.), The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid: Five Case Studies from Asia. Douglas J. Tilton (edited by Jim Cason), USAID in South Africa: Learning Lessons, Continuing Debates Ricardo Ffrench-Davis and Stephany Griffith-Jones (eds), Coping with Capital Surges. The Return of Finance to Latin America Robert Z. Lawrence, Single World, Divided Nations? International Trade and OECD Labor Markets S. M. Wangwe (ed.), Exporting Africa. Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa Amrita Chhachhi and Renée Pittin (eds), Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy. Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization Theo van der Loop, Industrial Dynamics and Fragmented Labour Markets: Construction Firms and Labourers in India     

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Books Reviewed: Peter Isard, Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can be Done Matthew Odedokun (ed.), External Finance for Private Sector Development: Appraisals and Issues Sunanda Sen, Global Finance at Risk: On Real Stagnation and Instability Susanne Soederberg, The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins, Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development Patricia L. McCarney and Richard E. Stren (eds), Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of the Developing World Michael Carley, Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith (eds), Urban Development & Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner (eds), Development Planning and Poverty Reduction Feargal Cochrane, Rosaleen Duffy and Jan Selby (eds), Global Governance, Conflict and Resistance Pranab Bardhan, Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development Lyuba Zarsky (ed.), Human Rights and the Environment: Conflict and Norms in a Globalizing World Krishna B. Ghimire (ed.), The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism within Developing Countries Donald G. Reid, Tourism, Globalization and Development: Responsible Tourism Planning Rosaleen Duffy A Trip Too Far. Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema (eds), Agribusiness and Society: Corporate Responses to Environmentalism, Market Opportunities and Public Regulation Ashok Gulati, Ruth M. Dick and K. V. Raju, Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation Robin Clarke and Jannet King, The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource Janelle Plummer and John G Taylor (eds), Community Participation in China: Issues and Processes for Capacity Building Tunde Zack‐Williams, Diane Frost and Alex Thomson (eds), Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities     

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Book reviewed in this article: SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY Raymond A. Bauer & Kenneth J. Gergen (eds.), The Study of Policy Formation Charles E. Lindblom, The Policy-Making Process C. West Churchman, The Systems Approach Yehezkel Dror, Public Policymaking Lester B. Pearson, The Crisis of Development Jagdish Bhagwait & Richard S. Eckaus (eds.), Foreign Aid Max Marwick (ed.), Witchcraft and Sorcery Peter Worsley et al, Introducing Sociology Peter Worsley (ed.), Modem Sociology: Introductory Readings Thomas Vietorisz & Bennett Harrison, The Economic Development of Harlem     

Book Reviews

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.