Book reviews

V. Kubalkova and A. A. Cruickshank, Marxism‐Leninism and Theory of International Relations. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1980, pp. 411. £UK14.75

Carsten Holbraad, Superpowers and International Conflict. Macmillan, London, 1979. 178pp. $A39.95.

P. J. Boyce, Foreign Affairs for New States: Some Questions of Credentials. University of Queensland Press, 1977, pp. xii 289. $17.95.

Ralph Pettman, Small Power Politics and International Relations in South‐East Asia. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, pp. 160. $6.75.

Stewart Harris, "Its Coming Yet . . .”: An Aboriginal Treaty within Australia, Between Australians. The Aboriginal Treaty Committee, Canberra, distributed by Angus and Robertson (Australia), Sydney, 1979, pp. 87. $6.95.

Alexander Mamak and Grant McCall (eds.), Paradise Postponed: Essays on Research and Development in the South Pacific. Perfamon Press, Rushcutters Bay, 1978, pp. 217. $9.95.

Alexander Mamak, Colour, Culture and Conflict: A Study of Pluralism in Fiji. Pergamon Press, Rushcutters Bay, 1978, pp. 203. $9.95.

John Connell, Taint Bilong Mani: The Evoluation of Agriculture in a Solomon Island Society. Development Studies Centre Monograph No. 12, Australian National University, 1978, pp. xii., 274. $A9.00.

Samuel S. Kim, China, The United Nations and World Order. Princeton University Press, Princeton N. J., 1979, pp. 551. $US41.00.

Harry G. Gelber, Technology, Defence, and External Relations in China, 1975–78. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1979, pp. 235. $US18.50.

Stuart E. Johnson with Joseph A. Yager, The Military Equation in North‐East Asia. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1979, pp. 87. $US35.35.

Anthony Reid and David Marr (eds.), Perceptions of the Past in South‐East Asia. ience Heinemann Asia, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, for ASAA South‐East Asia Publications Series, 1979, pp. 436. $21.50 (cloth), $9.50 (paper).

Matsumoto (ed.), South‐East Asia in a Changing World. Institute of Developing Economics, Tokyo, 1980, pp. 242. $US15.00.

Bill Nicol, Timor. The Stillborn Nation. Visa Books, Melbourne, 1978, pp. x 328. $8.95.

R. J. May (ed.), The Indonesian‐Papua New Guinea Border: Irianese Nationalism and Small State Diplomacy. Department of Political and Social Change Working Paper No. 2, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, August 1979, pp. ii 142. $3.00.

James C. Jackson and Martin Rudner (eds.), Issues in Malaysian Development. Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd, Singapore, for the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1979, pp. 418. $19.50 (cloth), $9.80 (paper).

Michael Stenson, Class, Race and Colonialism in West Malaysia. The Indian Case. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1980, pp. 234. $15.95.

Peter Gordon Gowing, Muslim Filipinos—Heritage and Horizon. New Day Publishers, Quezon City, 1979, pp. 286. No price given.

Andrew Beveridge and Anthony Oberschall, African Businessmen and Development in Zambia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1979, pp. 382. $US28.50.

Sven Lindqvist, Land and Power in South America. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1979, pp. 333. $6.95.

SIPRI, Warfare in a Fragile World: Military Impact on the Human Environment. Taylor and Francis, London, 1980, 249 pages. £9 or $US27.50.

SIPRI, Chemical Weapons: Destruction and Conversion. Taylor and Francis, London, 1980, 201 pages £6.50.

Justus D. Doenecke, Not to the Swift: the Old Isolation in the Cold War Era. Associated University Press, N. J., 1979. pp. 289. $US8.95.     

Book reviews

P.A. Reynolds, An Introduction to International Relations. Second edition. Longman, New York, 1980. pp. 325. $16.95.

Brij Mohan Kaushik and O. N. Mehrotra, Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb. Sopan Publishing House, New Delhi, 1980, pp. 228. $US15.00.

Gary S. Fields, Poverty, Inequality and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980, pp.xi + 281. £16.00 (cloth), £5.50 (paper).

J. K. Galbraith, The Nature of Mass Poverty. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1980. $3.95.

Valerie Bunce, Do New Leaders Make a Difference? Executive Succession and Public Policy under Capitalism and Socialism. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1981, pp. xiii+296. $US29.50 (cloth), $US9.25 (paper).

Richard Falk, Human Rights and State Sovereignty. Holmes and Meier Publishers, Inc., New York, 1981, pp.x+251. $US28.50 (cloth), $US15.75 (paper).

Lars Schoultz, Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1981, pp.xvii+421. $US42.50 (cloth), $US10.50 (paper).

Archimedes L.A. Patti, Why Viet Nam? Prelude to America's Albatross, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980, pp. xx + 612. $27.50.

Robert H. Donaldson (ed.), The Soviet Union in the Third World: Successes and Failures. Croom Helm, London, 1981, pp. xiv + 458. £14.95.

Arthur Gavshon, Crisis in Africa. Battleground of East and West. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1981, pp. 320. $9.95.

Study Commission on US Policy Toward Southern Africa, South Africa: Time Running Out. University of California Press and Foreign Policy Study Foundation, Inc., Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1981, pp xxix + 517. No price given.

Abner Cohen, The Politics of Bite Culture: Explorations in the Dramaturgy of Power in a Modem African Society. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1981. No price given.

Franklin D. Margiotta (ed.), Evolving Strategic Realities: Implications for U.S. Policymakers. National Defense University, Washington, 1980, pp. 222. No price given.

Alan D. Buckley and Daniel D. Olson (eds.), International Terrorism: Current Research and Future Directions. Avery Publishing Group, Inc., Wayne, N.J., 1980, pp. xi + 113. $US7.95

Charles Himawan, The Foreign Investment Process in Indonesia Gunung Agung, Singapore, 1980, pp. xvi + 332. Rp 8500.

Mohd A. Nawawi, The Political Economy of Political Develop‐menu A Case Study of Regional Development in the Philippines Before Martial Law. Australian National University, Development Studies Centre Monograph No. 21, 1980, pp. xvi + 82. $6.00.

Alfons von der Kraan, Lombok: Conquest, Colonization and Underdevelopment. Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1981, pp. xii + 277. $22.50 (cloth), $10.50 (paper).

A.T. Cowat and K.E. Brofoss, Decisions, Politics and Change: A Study of Norwegian Urban Budgeting, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1979, pp. 150. $US11.00.

John Nation, Customs of respect: the traditional basis of Fijian communal politics. The Australian National University Development Studies Monograph No. 14, 1978, pp. xx + 168. $8.00.     

Reviews

THE PEACEFUL ATOM IN FOREIGN POLICY. Arnold Kramish. For the Council on Foreign Relations. New York, Harper and Row, 1963. Pp. xi + 276. $5.50.

POWER AND THE PURSUIT OF PEACE: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES. F. H. Hinsley. Cambridge University Press, 1963. Stg. 40/‐.

THE HIDDEN FORCE. F. W. Godwin, R. N. Goodwin and W. F. Haddad (eds.) New York, Harper & Row, 1963, Pp. 203.

POLITICS AND ECONOMICS. Lord Robbins, London, Macmillan & Co., 1963. Pp. x + 231. Australian price 41/6.

STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY. J. M. Mackintosh. London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Pp. 332. Australian price 37/6d.

THE BOMBAY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION: AN ELECTION STUDY. B. A. V. Sharma and R. T. Jangam. Bombay, Popular Book Depot, 1962. Pp. x + 170. Rs. 10.

THE NIGERIAN FEDERAL ELECTION OF 1959: POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION IN A DEVELOPING POLITICAL SYSTEM. K. W. J. Post. Oxford University Press for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, London, 1963. Pp. xi + 286. Australian price 76/6d.

INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN: A STUDY IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 1876–1907. D. P. Singhal. Brisbane, University of Queensland Press. Pp. 216. Australian price 55/6d.

SOUTHERN EUROPEANS IN AUSTRALIA. Charles A. Price. Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1963. Pp. xvi + 342. Australian price 59/6d.

THE METHOD AND STATISTICS OF ‘SOUTHERN EUROPEANS IN AUSTRALIA’. Charles A. Price. Canberra, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, 1963. Pp. viii + 125. Australian price 27/6d.     

Designing a brave new world: eugenics, politics, and fiction

Aldous Huxley composed Brave New World in the context of the Depression and the eugenics movement in Britain. Today his novel is best known as satirical and predictive, but an additional interpretation emerges from Huxley's nonfiction writings in which the liberal hurmanist expressed some surprising opinions about eugenics, citizenship, and meritocracy. He felt that his role as an artist and public intellectual was to formulate an evolving outlook on urgent social, scientific, and moral issues. His brave new world can therefore be understood as a serious design for social reform, as well as a commentary about the social uses of scientific knowledge.     

‘Eyes on where children play’: a retrospective study of active free play

The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influenced childhood active free play. Participants were 13 young adults who resided in one western Canadian city. They took part in semi-structured and walk-along interviews during which they were asked about their memories and experiences of play. Analysis showed that, whereas parental restrictions and safety concerns were limiting factors, a sense of community and safety in numbers facilitated their involvement in active free play. However, the young adults thought these factors had since become eroded from modern society. We concluded a reduced sense of perceived safety exists because there are fewer eyes on where children play.     

Assessment of Relationships Between Precipitation and Satellite Derived Vegetation Condition Within South Australia

The normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) has evolved as a primary tool for monitoring continental‐scale vegetation changes and interpreting the impact of short to long‐term climatic events on the biosphere. The objective of this research was to assess the nature of relationships between precipitation and vegetation condition, as measured by the satellite‐derived NDVI within South Australia. The correlation, timing and magnitude of the NDVI response to precipitation were examined for different vegetation formations within the State (forest, scrubland, shrubland, woodland and grassland). Results from this study indicate that there are strong relationships between precipitation and NDVI both spatially and temporally within South Australia. Differences in the timing of the NDVI response to precipitation were evident among the five vegetation formations. The most significant relationship between rainfall and NDVI was within the forest formation. Negative correlations between NDVI and precipitation events indicated that vegetation green‐up is a result of seasonal patterns in precipitation. Spatial patterns in the average NDVI over the study period closely resembled the boundaries of the five classified vegetation formations within South Australia. Spatial variability within the NDVI data set over the study period differed greatly between and within the vegetation formations examined depending on the location within the state. ACRONYMS AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ENVSAEnvironments of South Australia EOS Terra‐Earth Observing System EVIEnhanced Vegetation Index MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro‐radiometer MVC Maximum Value Composite NDVINormalised Difference Vegetation Index NIRNear Infra‐Red NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SPOT Systeme Pour l’Observation de la Terre