The Global Flea Market: Migration,Remittances and the Informal Economy in Tonga

Some common assumptions about the form and use of migrants' remittances in the South Pacific are examined and questioned in the light of information from a micro-economic study of one group of remittance recipients in the flea market of Nuku'alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. The findings of this study suggest that economic analysis and policy recommendations based on the existing macro-economic data on recorded remittances and other economic aggregates should be treated with caution. The unrecorded inflows of remittances in kind and the associated spread of the domestic informal sector have had some important implications for the functioning of Tonga's economy. There is some evidence to suggest that the growth of informal, international trade is fostering other significant changes in the domestic economy. The functioning of remittance-dependent economies such as Tonga is much more complex than existing economic analysis suggests, and involves substantial investment – not just consumption – with the emergence of entrepreneurs and the manipulation of dependence, rather than merely passive receipt of cash and expenditure focused on consumption.     

Racial Stratification, Intellectual History, and Presidential Action in the Civil Rights Domain

Using an historical approach, this paper assesses the role of the American presidency in the pursuit of civil rights policy. The basic argument is that the drivingforces in the passage of civil rights policies since Reconstruction have been external pressures on the presidency. Rather than being protagonists in the progression of civil rights, presidents are portrayed as political actors primarily interested in maintaining social order and attracting African-American votes. Rarely have presidents pushed for civil rights progress outside of that context.     

Oppression and opportunity: Migration and markets in the colonial Andes

The Kingdom of Quito, 1690–1830: The State and Regional Development. By KENNETH J. ANDRIEN. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xi, 255.

Power and Violence in the Colonial City: Oruro from the Mining Renaissance to the Rebellion of Tupac Amaru (1740–1782). By OSCAR CORNBLIT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 227.

Ethnicity, Markets, and Migration in the Andes: At the Crossroads of History and Anthropology. Edited by BROOKE LARSON and OLIVIA HARRIS with ENRIQUE TANDETER. Durham: Duke University Press, 1995. Pp. 428.

Andean Journeys: Migration, Ethnogenesis, and the State in Colonial Quito. By KAREN VIERA POWERS. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 236.

Comercio y fraude en el Perú colonial. Las estrategias mercantiles de un banquero. By MARGARITA SUAREZ. Lima: IEP‐BCR, 1995. Pp. 137.

They Eat from Their Labor: Works and Social Change in Colonial Bolivia. By ANN ZULAWSKI. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 283.     

Book reviews

SYSTEM 37 VIGGEN: ARMS, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE DOMESTICATION OF GLORY. Ingemar Dörfer. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1973. 258 pp. N.Kr.90 ($US18.00).

SIR JOHN MONASH. A. J. Smithers. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1973. 0–207–12587–2. 303 pp. $7.95.

RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: COLLECTED ESSAYS. E. L. Wheelwright. ANZ Books, Sydney, 1974. 0–85552–018–3. 414 pp. $5.95 paper.

JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY. F. C. Langdon, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1973. 321 pp. $US9.00 hardcover.

THE PATHET LAO: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATION. Joseph J. Zasloff. Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1973. 174 pp. $US10.00.

PERVASIVE POLITICS: A STUDY OF THE INDIAN DISTRICT. Donald F. Miller Melbourne Politics Monographs, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne, 1972. 226 pp. $2.80, $1.80 (students), paper (postage: local 85c, overseas $1.05).

CHINA IN BURMA'S FOREIGN POLICY. Ralph Pettman. Australian National University Press, Contemporary China Papers No. 7, Canberra, 1973. 56 pp. $2.50 paper.

ZAMBIA. SECURITY AND CONFLICT. Jan Pettman. Julian Friedmann Publishers Ltd., Lewes, Sussex, 1974. 284 pp. £4.25.

THE DIPLOMACY OF CONSTRAINT: CANADA, THE KOREAN WAR AND THE UNITED STATES. Denis Stairs. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974. 371 pp. $C15.00 hard cover.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE IN CANADA, 1964–1972. Vernon J. Kronenberg. Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Toronto, 1973. 124 pp. $C2.50 paper.

WAR MACHINERY AND HIGH POLICY: DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION IN PEACETIME BRITAIN 1902–1914. Nicholas d'Ombrain. Oxford Historical Monographs, Oxford University Press, London, 1973. 302 pp. $13.15.

BRITAIN'S LEGACY OVERSEAS. Geoffrey Bolton. Oxford University Press, 1973. 168 pp. $2.10, paper.

GREAT POWER POLITICS AND NORWEGIAN FOREIGN POLICY: A STUDY OF NORWAY'S FOREIGN RELATIONS NOVEMBER 1940‐FEBRUARY 1948. Nils Morten Udgaard. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1973.

EUROPE 1945 TO 1970. Charlotte Waterlow and Archibald Evans. Methuen, London, 1973. 423–87840–9. 316 pp. $11.60.