Short notes on some books received

Using the data collected by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) under the Additional Rural Income Survey (ARIS) for the year 1970–71, two models are estimated for the use of HYV wheat seeds. The first model estimated is the logit for the adoption of HYV wheat seeds. The second model estimated is the linear regression model for the percentage of land under HYV wheat for its users. The models include many social and economic variables. The results indicate that the proportion of land irrigated and the availability of tractors on hire in the village are the most significant variables for the adoption decision. Being part of the wheat‐belt region is also a very highly significant variable. The distance of the market from the village is significant in some cases. The proportion of land irrigated is a significant variable in all estimates for the second model also. The land owned (with a negative impact) and the existence of moneylenders are significant in some cases in the second model.     

Short notes on some books received

China's rural enterprises are economic units established by local government in the countryside or by the peasants and they operate outside the planning system. Rural enterprises have grown twice as fast as the rest of the economy since 1984. The rural enterprise sector has so far challenged the urban economy, in both product markets and markets for raw materials. What are the prospects for their relationship ‐ competition or cooperation? To answer the question, we develop a well‐specified but simple model of the rural and urban economies. The rural enterprise boom was caused in this model by the presence of barriers to factor mobility within China, price distortions and the pool of available labour in the countryside. The origins of the boom imply that rural enterprise exports tend to be relatively labour intensive. The complementarities between rural and urban enterprises are likely to dominate their future economic relationship and lead to further growth in the rural enterprise sector.     

Short notes on some books received

This article challenges the thesis that local‐level bureaucrats need be part of any ‘dominant coalition’ at the village level. Based on a case study of Egyptian agricultural officials, the paper argues that local bureaucrats may well be more useless than dominant in any political or economic sense. In rural areas in which local officials lack the resources (supplies, funds) to do their jobs, they may well be quite inconsequential. In such situations their position as ‘public servants’ may be appropriated by members of the rich peasantry, who have no particular need to work closely with resource‐poor local government staff.     

罗马点滴

罗马是意大利的首都,是一座古老的城市,与雅典、开罗、西安被联合国共同列为世界四大古城.罗马最大的特色是古迹随处可见,所以人称罗马是一座"露天历史博物馆".     

Book notes

Heather Grabbe & Kirsty Hughes, Enlarging the EU Eastwards. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1998, 130 pp., £11.99.

Hans‐Jürgen Wagener (ed.), Economic Thought in Communist and Post‐Communist Europe. London: Routledge, 1998, xii + 388 pp., £60.00.

Chris Cook & John Paxton, European Political Facts 1900–1996. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998, ix + 434 pp., £19.50.

Robert V. Daniels, Russia's Transformation. Snapshots of a Crumbling System. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, xv + 245 pp., $22.95.

Adam B. Ulam, The Bolsheviks. London: Harvard University Press, 1998, xiii + 598 pp., £13.50.

Vadim Z. Rogovin, 1937. Stalin's Year of Terror. Translated by Frederick S. Choate. Oak Park, Michigan: Mehring Books, 1998, xxx + 550 pp., £19.99.

Nikolai Bukharin, How It All Began. Translated by George Shriver, introduced by Stephen F. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998, xxxi + 345 pp., £21.95.     

Book notes

The Death Penalty. Amnesty International, London: Amnesty International. 1979.206 pp

International Trade in Wildlife. Tim Inskipp & Sue Wells, London: Earthscan. 1979.104 pp. £2.00

Children in the World. Magda Cordell McKale & John McHale, Washington DC: Population Reference Bureau. 1979.

Interfutures: facing the future. OECD, Paris: OECD. 1979.425 pp. £8.90 pb

Arid Land Ecosystems: vol 1. Edited by D W Goodall & R A Perry, Cambridge University Press. 1979.881 pp. £45.00

Asia Corporate Profile and National Finance 1977–8. Hong Kong: Asian Finance Publications Limited. 1977.352 pp

Nicaragua: dictatorship and revolution. London: Latin America Bureau. 1979.30 pp. 75p

Bankers Handbook for Asia: 1977–8 guide to banks and finance companies in Asia. Hong Kong: Asian Finance Publications Limited (distributed in the UK by Kogan Page Limited, London). 1977.344 pp. £15.00

Imperial Russia and the Struggle for Latin American Independence 1808–28. Russell HBartley, Austin: University of Texas Press. 1978.236 pp

The Middle East: a physical, social and regional geography. WB Fisher, London: Methuen (seventh edition). 1978.615 pp. £9.95

Church and State in Independent Mexico: a study of the patronage debate, 1821–57. Michael P Costeloe, London: Royal Historical Society. 1978.207 pp. £7.75

Intermediate Technology in Ghana: the experience of Kumasi University's Technology Consultancy Centre. Sally Holtermann, London: Intermediate Technology Publications. 1979. Ill pp. £2.00

Mountbatten: eighty years in pictures. London: Macmillan. 1979.224 pp. £8.95

Atlas of Earth Resources. London: Mitchell Beazeley. 1979.208 pp. £22.50

Deciding What's News: a study of CBS evening news, NBC nightly news, Newsweek and Time. Herbert J Gans, New York: Pantheon. 1979.393 pp. $12.95

Women's Education ‐ a world view: annotated bibliography of doctoral dissertations, vol 1. Compiled by Franklin Parker & Betty June Parker, London: Greenwood Press. 1979.320 pp. £19.50

The State and Society: Peru in comparative perspective. Alfred Stepan, Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1978. 316 pp

Seapower and Politics: from the Norman Conquest to the present day. Captain John Moore, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1979.184 pp. £7.50     

Book notes

The African Book World and Press: a directory. Edited by Hans M Zell, London: Hans Zell. 1980, 243pp. DM164.00

Peru: the authoritarian tradition. David Scott Palmer, New York: Praeger. 1980. 131pp. £13.00. £5.75pb

Borrowers and Lenders: rural financial markets and institutions in developing countries. Edited by John Howell, London: Overseas Development Institute. 1980. 290pp. £2.95

Amnesty International Report, 1980. London: Amnesty International. 1980. 408pp. £5.55

Aid As Obstacle: twenty questions about our foreign aid and the hungry. Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins and David Kinley, San Francisco: Institute for Food and Development Policy. 1980. 191pp. $4.95

The Far East and Australasia, 1980–1. London: Europa. 1980. 1365pp. £35.00

Universities in Partnership. IC M Maxwell, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. 1980. 480pp. £15.00

Transnational Economic and Monetary Law: transactions and contracts. Leonard Lazar, Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana. 1978–81. Vols I‐VI. $75 per vol

The Multinational Corporation: a radical approach ‐ papers by Stephen Herbert Hymer. Edited by Robert B Cohen et al, Cambridge University Press. 1980. 323pp. £17.50     

Book notes

Jedrzej Giertych. In Defense of My Country. London: Roman Dmowski Society, 1981. Pp. 748.

Mark R. Elliott, Pawns of Yalta: Soviet Refugees and America's Role in Their Repatriation. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1982. Pp. xiii, 287. $17.95.     

Book notes

Habitat : Human Settlements in an Urban Age, Angus McGunn, Pergamon Press, 1978, pp. 272, price unknown.

Decision Making for Energy Futures, David Pearce, Lynne Edwards and Geoff Beuret, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 296, £10.00.

Party Politics in Local Government: Officers and Members, Royal Institute of Public Administration, Policy Studies Institute, 1980, pp. 50, £2.50.

District Trends 1980, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, 1980, pp. 45, free.

Housing the Disabled, John Hunt and Lesley Hayes, Torfaen Borough Council (with the support of Cwmbran Development Corporation), 1980, pp.204, £3.95 (paperback).

The West Riding County Council, 1889–1974 Historical Studies, B. J. Barber and M. W. Beresford, West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, 1979, pp. 262, price unknown.

Public Administration: The Political Environment, Roger Stacey and John Oliver, MacDonald and Evans (BEC Books), 1980, pp. 296, £4.95 (paperback).

How to Run Committees and Meetings, Michael Locke, Papermac (Macmillan Press), 1980, pp. 190, £2.95 (paperback), £10.00 (hardback).

The Politics of Positive Discrimination: An Evaluation of the Urban Programme, 1967–77, John Edwards and Richard Batley, Tavistock Publications Ltd., 1978, pp. 287, £4.25 (paperback).

Urban Deprivation and the Inner City, Colin Jones (Editor), Croom Helm, 1979, pp. 218, £9.95 (hardback).

Urban Harvest: Urban Renewal in Retrospect and Prospect, Stanley Mill‐ward (Editor), Geographical Publications Ltd., 1977, pp. 266, £8.25 (hardback).     

Book notes

Managing the Civil Service, John Garrett, Heinemann, 1980, pp. 198, £7.50.

The Limits of Power: The Politics of Local Planning Policy, Andrew Blowers, Pergamon, 1980, pp. 216, £10.00

Local Government and Environmental Planning and Control, edited by Joyce Frank, Gower, 1982, pp. 301, £13.50.

Labour Into the Eighties, edited by David S. Bell, Croom Helm, 1980, pp. 168, £9.95 hardback, £5.50 paperback.

Julian Hodge: A Biography, Timothy O'Sullivan, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981, pp. 210, £8.95.

Allies or Adversaries: Perspectives on Government and Industry in Britain, Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1981, pp. 86, £4.95.

Rural Employment, Trends, Options, Choices, Ian Hodge and Martin Whitby, Methuen, 1981, pp. 262, £13.50.     

Book notes

Zbigniew Brzezinski & Page Sullivan (eds), Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Documents, Data and Analysis. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1996, xxi + 888 pp., $225.00.

Andrew C. Janos, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia: Ethnic Conflict and the Dissolution of Multinational States. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1997, vii + 63 pp., $10.25.

Ralf Dahrendorf, After 1989. Morals, Revolution and Civil Society. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997, vii + 179 pp., £14.99.

Martin Myant, Czech History and Czech Politics. Paisley: Department of Accounting, Economics and Languages, University of Paisley, 1997, European Studies Working Papers, Nos 13, 14, 15, 34 pp., 27 pp., 35 pp.

Andrea Graziosi, The Great Soviet Peasant War. Bolsheviks and Peasants, 1917–1933. Cambridge, MA: Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, 1996, vi + 77 pp.

Sheila Fitzpatrick & Robert Gellately (eds), Accusatory Practices. Denunciations in Modern European History, 1789–1989. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1997, 231 pp., $27.95.

Paul Dukes (ed.), The Russian Revolution in Comparative Perspective. Dordrecht: Kluwer Law International, International Politics, 33, 4, December 1996, pp. 271–442.     

Book notes

John Connell, The End of Tradition, Country Life in Central Surrey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp. 231, £6.95.

Cheryl Parsons, Schools in an Urban Community. A Study of Carbrook, 1870–1965, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp. 155, £5.95.

Peter R. Rowe, J. Mixon, B. A. Smith, J. B. Blackburn Jr., G. L. Calloway and J. L. Gervirtz, Principles for Local Environmental Management, Ballinger Publishing Co., 1978, pp. 272, £10.40.

Frank Stacey, Ombudsmen Compared, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1978, pp. 256, £10.00.

Hugh Stretton, Urban Planning in Rich and Poor Countries, Oxford University Press, 1978, pp. 220, £4.50 hardback, £2.25 paperback.

F. J. Lyden and E. G. Miller, Public Budgeting, Program Planning and Evaluation, Rand McNally Third Edition, 1978, pp. 460, £7.50.

Ivor H. Seeley, Local Government Explained, Macmillan, 1978, pp. 202, £10.00 hardback, £3.95 paperback.

Paul N. Balchin and Jeffrey L. Kieve, Urban Land Economics, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 478, £4.95.

David J. Bartholomew and Andrew F. Forbes, Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, John Wiley and Sons, 1979, pp. 247 & appendices, £14.75.

R. G. S. Brown, Reorganising the National Health Service, Martin Robertson and Basil Blackwell, 1979, pp. 232, £8.95.

Gary Craig, Marjorie Mayo and Nick Sharman, Jobs and Community Action, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, £5.95 paperback.

Paul Halmos, The Personal and the Political. Social Work and Political Action, Hutchinson University Library, 1978, pp. 200, £2.95.

Graham C. Hockley, Public Finance, An Introduction, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, pp. 448, £9.95 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

John Irvine, Ian Miles and Jeff Evans (eds.), Demystifying Social Statistics, Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 450, £8.50 hardback, £4.95 paperback.

C. Perrow, Complex Organisations. A Critical Essay, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1979 (second edition), pp. 270, £4.50.     

Book notes

Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective (Second Edition), Ferrel Heady, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1979, pp. 429, price unknown.

Programme Evaluation at H.E.W., Research versus Reality: Part 2, Education, James G. Abert (Ed.), Marcel Dekker Inc., 1979, pp. 395, price unknown.

Public Sector Decision Making, David Pearce (Ed.), Special issue of OMECA, The International Journal of Management Science (Vol. 7, No. 5, 1979), Pergamon Press, pp. 101, £9.00 paperback.

Why Policies Succeed or Fail, Helen M. Ingram and Dean E. Mann (Eds), Sage Publications, 1980, pp. 312, £12.50 cloth, £6.25 paper.

Supplementary Benefits and the Consumer, Eric Brigg and Anthony M. Rees, Occasional Papers on Social Administration No. 65, Bedford Square Press, 1979, pp. 172, £5.95.

More Bad News, Glasgow University Media Group, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980, pp. 483, £17.50.

The Road and Christ Church Meadow: The Oxford Inner Relief Road Controversy 1923–1974 — A Study of the Relationship between Central and Local Government, Roland Newman, Oxford Polytechnic, 1980, pp. 71, £1.00.

Planned Safety Management: A Guide to Action, A. Stevenson, Alan Osborne and Associates, 1980, pp. 116, £4.50 paperback.

Public Policy Research: A Review of Qualitative Methods, Ken Young and Liz Mills, Social Science Research Council, 1980, pp. 43, £1.00.

The Practice of Urban Economics, Alfred J. Watkins, Sage Publications (Vol. 107 of Sage Library of Social Research), 1980, pp. 247, £11.25 hardback, £5.50 paperback.     

Book notes

Yuri Glazov, The Russian Mind Since Stalin's Death, Sovietica Vol. 47, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 256 pp.

Robert Conquest, Inside Stalin's Secret Police, NKVD Politics 1936–39, Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, 1985. 222 pp.

John B. Dunlop, Richard S. Haugh, Michael Nicholson eds., Solzhenitsyn in Exile, Critical Essays and Documentary Materials. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, California, 1985. 414 pp.     

Book notes

Development in States of War. Edited by Deborah Eade. Oxford: Oxfam, 1996. Pp.109. £8.95. ISBN 0855983442

Yearbook of International Co‐operation and Development: 1998/99. Edited by Helge Ole Bergesen, Georg Parmann and 0ystein B. Thommessen. London: Earthscan for The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 1998. £45. Pp.348. ISBN 1 85383 526 9     

Book notes

Nicaragua: Self‐Determination and Survival. By Hazel Smith. London and Boulder, CO: Pluto Press, 1993. Pp.321 £40.50 and £14.95. ISBN 07453 0480 X and 0475 3.

Economic Adjustment under the Sandinistas: Policy Reform, Food Security and Livelihood in Nicaragua. By Peter Utting. Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1991. Pp. v + 113. NP. ISBN 92 9085 004 3.     

Book notes

Dictionary of African Historical Biography. Mark R Lipschutz & R Kent Rasmusscn, London: Heinemann. 1978. 292 pp. £4.90 pb.

Directory of Institutes for Labour Studies. International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva: IILS. 1978. 760 pp. SFr 125.

Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris: OECD. 1979. 285 pp. £10.00pb.

Development Guide. Overseas Development Institute, London: Allen & Unwin. 1978. 216 pp. £5.95.

Bibliography of German Research on Developing Countries. Bonn: German Foundation for International Development. 1978.142 pp. DM10.

International Directory of Booksellers. Munich: Verlag Dokumentation Saur. 1978. 948 pp. DM 198.

Multinational Corporations: the ECSIM guide to information sources. Compiled by Joseph O Mekeirle, Brussels: European Centre for Study and Information on Multinational Corporations. 1977. 454 pp. BFr 1600.

South Asian Bibliography: a handbook and guide. Edited by J D Pearson, Hassocks, England: Harvester Press. 1979. 389 pp. £38.00.

Middle East Contemporary Survey 1976–77. Edited by Colin Legum and Haim Shaked, New York: Holmes & Meier. 1978. 684 pp. $65.00.

Arms Control and Disarmament. Compiled by Richard D Burns, Oxford: Clio Press. 1977. 430pp. £25.30.

Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards. Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress, New York: Praeger. 1977. 270 pp. £14.75.

Disarm or Die. Nonpartisan Fund for World Disarmament and Development, London: Taylor & Francis. 1978.108 pp. £1.75 pb.

Political Terrorism. Edited by Lester A Sobel, New York: Facts on File (distributed in the UK by Clio Press). Vol 1. 1975. 309 pp. £8.80. Vol II (1974–78). 1978. 279 pp. £8.80.

Political Prisoners: a world report. Edited by Lester A Sobel, New York: Facts on File (distributed in the UK by Clio Press). 1978. 285 pp. £9.15.

Castro's Cuba in the 1970s. Edited by Lester A Sobel, New York: Facts on File (distributed in the UK by Clio Press). 1978.244 pp. £7.85.

Pour un Nouvel Ordre Economique International. Mohammed Bedjaoui, Paris: UNESCO. 1979. 293 pp.

Latin America: a sociocultural interpretation. Julius Rivera, New York: Irvington Publishers. 1978. 246 pp. £11.25.

Twenty Five Years of Economic Development 1950–1975. David Morawetz. London: John Hopkins University Press. 1978. 125 pp. £6.40. £2.95 pb.     

Books notes

Economics

Governments and Growth, Francis Knox, Saxon House, 1976, pp. 138, £6.95.

Environment

Dictionary of Environmental Terms, Alan Gilpin, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976, pp. 174, £3.50.

Environmental Controls, Robert A. Leone, Lexington Books, 1976, pp. 123, £8.25.

Urban Growth Management Through Development Timing, Brower et al., Martin Robertson, 1976, pp. 116, £10.10.

Law

Sale of Goods and Consumer Credit, A. P. Dobson, 1975, Sweet & Maxwell, pp. 236, £2.85.

Political Geography

Modern Political Geography, Edward F. Bergman, Wm. C. Brown, 1975, pp. 393.

Political Behaviour

Political Behaviour, Howard Elcock, Methuen, 1976, pp. 309, £8.00.

Public Administration

Outlines of Public Administration, R. E. C. Jewell, 1976, Charles Knight, pp. 206, £4.50.