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Books reviewed in this issue. Conciliating the Irish Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789–2006, by Paul Bew. The lobby of all lobbies? The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, by John J. Meirsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. Algeria's dead—does anyone care? Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed, by Martin Evans and John Phillips. Patriotic intentions Patriotism and Other Mistakes, by George Kateb. Tony Benn, Human Being More Time for Politics: Diaries, 2001–2007, by Tony Benn, selected and edited by Ruth Winstone. Churchill the Zionist Churchill and the Jews, by Martin Gilbert. British communists under the microscope Communists and British Society, 1920–1991, by Kevin Morgan, Gidon Cohen and Andrew Flinn. The Romanian revolution revisited The Romanian Revolution of December 1989, by Peter Siani‐Davies. Comrades of the world: you are history! Comrades: A World History of Communism, by Robert Service.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Britain's four political traditions Britain since 1918: The Strange Career of British Democracy, by David Marquand. The darker side of nudging Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. The almost‐forgotten Korean War The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, by David Halberstam. Reasoning about risk Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years, by Vaclav Smil. The great war on terror Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty‐first Century, by Philip Bobbitt. From terrorism to pop cultural icons? Baader‐Meinhof Returns: History and Cultural Memory of German Left‐wing Terrorism, edited by Gerrit‐Jan Berendse and Ingo Cornils. An incoherent critique of New Labour? The End of Politics: New Labour and the Folly of Managerialism, by Chris Dillow. Top of the paps Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel, by Gordon Burn. The slight hand of history Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland, by Jonathan Powell. Israel–Palestine: insiders and outsiders Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, by Saree Makdisi.     

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Books review in this article: Perestroika or katastroika ? DAVID LANE Seven Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective, by Archie Brown. Consuming public services John Clarke The Reform of Public Services under New Labour: Narratives of Consumerism, by Catherine Needham. Liberalism, radical Islam and identity Richard Mullender Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, by Ian Buruma Michael Moore: an American patriot ? Jad Adams Citizen Moore: An American Maverick, by Roger Rapoport Robert Peel's great lesson Dick Leonard Robert Peel: A Biography, by Douglas Hurd. Ambition or overreach ? Andrew Blick Instruction to Deliver: Tony Blair, Public Services and the Challenge of Achieving Targets, by Michael Barber. A dessicated master of the universe Jean Seaton Mellon: An American Life, by David Cannadine.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. The dark side of the Chinese economic miracle
MARINA LEWYCKA Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants, by Hsiao‐Hung Pai. Neoliberalism yesterday and today (and tomorrow?)
Gianfranco Pasquino Bourgeois Liberty and the Politics of Fear. From Absolutism to Neo‐Conservatism, by Marc Mulholland. Masters of the Universe. Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics, by Daniel Stedman Jones. The death of civility
Richard Kuper Occupation Diaries, by Raja Shehadeh. The not‐so‐new economy of the WWW
Maurice Walsh Misunderstanding the Internet, by James Curran, Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman. The ever‐changing Conservatives?
Richard Briand The Conservatives since 1945: The Drivers of Party Change, by Tim Bale. Inequality is bad for growth
Paul Auerbach Plutocrats. The Rise of the New Global Super Rich, by Chrystia Freeland Surviving the Gulag
Geoffrey Roberts The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen. Promises, promises: hyping the new biology
Brian Butterworth Genes, Cells and Brains: The Promethean Promises of the New Biology, by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
P opulation P olicies and M ovements in E urope . By D . V. G lass .
F ederation and W orld O rder . By D uncan and E lizabeth W ilson .
F ederal U nion . A Symposium. Edited by M. C hanning -P earce . Jonathan Cape .
A federation for western E urope . By W. ivor J ennings .
Fedration and World Order, by Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson.
T he H istory of L ocal G overnment in M anchester . By A rthur R edford , assisted by I na S tafford R ussell .
R ecent R evelations of E uropean D iplomacy . By G. P. G ooch .
T he W ar C risis in B erlin , J uly -A ugust , 1914. By S ir H orace R umbold .
L ife and L etters of the R t . H on . S ir A usten C hamberlain , K.G., P.C., M.P. Vol.II. By S ir C harles P etrie , Bart.
G ustav Stresemann; H is D iaries , L etters , and P apers . Vol. III. Edited and translated by E ric S utton .
T he C auses of the W ar . By A. B erriedale K eith .
M odern T urkey . J ohn P arker , M.P., and C harles S mith .
T urkey at the S traits . J ames T. S hotweix and F rancis D ék .
E vacuation S urvey . By R ichard P adley and M argaret C ole .
F ood P roduction in W estern E urope . P. L amartine Y ates . With a Foreword by Sir William Beveridge.
B ritain's F ood S upplies in P eace and W ar . C harles S mith .
T he J ewish W ar front . By V ladimir J abotinsky .     

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Book reviewed in this article: National Resources Planning Board Report : A Post -War Plan and Programme for the United Stated of America . The Problem of Germany . Report by a Chatham House Group. Royal Institute of International Affairs. Education and the United Nations. Report of a joint Commission of the London International Assemblly and Council for Education in World Citizenship. Need Germany Survive ? By Julius Braunthal . The Armistice of 1918. By Sir Frederick Maurice . Plan for Britain , Essays prepared for the Fabian Society, by G. D. H. Cole , Aneurin Beevan , M.P., Jim Griffiths , K. P., L. F. Easterbrook , Sir William Beveridge , Harold j. Lask . Documents on International Affairs , 1938. Vols. 1 and 2. 518 and 365 pp. By Momica Curitis.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
T he P ekkham E xperiment . By I nnes H. P earse and L ucy H. C rocker .
R ussia T hrough the C enturies . By M. P hilips P rice , M.P.
O ur S oviet A lly . Essays edited by M argaret C ole .
G reat B ritain , F rance and the G erman P roblem , 1918–1939. By W. M. J ordan .
W hy I A m a J ew . By E dmond F leg . Translated by V ictor G ollancz .
T owards H istoric J udaism . By E. B erkovits .
T he J ewish N ational H ome , 1917–1942. Edited by P aul G oodman .
T he J ewish C ontribution to C ivilisation . By C ecil R oth .
A S hort H istory of the J ewish P eople . By C ecil R oth .
W ar -T ime P attern of S aving and S pending . By C harles M adge
A rmies and the A rt of R evolution . By K. C. C horley .
E urope R ises . By D orothy W oodman .
T he T ransition from W ar to P eace . Report of the Delegation on Economic Depressions. Part I.
T he D isplacement of P opulation in E urope . By E ugene M. K ulischer .
T he U nited S tates in the W orld E conomy .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
H eroes and A ssassins . By S. C hristowe .
T error in the B alkans . By A lbert L ondres . (Constable, 7s. 6J.) B oss R ule . By J. T. S alter .
R ubber T runcheon . By W. L anghoff .
D wight M orrow . By H arold N icolson . (Constable, 18s.) G ustav S tresemann ; H is D iaries , L etters and P apers . Edited and Translated by E ric S utton .
T he E ve of 1914. By T heodor W olff .
W e D id N ot F ight (1914–18 E xperiences of W ar R esisters ). By V arious A uthors . Edited by J ulian B ell .
T he A gricultural D ilemma . (A Report of an Enquiry organised by V iscount A stor and S eebohm R owntree .)
H ow G reater L ondon is G overned . By the Rt. Hon. H erbert M orrison .
A merica's D estiny . By C. R emold N oyes .
T he L ocal S ocial S urvey in G reat B ritain . By A. F. W ells . With a Preface by A. M. C arr -S aunders .
N ew Z ealand . By W. P. M orrell . (The Modern World Series.)
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS IN EUROPE. By EUGENE P. CHASE, ROBERT VALEUR and RAYMOND LESLIE BUELL.
T he R ussian R evolution , 1917–1921. By W illiam H enry C hamberlin .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
M en W ithout W ork . A Report made to the Pilgrim Trust.
U nemployment I nsurance AND A ssistance in B ritain . By P ercy C ohen , C.B.E.
B ritish U nemployment P olicy S ince I930. By R. C. D avison .
A C itizen's G uide TO S ocial S ervice . By J. G. H enriques .
U nemployment A ssistance in L iverpool .
N ational F itness . Edited by F. L e G ros C lark .
C onfessions OF AN E conomic H eretic . By J. A. H obson .
C onsumers' C o-operation in G reat B ritain . By A. M. C arr -S aunders , P. S argant F lorence and R obert P eers ; in consultation with C olin C lark , M argaret C ole , C. R. F ay , R. F. H arrod , J ohn H ilton , J. J ewkes , H. A. S ilverman , T. H. S earls and L eonard W oolf .
V ictorian C ritics OF D emocracy . By B. E. L ippincott .
A C entury OF C ity G overnment . M anchester I838–I938. By S hena D. S imon .
R oyal C ommissions OF I nquiry . By H ugh M. C lokie and J. W illiam R obinson .
S urvey OF I nternational R elations , 1936. By A rnold J. T oynbee . Assisted by V. M. B oulter .
H ungary AND H er S uccessors . By C. A. M acartney . ( Oxford University Press. 5o4 pp. 25s. ) W atch C zechoslovakia ! By R ichard F reund .
I nternational S tudies IN M odern E ducation . By S. H. B ailey .
T he L ocal G overnment O fficer . By L. H ill .
W ar and D emocracy . E ssays on the C auses and P revention of W ar . By E. F. M. D urbin , J ohn B owlby , I vor T homas , D. P. T. J ay , R. B. F raser , R. H. S. G rossman , and G eorge C atlin .
O ther B ooks R eceived     

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Book reviewed in this article:
G rey of F allodon . By G. M. T revelyan O.M.
W orld T rade and its F uture . By S ir A rthur S alter .
H istory of P arliament : B ioraphies of the M embers of the C ommons H ouse , 1439–1509. By C lonnel the R ight H onourable J osiah C. W edgwood , D.S.O., M.P.
P ublic E nterprise : D evelopments in S ocial O wnership and C ontrol in G reat B rintain . Edited for the New Fabian Research Bureau by W illiam A. R obson .
P roperty and I mproperty . By J. A. H obson .
T he M agic of M onarchy . By K ingsley M artin .
S oviet D emocracy . By P at S loan .
T he E nd of S cialism in R ussia . By M ax E astman .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
M oscow in the M aking . By S ir E. D. S imon L ady S imon W. A. R obson and J. J ewkes .
T he D estiny of F rance . By A lelxander W erth .
T he F rench W ar M achine . By P aul V aucher .
J apan's F eet of C lay . By F reda U tley .
M ilitarism and F oreign P olicy in J apan . By E. E. N. C auston .
A H undred Y ears of E nglish G overnment . By K. B. S mellie .
T he P eace S ettlement in the G erman -P olish B order -L ands; a S tudy of C onditions T oday in the P re -W ar P russian P rovinces of E ast and W est P russia . By I an F. D. M orrow assisted by L. M. S ieveking .
S urvey of I nternational A ffairs , 1935. By A rnold J. T oynbee assisted by V. M. B oulter .
U nder M oscow S kies . By M aurice H indus .
Mr. K eynes and the L abour M ovement . By A. L. R owes .
T he B ritish S ervant . By E leven A uthors . Edited by W illiam A. R obson .
Y es and A lbert T homas . By E. J. P helan .     

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Book reviews in this article:
R ise and F ulfilment of B ritish R ule in I ndia . By E dward T hompson and G. T. G arratt .
T he E conomics of A bundances . By S tuart C hase .
C ivitis D ei . By L. C urtis
B ritish C ommonwealth R elations C onference , 1933. Edited by A. T oynbee .
E conomic O rganization of the B ritish C oal I ndustry . By A ndrew M artin N euman . With a Foreword by S ir H erbert S amuel .
C oal and M en . By H arold M. W atkins . with a foreword by P rosser J ohn R. C ommons .
T he E ncyclopædia of the S ocial S cience , Vols, VIII., IX., X. and XI.
A H istory of N ational S ocialism . By C onrad H eiden .
G eramany U nmasked . By R obert D ell .
F ascism and S ocial R evolution . By R. P alme D utt .
H itler's O fficial P rogramme . By G ottfried F eder .
T he C ensor, the D rama, and the F ilm , 1900-1934. By D orothy K nowles . With a prefae by H ubert G ripfith .
U nbalanced B udgets . By H ugh D alton , B rinley T homas , J. N. R eedman , T. J. H ughes and W. J. L eaming .
T he S tate and E conomic L ife : R ecords of an I nternational C onference . Publided by the I nternationalinstitute of I ntellectual C o-operation .
S tudies in W orld E conomics . By G. D. H. C ole .
M astering the C rises . By P rof. I rving F isher .
T own and R egional D evelopment . By H. C hapman .
P refaces by B ernard S haw .
T he G reat D epression . By P rofessor L ionel R obbins
S ome A spects of the C onvent of the L eague of N ations . By S ir J ohn F ischer W illiams .
T he D evelopment of I nternational L aw by the P ermanent C ourt of I nternational justice . By H. L auterpacht .
T rade U nion and the S tate . By W. M ilne -B ailey .
R eport on C ollective A greements B etween E mployers and W orkpeople in G reat B ritain and N orthern I reland . Vol. I.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
P rocess of I ndependence. By F atma M ansur.
T he N ehrus : M otilal and J awaharlal. By B. R. N anda.
R eporting I ndia. By T aya Z inkin.
V illage G overnment in I ndia. By R alph H. R etzlaff.
T he C ollected W orks of M ahatma G andhi. V olume S ix . [ The Publications Division, Government of India
T rade U nion G rowth S tructure and P olicy. By H. A. T urner.
P iecework A bandoned. By W ilfrid B rown.
B ritish F oreign P olicy. By F. S. N orthedge.
A gainst the C old W ar. By C hanakya S en. [ Asia Publishing House
A rabic T hought in the L iberal A ge 1798–1939. By A lbert H ourani [ Oxford University Press for Royal Institute of International Affairs
T he M an on H orseback. T he R ole of the M ilitary in P olitics. By S. E. F iner.
T he R ole of the M ilitary in U nderdeveloped C ountries. Edited by J ohn J. J ohns on. ( Princeton University Press
A rmed F orces in N ew S tates . By W. G utteridge. ( Oxford University Press for Institute of Race Relations . 68 pp. 6s.)
F rom U topia to N ightmare . By C had W alsh. ( Bles
C apital P unishment and B ritish P olitics. By J ames B. C hristoph. [ George Allen Unwvin .
N egotiation from S trength. By C oral B ell.
S tudies of W ar. By P. M. S. B lackett.
P ower P olitics in the N uclear A ge. By S ir S tephen K ing -H all. [ Gollancz .
O n the P revention of W ar. By J ohn S trachey. [ Macmillan .
B etween A rab and I sraeli. By L t. G eneral E. L. M. B urns.
P lanning and S pontaneity in the S oviet E conomy. ( Planification de la Croissance et Fluctuation Économique en U.R.S.S., Tome 1. 1918–1932). By E ugene Z aleski.
F rench -S peaking W est A frica. By P hilip N eres. [ O.U.P . for Institute of Race Relations     

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Book reviewed in this article:
C hallenge to A ffluence . By G unnar M yrdal .
B ritish P olitical P arties. Second (Revised) Edition. By R obert M c K enzie.
N eutralism. By P eter L yon.
H uman R ights in E urope. By A. H. R obertson.
S ervir la R épublique. By G eorges B oris.
C ommunism and the F rench L eft. By C harles A. M icaud.
T he P rophet O utcast : T rotsky 1929–40. By I saac D eutscher.
C onversations with the K remlin and D ispatches from R ussia. By S tanislaw K ot.
T he R epublic of S outh A frica and the H igh C ommission T erritories. By L ord H ailey , O.M
F rom M etternich to H itler. A pects of B ritish and F oreign H istory 1814–1939. Edited by W. N. M edlicott.
O n R evolution. By H annah A rendt.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Bush's Indecisive Decisions
GIANFRANCO PASQUINO Decision Points, by George W. Bush. Anger, pessimism and community
Richard Mullender The Uses of Pessimism and the Danger of False Hope, by Roger Scruton. Forever learning
Brian Groombridge Remaking Adult Learning, edited by Jay Derrick, Ursula Howard, John Field, Peter Lavender, Sue Meyer, Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein and Tom Schuller. The ‘good’ migrant
Anne Kershen Modern Migrations: Gujarati Indian Networks in New York and London, by Maritsa V. Poros. Imagining migrants
Tiziana Caponio Migration, Public Opinion and Politics: The Transatlantic Council on Migration, edited by Bertelsmann Stiftung and Migration Policy Institute. Dissenting communists
Maud Anne Bracke L'appuntamento mancato. La sinistra italiana e il dissenso nei regimi comunisti, 1968–1989, by Valentine Lomellini. Not a rose‐tinted view
Richard Briand Ages of Reform: Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left, by Kenneth O. Morgan. The people's flag is deepest green
Dick Pountain The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth, by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark and Richard York.     

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Book reviewed in this article: John D. Montgomery , and William J. Sippin (eds.). Approaches to Development: Politics, Administration and Change. Sanford A. Lakoff (ed.). Knowledge and Power: Essays on Science and Government. James Jupp . Arrivals and Departures. J. E. Isaac arid G. W. Ford (eds.). Australian Labour Relations: Readings and Australian Labour Economics: Readings. E. L. French (ed.). Melbourne Studies in Education, 1965. N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. Payment of Members in New South Wales, Pros and Cons from 1912.     

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Book reviewed in this article: R. L. Wettenhall . A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration. R. L. Wettenhall . Evolution of a Departmental System: A Tasmanian Commentary Jean Meynaud . Technocracy (translated by Paul Barnes). Adebaiyo Adedeji (ed.). Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting. Philip M. Williams . The French Parliament 1958–1967. Charles Bateson . Patrick Logan, Tyrant of Brisbane Town.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration and Sustainable Development. Edited by Mohammad Ja 'Far Ekram Ja 'Fari , Raul P De Guzman and Mila A Reforma Political Leadership in an Age of Constraint: Bureaucratic Politics Under Hawke and Keating. By Colin Campbell SJ and John Halligan Transforming Australian Local Government. By Michael Jones Public Sector Reform Under the First Goss Government: A Documentary Sourcebook. Edited by Glyn Davis Towards National Administration: Studies in Australian Administrative History. Edited by JJ Eddy and JR Nethercote Documenting a Nation: Australian Archives—The First Fifty Years. By Hilary Golder Ethics for the Public Sector: Education & Training. Edited by Noel Preston Corruption Character & Conduct: Essays on Canadian Government Ethics. Edited by John W Langford and Allan Tupper The Politics of Australia. By Dean Jaensch The Australian Form of Government: Models in Dispute. By Richard Lucy A National Survey of Indigenous Australians: Options and Implications. Edited by J.C. Altman Regional Change in the Economic Status of Indigenous Australians, 1986–1991. By J. Taylor