Book Reviews

Caring and Coping: A Guide to Social Services. By Anthony Douglas and Terry Philpot. Routledge, 1998. Pp.259. £14.99 pb.

The Personal Social Services: Clients, Consumers or Citizens? By Robert Adams. Longman, 1996. Pp.290. £13.99 pb.

Social Services: Working Under Pressure. Edited by Susan Balloch, John McLean and Mike Fisher (eds.). The Policy Press, 1999. Pp.216. £45 hb; £16.99 pb.

Managing State Social Work: Front‐line Management and the Labour Process Perspective. By John Harris. Ashgate, 1998. Pp.152. £32.50 hb.

Health Policy in Britain. By Christopher Ham. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 4th edn 1999. Pp.237. £16.99 pb.

Community Care: Policy and Practice. By Robin Means and Randall Smith. Macmillan, 2nd edn, 1998. Pp.285. £13.99 pb.

Community Care, Ideology and Social Policy. By Harry Cowen. Prentice Hall Europe, 1999. Pp.246. £13.95 pb.

Children and Social Welfare in Europe. By Keith Pringle. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.218. £45 hb; £14.99 pb.

The Politics of Old Age in Europe. Edited by Alan Walker and Gerhard Naegele. Open University Press, 1999. Pp.230. £50 hb; £16.99 pb.

Developments in European Social Policy: Convergence and Diversity. Edited by Rob Sykes and Pete Alcock. The Policy Press, 1988. Pp.318. £18.99 pb.     

Rethinking Public Service Delivery: Managing with External Providers John Alford and Janine O'Flynn

Governance by Green Taxes. By Mikael Skou Anderson. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994. £40 hb; £14.99 pb.

The German Greens, Challenging the Consensus. By Thomas Scharf. Berg, 1994. Pp.278. £34.95 hb; £14.95 pb.

Privatisation and Popular Capitalism. By Peter Saunders and Colin Harris. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.192. £37.50 hb; £12.99 pb.

Cymuned a Chenedl: Ysgrifau ar Ymreolaeth. By Ioan Bowen Rees. Gomer Press, Llandysul, Dyfed, 1993. Pp.233. £9.95.

Success and Failure in Housing Provision: European Systems Compared. By James Barlow and Simon Duncan. Pergamon, 1994. Pp. 170. £24.95 pb.

Planning and Urban Change. By Stephen V. Ward, London: Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd, 1994. Pp.320. £14.95.

Citizens and Cities: Urban Policy in the 1990s. By Dilys M. Hill. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994. Pp.262. £10.95 pb.

Quality in Public Services: Managers’ Choice. By Lucy Gaster. Public Policy and Management Series, Open University Press, 1995. Pp.149. £37.50 hb; £13.99 pb.

Managing in Local Government. By Richard Kerley. Macmillan, 1994. Pp.256. £37.50 hb; £11.99 pb.

Divided Britain. By Ray Hudson and Allan Williams. John Wiley, 2nd edn., 1995. Pp.315. £12.95 pb.

Public Policy in Britain. Edited by Stephen Savage, Rob Atkinson and Lynton Robins. Macmillan, 1994. Pp.316. £40 hb; £12.99 pb.

The Channel Tunnel: A Geographical Perspective. Edited by Richard Gibb. Wiley, 1994. Pp.220 + bibliography. £39.95.

Education Reform: A Critical and Post‐Structural Approach. By Stephen J. Ball. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.xii + 164. £37.50.

Reinvesting a Region: Restructuring in West Yorkshire. Edited by Graham Houghton and William Whitney. Avebury, 1994. Pp.243. £27.50 hb.

Against All Odds: Local Economic Development Policies and Local Government Autonomy in Sweden and Britain. By Christine Hudson, Research Report 1993:3, Department of Political Science, University of Umeå, Sweden, 1993.

On The Third Age, Inlogov Informs, Issue 2, Volume 4, 1994/5. Edited by Lesley Grayson and Margaret Hobson. Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, 1995. Pp.155. £35 pb.     

Editorial: Evaluating the Local Government Modernisation Agenda: Impacts,Obstacles and Outcomes

The Appointed State: Quasi‐Governmental Organizations and Democracy. By Chris Skelcher. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.205. £55 hb; £19.99 pb.

Trust and Contracts: Relationships in Local Government, Health and Public Services. Edited by Andrew Coulson. Policy Press, 1998, Pp.309. £16.99 pb.

Ethical Management for the Public Services. By Alan Lawton. Managing the Public Services Series, Open University Press, 1998. £50 hb; £16.99 pb.

The Ethics Edge. Edited by Evan M. Benman, Jonathan P. West and Stephen J. Bonczek. International City/County Management Association, 1998. Pp.346. $23.95.

The Anonymous Leader: Appointed CEOs in Western Local Government. Edited by Kurt Klaudi Klausen and Annick Magnier. Odense University Press, 1998. 3,000 DKK.

Local Councils’ Use of Section 137: A Financial Review of Parish and Town Councils in England and their discretion to spend under Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972. By Sheila Ellwood, Mike Tricker and Julie Green. Detr, Oct. 1998. Pp.86. £11.

Whitewash: Racialized Politics and the Media. By John Gabriel. Routledge, 1998. Pp.219. £14.99 pb.

The Chief Constables of England and Wales. The Sociolegal History of a Criminal Justice Elite. By David S. Wall. Ashgate, Dartmouth, 1998. Pp.341. £37.50 hb.

Private Security and Public Policing. By Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Pp.288. £40 hb.

Equality in Managing Service Delivery. By Rohan Collier. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.159. £50 hb; £16.99 pb.

Sociable Cities: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard. By Peter Hall and Colin Ward. Wiley, 1998. Pp.229. £45 hb; £15.99 pb.

Transport Networks in Europe — Concepts, Analysis and Policies. Edited by Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp and Hugo Priemus. Edward Elgar. Pp.362 (many taken up by (obscure) diagrams and by referencss and other notes). £59.95 hb.

The New Regionalism in Western Europe, Territorial Restructuring and Political Change. By Michael Keating. Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.242 + xi. £49.95 hb.

Remaking the Union: Devolution and British Politics in the 1990s, edited by Howard Elcock and Michael Keating. Frank Cass, 1998. Pp.216. £32.50 hb; £16.50 pb.     

In search of the new public management

Managing the New Public Services. Edited by David Farnham and Sylvia Horton. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1993. Pp. 282. £35 hb, £11.99 pb.

Rediscovering Public Services Management. Edited by Leslie Willcocks and Jenny Harrow. McGraw‐Hill, London, 1992. Pp. 341. £18.95 pb.

Not For Profit, Not For Sale ‐ The Challenge of Public Sector Management. By Michael Starks. Policy Journals, Newbury, 1991. Pp. 168. £25 hb, £9.95 pb.

Public Sector Management. By Norman Flynn. 2nd edition, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead, 1993. Pp. 203. £29.95 hb, £10.95 pb.     

Katherine Tonkiss,Migration and Identity in a Post-National World

Theories of Local Economic Development. Edited by Richard D. Bingham and Robert Meir. Newbury Park CA, Sage, 1993. Pp. 319. £20.50 pb.

Policy and Change. Edited by Randall Smith and Jane Raistrick. Saus Publications. 1994, Pp.442, £14.95 pb.

Economic Development Work Book ‐ Briefings on Key Economic Development Topics. National Development Project, Employment Department. Researched and Produced by Mersyside TEC and West London TEC, and edited by Andrew Coulson and Paul Lovejoy, 1994. Pp.220. £58.75 (£35.25 for TECs). Available from Nicholas Johnson, West London TEC, Sovereign Court, 15–21 Staines Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3HA. Tel. 0181–577–1010. Fax 0181–570–9969)

Resolving Conflict: Strategies for Local Government. Edited by Margaret S. Herrman. International City Management Association (P.O. Box 2011, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, USA), 1994. $29.95.

Local Government in the United Kingdom. By David Wilson and Chris Game (with Steve Leach and Gerry Stoker). Macmillan, 1994. Pp.377. £12.99 pb.

International Handbook of Local and Regional Government: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Democracies. By Alan Norton. Aldershot, Hants: Edward Elgar, 1994. Pp.559 + xx. £85.00 hb.

Management Innovations in Urban Policy: Lessons from France. By Patrick Le Gales and John Mawson. Local Government Management Board, 1994. Pp.123. Free.

Urban Policy in Britain: The City, the State and the Market. By Rob Atkinson and Graham Moon. Macmillan, 1994. Pp.306. £35.00 hb, £11.99 pb.

Healthy Cities: Research and Practice. Edited by John K. Davies and Michael P. Kelly. Routledge, 1993. Pp.188. £35.00 Hb, £11.99 pb.

Normality is Hard Work—Trade Unions and the Politics of Community Care. By Mick Carpenter. London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1994 (published in association with UNISON). Pp.162. £14.99 pb.

Local Government in Britain (Sixth Edition). By TONY BYRNE. Penguin Books, 1994. Pp.665. £10.00 pb.

The Size and Efficiency Debate: Public Library Authorities in a Time of Change (British Library R &; D Report 6143). By Arthur Midwinter and Murray McVicar. Library Association Publishing Limited, 1994. Pp.106. £25.00. (Available from Bookpoint Limited, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD.)

Managing Your City or Town: A Reference Guide for the New Public Official. By Kenton G. Griffin. University Press of America, 1994. Pp.282 including appendices. $57.50 hb, $36.50 pb.

Community Profiling: Auditing Social Needs. By Murray Hawtin, Geraint Hughes and Janie Percy‐Smith. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.194. £12.00 pb.

Management of Quality in Local Government. Edited by Ian Sanderson. Longman, 1992. Pp.180. £21.00 hb.

Competing for Quality: A Manager's Guide to Market Testing. By Lynton Barker. Longman, 1993. Pp.217. £35.00 pb.

The Valuation of Changes in Quality in the Public Services: A Report prepared for HM Treasury by Brunei University. By Martin Cave and Others. HMSO, 1994. £19.00.

Research in Public Administration: Reflections on Theory and Practice. Edited by Jay D. White and Guy B. Adams. Sage, 1994. Pp.280. £26.95 hb, £12.95 pb.

Gender Audit 1994. Engender, Scotland. Pp.81, A4 loose‐leaf format. £7.00 (individuals), £15 (institutions).(Available from Scottish Women's Aid, Edinburgh)

Cassell Multilingual Dictionary of Local Government and Business. Edited by Clive Leo McNeir. Cassell, London, 1993. Pp.xv + 222. £50.

A la Recherche du ‘local’. Edited by Albert Mabileau. Paris, L'Harmattan, 1993. Pp.232.

Le système local en France (2nd edition). By Albert Mabileau. Paris, Monchrestien, 1994. Pp.157. FF60.

Gouvernement local et politique urbaines: Actes du colloque international, Grenoble, 2–3 février 1993, Edited by Sylvie Biarez and Jean‐Yves Nevers. Cerat, Paris, 1993. Pp.557.

Ombudsmen in the Public Sector. By Mary Seneviratne. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.148. £15.23 pb, £40.00 hb.

The New American Political (Dis)order. By Robert A. Dahl et al. Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Pp.xii + 102. $10.95.

Entwicklungschancen deutscher Stadte ‐ Die Folgen der Vereinigung. D. Henckel, B. Grabow, B. Hollbach, Hartmut Usbeck, Heinz Niemann. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne/Deutsche Ver‐meinde Verlag, 1993. Pp.567. DM78.

French Politics Today. By Peter Morris. Manchester University Press, 1994. Pp.182. £29.99 hb, £8.99 pb.

Lobbying in the European Community. Edited by Sonia Mazey and J. Richardson. Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp.263. £30.00.

Single Market to Social Europe: European Community in the 1990s. By M. Wise and R. Gibb. Longman, 1993. Pp.356. £13.99.     

Decentralisation in barcelona 1

Analysing Public Policy. By Peter John. Pinter Press, 1998. Pp.vii +227. £45 hb; £15.99 pb.

Quangos, Accountability and Reform: The Politics of Quasi‐Government. Edited by Matthew V. Flinders and Martin J. Smith. Macmillan, 1999. Pp.216. £42.50 hb.

Voluntary Organisations and Innovation in Public Services. By Stephen P. Osborne. London: Routledge, 1998. £55 hb.

Professionals and the New Managerialism in the Public Sector. Edited by Mark Exworthy and Susan Halford. Open University Press, 1999. £16.99 pb.

Public Choice Theory and Local Government: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and the USA. By George A. Boyne. Macmillan, 1998. Pp.204. £42.50 hb.

Training to Work in the Early Years: Developing the Climbing Frame. Edited by Lesley Abbott and Gillian Pugh. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.189. £45 hb; £14.99 pb.

Managing Public Involvement in Healthcare Purchasing. By Carol Lupton, Stephen Peckham and Pat Taylor. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.165. £45 hb; £16.99 pb.

Youth, Citizenship and Social Change in a European Context. Edited by John Bynner, Lynne Chisholm and Andy Furlong. Ashgate Publishing, 1997. Pp.272. £39.50 hb.

Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders; Risk Factors and Successful Interventions. Edited by Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington. Sage, 1998. Pp.507. £36 hb.

Selling Places: The Marketing and Promotion of Towns and Cities, 1850–2000. By Stephen Ward. E. &; F.N. Spon, 1998. Pp.240. £22.95.

Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas. Edited by Richard Butler, Michael Hall and John Jenkins. John Wiley and Sons, 1998. £45 hb.

Social Policy and the Environment. By Meg Huby. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.175. £45 hb; £14.99 pb.

Transport Policy in Britain. By Stephen Glaister, June Burnham, Handley Stevens and Tony Travers. Macmillan, 1998. Pp.310, of which 20 are suggested further reading, bibliography and index. £14.99 pb.

The Nation's Diet: The Social Science of Food Choice. Edited by Anne Murcott. Longman, 1998. Pp.384. £16.99 pb.

Urban Nature Conservation. By Tony Kendle and Stephen Forbes. E. &; F.N. Spon, 1997. Pp.352. £35 hb.

Nature Conservation in Europe ‐ Policy and Practice. By Peter Bromley. E. &; F.N. Spon, 1997. Pp.349. £35 hb.

Regulatory Realities: The Implementation and Impact of Industrial Environmental Regulation. By Andrew Gouldson and Joseph Murphy. Earthscan Publications, 1998. Pp.173. £15.95.

Re‐inventing Waste: Towards a London Waste Strategy. By Robin Murray. Ecologika and the London Planning Advisory Committee, 1998. Pp.300 plus appendices. £125.     

Book Reviews

The New Politics of British Local Governance. Edited by Gerry Stoker. Macmillan, 2000. Pp.xvii + 294, £16.99 pb.

Local Political Leadership. By Steve Leach and David Wilson. Policy Press, 2000. Pp.v + 228. £17.99.

Structural Reform of British Local Government: Rhetoric and Reality. By Michael Chisholm. Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp.194. £40.

The Careers of Councillors: Gender, Party and Politics. By Catherine Bochel and Hugh M. Bochel. Ashgate, 2000. Pp.143. £37.50 hb.

Communicating Successfully in Groups: A Practical Guide for the Workplace. By Marie Reid and Richard Hammersley. Routledge, 2000. Pp.188. £10.99 pb.

Using Psychology in Management Training: The Psychological Foundations of Management Skills. By David A. Statt. Routledge, 2000. £14.99.

Housing Associations and Housing Policy: A Historical Perspective. By Peter Malpass. Macmillan Press, 2000. Pp.298. £16.99 pb.

The State of UK Housing: A Factfile on Dwelling Conditions. By Philip Leather and Tanya Morrison. The Policy Press, 2000. £15.95 hb.

Allocating Social Housing: Law and Practice in the Management of Social Housing. By Hal Pawson, David Mullins and Siobhan McGrath. Lemos and Crane, 2000. £18.95 pb.     

Book Reviews

Women and Public Policy: The Shifting Boundaries Between the Public and Private Spheres. Edited by S. Baker and A. Van Doorne‐Huiskes. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1999. Pp.234.

Environmental Movements: Local, National and Global. Edited by Christopher Rootes. Frank Cass. 1999. Pp 316. £39.50 hb; £17.50 pb.

Driving Forces ‐ The Automobile, its Enemies and the Politics of Mobility. By James A. Dunn JR. Brookings Institution Press, 1998. Pp.230. $18.95 pb; $44.95 hb.

Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994–97. By Andrew Gilg. Ashgate, 1999. Pp.154. £35 hb.

Power to the Parishes. Special issue of Local Governance. Edited by A. Coulson. Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, 2000. £10.

The Changing Nature of Local Government in Developing Countries. Edited by Patricia L. McCarney. Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 1996. Pp.314.

Planning Beyond 2000. Edited by P. Allmendinger and M. Chapman. John Wiley &; Sons, 1999. £22.50 pb.

Regional Policy and Planning in Europe. By P. Balchin, L. Sykora and G. Bull. Routledge, 1999. £15.99 pb.

Urban Policy and Politics in Britain. By Dilys M. Hill. Macmillan, 2000. Pp.254. £.14.99 pb.

Local Statesmen: The Story of Politics in Nottinghamshire County Council. By Peter Housden. The Local Government Centre, University of Warwick and Nottinghamshire County Council, 2000. Pp.219. £9.99 plus £2 postage and packaging.

County Borough Elections in England and Wales 1919–1938: A Comparative Analysis: Volume 1: Barnsley ‐ Bournemouth. By Sam Davies and Bob Morley. Ashgate, 1999. Pp.708. £80.

The British Police. Police Forces and Chief Officers 1829–2000. By Martin Stallion and David S. Wall. Police History Society, 1999. Pp.256. £15 pb.

Policing Provincial England 1829–1856: The Politics of Reform. By David Philips and Robert D. Storch. Leicester University Press, 1999. Pp.342. £55 hb.     

Education: The management of the teaching profession—A note

Responding to Poverty: The Politics of Cash and Care. By Saul Becker. London, 1997. Pp.223. £12.99 pb.

Equal Opportunities and Social Policy. By Barbara Bagilhole. Longman, 1997. Pp.221. £14.99.

Policies for a Just Society. By David Donnison. Macmillan, 1998. pp.218. £40.00 hb; £12.50 pb.

Partnership against Poverty and Exclusion? By Mike Geddes. The Policy Press, 1997. Pp.136. £12.95 pb.

Youth, the ‘Underclass’ and Social Exclusion. By Robert MacDonald. Routledge, 1997. Pp.228. £45.00 hb; £13.99 pb.

Affirming the Comprehensive Ideal. By Richard Pring and Geoffrey Walford. Falmer, 1997. Pp.209. £42.00 hb; £14.95 pb.

Punishment in the Community: The Future of Criminal Justice. By Anne Worrall. Longman, 1997. Pp.170. £12.99 pb.     

Citizenship and choice

Citizenship: Rights, Community and Participation. By David Prior, John Stewart and Kieron Walsh. Pitman Publishing, 1995. Pp.194. £20.

Markets, Service and Choice. By Kieron Walsh and John Stewart. Belgrave Paper No.12. Local Government Management Board, 1995. Pp.24.

Public Services and Market Mechanisms. By Kieron Walsh. Macmillan, 1995. Pp.284. £40 hb, £12.99 pb.     

Los Angeles Urban processes: The tension among myths,high expectations,and minimal satisfaction

20th Century Los Angeles: Power, Promotion, and Social Conflict. Edited by Norman M. Klein and Martin J. Schiesl. Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 1990. Pp.240. $12.95.

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. By Mike Davis. Verso, 1990. Pp.462. £19.95 hb, £8.99 pb.

Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World. By David Rieff. New York: Cape, 1992. Pp.270. £17.99.

Sex, Death and God in L.A.. Edited by David Reid. New York: Pantheon, 1992. Pp.356. $23.     

The new public management

The New Management of British Local Governance. Edited by Gerry Stoker. Macmillan Press in association with the ESRC Local Governance Programme, 1999. Pp.295. £45 hb; £14.99 pb.

Beyond the New Public Management: Changing Ideas and Practices in Governance. Edited by Martin Minogue, Charles Polidano and David Hulme. Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.325. £59.95.     

Review article

Towards a Post‐Fordist Welfare State? Edited by Roger Burrows and Brian Loader. London, Routledge, 1994. Pp.263. £35.00 hb, £13.99 pb.     

‘Sexing the city’

Sexing the City: Lesbian and Gay Politics within the Activist State. By Davina Cooper. London, Rivers Oram Press, 1994. Pp.216. £30 hb, £11.95pb.     

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.     

North‐south monitor

Non‐fiction reviews

Power in Africa: An Essay in Political Interpretation by Patrick Chabal, New York: St Martin's Press, 1992, pp 311.

Government and Politics in Africa (Second Edition) by William Tordoff Macmillan: London, 1993, pp 340.

The Sufi Brotherhoods in the Sudan by Ali Salih Karrar, London: Hurst, 1992, pp 234, £30

Historical Discord in the Nile Valley by Gabriel R Warburg, London: Hurst, 1992, pp 210, £27.50

The Economy of Ethiopia by Keith Griffin (ed.) London: Macmillan, 1992. pp 299

Le Sahara Occidental‐Enjeu maghrébin by Abdelkhaleq Berramdane, Paris: Karthala 1992, pp 357 FF. 150 Preface by Bernard Cherigny

Fiction reviews

A Thousand and One Coffee Mornings: Scenes From Saudi Arabia by Miranda Miller London: Peter Owen, 1989, pp 207, £12.95pb.

Crisis and Creativity in The New Literatures in English, by Geoffrey Davis and Hena Maes‐Jelinek eds. Cross‐Cultures 1. Amsterdam—Atlanta GA: Editions Rodopi BV. 1990, pp 524, $75

The Great World by David Malouf London: Chatto and Windus, 1990, £12.95

The Wind from the Plain by Yashar Kemal Translated from the Turkish by Thilda Kemal London: Collins Harvill, 1989, pp 286 £6.95pb

Tigers and Butterflies: selected writings on politics culture and society by Han Suyin Edited by Aamer Hussein, London: Earthscan, 1990, pp 247 £9.95pb

Reference reviews

Poverty and Development in the 1990s Edited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 21, £30.00 hb, £9.95 pb

Industrialization and Development Edited by Tom Hewitt, Hazel Johnson and Dave Wield Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 338, £30.00 hb, £9.95 pb

Rural Livelihoods: crises and responses Edited by Henry Bernstein, Ben Crow and Hazel Johnson Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 324, £30.00 hb, £9.95pb

Dictionary of Third World Terms by Kofi Buenor Hadjor London/New York, NY: I B Tauris, 1992, pp 308 £24.95 hb

Glossary of the Third World: words for understanding Third World people and cultures by George Thomas Kurian, New York, NY/Oxford: Facts on File, 1989, pp 300 £20.00 hb.

Historical Dictionary of Indonesia: Asian Historical Dictionaries, No. 9 by Robert Cribb Metuchen, New Jersey/London: Scarecrow Press 1992. pp 663, £61.65 hb

Wars in the Third World Since 1945 by Guy Arnold London: Cassell, 1991, pp 579, £65.00 hb

The Facts On File WORLD POLITICAL ALMANAC (Second Edition) by Chris Cook New York, NY/Oxford: Facts on File, 1992, pp 490 £25.00 hb

Caribbean Companion: the A to Z reference by Brian Dyde Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillon 1992. 181pp. £4.50 pb

SIPRI Yearbook 1992: World Armaments and Disarmament Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 670. hb

Non‐Governmental Development Organizations of Developing Countries—and the South smiles.... Edited by Sjef Theunis, Dordrech, Holland/Boston, Mass./London: Martinus Nijhoff for Novib, 1991, pp 372, £66.00 hb

Teaching the Geography of Developing Areas, Monograph No. 7 Edited by Robert B. Potter and Tim Unwin, London: Developing Areas Research Group, 1992, pp 143. pb

World Bibliographic Series, Vol. 140: MAURITIUS by Pramila Ramgulam Bennet in collaboration with George John Bennett Oxford/Santa Barbara, California/Denver, Colorado: Clio Press, 1992, pp 153 hb

World Investment Report 1992: transnational corporations as engines of growth United Nations New York, NY: United Nations Publications, 1992, pp 365 $45     

National and regional technology policies in the USA,Japan and Western Europe

State Policies and Techno‐Industrial Innovation. Edited by Ulrich Hilpert. Routledge, 1991. Pp. 372. £40 hb.

Regional Innovation and Decentralisation: high tech industry and government policy. Edited by Ulrich Hilpert. Routledge, 1991. Pp. 331. £40 hb.     

Limiting conflict in the Gulf

Non‐fiction reviews

Undoing Independence: regionalism and the reincorporation of Transkei into South Africa. Andrew Donaldson, Julia Segar and Roger Southall (eds), Grahamstown: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, 1992. (Special Issue of Journal of Contemporary African Studies 11(2); published mid‐1993) pp 281 US$12.00 pb

Frontiers. The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People. Noel Mostert, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992, pp xxix + 1355. £25

Ghana and the Rawlings Factor. by Kevin Shillington, London: Macmillan, 1992, pp 184, £5.95 pb, £14.95 hb

Staying Poor. Ghana's Political Economy, 1950–1990. by Douglas Rimmer, Oxford: Pergamon Press (for the World Bank), 1992 pp

Class, Politics and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution. by Mansoor Moaddel, New York and Oxford: Columbia University Press, 1993, pp 309, $43.50 hb

The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality. by John L Esposito, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 212, $22.00 hb.

Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment. by Cristobal Kay, London and New York: Routledge, 1989, pp 295

Communications and the ‘Third World’. by Geoffrey Reeves, London: Routledge, 1993, pp 277, £12.99 pb

A New World Order: Grassroots Movements for Global Change. by Paul Ekins, London: Routledge, 1992, pp 248, £9.99 pb

Reference reviews

Directory of African Film‐Makers and Films. Compiled and edited by Keith Shiri, Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Hicks Books, 1992, pp 194, £33.00 hb

The Penguin History of Latin America. by Edwin Williamson, London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1992, pp 631, £25.00 hb

The United Nations Library on Transnational Corporations. Edited by John Dunning The Theory of Transnational Corporations. Vol 1 Transnational Corporations: a historical perspective. Vol 2 Transnational Corporations and Economic Development. Vol 3. Transnational Corporations and Business Strategy. Vol 4. London: Routledge, 1992, total pp 1644, Boxed set of four volumes: £350.00.

Green Globe Yearbook 1992. Edited by H O Bergesen, M Norderhaug and G Parmann, For Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Oxford &; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 303, £25.00 hb

World Resources 1992–93: A Guide to the Global Environment. Toward Sustainable Development. by The World Resources Institute, In collaboration with United Nations Oxford &; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp 385, £15.95

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World. by David Maybury‐Lewis, London: Viking, 1992, pp 397, £17.99 pb     

Book notes

Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life among the Kekchi Maya in Belize. By Richard R. Wilks. Tucson, AZ; London: The University of Arizona Press, 1991. Pp. xx + 280. $55 (hardback). ISBN 0 8165 1214 0.

Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900–1986. By Martin W. Lewis. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992. Pp. 292. $40 (hardback). ISBN 0 520 07272 3.

Sustainable Development; Papers from the 6th EADI General Conference. Edited by Olav Stokke. London: Frank Cass, 1991. Pp. 132. £24. ISBN 07146 3449 2.

Gender and Development: A Practical Guide. Edited by L. Ostergaard. London: Routledge, 1992. Pp. xiv 220. £10.99 (paperback). ISBN 0415 071321.

Historical Dictionary of Mozambique. By Mario Azevedo. Metuchen, NJ and London: Scarecrow Press, 1991. Pp. xxix + 250. £22.15 (hardback). ISBN 0 8108 2413 2.

Understanding Contemporary Africa. Edited by April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon. Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Rienner, 1992. Pp. xvi + 343. $45 and $19.95. ISBN 1 55587 265 5 and 55587 299 9.     

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Poverty, Progress and Exclusion: an Economic History of Latin America in the Twentieth Century. By Rosemary Thorp. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press for the Inter‐American Development Bank and the European Union, 1998. Pp.xiv + 369. £20.50. ISBN 1 886938 35 0

Economic Dynamism in the Asia‐Pacific: The Growth of Integration and Competitiveness. Edited by Graham Thompson. London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.402. £50 and £14.99. ISBN 0 415 17273 X and 17274 8

India and Pakistan: The First Fifty Years. Edited by Selig S. Harrison, Paul H. Kreisberg, and Dennis Kux. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.xii + 217. £32.50 and £10.95. ISBN 0 521 64185 3 and 64585 9

Agencies in Foreign Aid: Comparing China, Sweden and the United States in Tanzania. Edited by Goran Hyden and Rwekaza Mukandala. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp.ix + 246. $69.95. ISBN 0 312 22098 7

Market Integration, Regionalism and the Global Economy. Edited by Richard E. Baldwin, Daniel Cohen, Andre Sapir and Anthony Venables. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xix + 344. £45 and £16.95. ISBN 0 521 64589 1 and 0 521 64181 0

Instruments of Change: Motivating and Financing Sustainable Development. By Theodore Panayotou. Earthscan in association with the United Nations Environment Programme, 1998. Pp.240. £19.95. ISBN 1 85383 467 X

Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses and Prevention. By Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Teklu and Patrick Webb. Baltimore, MD and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Pp.xvii + 218. £32.50. ISBN 0 8018 6121 7

The East Asian Welfare Model: Welfare Orientalism and the State. Edited by Roger Goodman, Gordon White and Huck‐ju Kwon. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.206. £17.99. ISBN 0 415 17211 X

Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm. Edited by Ronaldo Munck and Denis O'Hearn. London and New York: Zed Books, 1999. Pp.xx + 217. £39.95 and £22.50. ISBN 1 85649 637 6 and 638 4

Streetlife China: Transforming Culture, Rights and Markets. By Michael Dutton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.xvi + 304. £13.95 (US$19.95) and £37.50 (US$54.95). ISBN 0 521 63719 8 and 63141 6