Species loss revisited

Among his books are The Economics of Population Growth; Effort, Opportunity, and Wealth;and Population Matters: People, Resources, Environment, and Immigration (the latter was published by Transaction).     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Therese McGuire and Dana Wolfe Naimark, (eds.) State and Local Finance for the 1990s: A Case Study of Arizona Roy Bahl and William Duncombe Economic Growth & Fiscal Planning: New York in the 190s Timothy J. Bartik, Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia Graeme Gill and Roger D. Marwick, Russia's Stillborn Democracy: From Gorbachev to Yeltsin Vladimir Mau, Russian Economic Reforms as Seen by an Insider Kate Hudson, European Communism since 1989: Towards a New European Left? Andrew Chadwick, Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform during the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924 Norman Fairclough, New Labour, New Language? David Coates, Models of Capitalism Alexander de Conde, Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and Foreign Relations Bernard Crick, Essays on Citizenship Nick Pearce and Joe Hallgarten, (eds) Tomorrow's Citizens: Critical Debates in Citizenship and Education Christian Joppke, Immigration and the Nation State: The United States, Germany and Great Britain Robert Geyer, Christine Ingebritsen and Jonathon W. Moses, (eds) Globalization, Europeanization and the End of Scandinavian Social Democracy? John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, vol. 1: The Grocer's Daughter     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Graham K. Wilson, Only in America? The Politics of the United States in Comparative Perspective Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice Bo Rothstein, Just Institutions Matter: The Moral and Political Logic of the Universal Welfare State Carles Boix, Political Parties, Growth, and Equality: Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy Peter M. Lewis, Pear T. Robinson and Barnett R. Rubin, Stabilizing Nigeria: Sanctions, Incentives, and Support for Civil Society     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration by David M. Reimers. Immigration and Citizenship in the 21st Century edited by Noah M. J. Pickus.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: The US Presidency in Crisis: A Comparative Perspective, by Colin Campbell Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models B. Guy Peters “A Dutch Miracle,” Job Growth, Welfare Reform and Corporatism in the Netherlands, by Jelle Visser and Anton Hemerijck The Economic History of the Netherlands, 1914–1995: A Small Open Economy in the “Long” Twentieth Century, by Jan L. van Zanden The German and Dutch Economies: Who Follows Whom?, edited by Lei Delsen and Eelke de Jonge The Reordering of British Politics: Politics After Thatcher, by Dennis Kavanagh     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Refugees and migrants: the globalisation of indifference
 VICTORIA BRITTAIN Us and Them? The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Control, by Bridget Anderson. Borderline Justice. The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights, by Frances Webber. Bad News for Refugees, by Greg Philo, Emma Briant and Pauline Donald. The Walking, by Laleh Khadivi. North Korea: as mysterious as ever
 Seung‐Young Kim Only Beautiful, Please. A British Diplomat in North Korea, by John Everard. World government and realistic utopianism
 Richard Mullender Governing the World: The History of an Idea, by Mark Mazower. Good ol’1970s
 Patrick Diamond Reassessing 1970s Britain, edited by Lawrence Black, Hugh Pemberton and Pat Thane. Progressive Capitalism: How to Achieve Economic Growth, Liberty and Social Justice, by David Sainsbury. Oh why, oh why, oh why?
 Dick Leonard The Blunders of our Governments, by Anthony King and Ivor Crewe. The social basis of electoral reform
 Geoff Kennedy Wrestling with Democracy: Voting Systems as Politics in the Twentieth‐Century West, by Dennis Pilon. Context rules over electoral rules
 Gianfranco Pasquino Electoral Systems and Political Context, by Robert G. Moser and Ethan Scheiner. Lacan et al. in post‐apartheid South Africa
 Saul Dubow (Post)Apartheid Conditions. Psychoanalysis and Social Formation, by Derek Hook. The expansion of same‐sex marriage
 Donna Smith The Same Sex Unions Revolution in Western Democracies. International Norms and Domestic Policy Change, by Kelly Kollman. Hollywood and the politics of stars
 Mark Glancy Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics, by Steven J. Ross. Gladstone in the left corner, Disraeli in the right
 Richard Briand The Great Rivalry: Gladstone and Disraeli, by Dick Leonard. Loving the Lords?
 Lord Lipsey (David Lipsey) The Contemporary House of Lords. Westminster Bicameralism Revived, by Meg Russell.     

Books in review

co-author of The Dilemma of American Immigration: Beyond the Golden Doorand author of Catholic High Schools and Minority Students,published by Transaction. He has also written The Catholic Myth.     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: Betts, Katherine, The Great Divide: Immigration Politics in Australia Bennett, Tony, Emmison, Michael and Frow, John, Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures Elliot, Lorraine, The Global Politics of the Environment Gabbitas, O. and Eldridge, D., Directions for State Tax Reform     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman and John McIlroy (eds.), British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics; Volume One: The Post‐war Compromise, 1945‐‐64; Volume Two: The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964‐79 Robert E. Lane, The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies Peter Self, Rolling Back the Market: Economic Dogma and Political Choice Anne Phillips, Which Equalities Matter? Royden J. Harrison, The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858‐‐1905: The Formative Years Tim Judah, Kosovo: War and Revenge Michael J. Hogan (ed.), The Ambiguous Legacy: US Foreign Relations in the ‘American Century’ Eric Roll, Where Are We Going? The Next Twenty Years Dennis Smith and Sue Wright (eds.), Whose Europe? The Turn Towards Democracy Meg Russell, Reforming the House of Lords: Lessons from Overseas The Wakeham Report, A House for the Future: The Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords Anthony D. Smith, Myths and Memories of the Nation Phil Mullan, The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is not a Social Problem     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Incomes and the Welfare State: Essays on Britain and Europe, by A. B. Atkinson. Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, by Paul Pierson. Managing Policy Change in Britain: The Politics of Water, by William A. Maloney and Jeremy Richardson. Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change, by Stanley Fish. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights, by Will Kymlicka. The Rights of Minority Cultures, edited by Will Kymlicka. Globalisation in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, by Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson. Economic Growth and Political Change in Asia, by Graham Field. American Exceptionalism: A Double-edged Sword, by Seymour Martin Lipset. Neither Right nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France, by Zeev Sternhell, trans. David Maisel. Strategies for Self-Govemment: The Campaigns for a Scottish Parliament, by James Mitchell. The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by Norbert Elias, edited by Michael Schröter, translated from the German and with a preface by Eric Chinning and Stephen Mennell.     

Gnats and camels: Congressional oversight of population programs

She is author of Change and Choice: An Overview of Economicsand The War against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control.     

Remembering Emma Lazarus

Breaking the Immigration Stalemate, a Report from the Brookings-Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable, offers practical suggestions for immigration reform. Stalemate, however, falls short both in identifying the underlying problems that warrant reform and in articulating broad national goals that immigration policy should achieve. One such goal, one that is part of our national heritage, would be to advocate for increased immigration as part of our arsenal for addressing global poverty.     

On Sugar,Capitalism, and Socialism

Elinor G. K. Melville: A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Douglas Murray: Cultivating Crisis: The Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America ,Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994

Wes Jackson: Becoming Native to this Place . Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1994.

Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello: Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction From Ground Up .Boston: South End Press, 1994.

Wolfgang Sachs, editor: Global Ecology: A New Arena of Political Conflict . London and New Jersey: Zed Books and Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing, 1993.

John Walton: Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992.

Brendan Prendiville: Environmental Politics in France . Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1994.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: The Rationality of Social Justice BHIKHU PAREKH Why Social Justice Matters: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus, by Brian Barry Varieties of Corruption Paul Jankowski Corrupt Histories, edited by Emmanuel Kreike and William Chester Jordan Are we all republicans now? Dawn Oliver Our Republican Constitution, by Adam Tomkins Defending the NHS: Myths and Realities Jennifer Dixon NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care, by Allyson M. Pollock Global Non‐sustainability Dick Pountain Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive, by Jared Diamond Trade union history Nina Fishman United We Stand: A History of Britain's Trade Unions, by Alastair J. Reid Britons behaving badly? Mary Chamberlain Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain, by Robert Winder Out of Yugoslavia into Europe Ilaria Favretto The Hidden Handshake: National Identity and Europe in the Post‐Communist World, by Ales Debeljak Making Americans Fiona Ross The Liberty of Strangers: Making the American Nation, by Desmond King The cancer of torture Victoria Brittain The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib, edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror, by Mark Danner     

Reviews & notes

Pierre Rosanvallon L'âge de l'autogestion (Paris, 1976, Editions du Seuil).

Daniel Zwerdling, Democracy at Work: A Guide to Workplace Ownership, Participation and Self‐Management Experiments in the United States and Europe (Washington, D.C.: Daniel Zwerdling, 1978). Distributed by Association for Self‐Management, c/o 1414 Spring Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010 ($5.50 for individuals/$10.50 for institutions).

Benjamin I. Page, Choices and Echoes in Presidential Elections: Rational Man and Electoral Democracy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. 336 pp. $17.50).

Richard Barnet and Ronald Muller, Global Reach (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974)

Giovanni Arrighi, “International Corporations, Labor Aristocracies and Economic Development in Tropical Africa,” in Arrighi and Saul, Essays on the Political Economy of Africa (New York: Monthly Review, 1973).

Henry Landsberger, “The Labor Elite: Is it Revolutionary?,” in Lipset and Solari (eds.), Elites in Latin America (New York: Oxford University Press, 1967).

Jürgen Habermas, Communication and the Evolution of Society, trans. Thomas McCarthy (Boston: Beacon Press, 1979. Pp. xxiv, 239. $5.95 paper).

Marshall Sahlins, Culture and Practical Reason (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. Pp. xi, 252. $4.95 paper).

Leszek Kolakowski's long‐awaited survey of Marxism [Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution, 3 volumes, translated from the Polish by P. S. Falla, Oxford University Press, 1978].     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: D. J. Hardman . Snowy Scheme Management and Administration. W. R. Crocker . Australian Ambassador. H. G. Gelber , editor. Problems of Australian Defence. Oxford University Press Alan Darbel and Dominique Schnapper . Les Agents du Système Administratif. G. C. Somers and W. D. Wood , editors, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Manpower Policies. Proceedings of a North American conference, under the auspices of a Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education of the University of Wisconsin and the Industrial Relations Center of Queen's University, Ontario; and sponsored by the Canadian Department of Manpower and Immigration and the United States Department of Labor John Keating . Mind the Curve.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: James Deeney . The Irish Worker: A Demographic Study of the Labour Force in Ireland. Robert R. Wilson . International Law and Contemporary Commonwealth Issues. R. F. Salisbury . Vunamami: Economic Transformation in a Traditional Society.     

Consumerism and the new poor

He is author of Applied Mathematical Demography; Population Change and Social Policy;and co-author (with Wilhelm Flieger) of World Populations: An Analysis of Vital Data.     

China's road to modernization

One Step Ahead in China: Guangdong under Reform, by Ezra E. Vogel. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, and London, 1989. x+510 pp. £23.95. ISBN 0–674–63910–3.

The Long March to the Fourth of June, by Li Xiao Jun, translated by E. J. Griffiths. Duckworth, London, 1989. xx+185 pp. £14.95. ISBN 0–7156–2332‐X.

China's Foreign Trade Reforms: Impact on Growth and Stability, by John C. Hsu. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990. xii+221 pp. £30.00 ($49.50). ISBN 0–521–37197‐X.

The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones, by George T. Crane. An East Gate Book. M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, and London, 1990. x+205 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0–87332–514–1.

Chinese Intellectual Life Post‐Mao: Education, Ideology, Literature and the Arts, edited by Birthe Arendrup. Copenhagen papers in East and Southeast Asian Studies, 1:88. Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 1988. 106 pp. ISBN 87–7289–063–0.

China: The Land and the People (revised edition), by D. C. Money. Evans Brothers Ltd, London, 1990. xii+179 pp., colour illus., maps. £14.50 hardback, £7.95 paperback. ISBN 0–237–51164–9 and 0–237–51118–5.