>Pedagogy and politics: Origins of the special conference of 1905 on primary education for non‐Russians in the east

Sean R. Roberts, Waiting for Uighurstan. 55 minute video documentary with Companion Study Guide, 1996. Study Guide: xi, 73 pp., 2 maps, works cited, Appendix I: Script to video, Appendix II: Annotated bibliography of suggested readings.

Dennis P. Hupchick and Harold E. Cox, A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, viii, 120 pp., 50 maps, index.

Jörg Brechtefeld, Mitteleuropa and German Politics: 1848 to the Present. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, vii, 195 pp. + maps, index. $49.95.

Seamus Dunn and T. G. Fraser, eds, Europe and Ethnicity: The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic Conflict. London: Routledge, 1996, xii, 218 pp. + index.

Marc A. Weiner, Richard Wagner and the Anti‐Semitic Imagination. Lincoln, NB. &; London: University of Nebraska Press, 1995, 353 pp. + notes, bibliography, index.

Robert B. Pynsent, ed., The Literature of Nationalism. Essays on East European Identity. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, 282 pp. + index.

Ladislav Holy, The Little Czech Nation and the Great Czech Nation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, x, 226 pp., index.

Jaroslav Krej?í and Pavel Machonin, Czechoslovakia 1918–92: A Laboratory for Social Change. St Antony's series. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, 244 pp. + notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–312–12693‐X (hard). $49.95.

Jan Rychlík, Thomas D. Mazrik and Miroslav Bielik, eds, R. W. Seton‐Watson and His Relations with the Czechs and Slovaks; Documents, 1906–1951, 2 Vols. Ústav T. G. Masaryka and Matica Slovenská, 1995, footnotes, photographs, register of documents, name index, geographic index. Distributed by Interpress, London, England. $50.00.

Peter F. Sugar, Nationality and Society in Habsburg and Ottoman Europe. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K.: Variorum, 1997, ix + 253 + index.

Eric Roman, Hungary and the Victor Powers: 1945–1950. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, 172 pp.

Graham Smith, ed., The Baltic States: The National Self‐determination of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, xx, 214 pp. + maps, tables, index.

V. Stanley Vardys and Judith B. Sedaitis, Lithuania: The Rebel Nation. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, 222 pp. + maps, illustrations, index. $60.00 ($21.50 pbk).

Moshe Rosman, Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, xii, 296 pp. + maps, photographs, tables, index.

David R. Marples, Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, xxi, 179 pp. + photographs, tables, bibliography, index.

Jeff Chinn and Robert Kaiser, Russians as the New Minority: Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Soviet Successor States. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996, xii, 308 pp. + tables, maps, index.

Leokadia Drobizheva, Rose Gottemoeller, Catherine McArdie Kelleher and Lee Walker, eds, Ethnic Conflict in the Post‐Soviet World: Case Studies and Analysis. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1996, xv, 365 pp.

Kathleen E. Smith, Remembering Stalin's Victims: Popular Memory and the End of the USSR. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996, xv, 220 pp. + photographs, appendix, index.

Peter H. Solomon, Jr, Soviet Criminal Justice Under Stalin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xvii, 494 pp. + photographs, tables, index.

Stephen White, Russia Goes Dry: Alcohol, State and Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xiii, 189 pp. + photographs, illustrations, notes, index.

Hafeez Malik, ed., Central Asia: Its Strategic Importance and Future Prospects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994, xi, 325 pp. + index.     

Book notes

Law

Nan Berger, Rights, A Handbook for People Under Age, Penguin Books, 1974, £0.60, pp. 160.

M. D. A. Freeman, The Legal Structure, Longmans, 1974, £1.20, pp. 242.

Harry Calvert, Social Security Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 1974, £3.60, pp. 318.

D. Foulkes, The Local Government Act, 1974, Butterworths, 1974, £3.60, pp. 118.

Planning

J. Bailey, Social Theory for Planning, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975, £4.25 (cloth), £1.95 (paperback), pp. 167.

Gordon E. Cherry (ed.), Urban Planning Problems, Leonard Hill, 1974, £4.50, pp. 259.

Ursula K. Hicks, The Large City: A World Problem, Macmillan, 1974, £6.50, pp. 270.

League of Women .Voters Education Fund, Supercity I'Hometown, USA, Prospects for Two‐Tier Government, Pall Mall Press, 1974, £4.75, pp. 139.

Research

A. F. Comfort and C. Loveless, Guide to Government Data, Macmillan, 1974, £5.95, pp. 404.

G Easthope, History of Social Research Methods, Longmans, 1974, £1.20, pp. 169.

E. Krausz and S. H. Miller, Social Research Design, Longmans, 1974, £1.00, pp. 118.     

Book reviews

Social Policy Research, Martin Bulmer (ed.), London, Macmillan, 1978, pp. 373, £5.95.

Making Budgets, James N. Danziger, Sage Publications, 1978, pp. 255, £8.50 cloth edition and £4.25 paperback.

Universality, Selectivity and Effectiveness in Social Policy, Bleddyn Davies (in association with Mike Reddin), Heinemann, London, 1978, pp. viii &; 264, £9.50.

Implementation in a Bureaucracy, Control in a Bureaucracy, Andrew Dunsire, Oxford, Martin Robertson, 1978, pp. Vol.1260, Vol. II 263, £15 each.

Planning the Social Services, N. Falk and J. Lee, Saxon House, Farnborough, 1978, pp. x &; 113, £7.50.

Policy Analysis: A Political and Organisational Perspective, W. I. Jenkins, London, Martin Robertson, 1978, pp. 278, £8.95.

Interactions and Interventions in Organizations, Iain L. Mangham, John Wiley &; Sons, 1978, pp. 150, price not known.     

Bureaucrats,politics and development strategies

Hope, Kempe Ronald. THE DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1984, 128 pp.

Paul, Samuel. MANAGING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: THE LESSONS OF SUCCESS, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1982, 247 pp., $20     

Book notes

Housing Year Book 1983, Longman Community Information Guides, Longman, 1983, pp. 440, £22.00.

Public Expenditure and Leisure: A Study of Central‐Local Relations, W.D. Hamilton, Polytechnic of North London, Papers in Leisure Studies No. 8 1983, pp. 35 £1.50.

Local Authorities and Land Supply, Susan Barrett and Gill Whitting, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Occasional Paper No. 10, University of Bristol, 1983, pp. 87, £5.35.

Speed, Economy and Effectiveness in Local Plan Preparation and Adoption, C. Fudge, C. Lambert, J. Underwood and P. Healey, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Occasional Paper No. 11, University of Bristol, 1983, pp. 150, £7.40.

The Capitalist State, Bob Jessop, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp. 296, £17.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Homes Fit for People, Family Services Unit Discussion Paper, 1983, pp. 48, £1.00.     

Note the Robinson report

The Politics of Poverty, D. Donnison, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp.239, £3.50 paperback, £9.95 hardback.

Images of Welfare, P. Golding and S. Middleton, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp.296, £5.95 paperback, £16.50 hardback.

The Politics of Poverty, S. MacGregor, Longman, 1981, pp.193, £2.95 paperback.

Policy and Action‐Essays on the Implementation of Public Policy, edited by Susan Barrett and Colin Fudge, Methuen, 1981, pp.308, £7.95 paperback, £15.00 hardback.

Inside the Treasury, Joel Barnett, Andre Deutsch, 1982, pp.220, £8.95.

Ombudsman—Onwards Man, Pat Cook, BKT Publications, 1982, pp.155, £6.95.

British Dogmatism and French Pragmatism, Douglas E. Ashford, Allen and Unwin, 1982, pp.406+xvii, £27.50.

The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain 1945–1975, Patrick Dunleavy, Clarendon Press, 1981, pp.447, £17.50.

Economic Policy‐Making by Local Authorities in Britain and Western Germany, Nevile Johnson and Allan Cochrane, George Allen &; Unwin, London, 1981, pp.182, £15.00.     

Urban service delivery

Fisk, Donald, Herbert Kiesling, and Thoms Muller, Private Provision of Public Services: An over- View, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., 1978, 106 pp., $6.00.

Lineberry, Robert L., Equality and Urban Policy: The Distribution of Municipal Public Services, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, 1977, 205 pp.

Nivola, Pietro S . , The Urban Service Problem : A Study of Housing Inspection, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1979, 175 pp., $18.95.

Prottas , Jeffrey Manditch, People-processing : The Street-level Bureaucrat in Public Service Bureacacies, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1979, 179 PP.

Thursz, Daniel and Joseph Vigilante (eds . ) , Reaching People : The Structure of Neighborhood Services, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, 1978, 277 pp.     

Book reviews

Legality and Politics, Lee Bridges, Chris Game, Owen Lomas, Jeremy McBride and Stewart Ranson, Avebury (Gower), 1987, pp. 147, £18.50 (hardback).

The Regeneration of Local Economies, Hugh Morison, Clarendon Press, 1987, pp. 212, £19.50 (hardback).

Public Issues, Private Pain ‐ Poverty, Social Work and Social Policy, Saul Becker and Stewart MacPherson (eds), Social Services Insight Books, 1988, £9.95.

The Local State and Uneven Development: Behind the Local Government Crisis, J . Duncan and M. Goodwin, Polity Press, 1988, pp. xviii + 297, £8.95.

Opening The Town Hall Door: An Introduction to Local Government, Jane Hutt, Bedford Square Press, pp. 96, 1988, £4.95 (paperback).

Finances et Pouvoirs Local: L'Experience Allemande, Vincent Hoffmann‐Martinot, puf/GRAL, Paris, 1987, pp. x + 352.

The Structure of Local Government in Europe, Eileen Martin Harloff, International Union of Local Authorities, The Hague, 1987, pp. 170.

Administering Central‐Local Relations, 1871–1919: The Local Government Board in its Fiscal and Cultural Context, Christine Bellamy, Manchester University Press, 1988, pp. 301, £29.95.

A History of Warwickshire County Council 1889–1989, D. J. Mitchell, Warwickshire County Council, 1988, pp. 249, £12.50.

Practical Charging Policies for Local Government, S. J. Bailey, Discussion Paper 20, Public Finance Foundation, 1988, pp. xvi + 181, £8.00.

Where to Find Business Information ‐ BiC Guidelines, Business in the Community and The Planning Exchange, 1987, pp. 22, £6.00.

Promotion and Publicity for Enterprise Agencies ‐ BiC Guidelines, Business in the Community and The Planning Exchange, 1987, pp. 23, £6.00. (Both available from The Planning Exchange, 186 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HG.)

Performance Related Pay, A Fowler, Southern Provincial Employers’ Organization, 1988, pp. 65, £6.00.

Priority Hiring and Customized Training: A Guide to Employers and Agencies, Business in the Community (227A City Road, London EC1V 1LX), pp. 32, 1988, no price given.     

French local government reform and urban planning

Early Retirement, Ann E. McGoldrick and Cary L. Cooper, Gower, 1988, £30.00.

The Reform of Local Government Finance in Britain, edited by Stephen J. Bailey and Ronan Paddison, pp. 223, Routledge, 1988, £27.50 (hardback).

Britain's Industrial Renaissance: The Development, Manufacture and Use of Information Technology, edited by Philip Blackburn and Richard Sharpe, Comedia, pp. 180, Routledge, £7.95.

Local Business Taxes in Britain and Germany, edited by Robert J. Bennett and Günter Krebs, pp. 344, Nomos Verlags Gesellschaft, Baden‐Baden, 1988, 87.00 DM.

Marketing in Local Government, Kieron Walsh, Longman, 1989, pp. 128, £8.95 (paperback).

Remaking Planning, The Politics of Urban Change in the Thatcher Years, Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin and Gerry Stoker, Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 197, £25.00 (hardback), £8.95 (paperback).

Needs Assessment in Post‐16 Education, Tim Packwood and Tim Whitaker, The Falmer Press, 1988, Basingstoke, pp. 233, £18.95 (hardback), £9.95 (paperback).

The State and the City, Ted Robert Gurr and Desmond King, Macmillan, 1987, pp. 242, £30 (hardback), £8.95 (paperback).

Faith in the City and Local Politics, R. Farnell, General Synod Office of the Church of England, 1988, available from Church House Bookshop, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ, £1.00 (by post £1.30).

Managing Fire Services (Second edition), R. J. Coleman and J. A. Granito (eds), International City Management Association, 1988, pp. 528, $38.95.

Area Initiatives Evaluation Handbook, prepared by PIEDA Consultants for the Industry Department for Scotland and Scottish Development Agency, IDS Economics and Statistics Research Paper 16, 1988, pp. 61 plus appendices, £5.00.

Local Labour‐Market Policies in Britain and Germany, Anglo‐German Foundation, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP 1988, pp. 134, £4.50 (paperback).

Land and Housing Policies in Europe and the USA: A Comparative Analysis, Graham Hallett (ed.), Routledge, 1988, pp. 215, £27.50 (hardback).

Town and Country Planning in Britain, J. B. Cullingworth, Unwin Hyman, 1988, pp. 408, Tenth edition, £10.95.

Basic Planning Law and Practice 1988, College of Law, 1988, pp. 127, £9.00.

Current Problems in Planning 1988, College of Law, 1988, pp. 94, £6.30.

Effective Planning Appeals, Hilaire McCoubrey, BSP Professional Books, 1988, pp. 147, £17.95 (hardback).

Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Vol.XXIV: Local Government, J. M. Gillespie, Chapman &; Hall, 1988, pp. 342, £42.50 (hardback).

Performance Evaluation ‐ An Essential Management Tool, Christine Baker (Ed.), (ICMA), 1987, pp. 20, $21.00     

Tobacco Policymaking and Administration in Bhutan from 1991 to 2009

From 1991 to 2004, a significant grassroots campaign, in the eastern Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, that included urban and rural people and Buddhist monks, called for national legislation to ban tobacco sales. In 2004, Bhutan banned all tobacco sales and restricted smoking in public areas, but permitted the importation, with a high duty and sales tax, of small amounts of tobacco products for personal use. From 2004 to 2009, this novel experiment in tobacco control resulted in a strong black market, considerable tobacco smuggling, and continued tobacco use by crucial sectors of the population, particularly minors. In response, in 2009, Bhutan passed important amendments to its 2004 anti-tobacco law that tightened administration and enforcement efforts, established specific penalties for violations, and monitored tobacco consumption trends. However, if tobacco consumption trends do not improve and smuggling is not successfully counter-acted, Bhutan should consider changing, to some degree or in total, its anti-tobacco program.     

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.     

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 Reviews

Vickers, Geoffrey Sir The Art of Judgement: A Study of Policy Making
Blunden, Margaret and Dando, Malcolm (eds.) Rethinking Public Policy-making: Questioning Assumptions, Challenging Beliefs.Essays in Honour of Sir Geoffrey Vickers on his Centenary
Hay, Colin Re-stating Social and Political Change
Barberis, Peter (ed.) The Whitehall Reader. The UK's Administrative Machine in Action
Bekke, Hans, Perry, James and Toonen, Theo (eds.) Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective
The Constitution Unit, University College London Delivering Constitutional Reform
Nagel, Stuart S. (ed.) Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 7
Kirkpatrick, Ian, Lucio, Miguel Martinez (eds.) The Politics of quality in the Public Sector
Peters, B. Guy and Rockman, Bert A. (eds.) Agenda for Excellence 2: Administering the State
Heyen, E.V. (ed.) Yearbook of European Administrative History, Volume 5: Bureaucratisation et Professionalisation de la Politique Sociale en Europe (1870–1918)
Caulfield, Janice and Wanna, John (eds.) Power and Politics in the City: Brisbane in Transition
Kickert, W. and Van Vught, F. (eds.) Public Policy and Administration Sciences in the Netherlands     

Book reviews

Consuming Public Services, Nicholas Deakin and Anthony Wright (eds), 1990, pp. ix + 222, Routledge, £30.00.

Managing under Pressure: Industrial Relations in Local Government, Martin Laffin, 1989, pp. 207, Macmillan, £30.00 hardback, £8.95 paperback.

Targeting Urban Employment Initiatives, Ivan Turok and Urlan Wannop, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £8.50.

Tourism and the Inner City: An Evaluation of the Impact of Grant Assisted Tourism Projects, Polytechnic of Central London, Leisureworks and DRV Research, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £15.50.

Five Year Review of the Bolton, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Programme Authorities, PEIDA Ltd, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £16.50.

Getting People into Jobs: Good Practice in Urban Regeneration, Keith Hayton, Department of the Environment, (Inner Cities Directorate) HMSO, 1990, £13.00.

US Experience in Evaluating Urban Regeneration: Reviews of Urban Research, Tim Barnekov, Douglas Hart and Wilhelm Benfer, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £7.70.

American Development Control: Parallels and Paradoxes from an English Perspective, Richard Wakeford, HMSO, 1990, pp. 277, £25.00.

Urban Government in the 1990s: Lessons from the USA, Robin Hambleton, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, 1990, pp. 129, £7.45.

Shropshire County Council: A Centenary History, D. C. Cox, Shropshire County Council, 1989, pp. 104, £5.95.

A History of Devon County Council 1889–1989, Jeffrey Stanyer, Devon Books, 1989, pp. 105, £3.95.

Government and County. A History of Northamptonshire County Council 1889–1989, Jonathan Bradley, University of Bristol Press, pp. 280.

Political Parties and Coalitions in European Local Government, Colin Mellors and Bert Pijnenburg (eds), Croom Helm, 1989, pp. 311, £35.00.

London 2001, Peter Hall, Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 226, £17.95

Abolition: The Reform of Metropolitan Government in England 1983–86: A Review and Bibliography, Ken Young and Lesley Grayson, 1988, Technical Communications, pp. 186.     

5.2 Education

Growth and Change in the Future City Region. T. Hancock, ed. Leonard Hill, 1976, pp. 262, £6.95.

Efficiency in the Social Services. Alan Williams and Robert Anderson, Basil Blackwell, 1975 pp. 147, £4.50.

Housing Policy and the Housing System. Alan Murie, Pat Niner and Christopher Watson, Allen &; Unwin, 1976, pp. 282, £6.95.

The Sale of Council Houses (A Study in Social Policy). Alan Murie, University of Birmingham, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Occasional Paper No. 35, 1976, pp. 166, £4.00.

The Power of the Purse: The Role of European Parliaments in Budgetary Decisions. David Coombes et al. (PEP), George Allen &; Unwin, 1976, pp. 393, £8.95 (hardback).

Government and the Planning Process P. H. Levin, George Allen &; Unwin Ltd., 1975, pp. 337, £6.50.

On Management. Harvard Business Review, Heinemann, 1975, pp. 751, £7.50.

Toward a Critical Administrative Theory. William H. Dunn and Bahman Fozouni, Sage Professional Paper in Administrative and Policy Studies, 1976, pp. 76, £1.50.

The Urban Criminal. J. Baldwin and A. E. Bottoms in collaboration with Monica A. Walker, Tavistock, 1976, pp. 262 £6.50, Social Science Paperback, £3.40.     

Joint boards for police in the Metropolitan areas: A preliminary assessment

Local Government, The Law and the Constitution, Martin Loughlin, Local Government Legal Society Trust, March 1983, pp. 143, £3.50.

Financing Regional Government: International Practices and their Relevance to the Third World, K.J. Davey, John Wiley, 1983, pp. 193, £12.95.

Housing Law, A. Arden and M. Partington, Sweet and Maxwell, 1983, pp. 1184, £55 (hardback).

The Government of Scotland: Patterns of Influence In Public Policy Making, Michael Keating and Arthur Midwinter, Mainstream Publishing, 1983, pp. 214, £9.95.

From Policy to Practice, Martin Rein, Macmillan, 1983, pp. xv + 250, £18.00 hardback, £6.95 paperback.

Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America, 2nd ed., A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C. T. Adams, Macmillan, 1983, pp. 367, £15.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Policy and Politics in France: Living with Uncertainty, Douglas E. Ashford, Temple University Press, 1982, pp. 345, $29.95 hardback, $12.95 paperback.

Policy Advice and Organizational Survival, Michael J. Prince, Gower, 1983, pp. 256, £13.50.     

Nationalists who feared the nation: Adriatic multi-nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia,Trieste and Venice

Andrew Ezergailis, The Holocaust in Latvia, 1941–1944. Riga: The Historical Institute of Latvia, 1996, xxi, 465 pp.

Saul Friedländer, Nazi Germany and the Jews, Vol. I: The Years of Persecution, 1933–1939. New York: HarperCollins, 1997, xii, 436 pp.

Paul A. Levine, From Indifference to Activism: Swedish Diplomacy and the Holocaust, 1938–1944. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Historica Upsaliensia 178, 1996, 293 pp.

Yosefa Loshitzky, ed., Spielberg's Holocaust: Critical Perspectives on “Schindler's List”. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, ix, 250 pp.     

I: The wars of the Yugoslavian succession: Murder or suicide?

Lenard J. Cohen, Broken Bonds: Yugoslavia's Disintegration and Balkan Politics in Transition, 2nd edn. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995, xvi, 375 pp. + illustrations, maps, index.

Sabrina P. Ramet, Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to Ethnic War, 2nd edn. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.

Sabrina P. Ramet and Ljubi?a S. Adamovich, eds, Beyond Yugoslavia: Politics, Economics and Culture in a Shattered Community. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.

Susan L. Woodward, Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995.     

Books received

Alternatives for Planning: Planning and the Alternative Economic Strategy, D. Howl, Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool (Working Paper No. 21), 1982, pp. 46, £2.30.

The Hidden Homeless: A Report of a Survey on Homelessness and Housing Among Young Blacks in Gloucester, Harry Cowen and Richard Lording, Gloucester Community Relations Council, May 1982, pp. 54, no price given.

Town and Country Planning in Britain (Eighth Edition), J. B. Cullingworth, Allen and Unwin, 1982 pp. 367, £18.00 hardback, £8.95 paperback.

Local Government in Ireland, Desmond Roche, Institute of Public Administration, 1982, pp. 391, £19.95 hardback, £9.95 paperback.

The Parish Pump, Myles Tierney, Able Press, 1982, pp. 126, £3.90.

Reports on: (1) Faulty Goods; (2) The Nationalised Industries; (3) Bureaucracies; (4) Shopping; (5) The Neighbourhood; (6) Public Transport; and (7) The Elderly Consumer, National Consumer Council, Papers 1–3, 1981, Papers 4–7, 1982, 1–4 pp. 30, 5–7 pp. 58, £1 each.

Running in the Red: The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress, Irene S. Rubin, State University of New York Press, 1982, pp. 171, $30.50 cloth, $9.95 paper.

The Other European Community: Integration and Co‐operation in Nordic Europe, Barry Turner and Gamilla Nordquist, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982, pp. 307, £7.95 paperback.

Local Government Reform and Reorganisation: An International Perspective, edited by Arthur B. Gunlicks, Kennikat Press, 1981, pp.243, £14.85.

British Work Creation Programmes, Michael P. Jackson and Victor J. B. Hardy, Gower, 1982, pp.87, £9.50.     

How the Politics of Recognition Enabled India’s Democratic Exceptionalism

This article explores a significant puzzle: the persistence of modern representative democracy in post-independent India. It demonstrates how a politics of recognition, based on identities of caste, language, and religion, is crucial for understanding the origins, character, and trajectory of modern Indian democracy. These politics suffer various infirmities. Yet liberal, Marxist, and republican critiques of the politics of recognition in India, while offering valid theoretical alternatives and powerful moral visions, also suffer their own limitations. Perhaps more importantly, they evade questions of historical possibility, political efficacy, and practical reason that confront every political theory. The relative historical predominance of the politics of recognition in post-independent India, in contrast, reflects its capacity to engage powerful social imaginaries that enabled the realization of democratic norms, institutions, and practices. The general argument put forward develops several key themes that distinguish Charles Taylor’s philosophical vision of alternative modernities—the power of social imaginaries, nature of explanation in the human sciences, and vicissitudes of culture, politics, and history—to explain the trajectory of modern Indian democracy.