Book reviews

Moral Economy and Popular Protest: Crowds, Conflict and Authority, edited by Adrian Randall and Andrew Charlesworth. Basingstoke/New York: Macmillan/St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. xiv + 280. £47.50 (hardback). ISBN 0 333 67184/0 312 22592 X.

French Peasant Fascism: Henry Dorgeres's Creenshirts and the Crises of French Agriculture, 1929–1939, by Robert O. Paxton. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp.xii + 244. US$45 (hardback). ISBN 0 19 511188 5 and 89 3.

Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: Models, Methods and Policy, edited by Lawrence Haddad, John Hoddinott and Harold Alderman. Baltimore, MD and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, on behalf of the International Food Policy Research Institute. Pp.xii + 341. US$66 (cloth). ISBN 0 8018 5572 1

The Chiapas Rebellion: The Struggle for Land and Democracy, by Neil Harvey. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 292. £34 (hardback): £11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 8223 2209 9 and 2238 2

Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980–1995, edited by Steve J. Stern. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv +532 pages. £44 (hardback); £14.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 8223 2201 3 and 2217 X

Services and Quality of Life in Rural Villages in the Former Soviet Union: Data from 1991 and 1993, by David J. O'Brien, Valerie V. Patsiorkovski, Larry D. Dershem, Alessandro Bonanno and Charles Timberlake, Lanham, MD and Oxford: University Press of America, 1998. Pp.289. Hb. ISBN 0 7618 0954 6. No price.

Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, by James.C. Scott. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv + 445. US$35 (hardback). ISBN 0 300 07016 0

Kinship, Honour and Money in Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration, by Alain Lefebvre. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 303. £40. ISBN 0 7007 0984 3

Controlling Misbehaviour in England, 1370–1600, by Marjorie Keniston McIntosh (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 289. £40/US$59.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 521 62177 1     

EU trade relations with Emerging Asia: identifying the issues

Trade interdependence between Europe and Asia has rapidly increased in recent years. Europe–Asia trade flows now constitute a ‘third link’ in the global economy. As trade expands, however, global trade governance has declined and free trade agreements (FTAs) have increased. Hence, the Global Europe strategy has been designed to enhance trade relations with emerging Asia which is the most dynamic region in the global economy today. But Asia’s model of export led growth leaves it more exposed to shocks emanating from outside the region than ever before raising questions about its sustainability. Deep integration agreements between Europe and Asia are needed to foster economic growth. They also need a development dimension to help Asian countries address their key development challenges. Brigid Gavin was the Research Coordinator of the workshop on ‘Deep Integration and North–South Free Trade Agreements: EU Strategy for a Global Economy’ which provided the papers and discussion forum for the articles in this special edition. The workshop took place at the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) centre in Bruges, Belgium on 19–20 June, 2008. She wishes to express her thanks to Mr Luk Van Langenhove, Director of UNU-CRIS for financial support and to all the authors and participants in the workshop for their contribution to making this project a real success. A special word of thanks goes to Lars Nilsson, Chief Economist Unit, DG Trade, European Commission for his opening presentation to the workshop. Alice Sindzingre is Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University of Paris and Visiting Lecturer at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. This analysis draws from her paper ‘The EU Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa’ which she presented at the workshop and available on the UNU-CRIS website.

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‘Development is a bag of cement’: the infrapolitics of participatory budgeting in the Andes

Reflecting on observations of participatory budget schemes in the Andean region of South America, this article argues that the statements and behaviour of those who take part in participatory budget meetings should be understood as a form of public performance which often differs significantly from the ‘backstage discourses’ of participants once they are no longer performing in public. The widespread prioritisation of small-scale infrastructure projects that involve large volumes of cement highlights the ways in which the participants in participatory budget meetings quietly but strategically adapt external schemes and policies to their own goals and strategies.     

A critique of South Africa: The solution

South Africa: The Solution by LEON LOUVV and FRANCES KENDALL Amagi Publications, Bisho (Ciskei), 1986. xvi plus 237 pages including maps, figures, diagrams, illustrations, notes, appendices and bibliography. R14,95 paperback.