Slavery: Annual bibliographical supplement (1998)

Author: HARRILL, J. ALBERT; The Manumission of Slaves in Early Christianity; Reviewer: Andrew Chester; Author: MENARD, RUSSELL R.; Migrants, Servants and Slaves: Unfree Labor in Colonial British America; Reviewer: Alison Games; Author: MORGAN, KENNETH; Slavery and Servitude in North America, 1607-1800; Reviewer: Alison Games; Author: WOOD, MARCUS; Blind Memory: Visual Representations of Slavery in England and America, 1780-1865; Reviewer: Judie Newman; Author: SCHWARTZ, MARIE JENKINS; Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South; Reviewer: Emily West; Author: SMITH, JOHN DAVID; Slavery, Race and American History: Historical Conflict, Trends and Method, 1866-1953; Reviewer: John B. Boles; Author: LANDERS, JANE; Black Society in Spanish Florida; Reviewer: Jennifer L. Baszille; Author: SUSSMAN, CHARLOTTE; Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender and British Slavery, 1713-1833; Reviewer: Claire Midgley; Author: DELLE, JAMES A.; An Archaeology of Social Space Analyzing Coffee Plantations in Jamiaca's Blue Mountains; Reviewer: Kathleen E.A. Monteith.     

Slavery: Annual bibliographical supplement (1983) Part I

Author: ELTIS, DAVID; The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas; Reviewer: Stuart Schwartz; Author: GOMEZ, MICHAEL A.; Exchanging our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South; Reviewer: Philip Morgan; Author: WALVIN, JAMES; Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora; Reviewer: Howard Temperley; Author: NEWTON-KING, SUSAN; Masters and Slaves on the Cape Eastern Frontier; Reviewer: Clifton Crais; Author: ROSS, ROBERT; Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870; Reviewer: Clifton Crais; Author: MORRISON, MICHAEL A.; Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War; Reviewer: S-M. Grant; Editor: INSCOE, JOHN C.; Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation; Reviewer: Tim Lockley; HODGES, GRAHAM RUSSELL; Root &; Branch: African Americans in New York &; East Jersey, 1613-1863; Reviewer: Edward Countryman; Author: YOUNG, JEFFREY ROBERT; Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina, 1670-1837; Reviewer: Ingeborg Dornan; Author: JEFFREY, JULIE ROY; The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement; Reviewer: Christopher L. Brown; Author: SMITH, JOHN DAVID; Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and The American Negro; Douglas Ambrose; Author: KOUSSER, J. MORGAN; Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction; Reviewer: Stephen Tuck     

Independent Comment on Audio‐visual and Print Materials: The Graduate Diploma in Family Centred Practice,Monash University

Book reviewed in this article: Brief Therapy for Couples: W. Kim Halford NY Domestic Violence in Australia: The Legal Response, 3rd edn.: Renata Alexander Intimacy & Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence.: Stephanie Dowrick Clinical Epiphanies in Marital and Family Therapy: A Practitioner's Casebook of Therapeutic Insights, Perceptions, and Breakthroughs: David A. Bastiste Jr. (Ed.). Comparative Treatments for Relationship Dysfunction: Frank M. Dattilio Women's Stories of Divorce at Childbirth: When the Baby Rocks the Cradle: Hilary Hodge Recreating Partnership: A Solution Oriented, Collaborative Approach to Couples Therapy.: Phillip Ziegler and Tobey Hiller But Facts Exist: An Enquiry into Psychoanalytic Theorizing: Thomas Freeman Refugees: Living on the Margins: Helen Pavlin     

Engendering Whiteness White Women and Colonialism in Barbados and North Carolina, 1627-1865

Author: GARNSEY, PETER; Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine; Reviewer: Niall Mc Keown; Author: JOHNSON, WALTER; Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market; Reviewer: Richard Follett; Author: GLAUDE, EDDIE S., JR.; Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America; Reviewer: Chris Dixon; Author: HADDEN, SALLY E.; Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas; Reviewer: Tim Lockley; Editors: CIMBALA, PAUL A. and MILLER, RANDALL M.; The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations; Reviewer: S.-M. Grant; Author: SHELLER, MIMI; Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica; Reviewer: Diana Paton     

BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article: Reviews: Beyond the new paternalism: Basic security as equality . Guy STANDING. Reviews: Family life and family interests: A comparative study on the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights on Dutch family law and the influence of the United States Constitution on American family law . Gerda A. KLEIJKAMP Reviews: The dynamics of full employment: Social integration through transitional labour markets . Günther SCHMID; Bernard GAZIER (eds.) Recent books: Critique du droit du travail . Alain SUPIOT Recent books: Réseaux de sociétés et codes de conduite. Un nouveau modèle de regulation des relations de travail pour les entreprises européennes . André SOBCZAK Recent books: Sociologie de la négotiation . Reynald BURQUE; Christian THUDEROZ New ILO publications: Fifteenth American Regional Meeting (Lima, December 2002), Report of the Director‐General: Globalization and decent work in the Americas New ILO publications: Annex: ILO activities in the Americas, 1999–2002 New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, Geneva, 2002: Record of proceedings New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report IV(2): Learning and training for work in the knowledge society: The constituents' views . New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report VII(1): Improved security of seafarers' identification New ILO publications: A statistical profile of the teaching profession . By Maria Teresa SINISCALCO New ILO publications: Alcohol and drug problems at work: The shift to prevention Argentina: Una década de convertibilidad. Un análisis del crecimiento, el empleo y la distribución del ingreso . By Mario DAMILL, Roberto FRENKEL and Roxana MAURIZIO New ILO publications: Corporate success through people: Making international labour standards work for you . By Nicolai ROGOVSKY and Emily SIMS New ILO publications: Decent work in Denmark: Employment, social efficiency and economic security . Edited by Philippe EGGER and Werner SENGENBERGER in collaboration with Peter AUER, Marco SIMONI and Corinne VARGHA New ILO publications: Employment, employability and equal opportunities in the postal and telecommunications services New ILO publications: Employment trends in the tobacco sector: Challenges and prospects . Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Employment in the Tobacco Sector New ILO publications: Formación profesional en el cambio de siglo . By Claudio de MOURA CASTRO. Edited by Klaus SCHAACK and Rudolf TIPPELT New ILO publications: Global employment trends New ILO publications: How to read a balance sheet New ILO publications: ILO generic crisis response modules . ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction. Geneva, 2002. xxi + 132 pp. Loose‐leaf binder, glossary, boxes, tables, checklists, bibliography. 25 Swiss francs. ISBN 92–2–112690–0. Crisis response: Rapid needs assessment manual New ILO publications: Lifelong learning in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries New ILO publications: Managing disability in the workplace New ILO publications: Measuring the non‐observed economy: A handbook New ILO publications: Micro‐finance in the industrialized countries: Helping the unemployed to start a business New ILO publications: Panorama laboral 2002: America Latina y el Caribe New ILO publications: Pension reform in central and eastern Europe . Edited by Elaine FULTZ New ILO publications: Pensiones no contributivas y asistenciales: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay . Edited by Fabio M. BERTRANOU, Carmen SOLORIO and Wouter van GINNEKEN New ILO publications: Public emergency services: Social dialogue in a changing environment New ILO publications: Social dialogue in the health services: Institutions, capacity and effectiveness New ILO publications: Social reinsurance: A new approach to sustainable community health financing . Edited by David M. DROR and Alexander S. PREKER New ILO publications: The Committee on Freedom of Association: Its impact over 50 years . By Eric GRAVEL, Isabelle DUPLESSIS and Bernard GERNIGON New ILO publications: The evolution of employment, working time and training in the mining industry     

Books

Book reviewed in this article: Reviews: David, Natacha. From Asia to Russia to Brazil … The impact of the financial and economic crisis on women Reviews: Gual, Jordi (ed.). Job creation: The role of labor market institutions Reviews: Joshi, Heather; Paci, Pierella, with Makepiece, Gerald; Waldfogel, Jane. Unequal pay for women and men Reviews: Kornai, Janos. Struggle and hope: Essays on stabilization and reform in post-socialist economy Reviews: Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel. Albania in crisis: The predictable fall of the shining star Recent books: Bhaduri, Amit; Skarstein, Rune (eds.). Economic development and agricultural productivity Recent books: Boserup, Ester. My professional life and publications 1929–1998 Recent books: Browne, Irene (ed.). Latinas and African American women at work: Race, gender, and economic inequality Recent books: Custers, Peter. Capital accumulation and women's labour in Asian economies Recent books: Papola, T. S.; Sharma, Alakh N. (eds.). Gender and employment in India Recent books: World Confederation of Labour. Gender and informal sector New ILO publications: Gender and jobs: Sex segregation of occupations in the world. By Richard Anker New ILO publications: Negotiating flexibility: The role of the social partners and the State. Edited by Muneto Ozaki     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Sociology in America: Herbert J. Gans, (ed.) Animals and Society: The Humanity of Animal Rights: Keith Tester Social Forms/Human Capacities: Essays in Authority and Differences Philip Corrigan Labour Process Theory: David Knights and Hugh Willmott (eds) Max Weber's Construction of Social Theory: Martin Albrow Bureaucratisation in Northwestern Europe, 1880–1985: Domination and Governance: Rolf Torstendahl Organisational Rules: A Framework for Understanding Organisational Action: Albert J. Mills and Stephen J. Murgatroyd Organisations in Society: Glenn Morgan The Mastery of Reason: Cognitive Development and the Production of Rationality: Valerie Walkerdine Postmodern Education: Politics, Culture and Social Criticism: S. Aronowitz and H. A. Giroux ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Education: Teaching and Learning in Multi-Ethnic Schools: David Gillborn, Unwin Hyman Japan's ‘International Youth’: The Emergence of a New Class of Schoolchildren: Roger Goodman The Sociology of the Health Service: Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan and Michael Bury (eds) Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design: Marion Roberts Women and Industrialization: Gender at Work in Nineteenth Century England: J. Lown The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy: David Cannadine The Making of Modern France: Ideology, Politics and Culture: Emmanuel Todd, Basil Blackwell Culture and Politics in Northern Ireland 1960–1990: Eamonn Hughes, (ed.) Highland Games: The Making of the Myth: Grant Jarvie Before Novels: The Cultural Context of Eighteenth Century English Fiction: J. Paul Hunter, W. W. Norton Writing Sites: Jon Stratton, Harvester-Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead The Ethnographic Imagination: Textual Constructions of Reality: Paul Atkinson Life and Work History Analyses: Qualitative and Quantitative Developments: Shirley Dex (ed.) A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times 1940–1959: Richard Hoggart     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: trepper, T. S., & Barrett, M. J. Systemic treatment of incest: A therapuetic handbook
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: de shazer, S. Clues: Investigating solutions in brief therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: O'Hanlon, W., & Weiner-Davis, M. In search of solutions: A new direction in psychotherapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Whittaker, J. K., Kinney, J., Tracy, E. M.,& Booth, C. (Eds). Reaching high-risk families: Intensive family preservation in human services.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Yuan, Y-Y. T., & Rivest, M. (Eds.). Preserving families: Evaluation resources for practitioners and policymakers.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Maglin, N. B., & Schniedewind, N. (Eds.). Women and step-families: Voices of anger and love.
SELF HELP BOOKS: Lew, Mike. Victims no longer.
SELF HELP BOOKS: Davis, L. The courage to heal workbook.
SELF HELP BOOKS: Weinhold Barry K., & Weinhold, Janae B. Breaking free of the co-dependency trap.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Rubinstein, H. The oxford book of marriage
Videotapes: Family Systems Therapy with an individual: Condusting the frst two sessions
Videotapes: School's Out.     

Independent comment on Audio‐visual and Print Materials

Book reviewed in this article: The Heroic Client: Doing Client‐Directed, Outcome‐Informed Therapy: B. L. Duncan and S. D. Miller Don't Let Her See Me Cry: A Mother's Story: H. Barnacle The Adolescent Psyche: Jungian and Winnocottian Perspectives: Richard Frankel Behaviour Exchange Systems Training: A Program for Parents Stressed by Adolescent Substance Abuse: A. Blyth, J. Bamberg, J. Toumbourou Feminine Sensuality: Alcira Mariam Alizade Family Therapy Concepts, Process and Practice: Alan Carr Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy: Irene Levin and Marvin B. Sussman (Eds) André Green at the Squiggle Foundation: Jan Abram (Ed.) Hand Me Down Blues: How to Stop Depression from Spreading in Families: M.D. Yapko Tales from Family Therapy: Life Changing Clinical Experiences: Frank N. Thomas and Thorana S. Nelson (Eds).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Browne , William P. Cultivating Congress: Constituents, Issues, and Interests in Agricultural Policymaking. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Barlett , Peggy F. American Dreams, Rural Realities: Family Farms in Crisis. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Mc Michael , Philip (ed.). Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-Economy. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Mc Isaac , Gregory and William R. Edwards (eds.). Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Agarwal , Bina . A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Longworth , J. W. and C. G. Brown . Agribusiness Reforms in China: The Case of Wool. Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, International Agriculture : Weisiger , Marsha L. Land of Plenty: Oklahomans in the Cotton Fields of Arizona, 1933–1942. Rural Communities : Allen , John C, and Dillman , Don A. Against All Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age. Rural Communities : Carroll , Matthew S. Community and the Northwestern Logger: Continuities and Changes in the Era of the Spotted Owl. Rural Communities : Kideckel , David A. (ed.). East European Communities: The Struggle for Balance in Turbulent Times. Rural Communities : Bowen , Marshall E. Utah People in the Nevada Desert: Homestead and Community on a Twentieth Century Farmers' Frontier. Environmental and Other Issues : Matthews , David Ralph . Controlling Common Property: Regulating Canada's East Coast Fishery. Environmental and Other Issues : Hardaway , Robert N. Population, Law, and the Environment. Environmental and Other Issues : Adepoju , Aderanti, and Christine Oppong (eds.). Gender, Work and Population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental and Other Issues : Wong , John , Rong Ma, and Mu Yang (eds.). China's Rural Entrepreneurs: Ten Case Studies. Environmental and Other Issues : Barker , Richard . Los Dos Mundos: Rural Mexican Americans, Another World.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bidge's Mob: Written and illustrated by Gaye Dell Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions: Editor: Liana Lowenstein Essential Skills in Family Therapy, from the first interview to termination: JoEllen Patterson, Lee Williams, Todd M. Edwards, Larry Chamow, Claudia Grauf‐Grounds Multi‐Family Therapy: Concepts and Techniques: Eia Asen, Michael Scholz     

Book reviews

Patrick Kenis and Bernd Marin (eds.): Managing AIDS: Organizational Responses in Six European Countries. Aldershot, Ashgate, 1997. 381 pp., ISBN 1-85972-126-5, £25.

Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow (eds.): Social Work in a Changing World: An International Perspective on Practice Learning. Aldershot, Arena, 1996. 213 pp., ISBN 1-85742-343-7.

Jack Hutten and Ada Kerkstra (eds.): Home Care in Europe. Aldershot, Arena, 1996. 317 pp., ISBN 1-85742-3364, £19.95.

Joanna Bornat, Julia Johnson, Charmaine Pereira, David Pilgrim, and Fiona Williams (eds.): Community Care: A Reader. Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1997. xi + 351 pp., ISBN 0-333-69847-9, £13.99.

UNICEF: Children at Risk in Central and Eastern Europe: Perils and Promises. Economies in Transition Studies, Regional Monitoring Report, No 4. Florence, International Child Development Centre, 1997. 170 pp., ISBN 88-85401-32-5.

Margit Harder and Keith Pringle (eds.): Protecting Children in Europe: Towards a New Millennium. Aalborg, Aalborg University Press, 1997. 176 pp., ISBN 87-7307-49-3.

Klaus Hurrelmann and Stephen F. Hamilton (eds.): Social Problems and Social Contexts in Adolescence: Perspectives across Boundaries. New York, Aldine de Gruyter, 1996. 299 pp., ISBN 0-202-36101-2.     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Postmodern Ethics: Zygmunt Bauman Baroque Reason: The Aesthetics of Modernity: Christine Buci-Glucksmann translated by Patrick Damiller Foucault's New Domains: Mike Gane and Terry Johnson (eds) Sociology in Question: Pierre Bourdieu, trans. Richard Nice Max Weber's Comparative Historical Sociology: S. Kalberg. Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction: Anthony Elliott The Art of Conversation: Peter Burke Understanding Social Theory: Derek Layder Motherhood and Modernity: An Investigation into the Rational Dimension of Mothering: Christine Everingham Friendly Relations? Mothers and their daughters-in-law: P. Cotterill, Taylor-Francis Single Women: On the Margins?: Tuula Gordon, Macmillan, Basingstoke Erotics and Politics: Gay Male Sexuality, Masculinity and Feminism: Tim Edwards Understanding Poverty: P. Alcock, Macmillan, Basingstoke Social Change and the Experience of Unemployment: Duncan Gallie, et al. (eds) Dangerous Classes: The Underclass and Social Citizenship: Lydia Morris Masters and Servants: Class and Patronage in the Making of a Labour Organisation: Huw Beynon and Terry Austrin Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe Sharon Macdonald, (ed.) Soviet Nationality Policy, Urban Growth and Identity Change in the Ukrainian SSR 1923–34: George O. Liber Football, Violence and Social Identity: Richard Giulianotti, Norman Bonney and Mike Hepworth (eds) Natural Relations. Ecology, Animal Rights and Social Justice: Ted Benton, Verso The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain 1700–1900: Andrew Scull Time and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture: Gary Cross     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Freedman, J., & Combs, G. (1996). Narrative therapy: The social construction of preferred realities.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Boyd-Franklin, N., Steiner, G. L., & Boland, M. G. (Eds.). (1995). Children, families and HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial and therapuetic issues.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Nichols, W. (1996). Treating people in families: An Integrative framework
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Borcherdt, B. (1996). Head over heart in love: 25 guides to rational passion
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Mirkin, M. P. (1994). Women in context: Toward a feminist reconstruction of psychotheraphy.
SELF-HELP BOOK: Gordon, L. (1996). If you really loved me
COMPUTER SOFTWARE REVIEW: Practice Magic.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Doherty, W. J. (1995). Soul searching: Why psychotherapy must promote moral responsibility .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: McGoldrick, M. (1995). You can go home again Reconnecting with your family .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Chamberlain, P. (1994). Family connections: A treatment foster care model for adolescents with delinquency .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Emery, R. E. (1994). Renegotiating family relationships: Divorce, child custody, and mediation .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Worden, M. (1994). Family therapy basics .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Stahl, P. M. (1994). Conducting child custody evaluations: A comprehensive guide .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Karpel, M. A. (1994). Evaluating couples: A handbook for practitioners .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Johnson, S. M., & Greenberg, L. S. (1994). The heart of the matter: Perspectives on emotion in marital therapy .
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Wallerstein, J. S., & Blakeslee, S. (1995). The good marriage: How and why love lasts .
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Straus, M. (1994). Beating the devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American families .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Kelley, P. (1995). Developing healthy stepfamilies .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Mueser, K., & Gingerich, S. (1994). Coping with schizophrenia: A guide for families .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Grant, G. G. (1995). The best kind of loving: A black woman's guide to finding intimacy .
VIDEOTAPE REVIEW: Couples Skills: Making Your Relationship Work . (1995). (Videotape based on the book of the same name.)     

LIVRES

Notices bibliographiques: Bourdieu, Pierre. La domination masculine . Notices bibliographiques: Brown, Annette N. (directrice de publication). When is transition over? Kalamazoo, W. E. Notices bibliographiques: Hopkins, Michael. The planetary bargain: Corporate social responsibility comes of age . Notices bibliographiques: Humphries, Jane; Rubery, Jill (directrices de publication). The economics of equal opportunities . Livres récents: Bales, Kevin. Disposable people: New slavery in the global economy . Livres récents: Ferber, Marianne A. (directrice de publication). Women in the labor market . Livres récents: Fisher, Helen. The first sex: The natural talents of women and how they are changing the world . Livres récents: Groupe d'étude et de recherche Persona e lavoro, sous la coordination de Piera Fabris. Codice di diritto internazionale e comunitario del lavoro corredato di note esplicative e riferimenti nonnativi . Livres récents: Hales, Dianne. Just like a woman: How gender science is redefining what makes us female . Livres récents: Majnoni d'Intignano, Béatrice. Egalité entre femmes et homines: aspects économiques . Tiger, Lionel. The docline of males . Tinker, Irene; Summerfield, Gale (directrices de publication). Women's rights to house and land: China, Laos, Vietnam . Nouvelles publications du BIT: Adjustment, employment and missing institutions in Africa: The experience in eastern and southern Africa . Publié par Willem van der Geest et Rolph van der Hoeven. Nouvelles publications du BIT: Credit unions and the poverty challenge: Extending outreach, enhancing sustainability . Publié par Bernd Balkenhol. Nouvelles publications du BIT: Employment and labour market polides in transition economies . Alena Nesporova. Nouvelles publications du BIT: La liberté syndicate: une bibliographic annotée . Nouvelles publications du BIT: Key Indicators of the Labour Market 1999 . Nouvelles publications du BIT: Modelling in health care finance: A compendium of quantitative techniques for health care financing , Michael Cichon, William Newbrander, Hiroshi Yamabana, Axel Weber, Charles Normand, David Dror et Alexander Preker. Nouvelles publications du BIT: The roles of evaluation for vocational education and training: Plain talk on the field of dreams , W. Norton Grubb et Paul Ryan.     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Ben Carniol Case Critical: Challenging Social Services in Canada.
Margrit Eichler (ed.) Change of Plans: Towards a Non-Sexist Sustainable City.
Richard Himelfarb Catastrophic Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.
Rhoda E. Howard Human Rights and the Search for Community.
Ellen R. Judd Gender and Power in Rural North China. Stanford
Kirsten Johnson Undressing the Canadian State: The Politics of Pornography from Hicklin to Butler.
Dany Lacombe Blue Politics: Pornography and the Law in the Age of Feminism.
Martha Mcmahon Engendering Motherhood: Identity and Self-Transformation in Women's Lives.
Raymond Murphy Rationality and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry into a Challenging Relationship. Boulder
Sonia Nieto Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education.
Philip D. Oxhorn Organizing Civil Society: The Popular Sectors and the Struggle for Democracy in Chile.
Lisa Philips Valentine Making It Their Own: Severn Ojibwe Communicative Practices.
Jeffrey Ian Ross (ed.) Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives.
Stephen K. Sanderson Social Transformations: A General Theory of Historical Development.
Peter H. Stephenson Susan J. Elliott Leslie T. Foster Jill Harris (eds.) A Persistent Spirit: Towards Understanding Health Care in British Columbia.
James Tully Strange Multiplicity: Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity.
James P. Waldram D. Ann Herring T. Kue Young Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives.
David Weeks Jamie James Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness.
Stephen K. White (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Habermas.
Roy C. Wood The Sociology of the Meal.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Garkovich , Lorraine , Janet L. Bokemeier, and Barbara Foote . Harvest of Hope: Family Farming/Farming Families. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Neth , Mary . Preserving the Family Farm: Women, Community, and the Foundations of Agribusiness in the Midwest, 1900–1940. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Rikoon , J. Sanford . Rachel Calofs Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Rogers , Everett M. Diffusion of Innovations. Community Issues : Bryden , John M. (ed.). Towards Sustainable Rural Communities: The Guelph Seminar Series. Community Issues : Urry , John . Consuming Places. Community Issues : Burdge , Rabel J. A Conceptual Approach to Social Impact Assessment: Collection of Writings. International Issues : Barry , Tom . Zapata's Revenge: Free Trade and the Farm Crisis in Mexico. International Issues : Hyndman , David . Ancestral Rain Forests and the Mountain of Gold: Indigenous Peoples and Mining in New Guinea. International Issues : Santiago -Valles , Kelvin A. “Subject People” and Colonial Discourses: Economic Transformation and Social Disorder in Puerto Rico, 1898–1947. International Issues : Barker , J. I. Hans (ed.). Sustainability and International Rural Development. Environment and Natural Resources : Leff , Enríque . Green Production: Toward an Environmental Rationality. Environment and Natural Resources : Hazelrigg , Lawrence . Cultures of Nature: An Essay on the Production of Nature. Other Issues : Lindstrom , Fred B., Ronald A. Hardert and Laura L. Johnson (eds.). Kimball Young on Sociology in Transition, 1912–1968: An Oral Account by the 35th President of the ASA. Other Issues : Roe , Emery . Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice.