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Book reviewed in this article: Environmental Issues: Foster , John Bellamy . The Vulnerable Plant: A Short Economic History of the Environment. Environmental Issues: Howell , Dorothy . Ecology for Environmental Professionals. Environmental Issues: Norgaard , Richard B. Development Betrayed: The End of Progress and a Coevolutionary Revisioning of the Future. Environmental Issues: Dizard , Jan E. Going Wild: Hunting, Animal Rights, and the Contested Meaning of Nature. Environmental Issues: Jackson , Wes . Becoming Native to This Place. Environmental Issues: Dyer , Christopher L., and James R. Mc Goodwin (eds.). Folk Management in the World's Fisheries: Lessons for Modern Fisheries Management. Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Bebbington , Anthony, and Graham Thiele with Penelope Davies , Martin Prager, and Hernando Riveros . Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Farrington , John, and David J. Lewis (eds.) Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Edid , Maralyn . Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Barger , W. K., and Ernesto M. Reza . The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest: Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers. Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Hudson , John C. Making the Corn Belt: A Geographical History of Middle-Western Agriculture. Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Agricultural History: Hargreaves , Mary W. M. Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains: Years of Readjustment, 1920–1990. Community Development: Henderson , Paul, and David Francis (eds.). Rural Action: A Collection of Community Work Case Studies. Community Development: Trute , Barry , Elizabeth Adkins, and George Mac Donald . Coordinating Child Sexual Abuse Services in Rural Communities. Community Development: Barrett , Stanley R. Paradise: Class, Commuters, and Ethnicity in Rural Ontario.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Environmental Issues: Bullard , Robert D. (ed.). Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots. Environmental Issues: Szasz , Andrew . EcoPopulism: Toxic Waste and the Movement for Environmental Justice. Environmental Issues: Cernea , Michael M., and Scott E. Guggenheim (eds.). Environmental Issues: Gedicks , Al . The New Resource Wars: Native and Environmental Struggles Against Multinational Corporations. Community and Agricultural Issues: Andreas , Carol . Meatpackers and Beef Barons: Company Town in a Global Economy. Community and Agricultural Issues: Bell , Michael Mayerfeld . Childerley: Nature and Morality in a Country Village. Community and Agricultural Issues: Critchfield , Richard . The Villagers: Changed Values, Altered Lives, The Closing of the Urban-Rural Gap. Community and Agricultural Issues: Bonanno , Alessandro , Lawrence Busch , William Friedland , Lourdes Gouveia, and Enzo Mingione (eds.). Community and Agricultural Issues: Walton , John . Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture and Rebellion in California. Community and Agricultural Issues: Gasson , Ruth, and Andrew Errington . The Farm Family Business. Community and Agricultural Issues: Valle , Isabel . Fields of Toil: A Migrant Family's Journey. Community and Agricultural Issues: Lieber , Michael D. More Than a Living: Fishing and the Social Order on a Polynesian Atoll. Conflict and Social Change Series. Community and Agricultural Issues: Gist , Gladys Leffler . Chasing Rainbows. Life-Cycle and Education Issues: Conger , Rand D., and Glen H. Elder Jr . (eds.). Life-Cycle and Education Issues: Peterson , Steven A., and Robert J. Maiden . The Public Lives of Rural Older Americans. Life-Cycle and Education Issues: Brown , Philip, and Hugh Lauder (eds.).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Libby , Ronald T. Protecting Markets. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Fletcher , Lehman B. (ed.). World Food in the 1990s: Production, Trade and Aid. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Schmandt , Jurgen , Frederick Williams , Robert H. Wilson , and Sharon Strover (eds.). Telecommunications and Rural Development: A Study of Private and Public Sector Innovation. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Korsching , Peter F., Timothy O. Borich, and Julie Stewart (eds.). Multicommunity Collaboration: An Evolving Rural Revitalization Strategy. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Buse , Rueben C., and James L. Driscoll (eds.). Rural Information Systems: New Directions in Data Collection and Retrieval. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Flora , Cornelia Butler , Jan L. Flora , Jacqueline D. Spears, and Louis E. Swanson, with Mark B. Lapping and Mark L. Weinberg . Rural Communities: Legacy and Change. Rural Development: Straub , Lavonne A., and Norman Walzer (eds.). Rural Health Care: Innovation in a Changing Environment. Rural Development: Reidy , Joseph P. From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South: Central Georgia, 1800–1880. Rural Development: Davidson , Osha Gray . Broken Heartland: The Rise of America's Rural Ghetto. Regional Studies: Cobb , James C. The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. Regional Studies: Thompson , Paul B. The Ethics of Aid and Trade: U.S. Food Policy, Foreign Competition, and the Social Contract. International Trade: Dicken , Peter . Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (2nd ed.). International Trade: Satzewich , Vic . Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Since 1945. Environmental Issues: Croll , Elisabeth, and David Parkin (eds.). Bush Base, Forest Farm: Culture, Environment and Development. Environmental Issues: Krimsky , Sheldon, and Dominic Golding (eds.). Social Theories of Risk.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rural Labor: Kassab , Cathy . Income and Inequality: The Role of the Service Sector in the Changing Distribution of Income. Rural Labor: Singelmann , Joachim, and Forrest A. Deseran (eds.). Rural Labor: Linder , Marc . Migrant Workers and Minimum Wages: Regulating the Exploitation of Agricultural Labor in the United States. Rural Development: Lyson , Thomas, and William W. Falk (eds.). Forgotten Places: Uneven Development in Rural America. Rural Development: Brown , David L., Donald R. Field, and James J. Zuiches (eds.). Rural Development: Bodenstedt , A. Andreas , Stephan Merl, and Vladimir A. Nutrikhin (eds.). Rural Development: Bowler , I. R., C. R. Bryant, and M. D. Nellis (eds.). Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition: Volume 2. Economy and Society. Agriculture and Development: Bartra , Roger . Agrarian Structure and Political Power in Mexico Agriculture and Development: Park , Thomas K. (ed.). Risk and Tenure in Arid Lands: The Political Ecology of Development in the Senegal River Basin. Community: Lockyer Allan . Clamdiggers and Downeast Country Stores. Community: Gray , Ian . Politics in Place: Social Power Relations in an Australian Country Town. Community: Rapport , Nigel . Diverse World-Views in an English Village.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Environmental Sociology: Kroll -Smith , J. Stephen , and Stephen Robert Couch . The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict. Environmental Sociology: Couch , Stephen R., and J. Steven Kroll -Smith (eds.). Environmental Sociology: Dunlap , Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig (eds.). Environmental Sociology: Faber , Daniel . Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America. Agriculture: Browne , William P., Jerry R. Skees , Louis E. Swanson , Paul B. Thompson , and Laurian J. Unnevehr . Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes: Agrarian Myths in Agricultural Policy. Agriculture: Maret , Elizabeth . Women of the Range: Women's Roles in the Texas Beef Cattle Industry. Agriculture: Dvorak , Karen Ann (ed.). Social Science Research for Agricultural Technology Development: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions. Chinese Studies: Kelliher , Daniel . Peasant Power in China: The Era of Rural Reform, 1979–1989. Chinese Studies: Poston , Dudley L., and David Yaukey (eds.). Rural Health: Snow , Loudell . Walkin' Over Medicine. Rural Health: Morsy , Soheir A. Gender, Sickness, and Healing in Rural Egypt: Ethnography in Historical Context.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Environmental Sociology: Ewert , Alan , Deborah J. Chavez, and Arthur Magill (eds.). Culture, Conflict, and Communication in the Wildland-Urban Interface. Environmental Sociology: Baldwin , A. Dwight Jr ., Judith du Luce, and Carl Pletsch (eds.). Beyond Preservation: Restoring and Inventing Landscapes. Environmental Sociology: Duston , Thomas E. Recycling Solid Waste: The First Choice for Private and Public Sector Management. Environmental Sociology: O'Neill , John Francis . Ecology, Policy and Politics. Environmental Sociology: Bryant , Bunyan, and Paul Mohai (eds.). Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards: A Time for Discourse. Environmental Sociology: Peluso , Nancy Lee . Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java. Environmental Sociology: Ruttan , Vernon W. (ed.). Agriculture, Environment, and Health: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century. Rural Development: Cernea , Michael M. (ed.). Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development. Rural Development: Don Van Atta , (ed). The Farmer Threat: The Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Post-Soviet Russia. Rural Development: El -Ghonemy , M. Riad . Land, Food and Rural Development in North Africa. Rural Development: Curran , James, and David Storey (eds.). Small Firms in Urban and Rural Locations. Rural Development: Melko , Matthew , Thomas E. Koebernick, and David Michael Orenstein . Millfield on Saturday: Searching for Community in a Metropolitan Village. Theory: Bailey , Kenneth D. Sociology and the New Systems Theory: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Galston , William A., and Karen J. Baehler . Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice and Possibilities. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Gringeri , Christina E. Getting By: Women Homeworkers and Rural Economic Development. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Shuman , Michael . Toward a Global Village: International Community Development Initiatives. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Christenson , James A., Richard C. Maurer, and Nancy L. Strang (eds.). Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Martin , Philip L., and David A. Martin . The Endless Quest: Helping America's Farm, Workers. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Mc Murry , Sally . Transforming Rural Life: Dairying Families and Agricultural Change, 1820–1885. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Riney -Kehrberg , Pamela . Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Bray , Francesca . The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: De Haan , Henk . In the Shadow of the Tree: Kinship, Property and Inheritance among Farm Families. Environmental and Other Issues: Peterson , D. J. Troubled Lands: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental Destruction. Environmental and Other Issues: errard , Michael . Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting. Environmental and Other Issues: Murray , Douglas L. Cultivating Crisis: The Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America. Environmental and Other Issues: Wright , Scott D., Thomas Dietz , Richard Borden , Gerald Young, and Gregory Guagnano (eds.) Environmental and Other Issues: Obermiller , Phillip J., and William W. Philliber (eds.).     

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Book reviewed in this article: United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign Economic Aid. By Vernon W. Ruttan Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978–1993. By Barry Naughton The Rise and Fall of Development Theory. By Colin Leys Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation. By Roger C. Riddell and Mark Robinson, with John De Coninck, Ann Muir and Sarah White The North, the South and the Environment: Ecological Constraints and the Global Economy. Edited by V. Bhaskar and Andrew Glyn Industrialisation and Agricultural Surplus: A Comparative Study of Economic Development in Asia. By Massoud Karshenas Regional Trading Arrangements Among Developing Countries: The ASEAN Example. By Dean A. DeRosa Africa Now: People, Policies, Institutions. Edited by Stephen Ellis Dimensions of Development with Emphasis on Africa. Edited by Tekeste Negash and Lars Rudebeck The Underdevelopment of Development: Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank. Edited by Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark Promoting Development: Effective Global Institutions for the Twenty-first Century. Edited by Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter Asian Economies in Transition: Reforming Centrally Planned Economies. By Richard Pomfret The Response: GATT and Global Free Trade. By Sir James Goldsmith Environmental Valuation: New Perspectives. Edited by K. G. Willis and J. T. Corkindale Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity. By Lester R. Brown and Hal Kane Exchange Rate Parity for Trade and Development: Theory, Tests, and Case Studies. By Pan A. Yotopoulos IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact. By Tony Killick. Development Policy Studies series IMF Lending to Developing Countries: Issues and Evidence. By Graham Bird. Development Policy Studies series Economic Reforms and Poverty Alleviation in India. Edited by C. H. Hanumantha Rao and Hans Linnemann Moving to the Market: The World Bank in Transition. By Richard W. Richardson and Jonas A. Haralz Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley. Edited by G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development. Edited by John Harriss, Janet Hunter and Colin M. Lewis The New Struggle for Democracy in Africa. By John Wiseman Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract. By Timothy D. Sisk Money-Go-Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women. Edited by Shirley Ardener and Sandra Berman Global Change, Regional Response: The New International Context of Development. Edited by Barbara Stallings     

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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.     

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“Poppa” Psychology: The Role of Fathers in Children's Mental Well‐Being. Vicky Phares. Black Men and Divorce. Erma Jean Lawson & Aaron Thompson. Crossing the Line: Interracial Couples in the South. Robert P. McNamara, Maria Tempenis, & Beth Walton. Indicators of Children's Well‐Being. Robert M. Hauser, Brett V. Brown, & William R. Prosser (Eds.). The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. Robert M. Galatzer‐Levy & Louis Kraus (Eds.). The Third Job: Employed Couples' Management of Household Work Contradictions. Gurjeet K. Gill. Children's Adjustment to Adoption: Developmental and Clinical Issues. David M. Brodzinsky, Daniel W. Smith, & Anne B. Brodzinsky. Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage. Sandra Lee Browning & R. Robin Miller (Eds.). Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture. Mindy Fried. Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform: The Ties that Bind. Ruth A. Brandwein (Ed.). Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America. Carole A. Campbell. The Changing Family in Comparative Perspective: Asia and the United States. Karen Oppenheim Mason, Noriko O. Tsuya, & Minja Kim Choe (Eds.). Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies. Lynn Jamieson. Relationships as Developmental Contexts. W. Andrew Collins & Brett Laursen (Eds.). Attachment Theory and Close Relationships. Jeffry A. Simpson & W. Steven Rholes (Eds.). The Custody Wars: Why Children Are Losing the Legal Battle and What We Can Do About It. Mary Ann Mason. Book Review Editor's note: Copies of the book, The Postdivorce Family The Postdivorce Family: Children, Parenting, and Society. Ross A. Thompson & Paul R. Amato (Eds.). Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment (2nd ed.). Robert E. Emery. The Postdivorce Family: Children, Parenting, and Society. Ross A. Thompson & Paul R. Amato (Eds.). Undercurrents of Divorce. Shelley Day Sclater & Christine Piper (Eds.). Problem Solving in Families: Research and Practice. Samuel Vuchinich.     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Biological Diversity: Balancing Interests through Adaptive Collaborative Management, edited by Louise E. Buck, Charles C. Geisler, John Schelhas, and Eva Wollenberg. NGOs in India: A Cross‐Sectional Study, by R. Sooryamoorthy and K.D. Gangarde Working Through Environmental Conflict: The Collaborative Learning Approach, Steven E. Daniels and Gregg B. Walker The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America, by James Mahoney Dairy Industry Restructuring: Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vo lume 8, edited by Harry K. Schwarzweller and Andrew P. Davidson Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change, by Robert Gottlieb Bridging Human and Ecological Landscapes: Participatory Research and Sustainable Development in an Andean Agricultural Frontier, edited by Robert E. Rhoades     

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Book reviewed in this article: Development Economics. Edited by Deepak Lal Providing Food Security for All. By Mohiuddin Alamgir and Poonam Arora Bangladesh Faces the Future. Edited by Koht Ole David Norbye Chile's Middle Class: A Struggle for Survival in the Face of Neoliberalism. By Larissa Lomnitz and Ana Melnick The Apartheid City and Beyond: Urbanization and Social Change in South Africa. Edited by D. M. Smith Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africa. Edited by D. Drakakis-Smith Malaysia – Sustaining Industrial Investment Momentum China – Towards Sustainable Industrial Growth The Greening of World Trade Issues. Edited by Kym Anderson and Richard Blackhurst Agricultural Extension: Worldwide Institutional Evolution and Forces for Change. Edited by D. J. Gustafson and W. M. Rivera Maasailand Ecology: Pastoralist Development and Wildlife Conservation in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. By K. M. Homewood and W. A. Rodgers Liberalization in the Process of Economic Development. Edited by Lawrence B. Krause and Kim Kihwan Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region. By Yusef A. Sayigh Conflict over Natural Resources in South-East Asia and the Pacific. Edited by Lim Teck Ghee and Mark J. Valencia     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rethinking Development. Essays on Development and Southeast Asia. By P. W. Preston Food Aid: The Challenge and the Opportunity. By Hans Singer, John Wood and Tony Jennings Internal Migration and Urbanisation in Developing Countries. Findings from a Study of Ghana. By R. K. Kasanga and M. R. Avis Trade from Aid: A Guide to Opportunities from EEC Funding in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Edited by Carol Cosgrove and James McLeod The Arab Gulf States and Japan. Edited by Walid Sharif Changes in China. By Nora Stettner and Bert Oram Prospects for Africa. An Africa Review Group report Development Policies: Sociological Perspectives. Edited by Anthony Hall and James Midgley Macro-Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries. Edited by Frances Stewart Village Republics – Economic Conditions for Collective Action in South India. By Robert Wade The Women's Question and the Modes of Human Reproduction. An Analysis of a Tanzanian Village. By Uila Vuorela Women and Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future. By Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson Peasant Economics: Farm Households and Agrarian Development. By Frank Ellis Deforestation: Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems. Edited by J. Ives and D. C. Pitt Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System. By Robert E. Hudec Power from the People: Innovation, User Participation, and Forest Energy Development. By Matthew S. Gamser The State and Agricultural Development in Egypt since 1973. By Simon Commander     

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Book reviewed in this article: Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training. By Caroline O. N. Moser Reverse Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought. By Naila Kabeer Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis. By Rosi Braidotti, Ewa Charkiewicz, Sabine Hausler and Saskia Wieringa Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development. Edited by Wendy Harcourt Population and Reproductive Rights: Feminist Perspectives from the South. By Sonia Correa (in collaboration with Rebecca Reichmann) Social Science Research for Agricultural Technology Development: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions. Edited by Karen Ann Dvořák Economic Interdependence in the Asia-Pacific Region: Towards a Yen Bloc. By C. H. Kwan Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture. By Peter Goering, Helena Norberg-Hodge and John Page Inter-nation Policy Co-ordination and Untying of Aid. By Catrinus J. Jepma Economic Crisis and Third World Agriculture. Edited by Ajit Singh and Hamid Tabatabai The Political Economy of Oil. By Sarah Ahmed Khan The Process of Development of Societies. By K. C. Alexander Market Forces and World Development. Edited by Renée Prendergast and Frances Stewart Gender, Work and Population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Aderanti Adepoju and Christine Oppong Debt, Development and Equity in Africa. By Karamo N. M. Sonko Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions. By Robert Cassen and contributors Crisis or Transition in Foreign Aid. Edited by Adrian Hewitt The Trap. By James Goldsmith Author's response to Stein Hansen's review of Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Evironmental Impoverishment and the Crisis of Development. By Bruce Rich     

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Book reviewed in this article: International Development: Mestrovic , Stjepan G., with Miroslav Goreta, and Slaven Letica. The Road from Paradise: Prospects for Democracy in Eastern Europe. International Development: Presley , Cora Ann . Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya. International Development: Ekins , Paul . A New World Order. International Development: Bernstein , Henry , Ben Crow , and Hazel Johnson (eds.). Rural Livelihoods: Crises and Responses. International Development: Cancian , Frank . The Decline of Community in Zinacantán. International Development: Lewis , Suzanne Grant , and Joel Samoff (eds.). Microcomputers in African Development: Critical Perspectives. Sociology of Agriculture: Bonanno , Alessandro (ed.). The Agricultural and Food Sector in the New Global Era. Sociology of Agriculture: Tweeten , Luther , Cynthia L. Dishon , Wen S. Chern , Naraomi Imamura , and Masaru Morishima (eds.). Japanese and American Agriculture: Tradition and Progress in Conflict. Sociology of Agriculture: Hamlin , Christopher , and Philip T. Shepard . Deep Disagreement in U.S. Agriculture: Making Sense of Policy Conflict. Sociology of Agriculture: Bowler , I. R., C. R. Bryant , and M. D. Nellis (eds.). Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition (vol. 1): Agriculture and Environment. Sociology of Agriculture: Fliegel , Frederick C. Diffusion Research in Rural Sociology: The Record and Prospects for the Future. Sociology of Agriculture: Goreham , Gary A., David L. Watt , and Roy M. Jacobsen (eds.). Sociology of Agriculture: Attebery , Louie W. Sheep May Safely Graze: A Personal Essay on Tradition and a Contemporary Sheep Ranch.     

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Book reviewed in this article: China's Agricultural Modernization: The Socialist Mechanization Scheme. By On Kit Tam. Resources, Values and Development. By Amartya Sen. Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development. Edited by Michael M. Cernea. South East Asia. Essays in the Political Economy of Structural Change. Edited by R. Higgott and R. Robson. Does Aid Work? Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force. By Robert Cassen et al. Public Participation in Development Planning and Management. Edited by Jean-Claude García-Zamor. Turkey and the West. By David Barchard. Pakistan's Development Priorities: Choices for the Future. Edited by S.J. Burki and R. Laporte, Jr. Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation. By Robert B. Potter. European Interests in Latin America. By Esperanza Duran, Chatham House Papers 28. Agribusiness and the Small-scale Farmer — a Dynamic Partnership for Development. By Simon Williams and Ruth Kareh. Population Participation in Planning for Basic Needs Concepts, Methods and Practices. Edited by Franklyn Lisk.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Poverty: Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty . Poverty: Harvey , David L. Potter Addition: Poverty, Family, and Kinship in a Heartland Community. Poverty: Sinha , Arun . Against the Few: Struggles of India's Poor. Agriculture and Community: Bonanno , Alessandro (ed.). Agrarian Policies and Agricultural Systems. Agriculture and Community: Barlett , Peggy F. American Dreams: Rural Realities. Agriculture and Community: Mc Corkle , Constance M. (ed.). Plants, Animals, and People: Agropastoral Systems Research. Social Change: Goldscheider , Calvin (ed.). Fertility Transitions, Family Structure, and Population Policy. Social Change: Clay , Daniel C., and Harry K. Schwarzweller (eds.). Household Strategies. Social Change: Johnson , Patricia Lyons (ed.). Balancing Acts: Women and the Process of Social Change. Social Change: Escobar , Arturo, and Sonia E. Alvarez (eds.). The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy and Democracy. Social Change: Montgomery , William E. Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree: The African-American Church in the South 1865–1900. Social Change: Levy , Emanuel . Small-Town America in Film: The Decline and Fall of Community. Social Change: Fischer , Claude S. America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Approaches to Development Studies: Essays in Honour of Athole Mackintosh. Edited by Ian Livingstone. Rich Country Interests and Third World Development. Edited by Robert Cassen, Richard Jolly, John Sewell and Robert Wood. Management of Pastoral Development in the Third World. By Stephen Sandford. Managing Agricultural Systems. By G. E. Dalton. Planning Development Projects. By G. A. Bridger and J. T. Winpenny. Religion and Politics in Muslim Society. By Akbar S. Ahmed. EEC and the Third World: A Survey 4: Renegotiating Lomé. Edited by Christopher Stevens. The International Politics of Surplus Capacity — Competition for Market Shares in the World Recession. The Theory of International Trade. By Ali M. El-Agraa.     

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Ahmed, Belal and Afroz, Sultana The Political Economy of Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean Ake, Claude Democracy and Development in Africa Bhagwati, Jagdish N. and Hudec, Robert E. (eds) Fair Trade and Harmonization: Prerequisites for Free Trade? Volume 1: Economic Analysis; Volume 2: Legal Analysis Clüsener-Godt, M. and Sachs, I. (eds) Brazilian Perspectives on Sustainable Development of the Amazon Region Cromwell, Elizabeth Governments, Farmers and Seeds in a Changing Africa Engberg-Pedersen, Poul, Gibbon, Peter, Raikes, Phil and Udsholt, Lars (eds) Limits of Adjustment in Africa: The Effects of Economic Liberalization Gibbon, Peter and Olukoshi, Adebayo O. Structural Adjustment and Socio-Economic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Conceptual, Methodological and Research Issues Hook, Steven (ed.), Foreign Aid Toward the Millennium Hossain, Akhtar and Chowdhury, Anis Monetary and Financial Policies in Developing Countries: Growth and Stabilisation Kapur, Ratna and Cossman, Brenda Subversive Sites: Feminist Engagements with Law in India Keller, Edmond J. and Rothchild, Donald (eds) Africa in the New International Order: Rethinking State Sovereignty and Regional Security Leach, Melissa and Mearns, Robin (eds) The Lie of the Land: Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment Nonneman, Gerd (ed.) Political Liberalization: Dynamics and Linkages in Comparative Perspective Reij, Chris, Scoones, Ian and Toulmin, Camilla (eds) Sustaining the Soil: Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa Shukri, Shirin J.A. Arab Women: Unequal Partners in Development Stokke, Olav (ed.) Foreign Aid Towards the Year 2000: Experiences and Challenges Tarp, Finn and Brixen, Peter The South African Economy: Macroeconomic Prospects for the Medium Term