BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Charles Booth on the City: Physical Pattern and Social Structure, edited with an Introduction by Harold W. Pfautz Methodology in Social Research, edited by Hubert M. and Ann Blalock The Social Meanings of Suicide by Jack D. Douglas Working Class Community: Some general notions raised by a series of studies in northern England by Brian Jackson Role Theory: Concepts and Research edited by Bruce J. Biddle and Edwin J. Thomas The Enterprise in Transition: An Analysis of European and American Practice by H. van der Haas Social Class, Language and Education by Denis Lawton Family and Community in Ireland by C. M. Arensberg and S. T. Kimball Autonomous Group Functioning: An Exploration in Behaviour Theory and Measurement by P. G. Herbst The Sexual Context of Premarital Sexual Permissiveness by Ira L. Reiss Social Interaction: Process and Products by M. Sherif The Sociology of the School by M. D. Shipman The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by B. G. Glaser and A. L. Strauss Influences on Parent Behaviour by Lois M. Stolz Mobility of Farm Families: a study of occupational and residential mobility in an upland area of England by J. S. Nalson Scientific Sociology: Theory and Method by David Wilier The Emergent American Society Vol. i, Large-Scale Organizations (eds.) W. L. Warner, D. B. Unwalla and J. H. Trimm Vulnerable Children, Three Studies of Children in Conflict: Accident Involved Children, Sexually Assaulted Children and Children with Asthma by L. Burton Power, Politics and People: The Collected Essays of C. Wright Mills edited by I. L. Horowitz Military Organisation and Society by Stanislav Andreski The Family in Social Context by Gerald R. Leslie The Social Context of the School by S. John Eggleston     

Book Reviews

Children in Changing Families: Life After Parental Separation. Jan Pryor & Bryan Rogers. Women Without Children: Nurturing Lives. Yvonne Vissing. New Brunswick. For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered. E. Mavis Hetherington & John Kelly. The Birth of Pleasure. Carol Gilligan. Making Men Into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood. Barbara Hobson (Ed.). Taking Parenting Public: The Case for a New Social Movement. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Nancy Rankin, & Cornel West (Eds.). Pit Women: Coal Communities in Northern England in the Early Twentieth Century. Griselda Carr. Championing Child Care. Sally S. Cohen. Caring and Doing for Others. Alice S. Rossi (Ed.).     

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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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Women's Work Is Never Done: Comparative Studies in Care‐Giving, Employment, and Social Policy Reform. Sylvia Bashevkin. (Ed.) Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging. Margaret Cruikshank. How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations. Vern L. Bengtson, Timothy J. Biblarz, & Robert E. L. Roberts. New Family Values: Liberty, Equality, Diversity. Karen Struening. Involved Fathering and Men's Adult Development: Provisional Balances. Rob Palkovitz. For Better and for Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well‐Being of Children and Families. Greg J. Duncan & P. Lindsay Chase‐Lansdale. (Eds.) The Power of Good Deeds: Privileged Women and the Social Reproduction of the Upper Class. Diana Kendall. Child Care and Inequality: Rethinking Carework for Children and Youth. Francesca M. Cancian, Demie Kurz, Andrew S. London, Rebecca Reviere, & Mary C. Tuominen.     

The Fuss About NGOs—Are They Worth It?

Beyond the Magic Bullet: NGO Performance and Accountability in the Post-Cold War World, edited by Michael Edwards and David Hulme. West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press, with Save the Children, 1996. 286 pp., $38.00 cloth, $18.95 paper. NGOs, States, and Donors: Too Close for Comfort? edited by David Hulme and Michael Edwards. New York: St. Martin's Press, with Save the Children, 1997. 300 pp., $59.95 cloth. Nongovernmental Organizations and Health in Developing Countries, by Andrew Green and Ann Matthias. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 225 pp., $59.95 cloth.     

Book Reviews

Family and Society in American History. Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men. Walking a Tightrope: Meeting the Challenges of Work and Family. Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. Medicalized Motherhood: Perspectives From the Lives of African‐American and Jewish Women. Talk of Love: How Culture Matters.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Alain Touraine, Can We Live Together? Equality and Difference James A. Vela‐McConnell, Who Is My Neighbor? Social Affinity in a Modern World Rita Arditti, Searching for Life: The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Disappeared Children of Argentina Clive Norris and Gary Armstrong, The Maximum Surveillance Society: The Rise of CCTV Ian Lennie, Beyond Management Richard Giulianotti, Football: A Sociology of the Global Game Andrew Sayer, Realism and Social Science     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Freeman, Lucy. What do women want? Self-discovery through fantasy Heckerman, Carol Landau. The evolving female: Women in psychosocial context. Kaplan, Helen Singer. Disorders of sexual desire Langs, Robert. The therapeutic environment Olson, David H. Inventory of marriage and family literature. Sander, Fred M. Individual and family therapy: Toward an integration. Tessman, Lora Heims. Children of parting parents. Wakefield Washington Associates, Inc. Family research: A sourcebook, analysis and guide to federal funding.     

Review/Comptes rendus*

cyril levitt , Children of Privilege: Student Revolt in the Sixties ALAN ROADBURG, Aging, Retirement, Leisure and Work in Canada. John L. Mc Mullan , The Canting Crew: London's Criminal Underworld, 1550–1700 Jacqueline S. Iismael (ed.), Canadian Social Welfare Policy: Federal and Provincial Dimensions Philip Ccorrigan and Derek Sayer , The Great Arch: English State Formation as Cultural Revolution R. Paul Shaw , Intermetropolitan Migration in Canada. Changing Determinants over Three Decades Eliott Leyton , Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murderer     

Reviews

Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard, Counselling Children; A Practical Introduction Cynthia L. Schultz and Noel Schultz, Care For Caring Parents, Leader's Manual And Parent's Program Booklet For Parents Of Children With Special Needs Mark Katz, On Playing A Poor Hand Well: Insights From The Lives Of Those Who Have Overcome Childhood Risks And Adversities Joseph Sandler, Christopher Dare, Anna Ursula Dreher, Freud's Models Of The Mind; An Introduction Ruth Schmidt Neven, Emotional Milestones: From Birth To Adulthood: A Psychodynamic approach Philip E. Slater, The Glory Of Hera: Greek Mythology And The Greek Family A. Borowski, J. O'Connor (Eds), Juvenile Crime Justice & Corrections Gail S. Goodman and Bette L. Bottoms, Child Victims, Child Witnesses: Understanding And Improving Testimony Susan Allport, A Natural History Of Parenting (From Emperor Penguins To Reluctant Ewes, A Naturalist Looks At How Parenting Differs In The Animal World And Ours) Aldo Gurgone, Couple Communication: Understanding Each Other. [Video], And Fair Fighting: Getting Closer Not Breaking Up [Video] R.D. Hinshelwood, Therapy Or Coercion: Does Psychoanalysis Differ From Brainwashing? Judith Paphazy, The Troublesome Years: Parenting Adolescents Alex J Packer, Parenting One Day At A Time: Using The Tools Of Recovery To Become Better Parents And Raise Better Kids     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Children in the City: Home, Neighbourhood and Community (The Future of Childhood Series) by Pia Christensen and Margaret O'Brien (eds).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States, by Min Zhou and Carl L. The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities, by William A.V. Clark. Making Democracy Work Better: Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect, by Richard A. Couto with Catherine S. Guthrie. The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia, by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee. Technology Development in Rural Industries: A Study of China's Collectives, by Hannah Piek.     

Book Reviews

Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991–2001. By Lise Rakner Ghana: Long‐term Growth, Atrophy and Stunted Recovery. By J. Clark Leith and Ludvig Söderling Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development. Edited by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean‐Laurent Rosenthal, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era. By Yasheng Huang Gender and Education for All: The Leap to Equality – EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4 The State of the World's Children 2004: Girls, Education and Development     

“WITHOUT A TRACE AS THE RIPPLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA”

Anatoly Rybakov, Deti Arbata in Druzhba narodov (Moscow), nos. 4, 5, 6, 1987; Children of the Arbat. (Tr. from the Russian by Harold Shukman). Boston, MA: Little, Brown &; Co, 1988.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Revolution of the Saints: A Study in the Origins of Radical Politics by Michael Walzer Age of Indtistrial Violence 1910–15: The Activities and Findings of The United States Commission on Industrial Relations by Graham Adams, Jr. The Psychology of Union-Management Relations by Ross Stagner and Hjolmar Rosen Culture, Health and Disease by Margaret Read Professional Men: The Rise of the Professional Classes in Nineteenth Century England by W. J. Reader Comparative Functionalism by Walter Goldschmidt Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification by Gerhard E. Lenski Psychological Statistics: An Introduction by F. A. Gurts New Dubliners: Urbanization and the Irish Family by A. J. Hiunphreys Slums and Community Development: Experiments in Self Help by M. Bainard Dilemmas of Urban America by R. C. Weaver Urban Renewal and American Cities by Scott Greer Plenty and Want: a social history of diet in England from 1815 to the present day by John Bumett The Captive Wife by Hannah Gavron Parents, Children and Adoption: A Handbook for Adoption Workers by Jane Rowe Identification and Child Rearing by Robert R. Sears, Lucy Rau and Richard Alpert Children in Need by Anthony Denney Absent: School refusal as an expression of disturbed family relationships by Max B. Qyne Studies of Troublesome Children by D. H. Stott Theories in Social Psychology by Morton Deutsch & Robert M. Krauss The Compassionate Society by K. Jones Work, Age and Leisure by F. le Gros Qark The Social Needs of the Over-80's by Fraser Brockington and Suzanne M. Lempert Promoting Mental Health of Older People Through Group Methods: A Pactical Guide by Wilma H. Klein, Eda J. Le Shan, Sylvan S. Funnan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Improving Practice with Children and Families-A Training Manual : David Gambe, Jenny Gomes, Vijay Kapur, Moira Ranger, Paul Stubbs Open Adoption: Research, Theory and Practice : Murray Ryburn Education Divides: Poverty and Schooling in the 1990s : Teresa Smith and Michael Noble Youth Policy in the 1990s: the Way Forward : Edited by John C. Coleman and Chris Warren-Adamson Growing Up With Unemployment: a Longitudinal Study of Its Psychological Impact : Anthony H. Winefield, Marika Tiggemann, Helen R. Winefield and Robert D. Goldney     

Closed Circuit TV Debate Bridges the Gap between Schools

Abstract

Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors, compiled by Dith Pran. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1998. 199 pp. ISBN 0-300-06839-5. $14.95.     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Children and Young People in Conflict with the Law by Stewart Asquith (ed.).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: MORTIMORE, Claudia Immigration and Adoption Trentham Books and School of Oriental and African Studies WYMAN, Mark Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880–1930. BRINK, M., and M. PASARIBOE (Editors) Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands Centre for Migration Research, Department of Human Geography, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1993 MARSELLA, A. J., T. BORNEMANN, S. EKBLAD and J. ORLEY (Editors) Amidst Peril and Pain: The Mental Health and Well-being of the World's Refugees REID, Euan, and Hans REICH (Editors) Breaking the Boundaries: Migrant Workers' Children in the EC     

How Can We Tell the Dancer from the Dance: Poetry of Work and Workers

This article presents a review of What Work Is by Philip Levine (1991) and Saturday's Children: Poems of Work edited by Helen Plotz (1982). The review is followed by a discussion of the use of poetry as a personal and professional resource.