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Book reviewed in this article: The Commerce of Culture: Experience of Indian Handicrafts. By Vincent Cable, Ann Weston and L.C. Jain. Sustainable Development: Exploring the Contradictions. By Michael Redclift. News out of Africa: Biafra to Band Aid. By Paul Harrison and Robin Palmer. Agroecosystems: The Scientific Basis of Alternative Agriculture. By Miguel A. Altieri.     

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Books reviewed in this article: People and Plans. Essays on Urban Problems and Solutions.By Herbert J. Gans . The Structure of Community Power. Edited By Michael Aiken and Paul E. Mott . Ferdinand Töennies on Sociology: Pure, Applied, and Empirical. Selected Writings. Edited and with an Introduction by Werner J. Cahnman and Rudolf Heberle . Campus Power Struggle. Edited by Howard S. Becker . Kinship and Class: A Midwestern Study. By Bernard Farber . Social Relationships. By George J. Mc Call , Michal M. Mc Call , Norman K. Denzin , Gerald D. Suttles and Suzanne B. Kurth .     

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Book reviewed in this article: War Wounds: Development Costs of Conflict in the Southern Sudan - The Sudanese People Report On Their War Confronting Poverty in Developing Countries: Definitions, Information and Policies. By Paul Glewwe and Jacques van der Gaag The Poor and the Poorest: Some Interim Findings. By Michael Lipton Income Distribution and Economic Development in Malawi: Some Historical Statistics. By Frederic L. Pryor Development Economics on Trial. By Polly Hill The European Community and the Developing World. By Marjorie Lister     

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Book reviewed in this article: A World of Difference: A New Framework for Development Co-operation in the 1990s Solidarity Against Poverty. A Socialist Program from Holland. Edited by Nico Schrijver and C. Paulien van der Tempel Labour Transfer and Economic Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies from Iran. By Hassan Hakimian Theory and Practice in Plantation Agriculture: An Economic Review. By Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore Africa Beyond Famine. A Report to the Club of Rome. Edited by Aklilu Lemma and Pentti Malaska The Food Question: Profits versus People? Edited by Henry Bernstein et al. The Rise and Decline of the Nation-State. Edited by Michael Mann Literacy and Power – The Latin American Battleground. Edited by David Archer and Patrick Costello Development Dilemmas in Rural Thailand. By Philip Hirsch Promoting Private Enterprise in Developing Countries. Paris No Life Without Roots – Culture and Development. By Thierry G. Verhelst Biotechnology and the Future of World Agriculture. Edited by Henk Hobbelink Banking on the Rural Poor. By David S. Gibbons and Sukor Kasim Family, Household and Gender Relations in Latin America. Edited by Elizabeth Jelin Third World Cooperation: The Group of 77 in UNCTAD. By Marc Williams The GATT Uruguay Round: Effects on Developing Countries. By Sheila Page with Michael Davenport and Adrian Hewitt Macroeconomic Policies in an Interdependent World. Edited by Ralph C. Bryant, David A. Currie, Jacob A. Frenkel, Paul R. Masson and Richard Portes US–Mexican Industrial Integration: The Road to Free Trade. Edited by Sidney Weintraub with Luis Rubio F. and Alan D. Jones Philippines: The Land of Broken Promises. By James B. Goodno     

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Book reviewed in this article: India's Trade Policy and the Export Performance of Industry. By Pitou van Dijck and K. S. Chalpati Rao Redefining Conservatism: An Essay on the Bias in India's Economic Reform. By Narendar Pani India's Economic Future: Government, People and Attitudes. By V. V. Bhanoji Rao Miracle or Design? Lessons from the East Asian Experience. By Albert Fishlow, Catherine Gwin, Stephan Haggard, Dani Rodrik and Robert Wade The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia. Edited by David Wurfel and Bruce Burton Africa's Multilateral Debt: A Modest Proposal. By the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development The New Frontier: Farmers' Response to Land Degradation - A West African Study. By Kojo Sebastian Amanor Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts. By John A. Dixon, Louise Fallon Scura, Richard A. Carpenter, and Paul B. Sherman World Trade Reform: Do Developing Countries Gain or Lose? By Sheila Page and Michael Davenport     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE DREAM OF REALITY: Heinz von Foerster's Constructivism . Lynn Segal. TALES OF ENCHANTMENT: Goal-Oriented Metaphors . Carol H. Lankton & Stephen R. Lankton. HELPING FAMILIES: Systems, Residential and Agency Responsibility . Peter Bruggen and Dennis O'Brien. Faber & Faber HEALING THE INCEST WOUND: ADULT SURVIVORS IN THERAPY . Christina A. Courtois. CLUES: INVESTIGATING SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF THERAPY . Steve de Shazer. FOCUS ON YOUR FAMILY . Sandra Nevezie and Jan Marsh. Longman Paul UNDERSTANDING MAJOR MENTAL DISORDER: THE CONTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INTERACTION RESEARCH . Kurt Hahlweg and Michael Goldstein (eds.). MEN AND DIVORCE . Michael F. Myers.     

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Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY INTERACTION AND FAMILY THERAPY IN CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE. Per A. Gustafsson. STORIES FOR THE THIRD EAR: Using Hypnotic Fables in Psychotherapy. Lee Wallas. HUMAN RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: Training and self-help. Richard Nelson-Jones. PSYCHOTHERAPY TRADECRAFT: The technique and style of doing therapy. Theodore H. Blau THE COMPLEX SECRET OF BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY. James Paul Gustafson. THE FREUDIAN METAPHOR: Toward Paradigm Change in Psychoanalysis. Donald P. Spence. WOMEN IN FAMILIES: A Framework for Family Therapy. Monica McGoldrick, Carol M. Anderson & Froma Walsh. FAMILY EVALUATION. Michael E. Kerr & Murray Bowen. SECOND MARRIAGE: Make it Happy! Make it Last.! Richard B. Stuart & Barbara Jacobson. FAMILY INTERVENTION THROUGHOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY. Paul W. Power, Arthur E. Dell Orto & Martha Blechar Gibbons (Eds.).     

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Development Planning and Poverty Reduction. Edited by David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner Global Civil Society? By John Keane Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor. By Paul Farmer, with a foreword by Amartya Sen Developing Capacity Through Technical Cooperation: Country Experiences. Edited by Stephen Browne Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa. By James Keeley and Ian Scoones Imagine There's No Country: Poverty, Inequality and Growth in the Era of Globalisation. By Surjit S. Bhalla Developing Agricultural Trade: New Roles for Government in Poor Countries. By Michael Hubbard Reintegrating India with the World Economy. By T. N. Srinivasan and Suresh D. Tendulkar The IMF and Economic Development. By James Raymond Vreeland Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg. By Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell Poverty in America: A Handbook. By John Iceland Corporate Capitalism in Contemporary South Asia: Conventional Wisdoms and South Asian Realities. Edited by Ananya Mukherjee Reed     

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Book Review in this article: The Constitution of Society, Anthony Giddens Michel Foucalt, Barry Smart. Making Sense of Marx, Jon Elster Michel Foucault, Mark Cousins and Athar Hussain Making Sense of Marx, Jon Elster Working the Work Ethic, Michael Rose Working Women in Recession: Employment, Redundancy and Unemployment, Roderick Martin and Judith Wallace Shop Floor Bargaining and the State, Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeithin (eds) Technologies of Freedom, Ithiel de Sola Pool Capitalism, Class Confliet and the New Middle Class, Bob Carter, Routledge & Kegan Paul Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice, Judith R. Blau The Politics of Socialism. An Essay in Political Theory, John Dunn A Preface to Economic Democracy, Robert A. Dahl The Semiotics of Culture and Language, Robin P. Faweett, M. A. K. Halliday, Sydney Lamb and Adam Makkai Just Looking: Consumer Culture in Dreiser, Gissing and Zola Rachel Bowlby Postmodern Culture, Hal Foster (ed.) Habermas and Modernity, Richard J. Bernstein (ed.) Popular Fiction and Social Change, Christopher Pawling (ed.) How Conversation works, Ronald Wardhaugh Language, The Sexes and Society, Philip M. Smith. Private Violence and Public Policy: The Needs of Battered Women and the Response of the Public Services, Jan Pahl Women on Trial, Susan S.M. Edwards Education in Multicultural Societis, Trevor Corner (ed.) Home and School in Multicultural Britain, Sally Tomlinson Comparative Youth Culture, Michael Brake, Routledge & Kegan Paul The Loneliness of the Dying, Norbert Elias, trans. Edmund Jephcott, Basil Blackwell     

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Book reviewed in this article: HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA. Edited by David M. Garner and Paul E. Garfinkel. SUPERVISION AND TRAINING — MODELS, DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES. Edited by Florence W. Kaslow. DEFEATING DEPRESSION. Tony Lake. Penguin IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST? DIVORCE COURT WELFARE AND THE SEARCH FOR A SETTLEMENT. C. Clulow and C. Vincent. STRESS — THEORY AND PRACTICE. Michael King, Gordon Stanley and Graham Burrows. YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING HOME IN AUSTRALIA. The Trend Towards Independence. Christabel Young. JEALOUSY. Peter Van Sommers. INTEGRATED FAMILY THERAPY — A PROBLEM-CENTRED PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH. David Will and Robert M. Wrate. THE ROLE OF DRUG TREATMENTS FOR EATING DISORDERS. Edited by Paul E. Garfinkel and David M. Garner.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Development Economics (2 vols). Edited by Hollis Chenery and T. N. Srinivasan Trade, Finance and Developing Countries. Strategies and Constraints in the 1990s. By Sheila Page Third World Military Expenditure and Arms Production. By Robert E. Looney Third World Military Expenditure: Determinants and Implications. By Robert D. McKinlay Animal Power in Farming Systems. Edited by Paul Starkey and Fadel Ndiamé Animal Traction Directory: Africa. By Paul Starkey Animal-Drawn Wheled Toolcarriers: Perfected yet Rejected. By Paul Starkey Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Prabhu Pingali, Yves Bigot and Hans P. Binswanger Lexique de la colonisation française. By Jean Martin The State and Village Society. The Political Economy of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh. By Shakeeb Adnan Khan Policy and Practice in the Management of Tropical Watersheds. By Sir H. Charles Pereira Agriculture in Vanuatu: A Historical Review. By Barry Weightman Political Pawns: Refugees on the Thai-Kampuchean Border. By Josephine Reynell A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization. By John Perlin The Enigma of Colonialism: British Policy in West Africa. By Anne Phillips Banking the Unbankable: Bringing Credit to the Poor. By Ibrahima Bakhoum, Harry Bhaskara, Chole Chimbano, Eduardo Marquez Gonzalez, Winnie Ogana, Hikloch Ogola, Ana-Maria Quinones, Jawadur Rahman, Najma Sadeque, Govindam Venkatramani and Mallika Wanigasundara Corruption, Development and Under development. By Robin Theobald Technology Systems for Small Farmers: Issues and Options. Edited by A. M. Kesseba Renewing the Earth: Development for a Sustainable Future: an Economic Perspective. By Seamus Cleary     

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Books reviewed in this article: Global Human Smugling: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by David Kyle and Rey Koslowski Minority Nationalism and the Changing International Order. Edited by Michael Keating and John McGarry The Making ofhian America through Political Participation. By Pei‐te Lien Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration. By Hasia R. Diner The Irish in the South, 1815–1877. By David T. Gleeson Nau York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity, 1950–1970. By Eli Lederhendler Immigration Law in the European Community. By Elspeth Guild From Immigrants to Ethnic Minority: Making Black Community in Britain. By Lorna Chessum German Minorities in Europe: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Belonging. Edited by Stefan Wolff Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees From Nazi Germany. By Walter Laqueur Citizenship and Wars: France in Turmoil, 1870–1871. By Betrand Taithe Portugal‐Brasil: Migraçóes e Migrantes, 1850–1930. By Maria Beatriz Rocha‐Trindade and Domingos Caeiro Nationalism and Democratic Transition: The Politics of Citizenship and Language in Post‐Soviet Latvia. By Mark A. Jubulis Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria. By Rotimi T. Suberu The Impact of Immigration on Australia. By I. H. Burnley Visits Home: Migration Experiences between Italy and Australia. By Loretta Baldassar Foreign Migrants in Contemporary Japan. By Hiroshi Komai China and Southeast Asia's; Ethnic Chinese: State and Diaspora in Contemporary Asia. By Paul J. Bolt The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy. By Wang Gungwu     

BOOKS

Reviews: Bourdieu, Pierre. La domination masculine Reviews: Brown, Annette N. (ed.). When is transition over? Kalamazoo, MI, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999 Reviews: Hopkins, Michael. The planetary bargain: Corporate social responsibility comes of age Reviews: Humphries, Jane; Rubery, Jill (eds.). The economics of equal opportunities. Recent books: Bales, Kevin. Disposable people: New slavery in the global economy Recent books: Ferber, Marianne A. (ed.). Women in the labor market. Recent books: Fisher, Helen. The first sex: The natural talents of women and how they are changing the world Recent books: Gruppo di Studio e Ricerca PERSONA E LAVORO, coordinated by Piera Fabris. Còdice di diritto internazionale e comunitario del lavoro corredato di note esplicative e riferimenti normativi Recent books: Hales, Dianne. Just like a woman: How gender science is redefining what makes us female Recent books: Majnoni d'Intignano, Béatrice. Egalité entre femmes et hommes: Aspects économiques. Paris, La Documentation française, 1999. Report to the Conseil d'Analyse economique du Premier Ministre. With comments by Michel Aglietta and Gilbert Cette and further contributions from Michel Glaude, Annie Fouquet, Annie Gauvin and Marie-Thérèse Letablier Recent books: Tiger, Lionel. The decline of males Recent books: Tinker, Irene; Summerfield, Gale (eds.) Women's rights to house and land: China, Laos, Vietnam New ILO publications: Adjustment, employment and missing institutions in Africa: The experience in eastern and southern Africa. Edited by Willem van der Geest and Rolph van der Hoeven New ILO publications: Credit unions and the poverty challenge: Extending outreach, enhancing sustainability. Edited by Bernd Balkenhol New ILO publications: Employment and labour market policies in transition economies. By Alena Nesporova New ILO publications: Freedom of association: An annotated bibliography. New ILO publications: Key Indicators of the Labour Market 1999. Geneva, 1999. Tables, boxes, figures, maps, appendices. Book: 140 Swiss francs, ISBN 92–2–110833–3; CD-ROM plus a brochure KILM country profiles New ILO publications: Modelling in health care finance: A compendium of quantitative techniques for health care financing. By Michael Cichon, William Newbrander, Hiroshi Yamabana, Axel Weber, Charles Normand, David Dror and Alexander Preker New ILO publications: The roles of evaluation for vocational education and training: Plain talk on the field of dreams. By W. Norton Grubb and Paul Rya     

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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Managing Third World Debt. Report of the Second Working Party established by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development. The Developing Country Debt Crisis. By David Lomax. Debt and Development Crises in Latin America: The End of An Illusion. By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Osvaldo Sunkel. The Common Agricultural Policy and the Less Developed Countries. By Alan Matthews. Strategic Trade Policy and the New International Economics. Edited by P.R. Krugman. Trade Policy, Protectionism and the Third World. By Michael Davenport. Changes on the Euphrates: Villagers, Townsmen and Employees in Northern Syria. By Annika Rabo. Agricultural Project Management: Monitoring and Control of Implementation. By Peter Smith. Food in Sub-Saharan AJrica. Edited by Art Hansen and Della E. McMillan. Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by John W. Mellor, Christopher L. Delgado and Malcolm J. Blackie. Drought and Hunger in AJrica: Lknying Famine a Future. Edited by Michael H. Glantz. Agricultural Development in Southern Africa: Farm Household Economics and the Food Crisis. By Allan Low. World Recession and the Food Crisis in Africa. Edited by Peter Lawrence. Africa's Development Criris. By P. Ndegwa. Agrarian Change in Egypt: An Anatomy of Rural Poverty. By Samir Radwan and Eddy Lee. Swedish Development Aid in Perspective: Policies, Problems and Results since 1952. Edited by P. Fruhling. Agricultural Exports and Economic Growth — A Study of Botswana's Beef Indutry. By Michael Hubbard. The Guardian Third World Review: Voices from the South. Edited by Victoria Brittain and Michael Simmons. Rainwater Harvesting: The Collection of Rainfall and Runoff in Rural Areas. By Arnold Pacey with Adrian Cullis.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economic Evaluation and the Environment. By Charles Cooper. Ecodevelopment. By Robert Riddell Explorations in Natural Resource Economics. Edited by V. Kerry Smith and John V. Krutilla. The Endless Day: Some Case Material on Asian Rural Women. Edited by T.S. Epstein and R. Watts. Village Women of Bangladesh: Prospect for Change. By T.A. Abdullah and S. Zeidenstein. Profiles in Female Poverty: A Study of Five Poor Working Women in Kerala. By Leela Gulati. International Economic Integration. Edited by Ali M. El-Agraa. David Livingstone Institute Series on Choice of Technique in Developing Countries. Edited by Eric Rahim. Vol. 1: Brewing in Developing Countries. By James Keddie and William Cleghorn. Vol. 2: Choice of Technique in Maize Milling. By S. J. Uhlig and B. A. Bhat. Vol. 3: Brick Manufacture in Developing Countries. By J. Keddie and W. Cleghorn. Vol. 4: Choice of Technique in Leather Manufacture. By M. M. Huq and H. Aragaw. Vol. 5: Choice of Technique in Bolt and Nut Manufacture. By N. S. McBain and S. J. Uhlig. Vol. 6: Choice of Technology in the Production of Cotton Cloth. By J. Pickett and R. Robson. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. By Amartya Sen. International Trade Regulation. By Edmond McGovern. RAMSES 1982, The State of the World Economy: Annual Report by the French Institute for International Relations. The Other Face of OPEC: Financial Assistance to the Third World. By Ibrahim F. I. Shihata. South-South Relations in a Changing World Order. Edited by Jerker Carlsson. Multinationals from Developing Countries. Edited by Krishna Kumar and Maxwell G. McLeod. Energy Planning for Developing Countries: A Study of Bangladesh. By R. J. de Lucia, H. D. Jacoby et al. Economic Development: An Introduction. By Clarence Zuvekas. Disparities in Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Edited by Paul Bairoch and Maurice Levy-Leboyer. The Geography of Multinationals. Edited by Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Does Aid Work in India? A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance. By Michael Lipton and John Toye The Lords of Poverty: the Freewheeling Lifestyles, Power, Prestige and Corruption of the Multi-billion Dollar Aid Business. By Graham Hancock Real Aid: What Europe Can Do. By the Independent Group on British Aid Soviet Regional Economic Policy: The East-West Debate Over Pacific Siberian Development. By Jonathan R. Schiffer Debt, Stabilization and Development: Essays in Memory of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro. Edited by Guillermo Calvo, Ronald Findlay, Pentti Kouri and Jorge Braga de Macedo Debt, Adjustment and Recovery: Latin America's Prospects for Growth and Development. Edited by Sebastian Edwards and Felipe Larrain The Political Economy of Namibia: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. By Tore Linne Eriksen with Richard Moorsom Economic Theories of Development: An Analysis of Competing Paradigms. By Diana Hunt Democracy and Development in Latin America: Economics, Politics and Religion in the Postwar Period. By David Lehmann The Competitive Advantage of Nations. By Michael Porter Labeur et Rareté. By Fabio R. Fiallo