Book Reviews

Book reviews: Mary Maynard (ed), Science and the Construction of Women Boel Berner (ed), Gendered Practices: Feminist Studies of Technology and Society Teresa Rees, Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union Aileen McColgan, Just Wages for Women Alison M. Thomas and Celia Kitzinger (eds), Sexual Harassment: Contemporary Feminist Perspectives     

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Bergström, Villy (ed.), Government and Growth Cox, Aidan and Koning, Antonique with Hewitt, Adrian, Howell, John and Marr, Ana, Understanding European Community Aid: Aid Policies, Management and Distribution Explained Dasgupta, Partha and Maler, Kari-Goran (eds), The Environment and Emerging Development Issues, Volumes 1 and 2 Dickson, Anna K., Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction Fisher, Thomas and Mahajan, Vijay with Singha, Ashok, The Fogotten Sector: Non-Farm Employment and Enterprise in Rural India Kikula, Idris, S., Policy Implications on Environment: The Case of Villagisation in Tanzania Malinvaud, Edmond et al., Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy: Vol. I Maxfield, Sylvia, Gatekeepers of Growth: The International Political Economy of Central Banking in Developing Countries Székely, István P. and Sabot, Richard (eds), Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy: Vol. II Wahid, Abu N.M. (ed.), The Asean Region in Transition: A Socioeconomic Perspective Wilson, Frank (ed.), Towards Sustainable Project Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: Own or Other Culture John Okely, New Ethnicities and Urban Culture: racisms and multiculture in young lives Les Back, Consumption and Identity at Work Paul du Gay, Gender, Culture and Organizational Change: Putting theory into practice Catherine Itzin and Janet Newman (eds), Good enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Mothering E.B. Silvam (ed.), Citizenship Today: The Contemporary Relevance of T. H. Marshall Martin Bulmer and Anthony M. Rees (eds), Democracy and the Global Order. From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance David Held, Conflicts about class: debating inequality in late industrialism. D.J. Lee and B.S. Turner (eds), Medicine, Health and Risk: Sociological Approaches Jonathon Gabe (ed.), Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis Barry Barnes, War Stories – The Culture of Foreign Correspondents Mark Pedelty,     

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Adedji, Adebayo and Otite, O., Nigeria: Renewal from the Roots? The Struggle for Democratic Development Burnell, Peter, Foreign Aid in a Changing World Colchester, Marcus, Guyana Fragile Frontier: Loggers, Miners and Forest People Culpeper, Roy, Berry, Albert and Stewart, Frances (eds), Global Development Fifty Years after Bretton Woods Emmerij, Louis (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century Francis, Paul (ed.), State, Community and Local Development in Nigeria Hjort-af-Ornäs, Anders (ed.), Approaching Nature from Local Communities Kapur, Devish, Lewis, John P. and Webb, Richard, The World Bank: Its First Half Century, Vols I & II Lukic, Reneo and Lynch, Allen, Europe from the Balkans to the Urals: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union Rist, Gilbert, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith Singh, Katar and Ballabh, Vishwa (eds), Cooperative Management of Natural Resources Skarstein, Rune, Development Theory: A Guide to Some Unfashionable Perspectives van Dijk, Meine Pieter and Rabellotti, Roberta (eds), Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries     

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Book reviewed in this article: Power, Modernity and Sociology: Selected Sociological Writings. Raymond Aron. Dominique Schnapper (ed.) Michel Foucault: Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and other Writings 1977–84, Lawrence D. Kritzman (ed.) Norbert Elias: Civilization and the Human Self-Image, Stephen Mennell Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman Fin-de-Siecle Socialism, Martin Jay The Analysis of Ideology, Raymond Boudon Political Theory and the Modern State, David Held The State, John A. Hall and G. John Ikenberry Status, Bryan S. Turner Citizenship, J.M. Barbalet On Work: Historical, Comparative and Theoretical Approaches R.E. Pahl (ed.) The Transformation of Work? Skill, Flexibility and the Labour, Process S. Wood (ed.) New Technology and the Labour Process, David Knights and Hugh Willmott (eds) Employment in Britain D. GaHie (ed.) Victims of Crime: A New Deal?, M. Maguire and J. Pointing Growing Up Good: Policing the Behaviour of Girls in Europe M. Cain (ed.) The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe Rudolf M. Dekker and Lotte C. van de Pol AIDS: Cultural Analysis, Cultural Activism, Douglas Crimp (ed.) Looka Yonder The Imaginary America of Populist Culture Duncan Webster     

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Book reviewed in this article: Young at Eighty: The Prolific Public Life of Michael Young Geoff Dench, Tony Flower and Kate Davron (eds), Psychosocial Disorders in Young People: Time Trends and their Causes Michael Rutter and David J. Smith, (eds), Gender and the Professional Predicament of Nursing Celia Davies, A National Health Service? The Restructuring of Health Care in Britain since 1979 John Mohan, Drugs and Narcotics in History R. Porter and M. Teich (eds), Invented Moralities: Sexual Values in an Age of Uncertainty Jeffrey Weeks, Childhood and Parenthood: Proceedings of the International Sociological Association Committee for Family Research Conference Julia Brannen and Margaret O'Brien, (eds). Changing Ethnic Identities Tariq Modood, Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies Kobena Mercer, The Urban Context: Ethnicity, Social Networks and Situational Analysis Alisdair Rogers and Steven Vertovec (eds), Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies Daniel Miller, (ed.), The Sociology of the Meal Roy C. Wood, Interrogating Inequality: Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism and Marxism Erik Olin Wright, Bataille: Writing the Sacred Carolyn Bailey-Gill, (ed.), The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics T. Bennett, Disney and his Worlds Alan Bryman, Mapping the Subject: Geographies of Cultural Transformation Steve Pile and Nigel Thrift, (eds), Border Approaches: Anthropological Perspectives on Frontiers H. Donnan and T.M. Wilson (eds).     

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Frankel, Jeffrey, A., The Regionalization of the World Economy Fowler, Alan, Striking a Balance: A Guide to Enhancing the Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations in International Development Gosling, Louisa with Edwards, Mike, Toolkits: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Haddad, Lawrence (ed.), Achieving Food Security in Southern Africa. New Challenges, New Opportunities Ito, Takatoshi and Krueger, Anne O. (eds), Regionalism versus Multilateral Trade Arrangements Kirkpatrick, Colin and Weiss, John (eds), Cost-Benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries Riddell, Roger C., Kruse, Stein-Erik, Kyllönen, Timo, Ojanperä, Satu and Vielajus, Jean-Louis, Searching for Impact and Methods: NGO Evaluation Synthesis Study Sijm, Jos, Food Security and Policy Interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessions from the Past Two Decades Thurston, H. David, Slash/Mulch Systems: Sustainable Methods for Tropical Agriculture Werbner, Richard and Ranger, Terence (eds), Postcolonial Identities in Africa Wilson, F. (ed.), Towards Sustainable Project Development     

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Arase, David, Buying Power: The Political Economy of Japan’s Foreign Aid Berger, Suzanne and Lester, Richard K. (eds), Made by Hong Kong Bunders, Joske, Haverkort, Bertus and Hiemstra, Wim (eds), Biotechnology: Building on Farmers’ Knowledge Chossudovsky, Michael, The Globalisation of Poverty: The Impact of IMF and World Bank Reforms Enright, Michael T., Scott, Edith E. and Dodwell, David, The Hong Kong Advantage Hatch, Walter and Yamamura, Kozo, Asia in Japan’s Embrace: Building a Regional Production Alliance Merrett, Stephen, Introduction to the Economics of Water Resources: An International Perspective McCormick, Dorothy and Pederson, Paul (eds), Small Enterprises: Flexibility and Networking in an African Context Patel, Chandra K. (ed.), Fiscal Reform in the Least Developed Countries Patel, Chandra K. and Gayi, Samuel (eds), Trade Diversification in the Least Developed Countries Schätzl, Ludwig H., Wessel, Karin and Lee, Yong-Woo, Regional Development and Decentralization Policy in South Korea Söderberg, Marie (ed.), The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid UNDP, Human Development Report 1996 Werner, David and Sanders, David with Weston, Jason, Babb, Steve and Rodriguez, Bill, Questioning the Solution: The Politics of Primary Health Care and Child Survival with an In-Depth Critique of Oral Rehydration Therapy     

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The Anthropology of Europe: Identity and Boundaries in Conflict. Victoria A. Goddard, Josep R. Llobera and Cris Shore, eds. Oxford: Berg Publishers Ltd, 1994. 310 pp. $45.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).

Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe. Sharon MacDonald, ed., Oxford: Berg Publishers Ltd, 1993. 247pp. $ 49.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).     

Regions: An Illusive Concept

Books reviewed in this article: Tan, Joseph L.H. (ed.), AFTA in the Changing International Economy Menon, Jayant, Adjusting Towards AFTA: The Dynamics of Trade in ASEAN Bora, Bijit and Findlay, Christopher (eds), Regional Integration and the Asia-Pacific Lawrence, Robert Z., Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Concept Formation in Social Science William Outhwaite Theoretical Logic in Sociology. Volume Two. The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim J.C. Alexander The Individual and the Social Self: Unpublished Work of George Herbert Mead David L. Miller (ed.) The Macmillan Student Encyclopedia of Sociology Michael Mann (ed.) States and Societies David Held et al. (eds) Managing the Mind: A Study of Medical Psychology in Early Nineteenth Century Britain Michael Donnelly Contemporary Britain Angus Stewart (ed.) Belonging: Identity and Social Organisation in British Rural Cultures Anthony P. Cohen (ed.) Consensus and Beyond: The Development of Labour Party Strategy since the Second World War Alan Warde Women's Imprisonment: A Study in Social Control Pat Carlen Women's Religious Experience Pat Holden (ed.) The Social World of the Comprehensive School Glenn Turner Teaching about Race Relations: Problems and Effects L. Stenhouse et al. The Multicultural Curriculum James Lynch Race, Ethnicity and Power Donald G. Baker Approaches of Welfare Philip Bean and Stewart MacPherson, (eds) Living the Fishing Paul Thompson with Tony Wailey and Trevor Lummis Death and Renewal: Sociological Studies in Roman History, Volume 2 Keith Hopkins The Survey Method: The Contribution of Surveys to Sociological Explanation Catherine Marsh     

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Books reviewed: Alison Van Rooy (ed.), Civil Society and the Aid Industry Nelson Kasfir (ed.), Civil Society and Democracy in Africa: A Critical Perspective Lennart Wohlgemuth, Jerker Carlsson, and Henock Kifle (eds.), Institution Building and Leadership in Africa John H. Dunning (ed.), Globalization, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment László Halpern and Charles Wyplosz (eds.), Hungary: Towards a Market Economy Dieter Weiss and Ulrich Wurzel, The Economics and Politics of Transition to an Open Market Economy: Egypt Howard White (ed.), Aid and Macroeconomic Performance: Theory, Empirical Evidence and Four Country Cases Judith Randel, Tony German, and Deborah Ewing (eds.), The Reality of Aid 1998-1999: An Independent Review of Poverty Reduction and Development Assistance Shekhar Mehta, Sudipto Mundle, and U. Sankar, Controlling Pollution: Incentives and Regulations Gang Tian, Shanghai’s Role in the Economic Development of China, Reform of Foreign Trade and Investment The East Asian Institute, Money and Finance in Hong Kong: Retrospect and Prospect The East Asian Institute, China’s Economy and the Asian Financial Crisis Roderick MacFarquhar, The Origins of the Cultural Revolution: 3. The Coming of the Cataclysm, 1961-1966 Eva Cheung Robinson, Greening at the Grassroots: Alternative Forestry Strategies in India Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, From Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Retrospect and Prospect     

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Book reviews: Rosemary Crompton (ed), Restructuring Gender Relations and Employment: The Decline of the Male Breadwinner Susan Eisenberg, We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working in Construction Fiona M. Wilson, Organizational Behaviour: A Critical Introduction Rohan Collier, Equality in Managing Service Delivery Joyce K. Fletcher, Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power and Relational Practice at Work Miriam Glucksmann, Cottons and Casuals : The Gendered Organisation of Labour in Time and Space     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Helen c. Abell, Rural Families and Their Homes. Carle C. Zimmerman and Garry W. Moneo, The Prairie Community System Anthony H. Richmond, Research Report: Ethnic Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Toronto. Carle C. Zimmerman and Richard E. Duwors (eds.), Sociology of Underdevelopment. D. I. Davies and Kathleen Herman (eds.), Social Space: Canadian Perspectives. Thomas A. Hockin (ed.), Apex of Power: The Prime Minister and Political Leadership in Canada Harold Kalant and Oriana Josseau Kalant, Drugs, Society and Personal Choice. C. F. Grindstaff, C. L. Boydell, and P. C. Whitehead (eds.), Population Issues in Canada. W. E. Mann (ed.), Social Deviance in Canada. Jean Leonard Elliott (ed.), Minority Canadians, volume 1. Native Peoples. Jean Leonard elliott (ed.), Minority Canadians, volume 2. Immigrant Groups. John R. Hofley and Paul N. Geisel, Men on Relief. A Study of 440 Unemployed Men Receiving Social Assistance in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa. Michael Bliss, ed., The Wretched of Canada. Letters to R. B. Bennett 1930–1935.     

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Books reviewed: Rosemary Crompton, Women and Work in Modern Britain Keith Grint and Steve Woolgar, The Machine at Work: Technology, Work and Organization Jill Rubery, Mark Smith, Colette Fagan and Damian Grimshaw, Women and European Employment Jill Rubery, Women and European Employment Robin L. Bartlett (ed), Introducing Race and Gender into Economics     

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Book review in this article: Sport and Work Bero Rigauer. Sociological Impressionism: a Reassessment of Georg Simmers Social Theory David Frisby. Doing Feminist Research Helen Roberts (ed.) Modern Policing D. Pope and L. Weiner (ed). Police Behavior R. Lundman (ed). Policing the Inner City M. Punch. The Sociology of Journalism and the Press Harry Christian (ed). Exploring Participation Paul Bate and Iain Mangham. Class and Economic Change in Kenya: The Making of an African Petty Bourgeoisie Gavin Kitching. Organization without authority: dilemmas of social control in free schools Ann Swidler. Further Education or Training? A Case Study in the Theory and Practice of Day-Release Education Denis Gleeson and George Mardle. Kinship at the Core Marilyn Strathem. The World of States: Connected Essays J. D. B. Miller. State and Class: A Sociology of International Affairs Ralph Pettman. Corporations, Classes and Capitalism John Scott. The Challenge of Corporatism Otto Newman. Power, Property and Corporatism: The Political Sociology of Planning James Simmie. Dependent Accumulation and Underdevelopment André Gunder Frank. World Accumulation, 1492–1789 André Gunder Frank. REVIEW ARTICLE Althusser meets Anancy: Structuralism and Popular Protest in Ken Post's History of Jamaica Robin Cohen     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Suicides by Jean Baechler. Philosophical Disputes in the Social Sciences, by S. C. Brown (ed.) Social Research and Royal Commissions by M. Bulmer (ed.) Official Discourse by Frank Burton and Pat Carlen The View from Goffman by Jason Ditton (ed.) Greek Homosexuality by K. J. Dover The Sociology of Rock by Simon Frith Marx and Mead: Contributions to a Sociology of knowledge by T. W. Goff Crime and Conflict in English Communities, 1300–1348 by Barbara A. Hanawalt Demystifying Social Statistics, by John Irvine et al. (eds.) For Science in the Social Sciences, by David Papineau Marxism and Class Theory, by Frank Parkin The Material Word: Some Theories of Language and its Limits by David Silverman and Brian Torode Ethics and Society in England: The Revolution in the Social Sciences, 1870–1914 by Reba N. Softer Street Ethnography by Robert S. Weppner (ed.) On Clichés by Anton C. Zijderveld     

Masculinity: Shutting Out the Nasty Bits

Books reviewed in this article: John MacInnes, The End of Masculinity Lee H. Bowker (ed.), Masculinities and Violence caroline Sweetman (ed.), Men and Masculinity     

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Books reviewed in this article: Peter Kenen, The International Financial Architecture: What's New? What's Missing? Servaas Storm and C. W. M. Naastepad (eds.), Globalization and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of J. George Waardenburg Alain Durand–Lasserve and Lauren Royston (eds.), Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 Christian Grootaert and Thierry van Bastelaer (eds.), The Role of Social Capital in Development: An Empirical Assessment Tony Hodges, Angola from Afro–Stalinism to Petro–Diamond Capitalism Minu Hemmati (ed.), Multi–Stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability: Beyond Deadlock and Conflict Dirk Hansohm, Christian Peters–Berries, Willie Breytenbach and Peter Meyns (eds.), Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook, Vol. 1 (2001) Bertin Martens, Uwe Mummert, Peter Murrell, Paul Seabright and Elinor Ostrom, The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid Melanie Gow (ed.),A Safe World for Children: Ending Abuse, Violence and Exploitation Moses Dombo, Joe Muwonge and Don Brandt, HIV/AIDS and Human Development in Africa Dele Olowu, Decentralization Policies and Practices under Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Africa     

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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.