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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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Books reviewed in this article: Rantalaiho, Liisa and Heiskanen, Tuula (eds), Gendered Practices in Working Life O'Reilly, Jacqueline and Fagan, Colette (eds), Part‐Time Prospects: An International Comparison of Part‐Time Work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim Brosnan, Mark, Technophobia: The Psychological Impact of Information Technology Wright, Rosemary, Women Computer Professionals: Progress and Resistance Popay, Jennie, Hearn, Jeff and Edwards, Jeanette (eds), Men, Gender Divisions and Welfare     

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Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber and Beth B. Hess, (eds.) Revisioning Gender Annmarie Adams and Peta Tancred, Designing Women: Gender and the Architecture Profession Belinda J. Carpenter, Re‐Thinking Prostitution: Feminism, Sex, and the Self Joanna Brewis and Stephen Linstead, Sex, Work and Sex Work: Eroticising Organisation     

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Books reviewed: Stephen Whitehead and Roy Moodley (eds), Transforming Managers: Gendering Change in the Public Sector Julia O'Connell Davidson, Prostitution, Power and Freedom Su Maddock, Challenging Women Kathleen Weiler and Sue Middleton (eds), Telling Women's Lives Eileen Drew, Ruth Emerek and Evelyn Mahon, Women, Work and the Family in Europe Ian Proctor and Maureen Padfield, Young Adult Women, Work and Family     

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Book reviewed in this article: Searching for Paradise: Economic Development and Environmental Change in the Mountain West, by Douglas E. Booth. Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato by Trail, by Deborah Barndt. A Future for Regional Australia: Escaping Global Misfortune, by Ian Gray and Geoffrey Lawrence     

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Dorothy P. Moore and E. Holly Buttner, Women Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling Mike Donaldson, Taking Our Time: Remaking the Temporal Order Jim McKay, Managing Gender Affirmative Action and Organisational Power in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Sport Gilbert Herdt, Same Sex, Different Cultures Russ Vince, Managing Change: Reflections on Equality and Management Learning     

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Book reviewed in this article: In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organisations by Cynthia Cockburn. The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies by Anthony Giddens. Gender and Bureaucracy by Mike Savage and Anne Witz (eds.) About Time: the Revolution in Work and Family Life by Patricia Hewitt.     

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Books reviewed: Ann Brooks and Alison Mackinnon (eds.), Gender and the Restructured University Deborah Cameron, Good to Talk? Living and Working in a Communication Culture Jody Miller, One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs and Gender David D. Hall(ed.), Witch–hunting in Seventeenth–century New England: A Documentary History 1638–1693 Carla Freeman, High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women, Work, and Pink Collar Identities in the Caribbean     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Hidden America: Social Problems in Rural America for the Twenty‐First Century, edited by Robert M. Moore. Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds, edited by Ruth B. Phillips and Christopher B. Steiner. In the Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community Through Action Research, by C. Kenneth Banks and J. Marshall Mangan. The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France and Japan, by Adam D. Sheingate. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment, edited by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Buttel. Beyond Equilibrium Theory: Theories of Social Action and Social Change Applied to a Study of Power Sharing in Transition, by M. Ross De‐Witt. Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean Ecuador, by David Kyle. Women and Power: Fighting Patriarchies and Poverty, by Janet Townsend, Emma Zapata, Jo Rowlands, Pilar Alberti, and Marta Mercado. Men at Work: Labour, Masculinities, Development, edited by Cecile Jackson.     

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TANYA BASOK, Keeping Heads above Water: Salvadorean Refugees in Costa Rica. PER BRASK and WILLIAM MORGAN (eds.),Aboriginal Voices: Amerindian, Inuit and Sami Theater. BRIAN BURTCH, Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery. SALLY COLE, Women of the Praia: Work and Lives in a Portuguese Coastal Community. WALLACE CLEMENT and JOHN MYLES, Relations of Ruling: Class and Gender in Postindustrial Societies. JAMES E. CÔTÉ and ANTON L. ALLAHAR, Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century. GLORIA GOODWIN RAHEJA and ANN GRODZINS GOLD, Listen to the Heron's Words: Reimaging Gender and Kinship in North India. DAVID LYON, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Alvesson, Mats and Billing, Yvonne D. Under-standing Gender and Organizations Becker, H. S. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It Crompton, Rosemary Women and Work in Modern Britain Czarniawska, Barbara A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies Ericson, Richard V. and Haggerty, Kevin D. Policing the Risk Society Good, James and Velody, I.(eds) The Politics of Postmodernity Jones, Helen (ed.) Towards a Classless Society? Joppke, Christian (ed.) Challenge to the Nation-State:Immigration in Western Europe and the United States Lemert, Charles Postmodernism Is Not What You Think Livingstone, Sonia Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretation Maher, Lisa Sexed Work: Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market Turner, Lowell (ed.) Negotiating the New Germany. Can Social Partnership Survive? van Dijk, Teun A. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach     

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Women, Work and Care of the Elderly. Elizabeth A. Watson & Jane Mears. Conflict and Cohesion in Families: Causes and Consequences. Martha J. Cox & Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn (Eds.). Marriage in a Culture of Divorce. Karla B. Hackstaff. Ethics in American Adoption. L. Anne Babb. Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief. Pauline Boss. Violence in Intimate Relationships. Ximena B. Arriaga & Stuart Oskamp (Eds.). Work and Family: Research Informing Policy. Toby L. Parcel & Daniel B. Cornfield (Eds.). Mothers at Work: Effects on Children's Well‐Being. Lois W. Hoffman & Lisa M. Youngblad. The Changing Transition to Adulthood: Leaving and Returning Home. Francis Goldscheider & Calvin Goldscheider. Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. Jude Cassidy & Phillip R. Shaver (Eds.). Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Janet Saltzman Chafetz (Ed.). Gender, Emotion, and the Family. Leslie Brody. West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children. Richard Tessler, Gail Gamache, & Liming Liu. Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations. Toshio Tatara (Ed.). Revolutions of the Heart: Gender, Power and the Delusions of Love. Wendy Langford. Aging and Male Sexuality. Raul C. Schiavi. Nowhere to Grow: Homeless and Runaway Adolescents and Their Families. Les B. Whitbeck & Dan R. Hoyt. Weaving Work and Motherhood. Anita Ilta Garey. Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family. Valerie Lehr.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
EDWARD C. LEHMAN, Jr., Women Clergy Breaking Through Gender Barriers.
ROBERTA HAMILTON and MICHELE BARRETT (eds.), The Politics of Diversity: Feminism, Marxism and Nationalism.
MARY JO DEEGAN and MICHAEL R. HILL (eds.), Women and Symbolic Interaction.
JANE B. LANCASTER and BEATRIX A. HAMBURG (eds.), School-Age Pregnancy and Parenthood: Biosocial Dimensions.
MARLA N. POWERS, Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual, and Reality.
NORTH-SOUTH INSTITUTE, Women in Industry: North-South Connections.
SWASTI MITTER, Common Fate, Common Bond: Women in the Global Economy.
MARIA MIES, Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour.
JUNE NASH and MARIA PATRICIA FERNANDEZ-KELLY (eds.), Women, Men, and the International Division of Labor.
STEPHANIE COONTZ and PETA HENDERSON (eds.), Women's Work, Women's Property: The Origins of Gender and Class.
ROBERT L. RUBINSTEIN, Singular Path: Old Men Living Alone.
DEBORAH DAVIS-FRIEDMANN, Long Lives: Chinese Elderly and the Communist Revolution.
JOHN J. MILETICH (compiler), Retirement: An Annotated Bibliography.
ELVI WHITTAKER, The Mainland Haole: the White Experience in Hawaii.
ALBERTHIRSCHMAN, Vers une économiepolitique élargie.
JEAN-PIERRE DUPUIS, Le ROCC de Rimouski. La recherche de nouvelles solidaritiés, Documents de recherche.
ROBERT D. REECE and HARVEY A. SIEGAL, Studying People: A Primer in the Ethics of Social Research.
LINTEAU, DUROCHER, ROBERT, RICARD, Le Québec contemporain depuis 1930, tome
JOHN D. KASARDA, JOHN O.G. BILLY and KIRSTEN WEST, Status Enhancement and Fertility: Reproductive Responses to Social Mobility and Educational Opportunity.     

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Family Experiences With Mental Illness. Richard Tessler and Gail Gamache. Close Relationships: A Sourcebook. Clyde Hendrick and Susan S. Hendrick (Eds.). Family Observational Coding Systems. Patricia K. Kerig and Kristin M. Lindahl (Eds.). Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions (2nd ed.). Patrick C. McKenry and Sharon J. Price (Eds.). Family, Religion, and Social Change in Diverse Societies. Sharon K. Houseknecht and Jerry G. Pankhurst (Eds.). Nurturing Success: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters. Essie E. Lee. Beyond Gender Differences: Adaptation to Aging in Life Course Perspective. Laurie Russell Hatch. Becoming a Family: Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research. Rena D. Harold, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Patricia Stow Bolea, Carol R. Freedman‐Doan, Susan A. Lynch, Margaret L. Palmiter, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. The Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation. Linda J. Waite (Ed.).     

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Book reviews in this articles Women and Unions: Forging a Partnership by Dorothy Sue Cobble Who pays for the kids: Gender and the Structures of Constraint by Nancy Folbre. Gender Images in Public Administration. Legitimacy and the Administrative State by Camilla Stivers.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Making Gender Work edited by Jenny Shaw and Diane Perrons. Gendering Welfare States edited by Diane Sainsbury. Men, Masculinities and Social Welfare by Keith Pringle.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Abstract Demography: Jobes , Patrick C., William F. Stinner, and John M. Wardwell (eds.). Demography: Ross , John A., and Elizabeth Frankenberg . Findings from Two Decades of Family Planning Research. Demography: Bull , C. Neil (ed.). Aging in Rural America. Demography: Bollman , Ray D. (ed.). Rural and Small Town Canada. Demography: Swanson , Linda L., and David L. Brown (eds.). Rural History: Jones , Jacqueline . The Dispossessed: America's Underclass from the Civil War to Present. Rural History: Craig , Lee A. To Sow One Acre More: Childbearing and Farm Productivity in the Antebellum North. Rural History: Mc Donald , Roderick . The Economy and Material Culture of Slaves: Goods and Chattels on the Sugar Plantations of Jamaica and Louisiana. Rural History: Morgan , Sharon . Land Settlement in Early Tasmania: Creating an Antipodean England. Gender Studies: White , Sarah . Arguing with the Crocodile: Gender and Class in Bangladesh. Gender Studies: King , Elizabeth M., and M. Anne Hill (eds.). Gender Studies: Kahne , Hilda, and Janet Z. Giele (eds.). Women's Work and Women's Lives: The Continuing Struggle Worldwde. Agriculture: Almås , Reidar . Norway's Gift to Europe: Fifteen Selected Essays on Rural Persistence and Change. Agriculture: Csaki , Csaba, and Yoav Kislev (eds.). Agricultural Cooperatives in Transition. Agriculture: Winson , Anthony . The Intimate Commodity: Food and the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex in Canada.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Women and Japanese Management by Alice Lam. Women and the Labour Market by Teresa Rees. Women's Career Development: A Study of High Flyers by Barbara White, Charles Cox and Cary Cooper. Gender Divisions and Social Change by Nickie Charles.     

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David L. Collinson and Jeff Hearn (eds.), Men as Managers, Managers as Men: Critical Perspectives on Men, Masculinities and Managements Leslie J. Moran, The Homosexual(ity) of Law Duncan Gallie, Roger Penn and Michael Rose (eds.), Trade Unionism in Recession Patricia Arredondo, Successful Diversity Management Initiatives: A Blueprint for Planning and Implementation Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon and Janice Monk (eds.), Women of the European Union: the politics of work and daily life     

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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