Book Reviews

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).     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Carol Miller and Shahra Razavi (eds), Missionaries and Mandarins: Feminist Engagement with Development Institutions Joel F. Handler and Lucie White (eds), Hard Labor: Women and Work in the Post‐Welfare Era K. Kempadoo and J. Doezema, Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance, and Redefinition Paul Iles, Managing Staff Selection and Assessment Danusia Malina and Sian Maslin‐Protheroe, Surviving the Academy: Feminist Perspectives Jim Stewart, Employee Development Practice     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Edward, Clay and Olav, Stokke (eds) Food Aid and Human Security Action Against, Hunger The Geopolitics of Hunger 2000‐2001: Hunger and Power Lavan, Mahadeva and Gabriel, Sterne (eds) Monetary Policy Frameworks in a Global Context Ahmed, Al‐Kawaz (ed.) New Economic Developments and their Impact on Arab Economies Jeffrey, Kentor Capital and Coercion: The Economic and Military Processes that have Shaped the World Economy, 1800‐1990 Carlos M., Correa Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO and Developing Countries: The TRIPS Agreement and Policy Options V., Santaniello; R.E., Evenson; D., Zilberman and G.A., Carlson (eds) Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights: Economic, Institutional and Implementation Issues in Biotechnology Sheila, Page Regionalism Among Developing Countries Sheila, Page (ed.) Regions and Development: Politics, Security and Economics Pierre, Engelbert State Legitimacy and Development in Africa Mats, Berdal and David M., Malone (eds) Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars M. Shahid, Alam Poverty from the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760 Lester R., Brown; Gary, Gardner and Brian, Halweil Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge Richard, Drayton Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the ‘Improvement of the World’ Frank, Ellis Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries Philip, Woodhouse; Henry, Bernstein and David, Hulme (eds) African Enclosures? The Social Dynamics of Wetlands‐in‐Drylands Peter P., Schweitzer; Megan, Biesele and Robert K., Hitchcock (eds) Hunters and Gatherers in the Modern World: Conflict, Resistance and Self‐Determination Edna P., Bonacich and Richard P., Appelbaum Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry Ian F., Grant and Chris, Sear (eds) Decision Tools for Sustainable Development Claude, Markovits The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750‐1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Charles Antaki and Sue Widdicombe (eds.)., Identities in Talk Tove Skutnab‐Kangas, Linguistic Genocide in Education–or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? Marnie Holborow, The Politics of English: A Marxist View of Language Clare Mar‐Molinero, The Spanish Speaking World: A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe (eds.), Global Literacies and the World‐Wide‐Web Justine Coupland (ed.), Small Talk Francesca Bargiela‐Chiappini and Catherine Nickerson (eds.)., Writing Business: Genres, Media and Discourses Geoffrey Lewis, The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success Kenneth J. Gergen, An Invitation to Social Construction James Milroy and Lesley Milroy, Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English Linda Thomas and Sha¨n Wareing, Language, Society and Power: An Introduction     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed; Jacqueline DeLaat, Gender in the Workplace: A Case Study Approach Jeff Hearn, The Violences of Men Janet L. Finn, Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata Jill Blackmore, Troubling Women: Feminism, Leadership and Educational Change Kristen A. Myers, Cynthia D. Anderson and Barbara J. Risman (eds), Feminist Foundations: Toward Transforming Sociology Pat Mahoney and Christine Zmroczek (eds), Class Matters: ‘Working‐Class’ Women's Perspectives on Social Class     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Ellen Mutari, Heather Boushey and William Fraher IV (eds), Gender and Political Economy: Incorporating Diversity into Theory and Policy Gwendolyn Mikell (ed), African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa A.M. Goetz (ed), Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: David A., McDonald (ed.) On Borders: Perspectives on International Migration in Southern Africa Willem, van der Geest and Ralph, van der Hoeven (eds) Adjustment, Employment and Missing Institutions in Africa: Experience in Eastern and Southern Africa Nils, Bhinda; Stephany, Griffith‐Jones; Jonathan, Leape and Matthew, Martin Private Capital Flows to Africa: Perception and Reality David, M. Anderson and Vigdis, Broch‐Due (eds) The Poor Are Not Us: Poverty and Pastoralism in Eastern Africa Ernest, Aryeetey; Jane, Harrigan and Machiko, Nissanke (eds) Economic Reforms in Ghana: The Miracle and the Mirage Elizabeth, Francis Making a Living: Changing Livelihoods in Rural Africa Janet, MacGaffey and Rémy, Bazenguissa‐Ganga Congo‐Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law Hernando, De Soto The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else Martha, C. Nussbaum Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach Sakuntala, Narasimhan Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy from Rural India Kamal, Siddiqui Jagatpur 1977‐1997: Poverty and Social Change in Rural Bangladesh T. N., Srinivasan Eight Lectures on India's Economic Reforms Govindan, Parayil (ed.) Kerala: The Development Experience – Reflections on Sustainability and Replicability Joseph, Mullen (ed.) Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods Martin, Qaim; Anatole, F. Krattiger and Joachim, von Braun (eds) Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor M., Collinson (ed.) A History of Farming Systems Research Judith, Randel; Tony, German and Deborah, Ewing (eds) The Reality of Aid 2000: An Independent Review of Poverty Reduction and Development Assistance     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

JEAN GRONDIN, Hans‐Georg Gadamer: A Biography. Transl. by Joel Weinsheimer. AMADE M'CHAREK, The Human Genome Diversity Project: An Ethnography of Scientific Practice. HERBERT OBINGER, STEPHAN LEIBFRIED and FRANCIS G. CASTLES (eds.), Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences. VALERIE ZAWILSKI and CYNTHIA LEVINE‐RASKY (eds.), Inequality in Canada: A Reader on the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Megnad Desai, Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism Boel Berner and Per Trulsson (eds.), Manoeuvring in an Environment of Uncertainty: Structural Change and Social Action in Sub‐Saharan Africa Maria H. Brons, Society, Security, Sovereignty and the State in Somalia: From Statelessness to Statelessness? Oliver Morrissey and Michael Tribe (eds.), Economic Policy and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka Michael Edwards and Alan Fowler (eds.), The Earthscan Reader on NGO Management Theodore H. Moran, Parental Supervision: The New Paradigm for Foreign Direct Investment and Development Michael T. Rock, Pollution Control in East Asia: Lessons from Newly Industrializing Economies Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds.), Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World Jeffrey James, Technology, Globalization and Poverty Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverria (eds.), Agricultural Policy in an Era of Privatization B. Mak Arvin (ed.), New Perspectives on Foreign Aid and Economic Development Stephen J.H. Dearden (ed.), The European Union and the Commonwealth Caribbean Samir Rihani, Complex System Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non‐Linear Realities Douglas S. Massey, Jorge Durand and Nolan J. Malone, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration Sylvia Chan, Liberalism, Democracy and Development Sherry Stephenson, Christopher Findlay and Soonhwa Yi (eds.), Services Trade Liberalisation and Facilitation Janelle Plummer, Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public‐Private Partnerships The Panos Institute, Reducing Poverty: Is the World Bank's Strategy Working?     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Origins of European Through about the Body, the Mind, and the Soul, the World, Time and Fate R. B. Onians The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Jürgen Habermas An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism Madan Sarup On Social Fuels Margaret Gilbert. Social Anthropology: An Alternative Introduction Angela P Cheater Keynesianism. Monetarism and the Crisis of the State Simon Clarke The Capitalist Class T- Bottomore and R. J. Brym. (eds) Knowledgeable Women: Structuralism and the Reproduction of Elites Sara Delamont Whose Justice? Which Rationality?. A. Maclntyre Social Anthropology and Public Policy in Northern Ireland Hasting Donnan and Graham McFarlane. (eds). Whose Justice? Which Rationality? A. Maclntyre Against Criminology Stanley Cohen Regulating Fraud: White-Collar Crime and the Criminal Process M. Levi Negotiating Control: A Study of News Sources R. V Ericson, Patricia M. Baranek and Janet B. L. Chan Changing Patterns of European Eamily Eife: A. Comparative Analysis of Eourteen European Countries K. Boh, M. Bak, M. Pankratova, J. Ovortrup, G. B. Sgritta and K. Waerness, (eds) Family Planning and Population Control: The Challenges of a Successful Movement Kurt W Back Full Circle? Bringing up Children in the Post-Permissive Society Digby Anderson, (ed.). Raymond Williams: Writing, Culture, Politics Alan O'Connor Social Semiotics Robert Hodge and Gunther Kress Picturing Power: Visual Depictions and Social Relations Gordon Fyfe and John Law, (eds.) The Museum Time Machine: Puttmg Cultures on Display Robert Lumley, (ed) The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism: American Literature at the Turn of the Century Walter Benn Michaels Literary Methods and Sociological Theory: Case Studies of Simmel and Weber Bryan S. Green     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: PAUL ANISEF and MICHAEL LANPHIER (eds.), The World in a City. REGINALD BYRON (ed.), Retrenchment and Regeneration in Rural Newfoundland. ROBERT CASTEL, l'insécurité sociale. Qu'est‐ce qu'être protégé? HELEN GREMILLION, Feeding Anorexia: Gender and Power at a Treatment Center. YVONNE M. HÉBERT (ed.), Citizenship in Transformation in Canada. STEVE HEWITT, Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997. WINSTON JACKSON, Methods: Doing Social Research. KARIM H. KARIM, Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. BERT KLANDERMANS and SUZANNE STAGGENBORG (eds.), Methods of Social Movement Research. MURRAY KNUTTILA, Introducing Sociology: A Critical Perspective. JULIA KRISTEVA and SYLVERE LOTRINGER (eds.), Revolt, She Said. JANE LEWIS, Should We Worry about Family Change? JEANNETTE MARIE MAGEO (ed.), Dreaming and the Self: New Perspectives on Subjectivity, Identity, and Emotion. ROD MICHALKO, The Difference That Disability Makes. OBIORA CHINEDU OKAFOR and OBIJIOFOR AGINAM (eds.), Humanizing Our Global Order: Essays in Honour of Ivan Head. CHARLES RAGIN, Fuzzy‐Set Social Science. ANA Y. RAMOS‐ZAYAS, National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. RICHARD SANDELL (ed.), Museums, Society, Inequality. AYSAN SEVER, Fleeing the House of Horrors: Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners. HEATHER STRANG and JOHN BRAITHWAITE (eds.), Restorative Justice and Family Violence. TANYA TITCHKOSKY, Disability, Self, and Society.     

Working Mothers: A Review

Books reviewed in this article: Elizabeth Bortalaia Silva (eds), Good Enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Motherhood Simon Duncan and Rosalind Edwards (eds), Single Mothers in an International Context: Mothers or Workers? Kim England, Who Will Mind the Baby? Geographies of Child Care and Working Mothers     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Regulatory and Supervisory Challenges in a New Era of Global Finance Isher Judge Ahluwalia and I.M.D. Little (eds), India’s Economic Reforms and Development: Essays for Manmohan Singh Philippe Cadène and Mark Holmström (eds), Decentralized Production in India: Industrial Districts, Flexible Specialization and Employment T. Dijkstra, Trading the Fruits of the Land: Horticultural Marketing Channels in Kenya Stephen Eccles and Catherine Gwin, Supporting Effective Aid: A Framework for Future Concessional Funding of Multilateral Development Banks Patricia Jeffery and Amrita Basu (eds), Appropriating Gender: Women’s Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia Saskia Everts, Gender and Technology: Empowering Women, Engendering Development Edward and Bridget Dommen, Mauritius: An Island of Success. A Retrospective Study, 1960-1993     

Book Reviews

Skeggs, Beverley, Formations of Class and Gender Duncan, Simon and Edwards, Rosalind (eds), Single Mothers in an International Context: Mothers or Workers? Evans, Mary, Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought Ferguson, Marjorie and Golding, Peter (eds), Cultural Studies in Question Gauntlett, D., Video Critical: Children, the Environment and Media Power Newman, F. and Holzman, I., The End of Knowing: A New Developmental Way of Learning Pawson, Ray and Tilley, Nick, Realistic Evaluation Layder, Derek, Modern Social Theory: Key Debates and New Directions Grint, Keith and Woolgar, Steve, The Machine at Work: Technology, Work and Organization Green, Judith, Risk and Misfortune: The Social Construction of Accidents Pile, Steve and Keith, Michael (eds), Geographies of Resistance Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace Green, S.J.D. and Whiting, R.C. (eds), The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain Bewes, Timothy, Cynicism and Postmodernity     

Fizzy; Fuzzy; Fas

David S. Moyer and Henri J.M. Claessen (eds) Time past, time present, time future: essays in honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 131). Dordrecht: Foris Publications. 1988. viii, 295pp., bibliography, index, maps, tables, plate. ISBN 90 6765 233 4 (paper).     

Book reviews

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,     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Postmodern Ethics: Zygmunt Bauman Baroque Reason: The Aesthetics of Modernity: Christine Buci-Glucksmann translated by Patrick Damiller Foucault's New Domains: Mike Gane and Terry Johnson (eds) Sociology in Question: Pierre Bourdieu, trans. Richard Nice Max Weber's Comparative Historical Sociology: S. Kalberg. Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction: Anthony Elliott The Art of Conversation: Peter Burke Understanding Social Theory: Derek Layder Motherhood and Modernity: An Investigation into the Rational Dimension of Mothering: Christine Everingham Friendly Relations? Mothers and their daughters-in-law: P. Cotterill, Taylor-Francis Single Women: On the Margins?: Tuula Gordon, Macmillan, Basingstoke Erotics and Politics: Gay Male Sexuality, Masculinity and Feminism: Tim Edwards Understanding Poverty: P. Alcock, Macmillan, Basingstoke Social Change and the Experience of Unemployment: Duncan Gallie, et al. (eds) Dangerous Classes: The Underclass and Social Citizenship: Lydia Morris Masters and Servants: Class and Patronage in the Making of a Labour Organisation: Huw Beynon and Terry Austrin Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe Sharon Macdonald, (ed.) Soviet Nationality Policy, Urban Growth and Identity Change in the Ukrainian SSR 1923–34: George O. Liber Football, Violence and Social Identity: Richard Giulianotti, Norman Bonney and Mike Hepworth (eds) Natural Relations. Ecology, Animal Rights and Social Justice: Ted Benton, Verso The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain 1700–1900: Andrew Scull Time and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture: Gary Cross     

Cast in a racial mould

Women of Phokeng: Consciousness, Life Strategy, and Migrancy in South Africa 1900 ‐1983 by Belinda Bozzoli, with the assistance of Mmantho Nkotsoe, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1991.

Our Precious Metal: African Labour in South Africa's Gold Industry, 1970–1990 by Wilmot G. James, David Philip, James Currey &; Indiana University Press, Cape Town, London &; Bloomington,1992.

Bounds of Possibility ‐ The Legacy of Steve Biko &; Black Consciousness by N.B. Pityana, M. Ramphele, M. Mpumlwana, &; L. Wilson, (eds), Cape Town, David Philip, 1991.

Faces in the revolution: the psychological effects of violence on township youth in South Africa by Gill Straker, with Fathima Moosa, Rise Becker and Madiyoyo Nkwale. Cape Town, David Philip, 1992 and Athens, Ohio, Ohio University Press, 1992.

Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa by Diana E.H.Russell. New York, Basic Books, 1989.

Towards Justice? Crime and State Control in South Africa by Desiree Hansson and Dirk van Zyl Smit (eds), Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1990.

South Africa in the Nineties by DJ van Vuuren, NE Wiehahn, NJ Rhoodie en M Wiechers (eds), HSRC Publishers, 1991.

To Live in Fear: Witchburning and Medicine Murder in Venda by A de V. Minnar, D Offringa and C Payze, HSRC, Pretoria, 1992.

The Anti‐Politics Machine: ‘Development’, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power by James Ferguson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War: Peasant Voices by Norma J. Kriger. Cambridge University Press, African Studies Series, number 70,1992.

A Passage to England ‐ Barbadian Londoners speak of home by John Western. U.C.L. Press, London, 1992.

Breaking the formal frame: Readings in South African education in the eighties by Clive Millar, Sarah‐Anne Raynham and Angela Schaffer (eds). Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Negotiation : Theories, Strategies and Skills by Wynand Pienaar and Manie Spoelstra, Kenwyn, Juta, 1991

SUM: Selected Works by Martin Versveld. Cape Town: Carrefour Press 1991.

Projections in the Past Tense, by Kelwyn Sole. Ravan Press, 1992.