Volume16
- Sex in Development: Science, Sexuality and Morality in Global Perspective
Adams, Vincanne and Stacy Leigh Pigg (eds.)
Durham, NC: Duke University Press 2005, ISBN:0 8223 3491 7, 360pp.
Reviewed by Ines Smyth, Global Gender Advisor Oxfam GB, Oxford
- Civil War, Civil Peace
Yanacopulos, Helen and Joseph Hanlon (eds.)
Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 2006, ISBN-10: 0-85255-895-3, 332pp
Reviewed by Rhys Kelly
Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford, UK
- Disaster Management and Civil Society: Earthquake Relief in Japan, Turkey and India
Özerdem, Alpaslan and Jacoby, Tim
International Library of Postwar Reconstruction and Development no. 1, 2006, ISBN 1-84511-053-6, hbk, xiv+142 pp.
David Alexander
University of Florence
- Defending Our Dreams: Global Feminist Voices for a New Generation
Wilson, Shamillah, Segupta Anasuya and Kirsty Evans
London & New York: Zed Books & AWID, 2005, ISBN: 1 84277 727 0, 254 pp
Reviewed by Alvarez-Manzano, Yessica
Fawcett Society, London
- Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role
Barrett, Christopher B. and Maxwell,Daniel G.
London and New York, Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-415-70124-4 (hb) and 0-415-70125-2 (pb), 314 pp.
Tony Jackson, Oxfam’s Food Aid Consultant 1979-83, and currently Great Lakes Policy Adviser, International Alert, London.
- Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling our Lives
Bunting, Madeleine
London: Harper Perennial, 2005, ISBN: 0 00716372 X, 368 pp
Reviewed by Deborah Eade, Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice
- Reconciling work and family responsibilities: Practical ideas from global experience
Hein, Catherine
Geneva:ILO, 2005, ISBN: 92 2 1153525, 207pp
Reviewed by Deborah Eade, Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice
- The State They're In: An Agenda for International Action on Poverty in Africa
Lockwood, Matthew
London: ITDG Publishing, 2005, ISBN:1853396176, 192 pp
Reviewed by Alina Rocha Menocal, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, ODI, London
- The New Conditionality: The Politics of Poverty reduction Strategies
Gould, Jeremy (ed.)
London and New York: Zed Books, 2005, ISBN 1 84277523 5, 180 pp.
Reviewed by Alison Evans
Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton, UK
- Female Well-Being: Toward A Global Theory of Social Change
Mancini Billson, Janet and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (eds.)
London and New York, NY: Zed Books, 2005, ISBN:1 84277 009 8, 432 pp.
Reviewed by Catherine Locke
School of Development Studies
University of East Anglia,
Norwich, UK
- Women Building Peace: Sharing Know-How. Assessing Impact: Planning for Miracles
El Bushra, Judy; Adrian-Paul, Ancil; Olson, Maria
London:International Alert, 2005, ISBN:1898702691, 48pp, www.international-alert.org
Reviewed by Cordula Reimann
Project Co-ordinator at KOFF/Centre for Peace-building, swisspeace, Bern.
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: African NGOs, Donors and the State
Igoe, Jim and Kelsall, Tim (eds.)
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005, ISBN 1-59460-017-1, 309 pp.
Firoze Manji
Fahamu – Networks for Social Justice
Oxford, England
- Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-Based Approaches from Theory to Practice
Gready, Paul and Jonathan Ensor (eds.)
London and New York, NY: Zed Books, 2006, ISBN: 1 84277 6495, 320 pp.
Reviewed by Andrea Cornwall, Institute od Development Studies,
University of Sussex,
Brighton, UK
- Is the Sacred for Sale? Tourism and Indigenous Peoples
Johnston, Alison M.
London: Earthscan, 2006, ISBN: 1 8538 3859 4 (pb); ISBN: 1 8538 3858 6 (hb), 320pp
David Harrison, Professor of Tourism at the International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University, and Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London
- Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice
Mosse, David
London and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005, ISBN 0 7453 1798 7, 315 pp.
Reviewed by Dinah Rajak,
Department of Anthropology,
University of Sussex,
Brighton, UK
- Stealing the Future: Corruption in the Classroom. Ten Real World Experiences
Meier, Bettina and Griffin, Michael (eds.)
Berlin: Transparency International, 2005, no ISBN, 84 pp.
Sheila Aikman
Oxfam GB Education Adviser, Oxford
- Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalisation
Mayo, Marjorie
London: Zed Books, 2004, ISBN 1842771396, 256pp.
Reviewed by Krishnamurthy Pushpanath, Oxfam GB
- Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and Expressions
Kabeer, Naila (ed.)
New Delhi/London: Zubaan/Zed Books, 2005, ISBN: 81-89013-30-0, 274 pp.
Reviewed by Krishnamurthy Pushpanath, Oxfam GB
- Relationships for Aid
Rosalind Eyben
London and Sterling, VA, Earthscan in association with Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2006, ISBN: 13 978 1 84407 280 4, 178pp.
Reviewed by Deborah Eade, Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice, Monnetier-Mornex, France
- Doing Development Research
Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter (eds.)
London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi:Sage Publications, 2006, ISBN: 1 4129 0285 1, 324 pp.
Reviewed by Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher, Oxfam GB, Oxford, UK
- Globalization and Social Exclusion A Transformationalist Perspective
Ronaldo Munck
Bloomfield, CT, Kumarian Press, 2005, ISBN 1 56 549 193, 190 pp. + xiv.
Reviewed by Ann Nevile,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management: Learning Studies and Lessons from Asia
Ronnie Vernooy (ed.)
New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, CA, London: Sage Publications and Ottawa: IDRC, 2006, ISBN: 0-7619-3463-4, 250 pp.
Barbara Adolph
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, UK
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Volume15
- Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society
Rondinelli, Dennis A. and G. Shabir Cheema (eds.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2003, ISBN: 1 56549 178 5, 270 pp.
reviewed by
Zander Navarro
Department of Sociology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and IDS at University of Sussex, UK
- A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis
Rieff, David
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN: 074325211X, 400 pp.
reviewed by
Sophia Swithern
Protection Policy Adviser, Oxfam GB, UK
- The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace
Lederach, John Paul
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0 19 517454 2, 200 pp.
reviewed by
Joe Bock
Secure World Foundation
- Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives: Social Sector Reform, Democratization and Globalization in Latin America
Kaufman, Robert R. and Joan M. Nelson (eds.)
Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, ISBN: 0 8018 8032 3, 560 pp.
reviewed by
Armando Barrientos
IDPM, University of Manchester, UK
- Rethinking International Organizations: Pathology and Promise
Dijkzeul, Dennis and Yves Beigbeder (eds.)
New York, NY: Berghan Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 57181 656 9, 350 pp.
reviewed by
Adil Najam
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
- The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions & Strategies
Kerr, Joanna , Ellen Springer and Alison Symington (eds.)
London, New York: Zed Books 2004 published in association with AWID and Mma Cash, ISBN: 1 84277 459 X, 224 pp.
reviewed by
Liz Cooke
Reviews Editor
- The Global Legitimacy Game: Civil Society, Globalization and Protest
Van Rooy, Alison
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1 4039 0625 4, 194 pp.
reviewed by
Nicola Bullard
Focus on the Global South, Bangkok
- Structural Adjustment - The SAPRI Report: The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis, Poverty and Inequality
The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN)
London and New York: Zed Books, 2004, ISBN: 1 84277 389 5, 242 pp.
reviewed by
Carlos Heredia
Equipo Pueblo and Representation of the State of Michoacán in Mexico City, Mexico
- African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004
Manji, Firoze and Patrick Burnett (eds.)
Dar es Salaam: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, 2005, ISBN: 9987 417 35 3, 280 pp.
reviewed by
Celestine Nyamu-Musembi
Institute of Development Studies
- Leadership and Innovation in Subnational Government: Case Studies from Latin America
Campbell, Tim and Harald Fuhr (eds.)
Washington, DC: The World Bank Institute, 2004, ISBN: 0 8213 5707 7, 450 pp.
reviewed by
Henry Dietz
Department of Government, University of Texas, Austin, USA
- When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda
Mamdani, Mahmood
Oxford: James Currey, 2001, ISBN: 0 85255 859 7, 364 pp.
reviewed by
Ukoha Ukiwo
Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, UK
- The Ills of Aid: An Analysis of Third World Development Policies
Reusse, Eberhard
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 226 71014 9, 127 pp.
reviewed by
Maurizio Carbone
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, and European Union Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Alfabetização Cultural: a luta íntima por uma nova humanidade
Baron, Dan
São Paulo: Alfarrabio Editora (editora@alfarrabio.com.br), 2004, ISBN: 85 89147 02 9 431 pp.
reviewed by
Mike Powell, Management Consultant, UK
- Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine
London and New York, NY: Verso, 2004, ISBN: 184467 002 3, 487 pp.
reviewed by
Sue Holden
Honorary Research Associate, Lancaster University, UK
- The Ethics of Development
Gaspar, Des
Edinburgh: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics, Edinburgh University Press, 2004, ISBN 07486 1058 8 255 pp.
reviewed by
Deborah Eade, Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice
- Key Issues in Development
Kingsbury, Damien, Joe Remenyi, John McKay and Janet Hunt
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN: 14039 0045 0, 329 pp.
reviewed by
Sibonginkosi Mazibuko
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa
- Rural Poverty, Risk and Development
Fafchamps, Marcel
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2004, ISBN: 1 84376 436 9, 288 pp.
reviewed by
Michael Lipton
Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex, UK
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Volume14
- Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions
Bannon, Ian and Paul Collier (eds.)
Washington, DC, World Bank, 2003, ISBN: 0 8213 5503 1, 409 pp.
reviewed by
Michael Renner
Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC
- AIDS in the Twenty-first Century: Disease and Globalization
Barnett, Tony and Alan Whiteside
Basingstoke and New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN: 1 4 39 9996 X, 416 pp.
reviewed by
Catherine Campbell
Social Psychology Department, LSE, London
- Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy
Krishna, Anirudh
New York, NY: Colombia University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 231 12571 2, 252 pp.
reviewed by
John Harriss
Development Studies Institute, LSE, London
- The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity
Niezen, Ronald
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 520 235541, 272 pp.
reviewed by
Diana Vinding
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Copenhagen
- Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy
Jenkins, Rhys , Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang (eds.)
London: Earthscan, 2002, ISBN: 1 85383 931, 232 pp.
reviewed by
Deborah Doane
Programme Director, Transforming Markets, New Economics Foundation, London
- Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America
Eversole, Robyn (ed.)
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003, ISBN: 0 7656 1107 4, 252 pp.
reviewed by
Morna Macleod
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
- The Corporate Responsibility Code Book
Leipziger, Deborah
Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2003, ISBN: 1 87471 978 0, 512 pp.
reviewed by
Seb Beloe
Director, Research and Advocacy, SustainAbility Ltd, London
- The Right to Education Denied: Costs and Remedies
Tomasevski, Katarina
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 84277 251 1, 205 pp.
reviewed by
Anne Jellema
Advocacy Coordinator, Global Campaign for Education, Cape Town
- In the Name of the Poor: Contesting Political Space for Poverty Reduction
Webster, Neil and Lars Engberg-Pedersen (eds.)
London: Zed Books, 2002, ISBN: 1 85649 959 6, 279 pp.
reviewed by
Armando Román-Zozaya
Instituto Ortega y Gasset, Madrid
- Water Rights and Empowerment
Boelens, Rutgerd and Paul Hoogendam (eds.)
Assen: Van Gorcum, 2002, ISBN: 90 232 3764 1, 255 pp.
reviewed by
José Esteban Castro
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford
- African Development and Governance Strategies in the 21st Century - Looking Back to Move Forward: Essays in Honour of Adebayo Adedeji at Seventy
Onimode, Bade et al.
London: Zed Books, 2004, ISBN: 1 84277 408 3, 384 pp.
reviewed by
Dharam Ghai
Independent Researcher and Adviser, ILO, Geneva
- A New Weave of Power, People & Politics: The action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation
VeneKlasen, Lisa with Valerie Miller
Oklahoma City, OK: World Neighbors, 2002, ISBN: 0 942716 17 5, 346 pp.
reviewed by
John Ruthrauff
Senior Policy Analyst, Oxfam America, Washington, DC
- The New Poverty Strategies - What Have They Achieved? What Have We Learned?
Booth, Anne and Paul Mosley (eds.)
Basingstoke and New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN: 0 333 91975 0, 285 pp.
reviewed by
Steen Folke
Aid Impact Research Programme, Danish Institute of International Studies, Copenhagen
- The Struggle for Water in Peru: Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons
Trawick, Paul B.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 8047 3138 1, 351 pp.
reviewed by
John Crabtree
Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford
- Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today
Skard, Torild
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 84277 107 8, 260 pp.
reviewed by
Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa
Research, Publications & Communications Programme Manager, ABANTU for Development, London
- Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War
Mani, Rama
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 7456 2836 2, 256 pp.
reviewed by
Debra L. DeLaet
Department of Politics and International Relations, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
- Globalization, Democracy and Development in Africa: Challenges and Prospects
Taye, Assefa, Severine M. Rugumamu, and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed (eds.)
Addis Ababa: OSSREA, 2002, ISBN: 0 9521 2694 X, 379 pp.
reviewed by
Ebere Onwudiwe
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
- Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds
Kelkar, Govind, Dev Nathan, and Pierre Walter (eds.)
New Delhi: Sage Publications, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian Institute of Technology, and the Centre for International Forestry Research, 2003, ISBN: 81 7829 251 3, 325 pp.
reviewed by
Sabita Banerji
Internal Communications Programme, Oxfam GB, Oxford
- Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action
Clark, John (ed.)
London: Earthscan, 2003, ISBN: 1 85383 989 2, 194 pp.
reviewed by
Janet Hunt
Senior Lecturer in International Development, School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne
- Participation, Negotiation and Poverty: Encountering the Power of Images
Tembo, Fletcher
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, ISBN: 0 7546 3377 2, 188 pp.
reviewed by
Bill Cooke
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester
- The Colonizer and the Colonized
Memmi, Albert, introduced by Jean-Paul Sartre and with a new introduction by Nadine Gordimer
London: Earthscan, 2003, ISBN: 1 84407 040 9, 197 pp.
reviewed by
Patrick Chabal
Professor of Lusophone African Studies, King's College, London
- Research for Development: A Practical Guide
Laws, Sophie with Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus
London, Thousand Oaks, CA, and New Delhi: Sage Publications on behalf of Save the Children, 2003, ISBN: 0 7619 7327 3, 475 pp.
reviewed by
Deborah Eade
Editor, Development in Practice
- Thirsty Planet: Strategies for Sustainable Water Management
Hunt, Constance Elizabeth
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 844277 243 0, 320 pp.
reviewed by
François Molle
International Water Management Institute, Colombo
- Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
Farmer, Paul, with a Foreword by Amartya Sen
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003, 402 pp.
reviewed by
Claudio Schuftan
Ho Chi Minh City
- Models of Capitalism: Lessons for Latin America
Huber, Evelyne (ed.)
University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 271 02176 4, 492 pp.
reviewed by
Philip Oxhorn
Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
- Rich Democracies: Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance
Wilensky, Harold L.
Berkeley , CA: University of California Press, 2002, ISBN: 0520 23279 8, 891 pp.
reviewed by
Ross Burkhart
Department of Political Science, Boise State University, Boise, Indiana
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Volume13
- Legalize This! The case for decriminalizing drugs
Husak, Douglas
London: Verso, 2002, ISBN: 1 8598 4320 4, 190 pp.
Reviewed by Steven Duke, Professor of Law, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Reviving Democracy: Citizens at the Heart of Governance
Knight, Barry, Hope Chigudu, and Rajesh Tandon
London and Sterling VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002, ISBN: 1 85383 881 0, 214 pp.
reviewed by
Carole Pateman
Political Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles CA
- The Spaces of Neoliberalism: Land, Place and Family in Latin America
Chase, Jacquelyn (ed.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2002 ISBN 1 56549 144 0, 244pp
Reviewed by Rosalind Eyben
Fellow in Poverty and Social Policy, IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton
- Globalization and Human Rights
Brysk, Alison (ed.)
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 520 23238 0, 311 pp.
reviewed by
Hans Peter Schmitz, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University, USA
- Making Global Trade Work for People
Malhotra, Kamal (ed.)
London: Earthscan Publications Ltd in conjunction with UNDP, 2003, ISBN: 1 85383 982 5, 341 pp.
reviewed by
Peter Williams
Livelihoods Adviser, Programme Policy Team, Oxfam GB, Oxford
- Transcending Neo-liberalism: Community-based Development in Latin America
Veltmeyer, Henry and O’Malley, Anthony (eds.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2001, ISBN: 1 56549 125 4, 247 pp.
Reviewed by Rosalind EybenFellow in Poverty and Social Policy, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton
- Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World has Failed
Dichter, Thomas
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003, ISBN: 1 55849 393 X, 320 pp.
reviewed by
David Ellerman, Former Economic Adviser to the Chief Economist, World Bank, USA
- Going Global: Transforming Relief and Development NGOs
Lindenberg, Mark; and Bryant, Coralie
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2001, ISBN:1 5654 9135 1, 271 pp.
Reviewed by Tina Wallace
Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
- African Political Parties: Evolution, Institutionalisation and Governance
Salih, M.A. Mohamed (ed.)
London: Pluto Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 7453 2037 6, 372 pp.
reviewed by
Jennifer Widner
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
- Knowledge, Power and Development Agendas: NGOs North and South
Mawdsley, Emma; Townsend, Janet; Porter, Gina; and Oakley, Peter
INTRAC NGO Management and Policy Series, no 14, Oxford: INTRAC, 2002, ISBN: 1 897748 63 9
Reviewed by Tina Wallace, Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
- Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions
Debiel, Tobias with Axel Klein (ed.)
London: Zed Books, in association with the Development and Peace Foundation, 2002, ISBN: 1 84277 170 1, 234 pp.
reviewed by Ana Cutter, Consultant, UNDP, and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, NY
- The Price of Indifference: Refugees and Humanitarian Action in the New Century
Helton, Arthur C.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 19 925030 8, 314 pp.
Reviewed by
Michael Barutciski, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World
Iriye, Akira
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 52023 127 9, 246 pp.
reviewed by
Arturo C. Sotomayor, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Columbia University, New York, and Assistant Professor on leave at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City
- Women Development Workers: Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh
Goetz, Anne Marie
New Delhi: Sage, 2001, ISBN: 81 7829 009 X, 443 pp.
reviewed by Kitty Bentvelsen, Senior Adviser, Femconsult, Consultants on Gender and Development, The Hague
- Presidents Without Parties: the Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990’s
Corrales, Javier
University Park PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 271 02194 2, 364 pp
reviewed by
Francisco E. Gonzalez
British Academy Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford
- African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1970-99
van de Walle, Nicolas
Cambridge: CUP, 2001 ISBN: 0 521 00836 0, 291 pp.
Reviewed by Tony KIllick, Senior Research Associate, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute, UK
- The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela
Weyland, Kurt
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 691 09643 0, 336 pp.
Reviewed by
Francisco E. Gonzalez
British Academy Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford
- Globalisation and labour: The new ‘Great Transformation’
Munck, Ronaldo
London: Zed Books, 2002, ISBN: 1 8427 7071 3, 216 pp.
reviewed by
Linda Shaw, Learning Development Manager, The Co-operative College, UK
- Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities
Edited by Zack-Williams,Tunde; Frost,Diane and Thomson, Alex
London and Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 7453 1647 6, 228 pp.
reviewed by Tony Killick, Senior Research Associate, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute, UK
- The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka
Kabeer, Naila
London: Verso, 2002, ISBN: 1 85984 206 2, 320 pp.
Reviewed by Petra Dannecker, Lecturer, Sociology of Development Research Centre, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld
- The Challenge of Health Sector Reform: What Must Governments Do?
Mills, Anne; Bennett, Sara; Russell, Steven
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, ISBN: 0674 00865 0, 205 pp.
Reviewed by Valéry Ridde
PhD Candidate in Public Health, Laval Univeristy
Quebec
- The Economic North-South Divide: Six Decades of Unequal Development
Raffert, Kunibert and H. W. Singer
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, ISBN 1 84064 152 5, pp 293.
reviewed by
Adrian Leftwich, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York, UK
- Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Paris: OECD, 2002, ISBN: 9 26419 927 6, 232 pp.
reviewed by
Andrew Mold
Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales, Madrid
- The European Union and the Third World
Holland, Martin
New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, ISBN: 0 333 65905 8, 274 pp.
reviewed by Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Director, Trade Division, United Nations Commission for Europe, Geneva
- Public–Private Partnerships for Public Health
Reich, Michael R. (ed.)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies, 2002, ISBN: 0 674 00865 0, 205 pp.
reviewed by Valery Ridde, PhD Candidate in Public Health, Laval University, Quebec
- Foreign Aid and Development – Lessons Learnt and Directions for the Future
Tarp, Finn (ed.) with Peter Hjertholm
London: Routledge, 2000, ISBN: 0 415 233363 1, 498 pp.
reviewed by
David Sogge, Fellow, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Macro-Economics: Making Gender Matter - Concepts, Policies and Institutional Change in Developing Countries
Gutierrez, Martha (ed.)
London and New York NY: GTZ and Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 184277 061 6, 304 pp.
reviewed by
Diane Elson
Department of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park
- Denial and Distress: Gender, Poverty and Human Rights in Asia
Murthy, Ranjani K and Lakshmi Sankaran
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 81 87380 60 8, 160 pp.
reviewed by
Arcelia Martínez Bordon
Politics Department, University of York, York
- Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Reform under Neo-liberalism
Razavi, Shahra (ed.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2002, ISBN: 1 56549 143 2, 265 pp.
reviewed by Petra Penninkhoff, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Environment,
Agriculture, and Fisheries, Cape Verde, and Senior Advisor, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
- Another World is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum
Fisher, William F and Thomas Ponniah (eds.)
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 84277329 1, 364 pp.
reviewed by
Alexander I Gray
Marie Curie Researcher, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao
- Development Hegemony: NGOs and the State in India
Kamat, Sangeeta
New Delhi: OUP, 2002, ISBN 019 565692 X, 187 pp.
reviewed by
Sujay Ghosh
Political Science Department, Uluberia College, Prembazar
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Volume12
- Frontiers of Development Economics: The Future in Perspective
Meier, Gerald M. and Joseph E Stiglitz (eds.)
New York, NY: World Bank/OUP, 2001, ISBN: 0 19 521592 3, 575 pp.
Reviewed by Paul Cammack, Dept of Govt, University of Manchester
- Development encounters: sites of participation and knowledge
Peters, Pauline E. (ed.)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 2000SBN: 0 674 00260 1, 222 pp.
Reviewed by Anthony Bebbington
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence
Moser, Caroline O. N. and Fiona C. Clark (eds.)
London: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 1 85649 897 2, 254 pp.
Reviewed by Rita Manchanda
South Asia Forum for Human Rights,
Kathmandu
- Managing Activism: A Guide to Dealing with Activists and Pressure Groups
Deegan, Denise
London:Kogan Page, 2001, ISBN: 0 7494 3435 X, 152 pp.
Reviewed by John Stauber
Centre for Media and Democracy
Canada
- Patronage or Partnership: Local Capacity Building in Humanitarian Crises
Smillie, Ian (Ed.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, in association with IDRC and the Humanitarianism and War Project, 2001, ISBN: 156549 129 7, 212pp.
Deborah Eade
Editor, Development in Practice
- The Myth of Development: The Non-viable Economies of the 21st Century
de Rivero, Oswaldo
London: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 1 85649 949 9, 212pp.
Knut G. Nustad
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
- Global Governance and the New Wars
Duffield, Mark
London and New York: ZED Books, 2001, ISBN: 1 856 4974946, 292 pp.
Reviewed by Mary Kaldor
Programme Director, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, LSE
- Global Civil Society 2001
Anheier, Helmut; Glasius Marlies; Kaldor, Mary (eds.)
Oxford: OUP, 2001, ISBN: 0 19 924644 0, 360 pp.
Reviewed by Manuel Chririboga
Executive Secretary, Asociación Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promotión (ALOP), Ecuador
- Faith in Development: Partnership between the World Bank and the Churches of Africa
Belshaw, Deryke, Robert Calderisi and Chris Sugden (eds.)
Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2001, ISBN: 18700345 21 5, 246 pp.
Reviewed by Steve de Gruchy, Graduate Programme in Theology & Development, University of Natal, SA
- Eye to Eye: Women Practising Development Across Cultures
Perry, Susan and Celeste Schenck (Eds.)
London and New York: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 0 87003 181 3, 290 pp.
Reviewed by Deborah Eade
Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice
- The Illusion of Progress: Unsustainable Development in International Law and Policy
Gillespie, Alexander
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 757 1, 244 pp.
Knut G. Nustad
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
- Rule of Law in Latin America: The International Promotion of Judicial Reform
Domingo, Pilar and Rachel Sieder
London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2001, ISBN: 1 90003 939 7, 176 pp.
Reviewed by Francisco Panizza, Dept of Govt, London School of Economics, UK
- Managing for Change: Leadership, Strategy and Management in Asian NGOs
Smillie, Ian and John Hailey
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 722 9, 193 pp.
Reviewed by David Lewis
Lecturer in Non-governmental Organisations, Centre for Civil Society, LSE
- Rural Poverty Report 2001: The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Oxford: OUP, 2001, ISBN:0 19924 507 X, 266 pp.
Reviewed by Chris Garforth
University of Reading
UK
- The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism Within Developing Countries
Ghimire, Krishna B. (ed.)
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 804 7, 234 pp.
Reviewed by Regina Scheyvens, Senior Lecturer, Geography Programme, Massey University
- Can Liberal Pluralism be Exported? Western Political Theofy and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe
Kymlicka, Will and Magda Opalski (eds.)
New York, NY: OUP, 2001, ISBN: 0 19 924815 X, 413 pp.
Reviewed by Ekatherina Papagianni, Columbia University, USA
- Banking on Knowledge: The Genesis of the Global Development Network
Stone, Diane (ed.)
London: Routledge, 2000, ISBN: 0 41524 848 5, 266 pp.
Reviewed by Christie Gombay
University of Toronto, Canada
- Ending Violence Against Women: A Challenge for Development and Humanitarian Work
Pickup, Francine; Williams, Suzanne; Sweetman, Caroline
Oxford: Oxfam GB, 2001, ISBN: 0 85598 438 4, 366 pp.
Reviewed by Rachel Odede
UNICEF Eritrea
- Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, Carolos Lopes and Khalid Malik (eds.)
London: Earthscan, 2000, ISBN:1 85383 919 1, 284 pp.
Reviewed by Jose Luis Vinuesa, Andean Program on Human Rights and Democracy
- Associational Life in African Cities: Popular Responses to the Urban Crisis
Tostensen Arne; Tvedten, Inge; and Vaa, Mariken (eds.)
Uppsala, Sweden: Nordisca Afrikainstituter (The Nordic Africa Institute), 2001, ISBN: 9 17106 465 6, 324 pp.
Reviewed by Michael Mattingly
Development Planning Unit
University College London
- The Management of Non-governmental Development Organizations: An Introduction
Lewis, David
London: Routledge, 2001, ISBN: 0 415 2079 2, 242
Reviewed by hazel Johnson
The Open University
UK
- Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management
Vira, Bhaskar and Roger Jeffery (eds.)
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 717 2, 230 pp.
Reviewed by Rachel Wrangham
DFID/London School of Economics
- Evaluating International Humanitarian Action
Wood, Adrian; Apthorpe, Raymond; Borton, John (Eds.)
London: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 1 8564 9976 6, 224 pp.
Reviewed by Michael N. Pedroni
Economist, Wrightson Associates LLC
- Environments and Livelihoods: Strategies for Sustainability
Neefjes, Koos
Oxford, Oxfam, 2000, ISBN: 085598 440 6, 277 pp.
Jennifer Castleden
Internationall Institute for Sustainable Development
Canada
- Pariah States and Sanctions in the Middle East: Iraq, Libya, Sudan
Niblock, Tim
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2001, ISBN: 1 5558 7962 4, 241pp.
reviewed by Yahia H. Zoubir, Thunderbird Europe, French-Geneva Center
- Urban Development and Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Societies
Carley, Michael; Jenkins, Paul; and Smith, Harry (eds.)
London:Earthscan, 2001, ISBN:1 85383 717 2, 230 pp.
Reviewed by Tod Sloan
Georgetown University
- Conflict and Cooperation in Participatory Natural Resource Management
Jeffery, Roger and Bhaskar Vira (Eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001, ISBN: 0 33379 277 7, 264 pp.
Reviewed by rachel Wrangham
DFID/London School of Economics
- The Microfinance Revolution
Robinson, Marguerite S.
Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001, ISBN: 0 82134 524 9, 304pp
Reviewed by Mariam S. Pal
Asian Development Bank
- Reflections on Humanitarian Action: Principles, Ethics and Contradictions
Edited by The Humanitarian Studies Unit
London: Pluto Books, 2001, ISBN: 0 7453 1726 X, 203 pp.
Reviewed by Victor Tanner
Independent consultant on the political repercussions of emergency programmes, Washington, DC
- The Water Manifesto: Arguments for a World Water Contract
Petrella, Riccardo
London: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 85649 906 5, 135 pp.
Reviewed by Ben Fawcett
Institute of Irrigation and Development Studies
University of Southhampton
- The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War
Vaux, Tony
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 776 8 230 pp
Reviewed by Victor Tanner
Independent consultant on the political repurcussions of emergency programmes, Washington, DC
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- Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development
UNRISD Report for Geneva 2000
geneva: UNRISD 2000, ISBN: 9 29085 032 9, 173 pp.
Reviewed by Deborah Eade, Editor-in-chief, Development in Practice
- The State of the World’s Refugees 2000: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action
UNHCR
Oxford: OUP, 2000, ISBN: 0 19924 106 6, 340pp.
Reviewed by Sharon Rusu, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK.
- World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty
World Bank
New York: OUP, 2000, ISBN:0 19521 129 4, 352 pp.
Reviewed by Peter N. Prove Lutheran World Fedderation, Geneva (the opinions expressed in this review are the author's own).
- New Roles and Relevance: Development NGOs and the Challenge of Change
Lewis, David; Wallace, Tina (eds.)
Bloomfoeld, CT: Kumarian Press, 2000, ISBN: 1 56549 120 3, 252 pp.
Reviewed by Ricardo Wilson-Grau, Novib, The Hague
- Human Development Report 2000: Human Rights and Human Development
UNDP
New York: OUP, 2000, ISBN: 0 19521 678 4, 305 pp.
Reviewed by Peter N. Prove Lutheran World Fedderation, Geneva (the opinions expressed in this review are the author's own).
- Popular Education and Social Change in Latin America
Kane, Liam
London: Latinmerican Bureau, 2001, ISBN: 1 899365 52 4
Reviewed by Migueal Pickard, Project Counselling Service, Chiapas, Mexico
- Working with Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action
Fisher, Simon; Abdi, Dekha Ibrahim; Ludin, Jawed; Smith, Richard; Williams, Steve; Williams, Sue (eds.)
New York: Zed Books in association with Responding to Conflict, 2000, ISBN: 1 85649 837 9, 185 pp.
Reviewed by Joe Bock, Deputy Executive Officer, American Refugee Committee, Jerusalem
- Social Development in Latin America: The Politics of Reform
Tulchin, Joseph S. ;Garland, Allison M.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000, ISBN 1 55587 843 1, 268 pp.
Reviewed by Cynthia Hewitt de Alcántara, UNRISD, Switzerland
- Adult Education at the Crossroads: Learning Our Way Out
Finger, Matthias; Asun, Jose Manuel
London: Zed Books, 2001, ISBN: 1 85649 751, 207 pp.
Reviewed by Rosemary Ebele Nwangwu, Department of Adult Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Localisation: A Global Manifesto
Hines, Colin
London: earthscan, 2000, ISBN: 1 85383 612 5, 290 pp.
Reviewed by Alan Waites, World Vision International
- Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion
Ottaway, Marina; Carothers, Thomas (eds)
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000, ISBN: 0 87003 181 3, 339 pp.
Reviewed by rebecca Buell, Head of Regional Policy, Oxfam GB
- War’s Offensive on Women: The Humanitarian Challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan
Mertus, Julie A.
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2000, ISBN: 1 56549 117 3, 157 pp.
Reviewed by Charlotte Lindsey, Women and War Project, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
- World Vision Security Manual: Safety Awareness for Aid Workers
Rogers, Charles S.; Sytsma, Brian (eds.)
Geneva
Reviewed by Scott Custer, Relief Solutions, USA
- Social Development and Public Policy: A Study of Some Successful Experiences
Ghai, Dharam (ed.)
London and New York: Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 33377912 6, 379 pp.
Reviewed by Johan Saravanamuttu, School of Social Sciences, Science Univeristy of Malaysia
- Who Fights? Who Cares? War and Humanitarian Action in Africa
De Waal, Alex (ed.)
Trneton, NJ, and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 86543 864 1, 243 pp.
Reviewed by Andy Storey, Development Centre, Dublin
- Gendered Poverty and Well-Being
Razavi, Shahra (Ed.)
Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, ISBN: 0 63121 793 2, 304 pp.
Reviewed by Ines Smyth, Oxfam GB
- Operational Security Management in Violent Environments
Van Brabrant, Koenraad
London: Overseas Development Institute, 2000, ISBN: 0 85003 457 4, 354 pp.
Reviewed by Scott Custer, Relief Solutions, USA
- World Disasters Report 2000: Focus on Public Health
Walker, Peter and Walter, Jonathan (Eds.)
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross amd Red Crescent Societies, 2000, ISBN: 9 29139 066 6, 240 pp.
Reviewed by Egbert Sondorp, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- The Virtuous Spiral: a Guide to Sustainability for Non-governmental Organisations in International Development
Fowler, Alan
London: Earthscan, 2000, ISBN: 1 85383 610 9, 225 pp.
Reviewed by Firoze Manji, Fahamu, Oxford
- Food Aid and Human Security
Clay, Edward; Stokke, Edward (eds.)
London: Frank Cass, 2000, ISBN: 071468 125 3, 407 pp.
Reviewed by Tony Jackson, International Alert, London
- Feminists Doing Development: A Practical Critique
Porter, Marilyn; Judd, Ellen (eds.)
London Zed Books, 1999, ISBN: 1 85649 694 5, 246 pp.
Reviewed by Nici Nelson, Goldsmiths College, London
- The Network Inside Out
Riles, Annelise
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 47211 071 3, 242 pp.
Reviewed by Nicola Frost, Reviews Editor, Development in Practice
- Poverty in Plenty: A Human Development Report for the UK
Seymour, Jane (ed.)
London: Earthscan, 2000, ISBN: 1 85383 707 5.
Reviewed by Kate Evans, ATD Fourth World, UK
- Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees
Cernea, Michael M.; McDowell, Christopher (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank, 2000, ISBN: 0 82134 444 7, 487 pp.
Reviewed byPatricia Feeney, Oxfam GB, Oxford
- Towards Financial Self-reliance: A Handbook on Resource Mobilisation for Civil Society Organisations in the South
Holloway, Richard
London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 85383 733 3, 232 pp.
Reviewed by Cecilia Iorio, Formerly Oxfam GB, Brazil
- Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements
O’Brien, Robert; Goetz,Anne Marie; Scholte, Jan Aart; Williams, Marc
Cambridge: CUP, 2000, ISBN: 0 52177 440 3, 260 pp.
Reviewed by Kelly Currah, World Vision International
- Global Governance, Development and Human Security: The Challenges of Poverty and Inequality
Thomas, Caroline
London: Pluto Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 7453 1421 X, 149 pp.
Reviewed by Wilder Robles, Langara College, Vancouver
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