Volúmen17
- Development Brokers and Translators: the Ethnography of Aid and Agencies
David Lewis and David Mosse (eds.)
Kumarian Press Inc., West Hartford, CT, 2006, ISBN:1-56549-217-X, 251 pp.
- Water: A Shared Responsibility - The United Nations World Water Development Report 2
UNESCO
UNESCO and Berghahn Books, 2006, ISBN: 1-84545-177-5, 584pp.
- Guatemaltecas - The Women's Movement 1986-2003
Susan A. Berger
University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2006, ISBN: 0-292-70944-7, 107 pp.
- Women Miners in Developing Countries: Pit Women and Others
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Martha MacIntyre (eds.)
Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006, ISBN: 0-7546-4650-5, 378pp.
- Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism
Janet Halley
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006, ISBN 10:0 691 12737 9, 402pp.
John Harriss
Director, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Women and Migration in Asia: Migrant Women and Work, Volume 4
Anuja Agrawal (ed.)
Sage Publications, India, 2006, ISBN: 07619 3457X, 226pp.
- Culture and Development in a Globalizing World: Geographies, Actors and Paradigms
Sarah A. Radcliffe (ed.)
Oxford: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006, ISBN: 0-415-34877-3, 280pp.
Alan Gilbert
Professor and Head of the Geography Department,
University College London, UK
(Author of The Latin American City and numerous papers on urban issues in Latin America and poorer countries, and editor and contributor to the Mega-city in Latin America (United Nations University Press).)
- La ciudad, la crisis y las salidas: democracia y desarrollo en espacios urbanos meso
Jaime A. Joseph
Alternativa Centro de Investigación Social y Educación Popular y Fondo Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2005, ISBN: 9972-2552-2-0, 277pp.
- Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’
Shahra Razavi and Shireen Hassim (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, ISBN: 978-1-4039-9630-5, 355pp.
Susanne Schech
Centre for Development Studies, Flinders University, Australia
- The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank
Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott E. Guggenheim, and Elizabeth A.Olson (eds.)
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2006, ISBN: 978-1-56549-215-8, 301pp.
John Harriss
Director, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Arriba
Volúmen16
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalisation
Mayo, Marjorie
London: Zed Books, 2004, ISBN 1842771396, 256pp.
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
Arriba
Volúmen15
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
Arriba
Volúmen14
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Arriba
Volúmen13
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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