Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), Globalisation and SMEs in East Asia H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia C. Allen, Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts Mushtaq H. Khan and K. S. Jomo (eds), Rents, Rent‐seeking and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence in Asia T. Dwyer (ed.), Resource Tax Policy in Countries of the Asia Pacific Region J. X. Kasperson and E. K. Roger, Global Environmental Risk J. D. Kelly and M. Kaplan, Represented Communities: Fiji and World Decolonization R. E. Elson, Suharto: A Political Biography     

Suharto's Fall and Afterwards: Medititations Provoked by Four Recent Analyses

Books reviewed in this article: Edward Aspinall, et al, (eds) The last days of President Suharto Richard W. Baker, et al, (eds) Indonesia: The Challenge of Change Arief Budiman, et al, (eds) Reformasi: Crisis and change in Indonesia Geoff Forester, (ed) Post‐Soeharto Indonesia: Renewal or Chaos?     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Yongnian Zheng, Discovering Chinese nationalism in China: Modernization, identity and international relations Peter Drysdale and Dong Dong Zhang, (eds), Japan and China: rivalry or cooperation in East Asia? Eva‐Marie Kroller, Allan Smith, Joshua Mostow and Robert Kramer, (eds), Pacific encounters: the production of self and other Lee Kam Hing and Tan Chee‐Beng, (eds), The Chinese in Malaysia Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S., Malaysia's political economy: Politics, patronage and profits Patrick V. Kirch, On the Road of the Winds R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer, M. Goldstone (eds), Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Return of a Hero Robert D. Hisrich, ed., Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Venture Capital: The Foundation of Economic Renaissance. Alaska's Oil, Alaska's People Lawrence A. Palinkas, Bruce Murray Harris, and John S. Petterson, A Systems Approach to Social Impact Assessment: Two Alaskan Case Studies. Regional Trends Bernard L. Weinstein, Harold T. Gross, and John Rees, Regional Growth and Decline in the United States. The Particular and the General Derek Gregory and John Urry, eds., Social Relations and Spatial Structures. Growing Through Export Vittorio Corbo, Anne O. Krueger, and Fernando Ossa, eds., Export-Oriented Development Strategies: The Success of Five Newly Industrialized Countries     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: Reagan and Regulation Marshall R. Goodman and Margaret T. Wrightson, Managing Regulatory Reform: The Reagan Strategy and Its Impâct. The Good Life Boguslaw Galeski and Eugene Wilkening, eds., Family Farming in Europe and America. Alessandro Bonanno, Small Farm: Persistence with Legitimation. Progress of the Global Village William H. Dutton, Jay G. Blumler, and Kenneth L. Kraemer, eds. Allocating Resources J. S. Davis, P. A. Oram, and J. G. Ryan, Assessment of Agricultural Research Priorities: An International Perspective. Socialized Agriculture, Atomized Community Ildiko Vasary, Beyond the Plan: Social Change in a Hungarian Village. The Right Technology Frances Stewart, ed., Macro-Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ben Burt and Christian Clerk (eds), Environment and development in the Pacific Islands Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard (eds), The Oki Tedi Settlement – issues, outcomes and implications Bill Gammage, The Sky Travellers: journeys in New Guinea 1938–1939     

Reviews

Books reviewed: H.W. Arndt and Hal Hill (eds), Southeast Asia’s economic crisis: Origins, lessons and the way forward William Cline, Trade and income distribution Morris Goldstein, The Asian financial crisis: Causes, curses and systemic implications Lamont Lindstrom and James Gwero (eds), Big Wok: Storian blong Wol Wo Tu long Vanuatu     

Book Review

Book Review in This Article: David T. Kresge, Daniel A. Seiver, Oliver S. Goldsmith, Michael J. Scott. Regions and Resources: Strategies for Development. Patrick M. Horan and Charles M. Tolbert II. The Organization of Work in Rural and Urban Labor Markets. Thierry J. Noyelle and Thomas M. Stanback, Jr. The Economic Transformation of American Cities. Robert W. Burchell, James H. Carr, Richard L. Florida, and James Nemeth. The New Reality of Municipal Finance: The Rise and Fall of the Intergovernment City. James Latimore. Weeding Out the Target Population: Richard Franklin Bensel. Sectionalism and American Political Development 1880–1980. Russell L. Ackoff, Paul Broholm, and Roberta Snow, eds. Revitalizing Western Economies. Stuart L. Hart, Gordon A. Enk and William F. Hornick, eds. Improving Impact Assessment: Increasing the Relevance and Utilization of Scientific and Technical Information.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Moazzem Hozzain, Iyanatul Islam and Reza Kibria, South Asian Economic Development:Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges, Valentine Udoh James and James S. Etim, (eds.) The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Accessibility, Trade and Locational Behaviour Richard H. Olson and Thomas A. Lyson, (eds.) Under the Blade: The Conservation of Agricultural Landscapes     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Simon, Judith and Linda Tuhiwai Smith with Fiona Cram, Margie Hohepa, Stuart McNaughton and Maxine Stephenson (eds), A Civilising Mission? Perceptions and representations of the Native Schools System. Lukere, Vicki and Margaret Jolly (eds), Birthing in the Pacific: Beyond Tradition and Modernity? Per Ronnas and Bhargavi Ramamurphy, Entrepreneurship in Vietnam. Transformations and Dynamics. Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith (eds), Work and Employment in a Globalised Era: An Asia Pacific Focus. Phongpaichit, Pasuk and Chris Baker, Thailand's Crisis. Task Force Report (J.R. Kerrey, Chair; R.A. Manning, Project Director), The United States and Southeast Asia. A Policy Agenda for the New Administration.     

Reviews

Daljit Singh and Liak Teng Kiat (eds), Southeast Asian Affairs Michael Hobday, Innovation in East Asia: the challenge to Japan Patricia Jeffrey and Roger Jeffrey, Don’t marry me to a plowman! Women’s everyday lives in rural North India Helen Morton, Becoming Tongan: an ethnography of childhood Edvard Hviding, Guardians of Maravo Lagoon: practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia Carol J. Ireson, Field, forest, and family: women’s work and power in rural Laos Jayant Menon, Adjusting towards AFTA: the dynamics of trade in ASEAN Singapore R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon (eds), Land, custom and practice in the South Pacific Paula Brown, Beyond a mountain valley: the Simbu of Papua New Guinea Hal Levine and Anton Ploed (eds), Work in progress: essays in the New Guinea Highlanders ethnography in honour of Paula Brown Glick     

Re-evaluating Asia

Harland, Bryce Collision Course: America and East Asia in the Past and Future. da Cunha, Derek (ed.) The Evolving Pacific Power Structure. King, Peter and Kibata, Yoichi (eds) Peace Building in the Asia Pacific Region: Perspectives from Japan and Australia. Bell, Roger; McDonald, Tim and Tidwell, Alan (eds) Negotiating the Pacific Century: The ‘New’ Asia, the United States and Australia. Robison, Richard (ed.) Pathways to Asia: The Politics of Engagement.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Spatial Economic Science. New Frontiers in Theory And Methodology Frans Boekema, Kevin Morgan, Silvia Bakers, and Roel Rutten, (eds.) Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth–The Theory and Practice of Learning Regions Gary E.Machlis and Donald R. Field, (eds.)National Parks and Rural Development: Practice And Policy in the United States John Kromer, Neighborhood Recovery: Reinvestment Policy for the New Hometown     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ross McLeod and Ross Garnaut (eds), East Asia in crisis: from being a miracle to needing one? Anthony Reid (ed.), Sojourners and settlers: histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese William Callahan, Imagining democracy: reading ‘the events of May’ in Thailand Lynne T. White, Unstately Power, Volume I: Local causes of China's economic reforms; Volume II: Local causes of China's intellectual, legal and government reforms Michael Young, Malinowski's Kiriwana; fieldwork photography 1915‐1918 Colin Filer with Nikhil Sekhran, Loggers, donors and resource owners. Policy that works for forests and people Michael Dutton (ed.), Streetlife China Kimberly Ann Elliott (ed.), Corruption and the global economy     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Nordhaus, William D. and Joseph Boyer, Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming. Lee, Helen Morton, Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores. Pugh, Michael and Neil Cooper, with Jonathan Goodhand, War Economies in a Regional Context. Challenges of Transformation. Askew, Marc, Bangkok. Reuter, Thomas A., Custodians of the Sacred Mountains: Culture and Society in the Highlands of Bali. Lan, Hua R. and Vanessa L. Fong (eds), Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook. Chuh, Kandice and Karen Shimakawa (eds), Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Incomplete Picture Victor L. Arnold, ed., Alternatives to Confrontation: A National Policy toward Regional Change. Ladies’Room Gerda R. Wekerle, Rebecca Peterson, and David Morley, eds., New Space for Women. Speaking Fluidly Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Western Water Resources: Multilateral Monologues Alice H. Amsden, ed., The Economics of Women and Work. New York: To Plan or Not to Plan Joseph F. DiMento, The Consistency Doctrine and the Limits of Planning. Comprehensive Social Theory Walter Isard and Panagis Liossatos with Yoshigeto Kanemoto and Phyllis C. Kaniss Galvanized into Action Kai N. Lee and Donna Lee Klemka with Marion E. Marts, Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and London: Toil and Trouble Andrew Levison, The Full Employment Alternative. New York: Made in the U.S.A. Hsin-Min Tong, Plant Location Decisions of Foreign Manufacturing Investors. Also of Interest Peter Abelson, Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Boblems. Also of Interest Brian J. L. Berry and Lester P. Silverman, eds., Also of Interest John Carney, Ray Hudson, and Jim Lewis, eds. Also of Interest Leslie Dienes and Theodore Shabad, The Soviet Energy System: Resource Use and Policies. New York: Also of Interest Thomas R. Dye and Virginia Gray, eds., The Determinants of Public Policy. Lexington, Mass. Also of Interest Stahrl W. Edmunds and Adam Z. Rose, eds. Also of Interest Thomas G. Rawski, China's Transition to Industrialism: Producer Goods and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century.     

Review

Book reviewed: Laurence R. Goldman (ed.), Social impact analysis: An applied anthropology manual Robert W. Hefner (ed.), Market cultures: Society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms Yasuhiro Nakasone, The making of new Japan: Reclaiming the political mainstream Arne Kalland and Gerard Persoon (eds.), Environmental movements in Asia Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy, Paradise for sale – A parable of nature Arthur P.J. Mol and David. A. Sonnenfeld (eds.), Ecological modernisation around the world: Perspectives and critical debates Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and human development: The capabilities approach Marcus Noland, Avoiding the apocalypse, the future of the two Koreas Philippe Papin, Histoire de Hanoi     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Nick Eberstadt, ed., Fertility Decline in the Less Developed Countries K. S. Shrader-Frechette, Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology Lloyd C. Irland, Wildlands and Woodlots: The Story of New England's Forests David Lowenthal and Marcus Binney, eds., Our Past before Us: Why Do We Save It? Theodore W. Schultz, Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality Peter O. Muller, Contemporary Suburban America Gail Garfield Schwartz, ed., Advanced Industrialization and the Inner Cities William W. Philliber and Clyde B. McCoy, eds., The Invisible Minority: Urban Appalachians A. C. Lewin, Housing Co-operatives in Developing Countries: A Manual for Self-Help in Low-Cost Housing Schemes Richard E. Lonsdale and John H. Holmes, eds., Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions: The United States and Australia Laurence J. C. Ma and Edward W. Hanten, eds., Urban Development in Modern China Charles Madge and Peter Willmott, Inner City Poverty in Paris and London Dean E. Mann, ed., Environmental Policy Formation: The Impact of Values, Ideology, and Standards Edward S. Mason et al., The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea Thomas L. McPhail, Electronic Colonialism: The Future of International Broadcasting and Communication     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article. Lawrence B. Burrows, Growth Management: Issues, Techniques, and Policy Implications. Dennis L. Meadows, ed., Alternatives to Growth–I: A Search for Sustainable Futures. Mark Harrison Moore, Buy and Bust: The Effective Regulation of an Illicit Market in Heroin. W. R. Derrick Sewell and J. T. Coppock, eds., Public Participation in Planning. Dennis A. Rondinelli and Kenneth Ruddle, Urbanization and Rural Development: A Spatial Policy for Equitable Growth. Charles Pearson and Anthony Pryor, Environment: North and South–An Economic Interpretation. Alan A. Brown and Egon Neuberger, eds., Internal Migration: A Comparative Perspective. Boris S. Pushkarev and Jeffrey M. Zupan, Public Transportation and Land Use Policy. Stephen P. Dresch, An-loh Lin, and David K. Stout, Substituting a Value-Added Tax for the Corporate Income Tax: First-Round Analysis. Cornelis P. A. Bartels, Economic Aspects of Regional Welfare, Income Distribution, and Unemployment Dean T. Jamison and Emile G. McAnany, Radio for Education and Development Henry End, Interiors Second Book of Hotels. Harvey M. Rubenstein, Central City Malls. George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes, Current Population Trends in the United States. Perspectives on State Demographic Activities. David J. Borchert and James D. Fitzsimmons, Recent Population Change in the United States: A Series of Maps. Brian J. L. Berry and Quentin Gillard, The Changing Shape of Metropolitan America: Commuting Patterns, Urban Fields, and Decentralization Processes, 1960-1970.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Understanding and Action
Peter Marris, Community Planning and Conceptions of Change. Policy Fad?
George W. Gau and Michael A. Goldberg, eds., North American Housing Markets into the Twenty-First Century. View from the Inside
W. G. Roeseler, Successful American Urban Plans. Theory Kickers
Philip L. Clay and Robert M. Hollister, eds., Neighborhood Policy and Planning. Invisible Hand
Albert M. Church, Conflicts over Resource Ownership: The Use of Public Policy by Private Interests. Beyond Growth Poles
Dennis A. Rondinelli, Secondary Cities in Developing Countries: Policies for Diffusing Urbanization. Clearing Obstacles
Max Neiman and Barbara J. Burt, eds., The Social Constraints on Energy-Policy Implementation. Causes and Relationships
Richard J. Cebula, Geographic Living-Cost Differentials. The Separatists
Pierre Clavel, Opposition Planning in Wales and Appalachia. International Buffet
Lawrence Susskind and Michael Elliott, Paternalism, Conflict, and Coproduction: Learning from Citizen Action and Citizen Participation in Western Europe. Social Impact Assessment
Steve H. Murdock, F. Larry Leistritz, and Rita R. Hamm, eds., Nuclear Waste: Socioeconomic Dimensions of Long-Term Storage. Two Environmental Problems
Partha Dasgupta, The Control of Resources. Cambridge