Reviews

Books reviewed: Joel S. Kahn (ed), Southeast Asian identities: culture and the politics of representation in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand Peter Dauvergne, Shadows in the forest: Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia Geoffrey Murray, China: the next superpower: dilemmas in change and continuity 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 Amarjit Kaur, Economic change in East Malaysia: Sabah and Sarawak since 1850 Josieana Cauqueline, Paul Lim and Birgit Mayer-König, Asian values: encounter with diversity     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Sinclair, Karen, Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories Farrer, James, Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific, Volume 75, No. 2 De Blij, H.J. and Muller, Peter O., Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts Kuby, Michael, Harner, John and Gober, Patricia, Human Geography in Action Tolliday, Steven (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Japan, 1945–1995: From Occupation to the Bubble Economy Frost, Alan and Samson, Jane (eds.), Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams     

Reviews

Neher, Clark D. and Marlay, Ross Values, Culture, Development and Democracy in Southeast Asia: The Winds of Change Ravenhill, John (ed.) The Political Economy of East Asia: Vol. 1 Japan Vol 2: China, Korea and Taiwan Vol 3: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines and Thailand Lim, David Explaining economic growth: a new analytical framework Naya, S.F. and Tan, J.L.H. (eds) Asian Transitional Economies: Challenges and Prospects for Reform and Transformation Tilton, Mark Restrained trade: cartels in Japan's basic materials industries Province, Guizhou The population atlas of Guizhou Province Smith, Michael French Hard times on Kariru island: poverty, development and morality in a Papua New Guinea Village Dalziel, Paul and Lattimore, Ralph The New Zealand macroeconomy: a briefing on the reforms     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Cleveland's Experience
Todd Swanstrom, The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism. Jobs and the Young
Michael E. Borus, ed., Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey. Fuel for Thought
Jonathan Bradshaw and Toby Harris, eds., Energy and Social Policy. Difficult Choices
Roy Bahl, Financing State and Local Government in the 1980's. A Different Drummer?
The World Bank, Tribal Peoples and Economic Development.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Barr, Lee Kuan Yew: the beliefs behind the man Michael Leifer, Singapore’s foreign policy: coping with vulnerability Yehua Dennis Wei, Regional development in China: States, globalization and inequality Francis X. Hezel, The new shape of old Island cultures: A half century of social change in Micronesia Peter Larmour (ed.), Governance and reform in the South Pacific Patrick Nunn, Pacific Island landscapes     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Family Portrait E. J. Kahn, Jr., The American People: The Findings of the 1970 Census. Suburban Sprawl Peter Hall et al., The Containment of Urban England: Volume 1, Urban and Metropolitan Growth Processes or Megalopolis Denied. International Perspective Peter Cowan, ed., The Future of Planning. Theory and Practice Gordon C. Cameron and Lowdon Wingo, eds., Cities, Regions and Public Policy. Quantitative Analysis Simon Kuznets, Population, Capital, and Growth: Selected Essays. Changing Relationships John Wong, Land Reform in the People's Republic of China: Institutional Transformation in Agriculture. Form and Reform Michael J. Brenner, The Political Economy of America's Environmnetal Dilemma. Environmental Policy Elmo Richardson, Dams, Parks & Politics: Resource Development & Preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower Era. Habitat Study Michael G. Barbour et al., Coastal Ecology: Bodega Head. Impoundment Authorization R. J. Burby et al., The Effects of Authorization for Water Impoundment on Shoreline Transition.     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carl A. Trocki, Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750–1950 Robert Robertson and William Sutherland, Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup Maung Maung, The 1988 Uprising in Burma Jan Van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu (eds), Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania Hugh Cortazzi (ed.), Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views – Post–war Japan through British Eyes     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Paul L. Schumann, Longer Hours or More Jobs? An Investigation of Amending Hours Legislation to Create Employment Daniel Swartzman, Richard A. Liroff, and Kevin G. Croke, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Regulations: Politics, Ethics, and Methods. Suzanne Keller, ed., Building for Women. Herman L. Boschken, Land Use Conflicts: Organizational Design and Resource Management. Robert G. Healy and James L. Short, The Market for Rural Land: Trends, Issues, Policies. Seymour Warkov and Judith W. Meyer, Solar Diffusion and Public Incentives. Michael H. Lang, Gentrification amid Urban Decline: Strategies for America's Older Cities. Alan L. Sorkin, Economic Aspects of Natural Hazards. Clement Cottingham, ed., Race, Poverty, and the Urban Underclass. Thomas M. Stanback, Jr., et al., Services: The New Economy. Richard C. Rich, ed., The Politics of Urban Public Services. M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia: c. 1300 to the Present. Lloyd Rodwin, Cities and City Planning. Julian B. Roebuck and Mark Hickson III, The Southern Redneck: A Phenomenological Class Study. J. Michael Ross and William M. Berg, “I Respectfully Disagree with the Judge's Order”: The Boston School Desegregation Controversy. Gundars Rudzitis, Residential Locution Determinants of the Older Population Frank H. Stephen, ed., The Performance of Labor-Managed Firms. George Sternlieb, James W. Hughes, and Connie 0. Hughes, Demographic Trends and Economic Reality: Planning and Markets in the 80's. Robert P. Taylor, Rural Energy Development in China. George S. Tolley, Vinod Thomas, and Chung Ming Wong, Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries. G. P. Tottle, ed., Use of Computers for National Development-Agriculture: An Annotated Bibliography. Noel D. Uri, Dimensions of Energy Economics. Bruce A. Weber and Robert E. Howell, eds., Coping with Rapid Growth in Rural Communities. Sidney Weintraub and Stanley R. Ross, “Temporary” Alien Workers in the United States: Designing Policy from Fact and Opinion. Robert Woods, Theoretical Population Geography.     

Reviews

Robie, David (ed.), preface by Bunny McDiarmid, foreword by Walter Hadye Lini (2005) Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior (Memorial Edition). Auckland: Asia Pacific Network, xii, 170 pp., US$35, ISBN: 1 877314463.
Reviewer: Maria Bargh
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: maria.bargh@vuw.ac.nz Hitchcock, Michael and I. Nyoman Darma Putra (2007) Tourism, Development and Terrorism in Bali. Aldershot: Ashgate, 204 pp., US$99.95, ISBN: 978 0 7546 4866 6.
Reviewer: Regina Scheyvens
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand.
Email: r.a.scheyvens@massey.ac.nz     

Nation and nationalism in China

Books Reviewed Jonathan Unger (ed.), Chinese Nationalism Prasenjit Duara, Rescuing history from the nation: Questioning narratives of modern China Germain A. Hoston, The state, identity and the national question in China and Japan Stevan Harrell, (ed.) Cultural encounters on China’s ethnic frontiers Alan M. Wachman, Taiwan: National identity and democratization David Faure and Helen F. Siu (eds.), Down to earth: The territorial bond in South China     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Focusing on Suburban Growth. Suburban Land Conversion in the United States: An Economic and Governmental Process by Marion Clawson. New Hope in New Towns. Columbia and the New Cities by Gurney Breckenfeld. New-Style Dwellings. PUD: A Better Way for the Suburbs by Maxwell C. Huntoon, Jr. An Overview. The Urban Economy by Fred Durr. Cross-Cultural Investigation. The Cultural Context of Learning and Thinking: An Exploration in Experimental Anthropology by Michael Cole, John Cay, Joseph A. Glick, and Donald W. Sharp. Stability midst Growth. The Politics of Mexican Development by Roger D. Hansen. New Program for Farmers. Agricultural Development in India's Districts by Dorris D. Brown. Successful Development. Structural Change and Economic Policy in Israel by Howard Pack. A Multidisciplinary Review. Capitalism Today, edited by Daniel Bell and Irving Kristol. The OEO Pork Barrel. Citizen Participation: Effecting Community Change, edited by Edgar S. Cahn and Barry A. Passett. Commoner's Laws. The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology by Barry Commoner. One Area's Problems. The Environmental Destruction of South Florida: A Handbook for Citizens, edited by William Ross Mc-Cluney. Black Capitalism. Blacks in Business by Edward H. Jones. Budgets and Bureaucrats. The Revolt against the Masses: And Other Essays on Politics and Public Policy by Aaron Wildavsky.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Womyn in Revolt June Sochen, Herstory: A Woman's View of American History. The Humble Poor Charles Hampden-Turner, From Poverty to Dignity: A Strategy for Poor Americans. Brave New World Colin Greer, ed., Divided Society: The Ethnic Experience in America. A Bracero's Story Eugene Nelson, Pablo Cruz and the American Dream: The Experiences of an Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico. No Joy in Mudville Ray Marshall, Rural Workers in Ruraf Labor Markets. From Surplus to Scarcity D. Gale Johnson and John A. Schnittker, eds., US. Agriculture in a World Context: Policies and Approaches for the Next Decade Boomer Psychology Stewart Udall, Charles Conconi, and David Osterhout, The Energy Balloon. Substantial Obstacles Edward R. Berman, Geothermal Energy. Valuable Junk F. R. Jackson, Recycling and Reclaiming of Municipal Solid Wustes. Clean Air Standards George Hagevik, Daniel R. Mandelker, and Richard K. Brail, Air Quality Management and Land Use Planning: Legal, Administrative, and Methodological Perspectives. The Grand Vector Karl-Gijran Maer, Environmental Economics: A Theoretical Inquiry. S.F. Elitism Frederick M. Wirt, Power in the City: Decision Making in Sun Francisco. Berkeley Away up North in Dixie John Egerton, The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America. Ivory Power Michael A. Cohen, Urban Policy and Political Conflict in Africa: A Study of the Ivory Coast. Overt Activism Anthony James Catanese, Planners and Local Politics: Impossible Dreams. Mathematical Deficiency Donald A. Krueckeberg and Arthur L. Silvers, Urban Planning Analysis: Methods and Models.     

Reviews

Anthony, Jim (2007) Sex Across the Color Line – A Neglected Topic in Pacific History: The Case of Parbhudaia aka Minnie Wilkinson and Sir Henry Scott. Lautoka: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies, Research Report No. 7, 60 pp., FJD$12, ISBN: 978 982 301 030 4.
Reviewer: Portia Richmond
Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand.
Email: Portia_richmond@yahoo.com Scheyvens, Regina and Donovan Storey (eds.) (2003) Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. London: Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage Publications, ix, 264 pp., USD47.95, pbk, ISBN: 9780761948902.
Reviewer: Peggy Fairbairn‐Dunlop
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: peggy.fairbairn‐dunlop@vuw.ac.nz Batiwala, Srilatha and L. David Brown (eds.) (2006) Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction. Bloomfield, Connecticut: Kumarian Press, 288 pp. US $25.95, pbk, ISBN: 1‐56549‐210‐2.
Reviewer: Peter Swain
Volunteer Service Abroad, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: PSwain@vsa.org.nz Kin Wah, Chin and Leo Suryadinata (comp. and ed.) (2005) Michael Leifer Selected Works on Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS, xvii, 748 pp., illus, $US55.00, ISBN: 981‐230270‐0.
Reviewer: Nicholas Tarling
New Zealand Asia Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Email: n.tarling@auckland.au.nz Connell, John and Eric Waddell (eds.) (2007) Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia Pacific: Between Local and Global. London: Routledge, 256 pp., US$65.00, ISBN: 978‐0‐415‐40414‐3.
Reviewer: Douglas K. Bardsley
School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Email: d.bardsley@uq.edu.au     

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.     

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     

China's compliance in global environmental affairs

Abstract: As the most populous country on earth with 10 per cent of its rare species of flora and fauna, China's environmental practice is of great importance. Already the country is one of the most polluted places in the world. At least seven out of the ten of the world's most polluted cities are located in China. It is the second largest producer of greenhouse gases after the United States, inflicting heavy, long‐term casualties on its own public health and economic development as well as on those of its close neighbours in the Asia‐Pacific region. How to strike a proper balance between environmental protection and fast economic growth will have an important impact on China's modernisation outcome and its international standing. The country began to pay serious attention to environment problems in the 1970s. Since the adoption of the reform and opening‐up policy in the late 1970s, it has signed or ratified many international treaties dealing with environmental issues. By now, it has entered into most international environmental regimes. But how compliant is China with respect to commitments made to these regimes? How willing and capable is it in complying with international environmental norms and rules? What does sustainable development mean to China? How do red tape, fear, inexperience, and ignorance affect China's efforts to protect its environment? And how do inter‐ministerial wrangling and the growth of green NGOs within China affect its compliance? This paper tries to answer these questions.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Early Educational Experiences Sar A. Levitan and Karen Cleary Alderman, Child Care and ABC's Too. When Women Opt for a “Woman's Place” Lionel Tiger and Joseph Shepher, Women in the Kibbutz. Up from Amateurism Susan and Martin Tolchin, Clout: Womanpower and Politics. This Land Is Our Land T. H. Watkins and Charles S. Watson, Jr., The Lands No One Knows: America and the Public Domain. Ill-gotten Energy K. Ross Toole, The Rape of the Great Plains: Northwest America, Cattle and Coal. Rights and Responsibilities Randall W. Scott, ed., Management and Control of Growth: Issues, Techniques, Problems, Trends. Tangible Government Output Thomas H. E. Quimby, Recycling: The Alternative to Disposal – A Case Study of the Potential for Increased Recycling of Newspapers and Corrugated Containers in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Tyranny of Oil Mason Willrich and others, Energy and World Politics. New-Community Survey Raymond J. Burby, III and Shirley F. Weiss, New Communities U.S.A.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Vintage Wine James M . Buchanan, Liberty, Market and State: New Trade Outlook James J. Emery, Norman A. Graham, and Michael F. Oppenheimer An Interdisciplinary Approach Allan Schnaiberg, Nicolas Watts, and Klaus Zimmermann, eds. Small-Scale Farming Gerald G. Marten, ed. Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia: A Human Ecology Perspective. Technological Advancement Nathan Rosenberg and Claudio Frischtak, eds. Dividing up the Oil Walter J. Mead, Asbjorn Moseidjord, Dennis D. Muraoka, and Philip E. Sorensen A Substantial Work Herman Van der Wee, Prosperity and Upheaval: The World Economy 1945-1980. Development: Red, Blue, or Green? Herb Addo, et al. eds., Development as Social Transformation: Reflections on the Global Problematique. The European Experience Graham Hall, ed., European Industrial Policy. Urban Homesteading David P. Varady, Neighborhood Upgrading Assessment and Future Directions Martin Fransman, Technology and Economic Development. Technology, Economics, Energy Norman K. Whittlesey, ed., Energy and Water Management in Western Irrigated Agriculture. Israeli Enigma S.N. Eisenstadt, The Transformation of Israeli Society: An Essay in Interpretation.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Karl A. Fox, Urban‐regional Economics, Social System Accounts, and Eco‐behavioral Science: Selected Writings James G. Gimpel, Separate Destinations: Migration, Immigration and the Politics of Places Jeffry Frieden, Manuel Pastor Jr. and Michael Tomz (eds.), Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy     

Reviews

Emmerson, Donald K. (ed.) (2009) Hard Choices: Security, Democracy and Regionalism in Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 398 pp., $31.88, pbk, ISBN: 9789812309143.
Reviewer: Alex Bellamy
Asia‐Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Email: a.bellamy@uq.edu.au Ivarsson, Soren (2008) Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945. Copenhagen: Nias Press, 238 pp., $35.43, pbk, ISBN: 9788776940232.
Reviewers: Michael Dwyer
Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Email: mdwyer@berkeley.edu
Keith Barney
Graduate Program in Geography, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Email: kbarney@yorku.ca Chong, Terence (ed.) (2008) Globalization and its Counter‐Forces in Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS, 416 pp., $38.98, pbk, ISBN: 9789812304780.
Reviewer: David Ip
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Email: davidf.ip@inet.polyu.edu.hk