Books Reviewed

Books Reviewed:
Arun Agrawal, Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets and Community among a Migrant Pastoral People
Gerald C. Nelson, Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture: Economics and Politics
Christiane Kraus, Import Tariffs as Environmental Policy Instruments
Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest
Gerald M. Meier and James E. Rauch, Leading Issues in Economic Development
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (ed.), The Economics of International Environmental Agreements     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Robert A. Young, Determining the Economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods
B. Shiferaw, H.A. Freeman and S.M. Swinton (eds.), Natural Resource Management in Agriculture: Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts
Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Mark A. Lause, Young America: Land, Labor, and the Republican Community.
Jesse C. Ribot, Waiting for Democracy: The Politics of Choice in Natural Resource Decentralisation.
Jesse C. Ribot and Anne M. Larson (eds.), Democratic Decentralisation through a Natural Resource Lens.
David Keen, Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone.
Costas Lapavitsas, Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit.
Ricardo Salvatore, Wandering Paysanos: State Order and Subaltern Experience in Buenos Aires during the Rosas Era.
Colin Murray and Peter Sanders, Medicine Murder in Colonial Lesotho: The Anatomy of a Moral Crisis.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Costs of the Common Agricultural Policy. By Allan Buckwell, David Harvey, Kenneth Thomson and Kevin Parton. The Political Economy of Food Aid. By John Cathie. Resource and Environmental Economics. By Anthony C. Fisher. Rural Society in Southeast India. By Kathleen Gough. Grassland in the British Economy. Edited by J. L. Jollans. Progress in Rural Extension and Community Development, volume 1. Edited by Gwyn E. Jones and Maurice Rolls. A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature,/Volume 3: Economics of Welfare, Rural Development and Natural Resources in Agriculture, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by Lee R. Martin. Agricultural Co-operation. By Malcolm Sargent. The Political Economy of Underdevelopment. By S. B. de Silva.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Toward a New Political Economy of Agriculture:Friedland, W. H., L. Burch, F. D. Butte1 and A. R. Rudy (eds.) Farming for Farmers? A Critique of Agricultural Support Policy (2nd ed.):R. W. Howarth Storage and Commodity Markets J. C. Williams and B. D. Wright Economic Models of Agricultural and Conservation and Environmental Improvement: Earl 0. Heady (ed.), G. F. Vocke Chinese Grain Economy and Policy: Chen Liang Yu, Allan Buckwell Co-operative and Community Development: Economies in Social Perspective B. Fairbairn, J. Bold, M. Fulton, L. Hammond Ketilson, D. Ish.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Food for the Future. By KEITH 0. CAMPBELL. University of Nebraska Press Co-operative and Commune. Group Farming in the Economic Development of Agriculture. Edited by PETER DORNER The Common Agricultural Poky of the European Community. By ROSEMARY FENNELL The Role of US Agriculture in Foreign Policy. By R. M. FRAENKEL, D. F. HADWICER AND W. P. BROWNE The Political Economy of Collectivised Agriculture. A Comparative Study of Communist and Non-communist Systems. Edited by R. A. FRANCISCO, B. A. LAIRD and R. D. LAIRD The Economics of World Grain Trade. By T. GRENNES, P. R. JOHNSON and M. C. THURSBY. The New Politics of Food. Edited by D. F. HADWIGER and W. P. BROWNE The Global Political Economy of Food. Edited by R. F. HOPKINS and D. J. PUCHALA. Natural Resource Economics. Isues, Analysis and Policy. By CHARLES W. HOW. John Wiley and Sons Agricultural Commodities Index. Edited by JANE BUZBY MCFALL. Green and Pleasant Land? Social Change in Rural England. By HOWARD NEWBY An Introduction to Agricultural System. By C. R. W. SPEDDING     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Frank A. Ward and Diana Beal, Valuing Nature with Travel Cost Models: A Manual
John M. Hartwick, National Accounting and Capital
Glen McLaren and William Cooper, Distance, Drought and Dispossession: A History of the Northern Territory Pastoral Industry
Victoria C. Hollowell, (ed.) Managing Human-dominated Ecosystems
David Burch, Jasper Goss and Geoffey Lawrence, (eds.) Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures: Transformations in Australasian Agri-food Economies and Spaces
Peter W.B. Phillips and George G. Khachatourians, (eds.) The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture: Invention, Innovation and Investment in the Canola Sector     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Innovator's Situation: Upper-Middle-Class Conservatism in Agricultural Communities. By FRANK CANCIAN The Efficiency of British Agriculture. By CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis. By WILLARD W. COCHRANE Agricultural Policies in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Edited by R. A. FRANCISCO, B. A. LAIRD and R. D. LAIRD India's Rural Development: An Assessment of Alternatives. By MARCUS FRANDA Optimal Stockpiling of Grain. By BRUCE L. GARDNER Political Investment in Food Production. National and International Case Studies. Edited by BARBARA HUDDLESTON and JON McLiN Farm and Food Policy: Issues of the 1980s. By DON PAARLBERG Part Time Family Farming. By RYOHEI KADA Food and Agriculture in Global Perspective: Discussion in the Committee of the Whole of the United Nations. Edited by Toivo MILJAN Radioscopie des Communes de France, Ruralite et Relations Villes-Campagnes. By ANDRE PIATIER Livestock and Equality in East Africa. By HAROLD K. SCHNEIDER Peasants of Costa Rica and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism. By MITCHEL; A. SELIGSON The Economics of Town and Country Planning. By K. G. WILLIS     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place, Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management: A Comparative Study of Agrarian Communities in Asia and Africa
J.S. Shortle and D. Abler, Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control
Ross Garnaut, Resource Management in Asia Pacific Developing Countries
A.P. Dale, C.N. Taylor and M.B. Lane, Social Assessment in Natural Resource Management Institutions     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: The Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies Edited by Per Pinstrup-Anderson Why Food Aid? Edited by V. W. Ruttan The Economics of Collective Choice Joe B. Stevens Livestock Productivity Enhancers: An Economic Assessment Edited by M. Bent Political Economic Analysis of U.S. Dairy Policies and European Community Dairy Policy Comparisons Mary A. Marchant Japanese Beef Market Liberalization: Strategic Choices for New Zealand D. Chadee and H. Mori     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: MIDAS, A Bioeconomic Model of a Drvland Farm System. By R. S. Kingwell and D. J. Pannell (eds) Rural Development: World Bank Experience. 1965-86. By Operation Agricuiturai Environments: Characterization, Cfassificarion and Mapping. By A. H. Bunting (ed.) Agriculrural Marketing Enterprises for rhe Developing World. By John C. Abbot. Postharvest Losses, Technology and Employment: The Case of Rice in Bangladesh, Westview Special Studies in Social. Political, and Economic Development. By Martin Greeley.     

BOOK REVIEW

Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Marketing and Prices. By K. O. CAMPBEL Agricultural Product Prices. By W. G. TOMEK and K. L. ROBINSON. Agricultural Finance. By A. G. NELSON, W. F. LEE and W. G. MURRAY. Productivity Trends in a Sectoral Macro-Economic Model: A Study of American Agriculture and Supporting Industries 1919-1964. By W. F. GOSSLING. Problems of Farm Mechanization. RASAR: A Resource Allocation System for Agricultural Research. By D. G. RUSSEL.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Economic Models and Quantitative Methods for Decisions and Planning in Agriculture. Edited by EARL 0. HEADY Benefits and Burdens of Rural Development. By IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Agricultural Policy. Edited by C. D. THROSBY. Corporate Farming and the Family Farm. By THE NATIONAL FARM INSTITUTE. The Northern Myth. By B. R. DAVIDSON. Structural Reform Measures in Agriculture. By ORGANIZATION FORECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. The Pastoral Age: A Re-examination. By G. J, ABBOTT Microeconomics: The Theory of Economic Allocation. By C. A. TISDELL. Business Cost-Benefit Anlaysis. By R. F. J. DEWHURST Ecology and Economics-Contro2ling Pollution in the 70s. By MARSHALL I. GOLDMAN Intersectoral Capital Flows in the Economic Development of Taiwan, 1895-1 960. By TENG-HUI LEE. Evaluation of L a d Reforms. By M. L. DANTWALA and C. H. SHAH. Volume I, General Report. Basic Concepts of Rural Sociology. By G. BOGUSLAW GALESKI.     

REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: GOLDWIN, I. and WINTERS, L. A. (eds.) (1992). Open Economies: Structural Adjustment and Agriculture HAZELL, P. B. R. and RAMASAMY, C. (eds.) (1991). The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 1 Perspectives and Issues JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 2 Farmers' Strategies and Innovative Approaches KRUEGER, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy. Volume 5. A Synthesis of the Political Development in Developing Countries LESSER, W. (1993). Marketing Livestock and Meat. New York: Food Products Press (Haworth Press) MARK, J. and STRANGE, R. (1993). The Food Industries: Review of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume XXVIII. London: Chapman and Hall on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society and the Economic and Social Research Council METTRICK, H. (1993). Development Oriented Research in Agriculture: An ICRA Textbook. Wageningen: International Centre for Development Orientated Research in Agriculture (ICRA) RAYNER, A. J. and COLMAN, D. (eds.) (1993). Current Issues in Agricultural Economics SCHIFF, M. and VALDÉS, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy, Volume 4, A Synthesis of the Economics in Developing Countries, Baltimore TRACY, M. (1993). Food and Agriculture in a Market Economy: An Introduction to Theory, Practice and Policy TRIPP, R. (ed.) (1992). Planned Change in Farming Systems: Progress in On-Farm Research CÉCORA, J. (ed.) (1993). Economic Behaviour of Family Households in an International Context. Bonn: Society for Agricultural Policy Research and Rural Sociology (FAA) HILL, B. and BROOKES, B. (1993). Farm Incomes in the European Community in the 1980s. Document Series     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment. By ROD TYERS and KYM ANDERSON More People, Less Erosion: Environmental Recovery in Kenya. By MARY TIFFINM ICHAELM ORTIMORaEn d FRANCIS GICHUHI Sustainable Agriculture, By the STANDINCGO MMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Report of the Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture, SCA Technical Report Series-No. 36 Food and Agriculture in a Market Economy. By MICHAEL TRAC Krugman, Paul (1991), Geography and Trade, Leuven University Press. Natural Resource Economics: Conservation and Exploitation. By PHILIP A. NEHER. Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics. By GERALD A. CARLSON, DAVID ZILBERMAN and JOHN A. MIRANOWSKI     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: AMIR , P. and KNIPSCHEER , H. C. (1989). Conducting On-Farm Animal Research: Procedures and Economic Analysis. >ATKIN , M. (1989). Agricultural Commodity Markets: A Guide to Futures Trading. BUCKETT , M. (1988). An Introduction to Farm Organisation and Management. 2nd Edition. HILL , B. (1989). Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy OECD (1989). Aquaculture: A Review of Recent Experience. SPEDDING , C. R. W. (ed.) (1989). The Human Food Chain. B TRAILL , B. (ed.) (1989). Prospects for the European Food System. A Report from the FAST Programme of the Community of the EC. BECKETT , J. V. (1990). The Agricultural Revolution. BRIEN , R. J. (1989). The Shaping of Scotland: Eighteenth Century Patterns of Land Use and Settlement. RAVNKILDE , K. (1989). From Fettered to Free: The Farmer in Denmark's History. Hurst (Berks.): BROWN , J. (1987). Agriculture in England: A Survey of Farming 1870–1947. Brief Notes: ABBOTT , M. (1990). Combinable Crops and the EEC: Brief Notes: ARKLETON RESEARCH (1990). Brief Notes: BARGHOUTI , S., TIMMER , C. and SIEGEL , Brief Notes: WORLD BANK (1990). Agricultural Diversification: Policies and Issues from East Asian Experience. Brief Notes: BARKER , J. (1990). Agricultural Marketing Brief Notes: BURRELL , A., HILL , B. and MEDLAND , J. (1990) Brief Notes: HILL , B. (1990). An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture (Second Edition). Brief Notes: INTAL , P. S. and POWER , J. H. (1990). Trade, Exchange Rate, and Agricultural Pricing Policies in the Philippines. World Bank Comparative Studies: The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy. Washington: World Bank. 400 pages. ISB N 0–8213-1496-3. 23.95. Brief Notes: MILLER , F. A. (ed.) (1990). Food Safety in the Human Food Chain.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Economist as Preacher. By George Stigler. The Control of Resources. By Partha Dasgupta. Agricultural Research Policy. By Vernon R. Ruttan. Heritage Conservation in Australia: An Evaluation of Economic Incen- tives. By Anthony Chisholm and Ian Reynolds. Pastoral and Social Problems in a Semi-Arid Environment. A Simulation Model. By T. G. Freeman and P. R. Benyon, (eds). Seasonal Dimensions to Rural Poverty. By Robert Chambers, Richard Longhurst and Arnold Pacey, (EDS).     

Book Review

Book review in this article:
Fisheries and Uncertainty: A Precautionary Approach to Resource Management Edited by Daniel V. Gordon and Gordon R. Munro     

REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: KJELDAHL, R. and TRACY, M. (eds.) (1994). Renationalisation of the Common Agricultural Policy? Copenhagen TRACY, M. (ed.) (1994). East-West European Agricultural Trade: The Impact of Association Agreements. La Hutte (Genappe) MARCHANT, M. A. (1993). Political Economic Analysis of US Dairy Policies and European Community Dairy Policy Comparisons O'DONNELL, C. (1993). Commodity Price Stabilisation: An Empirical Analysis PHIMISTER, E. (1993). Savings and Investment in Farm Households: Analysis Using Life Cycle TIFFEN, M., MORTIMORE, M. AND GICHUKI, F. (1994). More People, Less Erosion. Environmental Recovery in Kenya POATE, C.D. and DAPLYN, P. F. (1993). Data for Agrarian Development. Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development RUTTAN, V. W. (ed.) (1993). Why Food Aid? VAN ATTA, D. (ed.) (1993). The “Farmer Threat”: The Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Post-Soviet Russia     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Environmental Economics: A Critical Overview . Alan Gilpin
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics . Roger Perman, Yue Ma, James McGilvary and Michael Common
Trade Liberalisation, Economic Growth and the Environment . Matthew A. Cole