Books Reviewed

Books reviewed:
Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey and Vincent H. Smith, (eds.) Paying for Agricultural Productivity
P.K. Rao, The Economics of Global Climatic Change
Bernard Salanie, The Economics of Contracts: A Primer
Raisuddin Ahmed, Steven Haggblade and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, (eds.) Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh
Lyle P. Schertz and Otto C. Doering III, The Making of the 1996 Farm Act
Joseph A. Herriges and Catherine L. Kling, Valuing Recreation and the Environment
James R. Prescott, Paul Van Moeseke and Jati Sengupta, (eds.) Urban-Regional Economics, Social System Accounts, and EcoBehavioural Science, Selected Writings of Karl A. Fox
Brent M. Haddad, Rivers of Gold: Designing Markets to Allocate Water in California
J. M. Antle, J. N. Lekakis and G. P. Zenias, (eds.) Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: The Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development
J. Barkley Rosser Jr., From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities: Mathematics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Finance     

Book reviews

Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin, Uncertainty, Production, Choice, and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach
James D. Gaisford and William A. Kerr, Economic Analysis for International Trade Negotiations: The WTO and Agricultural Trade
Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey and Michael J.Taylor, (eds.) Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas
Jerry Ellig, (ed.) Dynamic Competition and Public Policy:Technology,Innovation,and Anti-trust Issues     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: A. Viton The International Sugar Agreements: Promise and Reality M.D. Ingco and A. L. Winters (eds) Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development M.E. Lien and B. Nerlich (eds) The Politics of Food VITON, A. (2004). The International Sugar Agreements: Promise and Reality. INGCO, M. D. and WINTERS, A. L. (eds) (2004). Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development LIEN, M.E. and NERLICH, B (Eds) (2004). The Politics of Food.     

REVIEWS*

Book reviewed in this article: CAMPBELL, B. M. S. and OVERTON, M. (eds.) (1991). Land, Labour and Livestock: Historical Studies in European Agricultural Productivity CHAMPION, T. and WATKINS, C. (eds.) (1991). People in the Countryside: Studies of Social Change in Rural Britain DOORNBOS, F., VAN DORSTEN, F., MITRA, M. and TERHAL, P. (1990). Dairy Aid and Development: India's Operation Flood. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, Volume 3 DOORNBOS, M. and NAIR, K. N. (eds.) (1990). Resources, Institutions and Strategies: Operation Flood and Indian Dairying. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, Volume 4 GRANT, W. (1991). The Dairy Industry: An International Comparison MARSDEN, T. and LITTLE, J. (eds.) (1990). Political, Social and Economic Perspectives on the International Food System MARSH, J., GREEN, B., KEARNEY, B., MAHE, L., TANGERMANN, S. and TARDITI, S. (1991). The Changing Role of the Common Agricultural Policy: The Future of Farming in Europe NISBET, E. G. (1991). Leaving Eden: To Protect and Manage the Earth SIMON, J. L. (1989). Population Matters: Resources, Environment and Irrigation SMITH, M. J. (1990). The Politics of Agricultural Support in Britain. Aldershot: Dartmouth/Gower ANDERSON, K. and TYERS, R. (1991). Global Effects of Liberalising Trade in Farm Products. Trade Policy Research Centre, Thames Essay No. 55 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF READING (1991). Management Matters in 1991. Study No. 26 ERRINGTON, A. and TRANTER, R. (1991). Getting Out of Farming? Part Two: The Farmers. Study No. 27. Department of Agriculture and Department of Agricultural Economics and Management GASSON, R. and HILL, G. P. (1990). An Economic Evaluation of the Farm Woodland Scheme. FBU Occasional Paper No. 17. Ashford: Farm Business Unit, Department of Agricultural Economics HAVERKORT, B., VAN DER KAMP, J. and WALTERS-BAYER, A. (eds.) (1991). Joining Farmers' Experiments: Experiences in Participatory Technology Development HUDSON, R. J.? DREW, K. R. and BASKIN, L. M. (eds.) (1989). Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates. Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management HYDE, W. F. and NEWMAN, D. H. (1991). Forest Economics and Policy Analysis: An Overview. World Bank Discussion Papers 134 JENKINS, T. N. (1990). Future Harvests: The Economics of Farming and the Environment: Proposals for Action. Report to the Council for the Protection of Rural England and the World-Wide Fund for Nature (UK) ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (1991). The Apple Market in OECD Countries ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (1991). Changes in Cereals and Dairy Policies in OECD Countries: A Model-Based Analysis TEKLU, T., VON BRAUN, J. and ZAKI, E. (1991). Drought and Famine Relationships in Sudan: Policy Implications. Research Report 88. Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute WORLD BANK (1991). World Development Report 1991: The Challenge of Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: BROW, J. and WEERAMUNDA, J. (eds.) (1992). Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka COKER, A. and RICHARDS, C. (eds.) (1992). Valuing the Environment CARTER, C. A., MCCALLA, A. F., and SHARPLES, J. A. (eds.) (1990). Imperfect Competition and Political Economy: The New Trade Theory in Agricultural Trade Research ELLIS, F. (1992). Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries. Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development GILG, A. (ed.) (1992). Restructuring the Countryside: Environmental Policy in Practice HAZELL, P. B. R. and RAMASAMY, C. (eds.) (1992). The Green Revolution Reconsidered: the Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India LIBBY, R. T. (1992). Protecting Markets: US Policy and the World Grain Trade MCINTIRE, J., BOURZAT, D. and PINGALI, P. (1992). Crop-Livestock Interaction in Sub-Saharan Africa OZANNE, A. (1992). Perverse Supply Response in Agriculture: The Importance of Produced Means of Production and Uncertainty PARDEY, P. G., ROSEBOOM, J. and ANDERSON, J. R. (eds.). Agricultural Research Policy: International Quantitative Perspectives. Published for the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) by Cambridge University Press TIMMER, P. (ed.) (1991). Agriculture and the State: Growth, Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries BROWN, M. and GOLDIN, I. (1992). The Future of Agriculture: Developing Country Implications. Development Centre Studies GILG, A. W., BRIGGS, D., DILLEY, R., FURUSETH, O. and MCDONALD, G. (eds.) (1992). Progress in Rural Policy and Planning. Volume 2 OECD (1992). Economic Accounts for Agriculture 1977–1990 OECD (1992). Business and Jobs in the Rural World OECD (1990). Partnerships in Rural Development WORLD BANK AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (1992). An Agricultural Strategy for Albania     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
David A. Cleveland and Daniela Soleri (eds), Farmers, Scientists and Plant Breeding: Integrating Knowledge and Practice
Clem Tisdell, The Economics of Conserving Wildlife and Natural Areas
Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverría (eds), Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents
Charles S. Pearson, Economics and the Global Environment     

Books Reviewed

Vosti, Stephen A., and Thomas Reardon, eds. Sustainability, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation: A Policy and Agroecological Perspective.
Swinbank, Alan, and Carolyn Tanner. Farm Policy and Trade Conflict: The Uruguay Round and CAP Reform.
Frisvold, George, and Betsey Kuhn, eds. Global Environmental Change and Agriculture: Assessing the Impacts.     

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Books reviewed:
David Pearce, Corin Pearce, and Charles Palmer (eds), Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries
S. Hayden Lesbirel and Daigee Shaw (eds), Managing Conflict in Facility Siting
Kym Anderson and Will Martin (eds), Agricultural Trade Reform & the Doha Development Agenda
Joseph Cooper (ed.), Global Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade: Gains and Losses     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Taxation and the Rural Economy. Conference Papers prepared for the Australian Tax Research Foundation (Melbourne) Disease in Farm Livestock: Economics and Policy. By K. S. Howe and J. P. Mcinerney (eds.) Agricultural Price Policies for Developing Countries. By John W. Mellor and Raisuddin Ahmed (eds.) Economic Liberalisation in New Zealand. By Alan Bollard and Robert Buckle (eds.) Japanese Agricultural Policies: A Time of Change. By Australian Burea     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Atkin, M. (1993). Snouts in the Trough: European Farmers, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Public Purse. Bassett , T. J. and Crummey , D. E. (eds.) (1993). Land in African Agrarian Systems. Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. D'Antonio , W. V., Sasaki , M. and Yonebayashi , Y. (eds.) (1994). Ecology, Society and the Quality of Social Life. Gibbon , P., Havnevik , K. J. and Hermele , K. (1993). Blighted Harvest- The World Bank and African Agriculture in the 1980s. London: James Currey Ltd and New Jersey: Africa World Press. Hamdar , B. C. (1993). The Relationship Between Agricultural Policy and Forestry in the Southern Region of the United States. Hoff , K., Braverman , A. and Stiglitz , J. (eds.) (1993). The Economics of Rural Organisation: Mac Arthur , J. D. and Weiss , J. (eds.) (1994). Mori , H. and Lin , B-H. (1994). Japanese Beef Market: Distinctly Unique. Senshu University Press. Taylor , C. R., Reichelderfer , K. H. and Johnson , S. R. (eds.) (1993).     

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Books reviewed in this article. Santaniello , V., Evenson , R. E., Zilberman , D. and Carson , G. A. (eds.) Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights: Economic, Institutional and Implementation Issues in Biotechnology. Alston , Julian M., Pardey , Philip G., and Taylor , Michael J. (Eds.). Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas Gijsbers , G., Janssen , W., Hambly Odame , H. and Meijerink , G. (eds.) (2001). Planning Agricultural Research: a Sourcebook. Piccinini , A. and Loseby , M. (2000). Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA—Farmers between Subsidies and the Market, (Introduction by Franz Fischler) Palgrave Piccinini , A. and Loseby , M. (2000). Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA –Farmers between Subsidies and the Market, (Introduction by Franz Fischler) Gaisford , J.and Kerr , W. (2000). Economic Analysis for International Trade Negotiations, Edward Elgar. Hartell , J. G. and Swinnen , Johan F. M. (2000). Agriculture and East‐West European Integration. Turner , M. E., Beckett , J. V. and Afton , B. (2001). Farm Production in England, 1700‐1914 Sumberg , J. and Okali , C. (1997). Farmers' Experiments, Creating Local Knowledge. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/London.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: VAN DEN Ban , A. W. and Hawkins , H. S. (1988). Colman , D. and Lee , Cooper , A. F. (1989). British Agricultural Policy 1912-36: A Study in Conservative Politics. Dooney , S. (1988). Irish Agriculture: Lee , R. D., Arthur , W. B., Kelley , A. C., Rodgers , G., and Srinivasan , T. N. (eds.) (1988). Nadkarni , M. V. with Syed Ajmal Pasha and Prabhakar , L. S. (1989). Repetto , R. and Gillis , M. (eds.) (1988). Public Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources. Sagoff , M. (1988). The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law and the Environment. Tarditi , S., Thomson , K. J., Pierani , P. and Croci -Angelini , E. (eds.) (1989). Brief Note: Anderson , J. R. and Hazell , P. B. R. (eds.) (1989). Variability in Grain Yields: Implications for Agricultural Research and Policy in Developing Countries. Brief Note: Crittenden , R. and Lea , D. A. M. (1989). Integrated Rural Development Programmes in Papua New Guinea. Brief Note: Longworth , J. W. (ed.) (1989). China's Rural Development Miracle, With International Comparisons. Brief Note: OECD (1989). Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1989.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
David J. O'Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, (eds.) Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia
Tor Arve Benjaminsen, Ben Cousins and Lisa Thompson, (eds.) Contested Resources: Challenges to the Governance of Natural Resources in Southern Africa     

REVIEWS*

Book reviewed in this article: BOTOS, E. P. (ed.) (1991). Vine and Wine Economy: Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Kecskemet CAIRNCROSS, F. (1991). Costing the Earth. London: Business Books and Economist Books CLAY, E. and STOKKE, O. (eds.) (1991). Food Aid Reconsidered: Assessing the Impact on Third World Countries GILG, A. W. (1991). Countryside Planning Policies for the 1990s. Wallingford: CAB International HANLEY, N. (ed.) (1991). Farming and the Countryside - An Economic Analysis of External Costs and Benefits HENDRIKS, G. (1991). Germany and European Integration; The Common Agricultural Policy - An Area of Conflict MIDMORE, P. (ed.) (1991). Input-Output Models in the Agricultural Sector RITSON, C. and HARVEY, D. (eds.) (1991). The Common Agricultural Policy and the World Economy: Essays in Honour of John Ashton WILLIAMS, J. C. and WRIGHT, B. D. (1991). Storage and Commodity Markets DAVIS, J. (1991). The Competitiveness of the Northern Ireland Dairy Sector: An Analysis of Industry Structure and Performance HEIJMAN, W. J. M. and KRABBE, J. J. (eds.) (1992). Issues of Environmental Economic Policy HODGE, I. and MONK, S. (1991). Targeting Rural Areas for Special Assistance: The RDAs and Alternative Approaches HOLDEN, D., HAZELL, P. and PRITCHARD, A. (eds.) (1991). Risk in Agriculture: Proceedings of the Tenth Agriculture Sector Symposium MARSHALL, B. J. (ed.) (1992). Sustainable Livestock Farming into the 21st Century. CAS Paper 25. Reading: University of Reading, Centre for Agricultural Strategy OECD (1991). The Soviet Agro-Food System and Agricultural Trade: Prospects for Reform. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (1992). Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1992. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development     

Books Reviewed

Books reviewed in this article:
Crissman, Charles C., John M. Antle, and Susan M. Capalbo, eds. Economic, Environmental and Health Tradeoffs in Agriculture: Pesticides and the Sustainability of Andean Potato Production.
Deaton, Angus. The Analysis of Household Surveys: A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy.
Graham, Edward M., and J. David Richardson, eds. Global Competition Policy.
O'Rourke, Kevin H., and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy.     

Books Reviewed

Books reviewed:
Singer, S. Fred. Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate
Hogg, Dominic, ed. Technological Change in Agriculture: Locking in to Genetic Uniformity
Ingersent, Ken A., and A. J. Rayner. Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States
Smil, Vaclav. Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century
Yang, Yongzheng and Tian, Weiming, eds. China's Agriculture at the Crossroad
Lal, Deepak. Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance
Opschoor, J(Hans). B., Kenneth Button, and Peter Nijkamp, eds. Environmental Economics and Development
Hamilton, James T., and W. Kip Viscusi. Calculating Risks? The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Harlan , J. R. (1998). The Living Fields: Our Agricultural Heritage. Borowski , O. (1998). Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel. Fennell , R. (1997). The Common Agricultural Policy: Continuity and Change. Hill , B. (ed.) (1996). Income Statistics for the Agricultural Household Sector. OECD (1997). Future Development of Economic Accounts Statistics. Lampkin , N. H. and Padel , S. (eds.) (1994). Ilbery , B., Chiotti , Q. and Rickard , T. (eds.) (1997). Audirac , I. (ed.) (1997). Tracy , M. (ed.) (1998). Wallace , L. T. and Schroder , W. R. (eds.) (1997).     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: D.R. Lee and C.B. Barrett (eds.)Tradeoffs or Synergies? Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment William M. Rivera and Willem Zijp (eds.)Contracting for Agricultural Extension: International Case Studies and Emerging Practices Roger Clarke, Stephen Davies, Paul Dobson and Michael WatersonBuyer Power and Competition in European Food Retailing R. Baker, J. Davies and E. Young (eds.)Working on Country: Contemporary Indigenous Management of Australia's Lands and Coastal Regions     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications: A New Approach to Land Ownership Jian-Ming Zhou (Ed.)
Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas Julian M. Alston Philip G. Pardey, Michael J. Taylor (Eds.)
Planning Agricultural Research: A Sourcebook G. Gijsbers, W. Janssen, H. Hambly Odame, G. Meijerink (Eds.)     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Gaull , G. E. and Goldberg , R. A. (eds.) (1993) Geping , Q. and JINCHANG, L. Murray, M. and Greer, J. (eds.) (1993). Rural Development in Ireland. Aldershot: Avebury (Gower). BRIEF NOTES: Cook , E. and Hill , BRIEF NOTES: Desai , B. M. and Mellor , J. W. (1993). BRIEF NOTES: Kettunen , L. and Niemi , J. (1994). BRIEF NOTES: OECD (1994). Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1994. BRIEF NOTES: Richards , S. (1993). Wye College and its World: A Centenary History.