Volume XVII, Number 1: Spring 2000

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Harold Isaacs, Editor

Volume XVII, Number 1: Spring 2000

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO
THIRD WORLD STUDIES
Foreword 7
Confronting Debt, Poverty, and Militarism: A Humane Program of Support for the Developing World
By Oscar Arias
13
National Security and Social Crisis in Argentina
By J. Patrice McSherry
21
Political Participation of Women: The Case of Women Councilors in Kerala, India
By R. Sooryarmoorthy and Renjini. D
45
Tales From the Dark Side: Africa’s Challenge to International Relations Theory
By Kevin Dunn
61
Perspectives on Technology and Economic Development in Nigeria
By Kelechi A. Kalu
91
Ideologies and Military Institutions in Third World Politics: Five Models
By David Schwam-Baird
105
Other Papers
Structural Balance, Regime Type, and Interstate Affect: The Third World and the United States
By Christopher P. Carney
133
Education as Aided by the World Bank: A Critical Analysis of Post-Independence Projects in Nigeria
By Joel B. Babalola, Anne L. Sikwibele and Adeyemi A. Suleiman
155
The Role of the Christian Church in Socio-economic and Political Development in Kenya
By Eunice Kamaara
165

Review Article

Arresting the Post-Cold War Sisyphean Quandary: Ethnonationalism, Internal Conflicts, and the Quest for Conflict Resolution
By Neil DeVotta

177
Book Reviews and Review Essays
ASIA
UHLIN, ANDERS. Indonesia and the “Third Wave of Democratization.”
By Robert Lawless
199
CASTLEY, ROBERT. Korea’s Economic Miracle: The Crucial Role of Japan.
By James Biedzynski
202
GRINKER, ROY RICHARD. Korea and Its Futures: Unifications and the Unfinished War.
By James Biedzynski
204
MARWAT, FAZAL-UR-RAHIM. The Evolution and Growth of Communism in Afghanistan (1917-1979).
By Abdul Rauf
206
DUIKER, WILLIAM J. Historical Dictionary of Vietnam.
By Cecil B. Currey
211
MUKHERJEE, TAPAN K. Taraknath Das: Life and Letters of a Revolutionary in Exile.
By Santosh C. Saha
215
KOTHARI, ASHISH, NEENA SINGH and SALONI SURI (eds.). People and Protected Areas: Towards Participatory Conservation in India.
By Tobias J. Lanz
217

REVIEW ESSAY
SENSE OUT OF THE SENSELESS

GILBERT, MARC JASON (ed.). The Vietnam War: Teaching Approaches and Resources.
By Robert Durand

221

REVIEW ESSAY
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA

DAE HWAN KIM and TAT YAN KONG (eds.). The Korean Peninsula in Transition; SEUNG-JOON AHN. From State to Community: Rethinking South Korean Modernization; NANCY ABELMANN. Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent: A South Korean Social Movement.
By J. Michael Allen

227

AFRICA

GROS, JEAN-GERMAIN (ed.). Democratization in Late Twentieth-Century Africa: Coping with Uncertainty.
By E. Ike Udogu
238
AKE, CLAUDE. Democracy and Development in Africa.
By Godwin Rapando Murunga
242
GASTROW, SHELAGH. Who’s Who in South African Politics, No. 5.
By Aran MacKinnon
247
MORTON, ANDREW. Moi: The Making of an African.
By William R. Ochieng
250
HEMPSTONE, SMITH. Rogue Ambassador: An African Memoir.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
252
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. The Primeval Forest.
By G. Wesley Burnett
259
JACK, BELINDA ELIZABETH. Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of “Negro-African” Literature in French.
By Sandra Meek
262

LATIN AMERICA

PEELER, JOHN. Building Democracy in Latin America.
By Claudia Pavone Watson and Robert P. Watson
267
LOKER, WILLIAM (ed.). Globalization and the Rural Poor in Laitn America.
By Daniel Lewis
269
MANDEL, JAY R. Underdevelopment: Chance and Economic Modernization in the West Indies.
By Mario D. Fenyo
270
OPPENHEIM, LOIS HECHT. Politics in Chile: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and the Search for Development.
By Michael R. Hall
272
VARGAS, LUCILA. Social Uses and Radio Practices: The Use of Participatory Radio by Ethnic Minorities in Mexico.
By Robert Lawless
274

MIDDLE EAST

HUNTER, SHIREEN T. The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?
By Rolin Mainuddin
277
JABER, HALA. Hizbollah, Born With a Vengence.
By A.J. Abraham
279
BLUMBERG, ARNOLD. The History of Israel.
By P.R. Kumaraswamy
280
EISENBERG, LAURA ZITTRAIN and NEWIL CAPLAN. Negotiating the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities.
By Jacob Abadi
281
RATTNER, ARYE and GIDEON FISHMAN. Justice for All? Jews and Arabs in the Israeli Criminal Justice System.
By Robert Hazan
284
SHAKIR, EVELYN. Blint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States.
By Aida A. Bamia
285
PARK, THOMAS K. Historical Dictionary of Morocco.
By Jacob Abadi
287
ABUN-NASR, JAMIL M. A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period.
By A.J. Abraham
288

MISCELLANEOUS

DIAMOND, LARRY, JUAN J. LINZ and SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET (eds.). Politics in Developing Countries: Comparing Experiences with Democracy.
By Robert Lawless
289
THOMAS, CAROLINE and PETER WILKIN (eds.). Globalization and the South.
By Jose Boban K.
290
CARR, STUART C. and JOHN F. SCHUMAKER (eds.). Psychology and the Developing World.
By Stephen Buggie
294
HORNE, FLORENCE (ed.). Women’s Studies Quarterly: Beijing and Beyond: Toward the Twenty-First Century of Women.
By Saji P. Jacob
297
Seventeenth Annual Meeting of ATWS 299
Announcement 301
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 302
Books Available for Review 303

Volume XVII, Number 2: FALL 2000

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THIRD WORLD

Foreword 7
U.S. Foreign Policy and Authoritarian Regimes:
Change and Continuity in Inter­na­tional Clientelism
By Osita G. Afoaku
13
Caught in the Crossfire: Third World
Eco­nomic Develop­ment and First World
Envi­ronmentalism
By Douglas Waldo and C. Alan Parks
41
Human Development in sub-Saharan Africa:
Analysis and Prospects for the Future
By Juliet Elu
53
The Wisdom of Traditional Farming in Tropical
Africa: The Nigerian Experience
By David A. Iyegha
73
Studying Civil-Military Relations in the
Post-Dicta­torship Era: An Analysis of the
Chilean Experience
By Nibaldo H. Galleguillos
93
The War on Drugs and Why It Cannot Be Won
By Menno Vellinga
113

Other Papers

Articles on Africa in the Journal of
Third World Studies: A Content Analysis
and an Annotated Bibliography
By Abdul Karim Bangura and Mario D. Fenyo
131
Community Development Versus Sociocultural
and Administrative Values in Rural
Bangla­desh: 1950s and 1960s
By Najmul Abedin
155
Politics, Urban Planning and Population
Settle­ment: Nairobi, 1912-1916
By Anne Nangulu-Ayuku
171
The Effects of Foreign Aid on Women’s Attainment
of Their Economic and Social Human Rights
By Clair Apodaca
205

Book Reviews and Review Essays

ASIA

VECCHIO, NERINA and KARTIK C. ROY. Poverty, Female-Headed House­holds, and Sustainable Economic Development.
By Cynthia A. Wood
223
CHOUDHURY, MASUDUL ALAM, UZIR ABDUL MALIK, and MOHAMMAD ANUAR ADNAN (eds.). Alternative Per­spectives in Third-World Development: The Case of Malaysia.
By Robert Lawless
225
DENG, PENG. Private Education in Modern China.
By Stanley Rosen
230
EARLY, JOHN D., and THOMAS N. HEADLAND. Population Dynamics of a Philippine Rain Forest People: The San Ildefonso Agta.
By Robert Lawless
231
DUBE, SIDDHARTH. The Land of Poverty: Memoirs of an Indian Family, 1947 – 1997.
By Grace Murdoch
235

REVIEW ESSAY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAM

HAUGHTON, DOMINIQUE, et.al. Health and Wealth in Vietnam: An Analy­sis of House­hold Livings Standards; ANDERSON, KYN. Vietnam s Transforming Economy and WTO Accession.
By Robert L. Curry, Jr.

239

REVIEW ESSAY

DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA

BULLIS, DOUGLAS. Selling to India’s Consumer Market; BULLIS, DOUGLAS. Doing Business in Today’s India.
By David L. White

243

AFRICA

LUMUMBA-KASONGO, TUKUMBI. Dy­namics of Economic and Political Relations Between Africa and Foreign Powers: A Study in International Relations.
By Philip C. Aka
247
WOODWARD, PETER. The Horn of Africa: Poli­tics and International Relations.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
254
LEWIS, PETER (ed.). Africa: Dilemmas of Development and Change.
By Corey W. Reigel
259
ADJIBOLOSOO, SENYO B-S. K., (ed.). The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development.
By Robert Lawless
261
MAASDORP, GAVIN (ed.). Can South and Southern Africa Become Global­ly Competi­tive Econo­mies?
By James Cobbe
262
WEISNER, THOMAS S., CANDICE BRADLEY, and PHILIP L. KILBRIDE (eds.). African Families and the Crisis of Social Change.
By Anne Nan­gulu-Ayuku and David O. Ayuku
265
SIDAHMED, ABDEL S. Politics and Islam in Contemporary Sudan.
By Rolin Mainuddin
268
MASINJILA, MASHETI and OKOTH OKOMBO (eds.). Voices From the Moun­tain.
By P. Kakai Wanyonyi
270

REVIEW ESSAY

“IN AFRICA:” INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGION AND POLITICS

MUDIMBE, V. Y. Tales of Faith: Religion as Political Perfor­mance in Central Africa; SINDIMA, HARVEY J. Religious and Political Ethics in Africa: A Moral Inquiry.
By Daniel Skidmore-Hess

275

LATIN AMERICA

SMITH, WILLIAM C. and ROBERTO PATRICIO KORZENIEWICZ. Politics, Social Change, and Economic Restructuring in Latin America.
By Claudia Pavone Watson and Robert P. Watson
279
EDWARD L. CLEARY. The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America.
By Michael R. Hall
280
PURCELL, SUSAN KAUFMAN and RIORDAN ROETT, (eds.) Brazil Under Cardoso.
By Julio Cesar Pino
282
BRAVEBOY-WAGNER, JACQUELINE ANNE, and DENNIS J. GAYLE, (eds.). Caribbe­an Public Policy: Regional, Cultural, and Socioeco­nomic Issues for the 21st Cen­tury.By Robert Lawless 285
MAGUIRE, ROBERT, and OTHERS. Haiti Held Hostage: International Responses to the Quest for Nationhood: 1986-1996.
By Robert Lawless
287

MIDDLE EAST

MAGNARELLA, PAUL J. Middle East and North Africa: Gover­nance, Democra­tization, Hu­man Rights.
By Jacob Abadi
290
HEAD, WILLIAM AND EARL H TILFORD, JR. The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U.S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War.
By P.R. Kumaraswamy
292
HASEEB, KHAIR EL-DIN (ed.). Arab-Iranian Relations.
By Houman A. Sadri
294
MA’OZ, MOSHE AND ILAN PAPPÉ (eds.). Middle Eastern Politics and Ideas: A History from Within.
By Robert Olson
296
WEXLER, PAUL. The Non-Jewish Origins of The Sephardic Jews.
By A. J. Abraham
300
ANTOUN, RICHARD T. and DONALD QUATAERT, (eds.). Syria: Society, Culture, and Polity.
By A.J. Abraham
301
NIELSEN, JORGE S. (ed.). The Christian-Muslim Frontier: Chaos, Clash or Dialogue?
By Charles Kurzman
301
KAYALI. HASAN. Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism and Islamism In the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918
By James Biedzynski
304
KIENLE, EBERHARD (ed.). Con­temporary Syria: Liberalization Between Cold War and Cold Peace.
By Robert Looney
306

MISCELLANEOUS

ROSS, ERIC B. The Malthus Factor; Popu­la­tion, Poverty and Politics in Capitalist De­velopment.
By Mario D. Fenyo
309
RAPLEY, JOHN. Understanding Develop­ment: Theory and Practice in the Third World.
By John DeWitt
311
MAGYAR, KARL P. (ed.). Challenge and Re­sponse: Anticipating US Military Security Concerns.
By James Biedzynski
315
PALETZ, DAVID L. (ed.). Political Com­muni­cation in Action.
By Dipankar Sinha
317
Announcement 321
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 322
Books Available for Review 323