Volume XVIII, Number 1: Spring 2001

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Harold Isaacs, Editor

Volume XVIII, Number 1: Spring 2001

THE THIRD WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY: LESSONS FROM THE PAST,

PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE

Foreword 7
Democracy and Market Economy in Korea
By Yoo Tae-hyun
13
Education, Economic Development, and
Return to Democratic Politics in Nigeria
21
The Threat of the Use of Force in Ameri­can
Post-Cold War Policy in the Third World
By Shah M. Tarzi
39
Democratic Institutions and Civil-Military
Rela­tions: The Case of Chile
By Gregory Weeks
65
Human Rights and Minorities in Africa:
A Theoreti­cal and Conceptual Overview
By E. Ike Udogu
87
Turkish Foreign Policy Towards Iran:
Ide­ology and Foreign Policy in Flux
By Bülent Aras
105
Offering Gifts or Offering Bribes?
Code of Ethics in South Korea
By Chan Sup Chang, Nahn Joo Chang
and Barbara T. Freese
125

Other Papers

Constitutional Design and Conflict
Man­agement in Nigeria
By John Boye Ejobowah
143
Rural Poverty and Global Capital: A Soci­ology
of an Emerging Democracy – South Africa (Kangwane)
By Melsome Nelson-Richards
161
Rethinking Government Economic Activism in
Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Contending Issues
of the Privat­ization Strategy
By Ebenezer C. Ugorji
189
Book Reviews and Review Essays
ASIA
HARRISON, SELIG S., PAUL H. KREISBERG and DENNIS KUX (eds.). India and Pakistan:
The First Fifty Years.
By A.Z. Hilali
215
MALIK, IFTIKHAR H. State and Civil Society in Pakistan: Politics of Authority, Ideology and Ethnicity.
By Garth N. Jones
219
HUNT, MICHAEL H. Lyndon Johnson’s Cold War Crusade in Viet­nam
By William L. Cumiford
223
UNNITHAN-KUMAR, MAYA. Identity, Gender and Poverty: New Perspec­tives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan.
By Robert Lawless
227
BROW, JAMES. Demons and Development: The Struggle for Community in a Sri Lankan Village.
By Robert Lawless
230

AFRICA

APENA, ADELIN. Colonization, Commerce and Entrepre­neurship in Nigeria: The West­ern Delta, 1914-1966.
By G.N. Uzoigwe
235
EGLASH, RON. African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design.
By Abdul Karim Bangura
237
OKULLU, HENRY. Quest for Justice: An Autobi­ography of Bishop Henry Okullu. Kisumu.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
239
VOGEL, RONALD J. Financing Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa.
By G.S. Namusonge
242
MCFARLAND, DANIEL MILES AND LAWRENCE A. RUPLEY. Historical Dic­tionary of Burkina Faso
By T. Jesse Dent, Jr.
245
PAREKH, PUSHPA NAIDU AND SIGA FATIMA JAGNE (eds.). Postcolonial Afri­can Writers: A Bio-Biographical Critical Sourcebook.
By Opportune Zongo
247

REVIEW ESSAY

NATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD: AFRICA (Chad, Senegal, and Uganda)

AZEVEDO, MARIO J. AND EMMANUEL U. NNADOZIE. Chad: A Nation in Search of its Future; GELLAR, SHELDON. Sene­gal: An African Nation Between Islam and the West; OFCANSKY, THOMAS P. Ugan­da: Tarnished Pearl of Africa.
By Andrew F. Clark

251

REVIEW ESSAY

AN ECLECTIC STUDY OF AFRICA AND AFRICANS

IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

HUGH, GILLIS, D. The Kingdom of Swazi­land; DANSO-BOAFO, KWAKU. The Polit­ical Biogra­phy of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia; CAMPBELL, JOSEPH W. The Emer­gent Indepen­dent Press in Benin and Cote D’Ivoire; KOKOLE, OMARI H. (ed.). A Glob­al African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui.
By A.B. Assensoh and Yvette Alex-Assensoh

261

LATIN AMERICA

BETANCES, EMELIO. State and Society in the Dominican Republic.
By Michael R. Hall
267
LEONARD, THOMAS M. (ed.). United States-Latin American Relations, 1850-1903: Establishing a Relationship.
By Michael R. Hall
269
PEREZ, LOUIS A. JR. The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography.
By William L. Cumiford
272
HECHT, TOBIAS. At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil.
By John DeWitt
276

REVIEW ESSAY

THE MILITARY AND GUARDIAN DEMOCRACY IN CONTEMPORARY GUATEMALA

JONAS, SUSANNE. Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala’s Peace Pro­cess; SCHIRMER, JENNIFER. The Guate­malan Military Project: A Vio­lence Called Democ­racy.
By Kirk Bowman

281

MIDDLE EAST

PEIMANI, HOOMAN. Iran and the United States: The Rise of the West Asian Regional Grouping.
By Nader Entessar
287
PRICE, DANIEL E. Islamic Political Cul­ture, Democracy, and Human Rights.
By Paul J. Magnarella
289
PELEG, ILAN (ed.). The Middle East Peace Process: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
By A.J. Abraham
290
SALEM, PAUL (ed.). Conflict Resolution in the Arab World: Selected Essays.
By A.J. Abraham
291
O’BALLANCE, EDGAR. Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-1992.
By Hubert P. vanTuyll
292
JAWAD, HAIFAA A. The Rights of Women in Islam: An Authentic Approach.
By Tamara Sonn
295

MISCELLANEOUS

CLEARY, SEAMUS. The Role of NGOs under Authoritarian Political Systems.
By Korwa G. Adar
299
CALLAHAN, DAVID. Unwinnable Wars: Ameri­can Power and Ethnic Conflict.
By Sam J. Raphalides
301
HILLING, DAVID. Transport and Develop­ing Countries.
By Robert Lawless
303
RICH, PAUL B. and RICHARD STUBBS (eds.). The Counter-insurgent State: Guerril­la Warfare and State Building in the Twenti­eth Century.
By Carlos Pérez
304
ESPOSITO, JOHN L. (ed.). Political Islam: Revolution. Radicalism, or Reform?
By Amalendu Misra
307
AHMAD, IMAMD-AD-DEAN and AHMAD YOUSAF (eds.). Islam and the West-A Dialogue.
By Abdul Rauf
309
Eighteenth Annual ATWS Meeting 315
Announcement 317
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 319
Books Available for Review 321

Volume XVIII, Number 2: FALL 2001

POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE THIRD WORLD

Foreword 7
Turkey, Ethnicity, and Oil in the Caucasus
By Michael B. Bishku
13
Political Strategies and Regime Survival in Egypt
By Curtis R. Ryan
25
The Refugee Experience: Understanding the Dynamics
of Refugee Repatria­tion in Eritrea
By Assefaw Bariagaber
47
Modes of Transition v. Electoral Dynam­ics:
Demo­cratic Control of the Military in
Argentina and Chile
By Ruth Stanley
71
From Opposition to Orthodoxy: The Remak­ing
of Sustainable Develop­ment
By David Carruthers
93
Report on Human Rights in Burma: Back­ground
and Current Status
By Ross Marlay and Bryan Ulmer
113

Other Papers

Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Indian Matriarchs
& Sisters in Service
By Sita Anantha Raman
131
United Nations Security Council Re­form: A Critical
Analysis of Enlarge­ment Options
By Osita G. Afoaku and Okechukwu Ukaga
149
Common Goals, Different Ways: The UNIA and
The NCBWA in West Africa – 1920-1930
By Yekutiel Gershoni
171
A Comparison of the Efficiency and Equity
Impli­cations of University Loan Programs
in the Unit­ed States and in Kenya
By Fredrick Muyia Nafukho and Satish Verma
187
The 1993 Presidential Elections in Nigeria and
the Alleged Use of Excessive Money: Impli­cations
for the Country’ s Political Culture and Future Poli­tics
By Nuhu O. Yaqub
209
Book Reviews and Review Essays
ASIA
SULLIVAN, LAWRENCE R. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF NANCY R. HEARST. Historical Dictionary of the Peoples Repub­lic of China: 1949-1997 (Asian/Oceanian Historical Dictionar­ies, No. 28.).
By Peng Deng
241
BUTENHOFF, LINDA. Social Movements and Political Reform in Hong Kong.
By Li Lue
243
LIN, JING. Social Transformation and Private Education in China.
By Weixing Chen
245
BAYLY, C.A. Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communi­cation in India, 1780-1870.
By Roger D.Long
247
SHARMA, SHALENDRA D. Development and Democracy in India.
By A.Z. Hilali
248
NATARAJAN, NALINI, (ed.). Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India.
By Mary Mathew
251
HEAD, WILLIAM P. and EDWIN G. CLAUSEN (eds). Weaving a New Tapestry — Asia in the Post-Cold War World: Case Studies and General Trends.
By Chad Raymond
254
ARNDT, H.W. and HALL HILL (eds.). Southeast Asia’s Economic Crisis: Origins, Lessons and the Way For­ward.
By James Biedzynski
256
LITVACK, JENNIE I. and DENNIS A. RONDINELLI (eds.). Market Reform in Vietnam: Building Institutions for Develop­ment.
By Cecil B. Currey
258
BRIGHAM, ROBERT K. Guerrilla Diplo­macy: The NLF’s Foreign Relations and the Viet Nam War.
By Cecil B. Currey
259
MANNING, CHRIS. Indonesian Labour in Tran­sition: An East Asian Success Story?
By Garth N. Jones
261
SCHLEGEL, STUART A. Wisdom from a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journal of an Anthropologist.
By Robert Lawless
265

AFRICA

MAZRUI, ALI A. and ALAMIN M. MAZRUI. The Power of Ba­bel: Language and Governance in the Afri­can Experience.
By Francis R. Owino
267
AYITTEY, GEORGE B.N. Africa in Chaos.
By James Biedzynski
272
FALOLA, TOYIN. The History of Nigeria.
By E. Ike Udogu
274
OSAGHAE, EGHOSA, E. Nigeria Since Indepen­dence: Crippled Giant.
By G.N. Uzoigwe
277
ROSANDER, EVA EVERS and DA­VID WESTERLUND, (eds.). African Islam and Islam in Africa: Encounters Between Sufis and Islamists.
By Korwa G. Adar
281
KAISER, PAUL. Culture, Transnationalism, and Civil Society: Aga Khan Social Service Initiatives in Tanzania.
By Nizar A. Motani
285
NEGASH, TEKESTE. Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience.
By Getachew Metaferia
287
WHYTE, SUSAN REYNOLDS. Questioning Misfor­tune: The Prag­matics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda.
By Opolot Okia
293
CLOUGH, S. MARSHALL. Mau Mau Memoirs: History, Memory and Politics.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
296

REVIEW ESSAY

NIGERIA: HISTORICAL TREATISES ON CONTOURS OF POWER

BECKETT, PAUL A. and CRAWFORD YOUNG (eds.). Dilemmas of Democracy in Nigeria; DIXON-FYLE, MAC. A Saro Communi­ty in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs; FALOLA, TOYIN. Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies; OGBOMO, ONAIWU W. When Men and Women Mattered: A History of Gender Relations Among the Owan of Nigeria; HEAR, ANN. Power Rela­tions in Nigeria: Ilorin Slaves and Their Successors.
By Abdul Karim Bangura

301

LATIN AMERICA

RODRIGUEZ O., JAIME E. The Indepen­dence of Spanish America.
By Carlos Pérez
312
MCCLINTOCK, CYNTHIA. Revolutionary Move­ments in Latin America: El Salvador’s FMLN and Peru’s Shining Path.
By Michael R. Hall
314
KOONINGS, KEES and DIRK KRUIJT (eds.). Societies of Fear: The Legacies of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America.
By Anthony W. Pereira
316
BOMANN, REBECCA PIERCE. Faith in the Bar­rios: The Pentecostal Poor in Bogotá.
By Jane M. Rausch
318
SHACOCHIS, BOB. The Immaculate Inva­sion.
By Robert Lawless
320

MIDDLE EAST

HIRO, DILIP. Dictionary of the Middle East.
By A.Z. Hilali
321
HOPKINS, NICKOLAS S. and SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM (eds.). Arab Society, Class, Gender, Power and Development.
By A.J. Abraham
324
SICKER, MARTIN. Reshaping Palestine: From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831-1922.
By Sanford R. Silverburg
324
SULLIVAN, DENIS J. and SANA ABED-KOTOB. Islam in Contemporary Egypt.
By Vernon Egger
326
GORDON, HAIM. Looking Back at the June 1967 War.
By Robert Hazan
327
ZAMIR, MEIR. Lebanon’s Quest: The Road to Statehood, 1926-1939.
By A.J. Abraham
330
DIAB, HASSAN N. Beirut: Reviving Leban­on’s Past.
By Robert Looney
331

MISCELLANEOUS

BREGER, ROSEMARY and ROSANNA HILL. Cross-Cultural Marriage; Identity and Choice.
By Mario D. Fenyo
334
TIBI, BASSAM. The Challenge of Funda­men­talism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder.
By A.J. Abraham
336
LINDBERG, STAFFAN and ARNI SVER­RISSON (eds.). Social Movements in Devel­opment.
By Getachew Metaferia
336
FUREDI, FRANK. The New Ideology of Imperi­alism.
By Dipankar Sinha
339
Announcements 343
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 344
Books Available for Review 345