JTWS

Harold Isaacs, Editor

Volume XX, Number 1: Spring 2003

THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION IN TAIWAN
AND THE THIRD WORLD

Foreword 7
Toward a Pan-Third Worldism: A Challenge to the Association of Third World Studies
By Abdul Karim Bangura
13
Opportunities and Challenges: Taiwan?s Diplomacy in the Globalization Era
By Michael Ying-Mao Kau
19
Tackling Africa’s Developmental Dilemmas:Is Globalization the Answer?
By Nader Entessar
27
Iran and Turkey in Central Asia: Opportunities for Rapprochement in the Post-Cold War Era
By Ertan Efegil and Leonard A. Stone
55
The English-Language Press and the "Anglophone Problem" in Cameroon: Group Identity, Culture, and the Politics of Nostalgia
By Lyombe Eko
79
The Politics of Culture or the Culture of Politics: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920-1968
By Kimberly F. Jones-de Oliveira
103
Against All Odds: U.S. Policy and the 1963 Central America Summit Conference
By Thomas M. Leonard
121

Other Papers

The Effect of Agricultural Privatization on Communist Political Legitimacy in Vietnam
By Chad Raymond
157
Elements of Azerbaijan Foreign Policy
By Houman Sadri
179
Chinese Role Models and Classical Military Philosophy in Dealing with Soldier Corruption and Moral Degeneration By Robert Slate 193

Book Reviews and Review Essays

ASIA
KUMARASWAMY, P.R. China and the Middle East: The Quest for Influence
By A.Z. Hilali
227
ADAMS, GERALD and WILLIAM JAMES (eds.). Public Policies in East Asian Development: Facing New Challenges
By Isabella Notar
231
GUHA, SUMIT. Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991
By Roger D. Long
233
SOORYAMOORTHY, R. and K.D. GANGRADE. NGO's in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.
By Santosh C. Saha and Leo Chan
234
CHRISTIE, CLIVE J. Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century: A Reader.
By Cecil B. Currey
236
RAMESH, M. with MUKUL G. ASHER. Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Social Security, Health and Education Policies.
By D. Renjini
237
THAYER, CARLYLE A. and RAMSES AMER (eds.). Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition.
By Cecil B. Currey
240
WEEKS, STANLEY B. and CHARLES A. MECONIS. The Armed Forces of the USA in the Asia-Pacific Region.
By Cecil B. Currey
240
LEE, J. EDWARD and TOBY HAYNSWORTH (eds.). White Christmas in April: The Collapse of South Vietnam, 1975.
By Cecil B. Currey
242
NANDY, ASHIS (ed.). The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Indian Popular Cinema
By Manish Kumar Thakur
 244

AFRICA

PARK, MUNGO. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
By Tobias J. Lanz
247
DUNN, D. ELWOOD, AMOS J. BEYAN and CARL PATRICK BURROWES. Historical Dictionary of Liberia.
By Santosh C. Saha
249
FERGUSON, JAMES. Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt.
By Norman H. Murdoch
251
BARBER, KARIN (ed.). Readings in African Popular Culture.
By Norman H. Murdoch
253
HAY, MARGARET JEAN (ed.). African Novels in the Classroom.
By Kevin G. Dunn
255

REVIEW ESSAY CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY

HOPE, KEMPE R. African Political Economy: Contemporary Issues in Development; HOPE, KEMPE.and BORNWELL C. CHIKULO (eds.). Corruption and Development in Africa: Lessons from Case Studies; CLARK, JOHN F. and DAVID E. GARDINER. Political Reform in Francophone Africa.
By Andrew F. Clark
255

LATIN AMERICA

LÓPEZ-ALVES, FERNANDO. State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810-1900.
By Michael R. Hall.
268
SOMMERS, DORIS (ed.). The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America.
By Michael R. Hall.
270
FRENCH, JOHN D. and DANIEL JAMES (eds.). The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers: From Household and Factory to the Union Hall and Ballot Box.
By Kimberly F. Jones-de Oliveira
272
POWER, TIMOTHY J. The Political Right in Postauthoritarian Brazil: Elites, Institutions, and Democratization.
By David Schwam-Baird
274
AUYERO, JAVIER. Poor People's Politics: Peronist Survival Networks and the Legacy of Evita.
By Virginia W. Leonard
277
CAMERON, MAXWELL A. and BRIAN W. TOMLIN. The Making of NAFTA: How the Deal Was Done.
By Timothy J. White
280
HALL, MICHAEL R. Sugar and Power in the Dominican Republic: Eisenhower, Kenedy and the Trujillos.
By Thomas M. Leonard
281

MIDDLE EAST

MOGHADAM, VALENTINE M. Women, Work, and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa.
By Steven C. Dinero
283
ELSHAMY, HASAN M. Tales Arab Women Tell (and the Behavioral Patterns They Portray). By Patricia Geesey 285
SALIBI, KAMAL. The Modern History of Jordan.
By A.J. Abraham
286
KUMARASWAMY, P.R. (ed.). Revisiting the Yom Kippur War.
By James Biedzynski
287
MCDERMOTT, ANTHONY and KJELL SKJELSBAEK (eds.). The Multinational Force in Beirut, 1982-1984.
By A.J. Abraham
288

MISCELLANEOUS

RIST, GILBERT. The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith.
By Manish Kumar Thakur
290
GHAI, DHARAM (ed.). Social Development, and Public Policy: A Study of Some Successful Experiences.
By Santosh C. Saha
292
FIELDHOUSE, D.K. The West and the Third World: Trade, Colonialism, Dependence and Development.
By Manish Kumar Thakur
295
LAKE, DAVID A. and DONALD ROTHCHILD (eds.). The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict: Fear, Diffusion and Escalation.
By Mohammed B. Alam
297
CAMPBELL, PATRICIA J. and KATHLEEN MAHONEY-NORRIS (eds.). Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights.
By Getachew Metaferia
300
SAHA, SANTOSH C. and THOMAS K. CARR. Religious Fundamentalism in Developing Countries.
By Cecil B. Currey
302
SUGIRTHARAJAH, R.S. The Bible and the Third World: Precolonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Encounters.
By Cecil B. Currey
303
BYSTYDZIENSKI, JILL M. and JOTI SEKHON (eds.). Democratization and Women's Grass-roots Movements.
By R. Sooryamoorthy
304
ELHANCE, ARUN P. Hydropolitics in the 3rd World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins.
By Garth N. Jones
307
BALKENHOL, BERND (ed.). Credit Unions and the Poverty Challenge: Extending Outreach, Enchancing Sustainability.
By R. Sooryamoorthy
311
REVIEW ESSAY GLOBALIZATION, IDEOLOGY AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD
BHALLA, A.S. and FRÉDÉRIC LAPEYRE. Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World; DASGUPTA, BIPLAB. Structural Adjustment, Global Trade, and the New Political Economy of Development; KHAN, SHAHRUKH RAFI. Do World Bank and IMF Policies Work?; RODRIK, DANI. The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work.
By David Schwam-Baird
315
Twentieth Annual ATWS Meeting 324
Announcement 326
Books Available for Review 327
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 350

 

 

Volume XX, Number 2: Fall 2003

 

THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENTS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Foreword 7
Reflections on African Development
By George Saitoti
7
Gender and Social Entrepreneurship in Societies in Transition: The Case of Azerbaijan
By Mehrangiz Najafizadeh and Lewis A. Mennerick
13
What Prevents Brazil From Liberalizing Its Economy? A Look At Some of the Country’s Political and Economic Dilemmas
By Monica Arruda de Almeida
31
Senior General Vo Nguyen Giap Remembers
By Cecil B. Currey
49
Female Participation in the Formal Sector and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Ambe J. Njoh and Platon N. Rigos
93
The Impact on African Societies of the Standard Hypothesis that Hiv/Aids Origninated in the Continent
By Jonas E. Okeagu, Joseph C. Okeagu, and Ademiluyi O. Adegoke 
113
Other Papers
Research Note on India’s Draft Nuclear Doctrine: An Overview
By Mohammed B. Alam
127
The Insurgency Movement in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh: Internal and External Dimensions
By Syed Serajul Islam
137
Private Investments, Globalization, and Economic Recovery: The Central Asian Experiences
By Ali Kamali
161
Book Reviews and Review Essays
ASIA
WEBER, MARIA (ed.). After the Asian Crises: Perspectives on Global Politics and Economics.
By Shanmuka Shivashankara
187
JENKINS, ROB. Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India.
By Manish Kumar Thakur
189
KOCHAVI, NOAM. A Conflict Perpetuated: China Policy During the Kennedy Years.
By Wei-chen Lee
191
HILL, ANN MAXWELL. Merchants and Migrants: Ethnicity and Trade among Yunnanese Chinese in Southeast Asia.
By Joseph Tse-Hei Lee
193
SIDES, HAMPTON. Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission.
By Cecil B. Currey
195
LANGGUTH, A.J. Our Vietnam: The War, 1954-1975.
By Cecil B. Currey
196
ADDINGTON, LARRY H. America’s War in Vietnam: A Short Narrative History.
By Cecil B. Currey
198
AFRICA
BANGURA, ABDUL KARIM (ed.). United States–African Relations: The Reagan – Bush Era.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
200
TAKOUGANG, JOSEPH AND MILTON KRIEGER. African State and Society in the 1990s: Cameroon’s Political Crossroads.
By P. Godfrey Okoth
202
GILLESPIE, RICHARD, AND RICHARD YOUNGS, (eds.). The European Union and Democracy Promotion: The Case of North Africa.
By Steven E. Galatas
203
DICKLITCH, SUSAN. The Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa: Lessons from Uganda.
By R. Sooryamoorthy
205
GHAI, DHARAM, (ed.). Renewing Social and Economic Progress in Africa: Essays in Memory of Philip Ndegwa.
By Ebenezer Obdare
209
WHITMAN, JIM (ed.) Migrants, Citizens and the State in Southern Africa.
By Norman H. Murdoch
211
SIMON, DAVID, (ed.). South Africa in Southern Africa: Reconfiguring the Region.
By Norman H. Murdoch
214
KIRUTHU, FELIX. Voices of Freedom.
By P. Kakai Wanyonyi
216

LATIN AMERICA

ARCENEAUX, CRAIG. Bounded Missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil.
By Laura Tedesco
219
RABE, STEPHEN G. The Most Dangerous Area in the World: John F. Kennedy Confronts Community Revolution in Latin America.
By Steven S. Volk 
221
ARROM, SILVIA MARINA. Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871.
By Jonathan D. Ablard
224
LONDREGAN, JOHN B. Legislative Institutions and Ideology in Chile.
By Gregory Weeks
226
DE LA TORRE, CARLOS. Populist Seduction in Latin America: The Ecuadorian Experience.
By Michael R. Hall
228
ZIMMERMANN, MATILDE. Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution.
By Michael R. Hall
230
DE LA FUENTE, ALEJANDRO. A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba.
By Cecil B. Currey
232
REVIEW ESSAY
CHALLENGES TO U.S. HEGEMONY IN LATIN AMERICA
STREETER, STEPHEN M. Managing the Counterrevolution: The United States and Guatemala, 1954-1961; and CHESTER, ERIC THOMAS. Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff, and Commies: The U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-66.
By J. Patrice McSherry
235
REVIEW ESSAY
CUBA: BACKGROUND TO REVOLUTION 
IBARRA, JORGE. Prologue to Revolution: Cuba, 1898-1958; and GARCÍA-PÉREZ, GLADYS MAREL. Insurrection and Revolution: Armed Struggle in Cuba, 1952-1959.
By Carlos Pérez
243

MIDDLE EAST

MAJID, ANOUAR. Unveiling Traditions: Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World.
By A.Z. Hilali
247
HASEEB, KHAIR EL-DIN (ed.) Arab-Iranian Relations.
By A.Z. Hilali
250
RUBIN, BARRY AND KEMAL KIRIŞCI, (eds.). Turkey in World Politics: An Emerging Multiregional Power.
By Michael M. Gunter
253
KECHICHIAN, JOSEPH A. Succession in Saudi Arabia.
By Peter O. Hefron
254
GUNTER, MICHAEL M. The Kurdish Predicament in Iraq: A Political Analysis.
By A.Z. Hilali
256
DIAB, HASSAN N. Beirut, Reviving Lebanon’s Past.
By A.J. Abraham
258
DRESCH, PAUL. A History of Modern Yemen.
By William D. Pederson
260
ABRAHAMIAN, ERVAND. Tortured Confessions, Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran.
By A.J. Abraham
261
REVIEW ESSAY
STUCK IN THE MUD: THE ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS
CHRISTISON, KATHLEEN. Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy; DOWTY, ALAN. The Jewish State: A Century Later; SMITH, CHARLES D. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents; and QUANT, WILLIAM B. Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967.
By A.J. Abraham
263
MISCELLANEOUS 
GILLS, BARRY K. (ed.) Globalization and the Politics of Resistance.
By Peter O. Hefron
266
DIERCKZSENS, W.M. The Limits of Capitalism: An Approach to Globalization Without Neoliberalism.
By Dipankar Sinha
267
SAN JUAN, E. JR. Beyond Postcolonial Theory.
By Manish Kumar Thakur
269
SPRINGHALL, JOHN. Decolonization Since 1945: The Collapse of European Overseas Empires.
By Cecil B. Currey
271
FRIEDBERG, AARON L. In the Shadow of the Garrison State. America’s Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Strategy.
By Joan R. Martins-Filho
272
FRESTON, PAUL. Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
By Norman H. Murdoch
275
REVIEW ESSAY
SUSTAINABLE AND DECENTRALIZING DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD 
ANGELL, ALAN, PAMELA LOWDEN, AND ROSEMARY THORP. Decentralizing Development: The Political Economy of Institutional Change in Colombia and Chile; and BECKER, EGON, AND THOMAS JAHN (eds.). Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation.
By Robert Lawless
279
Announcement 282
Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts 283
Books Available for Review 284
   

 

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