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Despite its admirable bottom-up methodology, Roy Sorensen's Seeing Dark Things (OUP, 2008) raises difficult theoretical questions concerning the metaphysics and perception of absences. Metaphysical difficulties include how to individuate, count, locate, and classify absences, and what determines their features. Perceptual difficulties include how to distinguish experiences of absences and presences, especially when nonveridical, and what subjects contribute to perceptual experience according to Sorensen's causal theory. In addition to articulating these difficulties, this paper also presents and explores, on Sorensen's terms, an alternative account of silence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In his book A Secular Age, Charles Taylor appeals to the metaphysical-normative distinction between 'immanence' and 'transcendence' as definitive for post-Axial religion. On Taylor's view, therefore, those of us who embrace a fully secular modernity can be described as having abandoned 'transcendence' to take up our lives wholly within the confines of the immanent frame, though he grants we may seek alternative satisfactions or 'substitutes' for eternity. But the notion that any metaphysical-normative model of sacred experience can serve as an irresistible foundation is open to doubt if one recalls the Heideggerian insight that any metaphysical picture both reveals and conceals aspects of our experience. Taylor's own description of sacred and non-sacred experience within the immanent frame seems to rely upon this foundational distinction, without entertaining the possibility that the language itself may very well actually distort what our experience is like. This paper pursues the above objections to Taylor's argument, focusing special attention on the assumption that one can judge aesthetic experience (such as listening to a Beethoven string quartet) with the criteria we have inherited from post-Axial religion. The overwhelming authority of the Axial tradition might seem to validate questions such as, 'Is there an object?' or 'Is the experience purely immanent?' But to such questions we might respond that such language simply has no grip on the phenomena. Any such talk of 'substitution' might therefore be understood as an historical remnant in Taylor's book of the traditional monotheist's critique of idolatry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In their book Unto Others, Sober and Wilson argue that various evolutionary considerations (based on the logic of natural selection) lend support to the truth of psychological altruism. However, recently, Stephen Stich has raised a number of challenges to their reasoning: in particular, he claims that three out of the four evolutionary arguments they give are internally unconvincing, and that the one that is initially plausible fails to take into account recent findings from cognitive science and thus leaves open a number of egoistic responses. These challenges make it necessary to reassess the plausibility of Sober & Wilson's evolutionary account-which is what I aim to do in this paper. In particular, I try to show that, as a matter of fact, Sober & Wilson's case remains compelling, as some of Stich's concerns rest on a confusion, and those that do not are not sufficiently strong to establish all the conclusions he is after. The upshot is that no reason has been given to abandon the view that evolutionary theory has advanced the debate surrounding psychological altruism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I present a critical review of the recent book, Science Education as a Pathway to Teaching Language Literacy, edited by Alberto J. Rodriguez. This volume is a timely collection of essays in which the authors bring to attention both the successes and challenges of integrating science instruction with literacy instruction (and vice versa). Although several themes in the book merit further attention, a central unifying issue throughout all of the chapters is the task of designing instruction which (1) gives students access to the dominant Discourses in science and literacy, (2) builds on students' lived experiences, and (3) connects new material to socially and culturally relevant contexts in both science and literacy instruction- all within the high stakes testing realities of teachers and students in public schools. In this review, I illustrate how the authors of these essays effectively address this formidable challenge through research that 'ascends to the concrete'. I also discuss where we could build on the work of the authors to integrate literacy and science instruction with the purpose of 'humanizing and democratizing' science education in K-12 classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Doing Without Concepts Edouard Machery New York: Oxford University Press, 2009 296 pages, ISBN: 0195306880 (hbk); $65.00 This paper offers a critical review of Edouard Machery's Doing Without Concepts, with a particular emphasis on an approach to concept individuation that is consistent with many of Machery's arguments but has the potential to avoid his eliminativist conclusion. The approach agrees with Machery's claims to the effect that prototypes, exemplars, theories (and so on) form a heterogeneous class, but construes these theoretical entities as implementing a unified, albeit coarse-grained, notion of a concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article lists books received in winter 2006 on the topic of education. Included in the list are Harry Brighouse's "On Education: Thinking in Action," Roger L. Geiger's "Perspectives on the History of Higher Education," and "One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice," by Kathleen Manning, Jillian Kinzie, and John Schuh.

In Why We Cooperate (2009), Tomasello addresses the problem of human uniqueness, which has become the focus for a lot of recent research at the frontier between the Humanities and the Life Sciences. Being both a developmental psychologist and a primatologist, Tomasello is especially well suited to tackle the subject, and the present book is the most recent one in a series of books and papers by himself and his colleagues (see below). Tomasello’s basic position is squarely a dual-inheritance account, in which human uniqueness is explained both through genetics and through culture (in other words, both through natural and through cultural evolution). The main idea is that the phylogenetic specificity of humankind rests in its species-specific adaptation for sociability. The account offered by Tomasello contrasts human cooperation and altruism with nonhuman primate competition, and proposes that human altruism leads to shared intentionality (the ability to share attention to a third object and, more generally, to share beliefs and intentions). The evolutionary explanation Tomasello offers is that human ancestors were led through some kind of selection pressure to common foraging leading to collaboration and sharing. After outlining Tomasello’s position as it is described in the book, as well as the comments by Dweck, Spelke, Silk, and Skyrms which follow, I discuss Tomasello’s thesis, noting a few problems with his approach. These criticisms are based on his own work and on a number of his own other books and papers, as well as on other relevant work in the domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Edith Penrose's The Theory of the Growth of the Firm proposed a process theory of growth based on the pursuit of knowledge by the firm and unconstrained by government. In her subsequent studies of foreign direct investment by large firms in developing countries, Penrose considers the firm and government as actors in the same growth process. This paper explores the development of Penrose's expanded process theory of growth from 1955 to 1973 in which she assumes that neither dual actors nor foreign expansion requires a new or special theory. This finding has implications for the resource-based view and the eclectic ownership–location–internationalisation paradigm interpretations of international business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first part of this essay review (“ Bildung Between Human Value, Political Rhetoric and Historical Transformation”), the term Bildung is introduced and central questions for the review are raised. How can a term that is charged with the utopian hopes of enlightenment and the appropriation of these hopes by the rising middle class between 1770 and 1830 guide the current discourse on education? How can Bildung serve as a principle of contemporary educational practice? In the second part of this essay review (“Rewriting Bildung: The Place of a Normative Theory of Education”), I look at the rewriting of this idea in a collection of essays written by educational philosophers in Educating Humanity: Bildung in Postmodernity ( Løvlie, Mortensen, & Nordenbo, 2003 ). These authors present transformations of Bildung to cope with postmodern realities. I review these essays in terms of their potential to save human values against dehumanizing trends of postmodernity and globalization. In the third part of this essay, I examine the transformation of Bildung into educational practice via “ Bildung-centered Didaktik.” Two German Didaktik traditions are explained and the other two books, Looking Into Classrooms: Papers on Didactics ( Menck, 2002 ) and Teaching as Reflective Practice: The German Didaktik Tradition ( Westbury, Hopmann, & Riquarts, 2000 ), are reviewed with respect to their role for the contemporary discourse on Didaktik and their contribution to classroom practice. The relationship between Bildung and curriculum serves as a background to several of the papers. I also discuss the role of Bildung and Didaktik for teacher education and confront the books’ theoretical ideas with current issues of educational reform. Finally, I present a discussion of the different approaches and my own conclusions. They include arguments to defend a utopian and partly idealist concept against managerial approaches to education that restrict themselves to performativity and effectiveness. My conclusions also underline the need for rewriting Bildung in the late modernity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing-The Process Digital Art History (Computers and the History of Art, Vol. 1), Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, Trish Cashen and Hazel Gardiner (eds.) (2005), Bristol: Intellect Books, ISBN 1-84150-116-6; ISSN 1743-3959 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless, by Steve Salerno. New York: Crown Publishers, 2005. 288 pp., $24.95 cloth, $13.95 paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several books including "Probability: A Philosophical Introduction," by D. H. Mellor, "Putting Logic in its place: Formal Constraints on Rational Belief," by Christensen and David, "Consciousness and Its Objects," by McGinn and Colin.

The titles reviewed in this section of Ibis are available for reference at the Alexander Library of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. The library is open to BOU members, Monday to Friday (09:00–17:00 h). Please write or telephone (+44 (0)1865 271143) prior to your visit to ensure the library is open. The aim of the Alexander Library is to build up a comprehensive collection of literature as a service to ornithologists. Its holdings include an extensive range of periodicals and a large number of reprints drawn from many sources: additional reprints of readers’ papers are always welcome. The library has always greatly benefited from its close relationship with the BOU. For a number of years, all journals received in exchange for Ibis have been deposited in the library, and through the generosity of reviewers, most of the books sent for review. In return, as a service to readers, this review section of Ibis is organized and edited by Michael G. Wilson and Professor Ben Sheldon of the Edward Grey Institute, with the help of a panel of contributors. They are always grateful for offers of further assistance with reviewing, especially with foreign language titles. Part of the cost of this book review section has been subsidized by Subbuteo Natural History Books. Subbuteo are an international mail-order book company stocking over 2000 titles covering all natural and environmental sciences. They can also source titles from around the world. Titles reviewed here can be ordered from Subbuteo and payment can be accepted by credit card or cheques in £/$. Postage, packing and insurance is £1.99 per order. International postage is charged at cost; please contact them for a quote. To order a book or to request the full catalogue please contact: Subbuteo Natural History Books Ref. 0252, The Rea, Upton Magna, Shrewsbury SY4 4UR, UK. Tel: 0870 010 9700 Fax: 0870 010 9699. Email: Website: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the titles reviewed in this section of Ibis are available for reference at the Alexander Library of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. The library is open to BOU members, Monday to Friday (09:00–17:00 h). Please write or telephone (+44 (0)1865 271 143) prior to your visit to ensure the library is open. The aim of the Alexander Library is to build up a comprehensive collection of literature as a service to ornithologists. Its holdings include an extensive range of periodicals and a large number of reprints drawn from many sources: additional reprints of readers’ papers are always welcome. The library has always greatly benefited from its close relationship with the BOU. For a number of years, all journals received in exchange for Ibis have been deposited in the library, as also, through the generosity of reviewers, are most of the books sent for review. In return, as a service to readers, this review section of Ibis is organized and edited by Dr M.L. Birch and Dr B. Sheldon of the Edward Grey Institute, with the help of a panel of contributors. They are always grateful for offers of further assistance with reviewing, especially with foreign language titles. Part of the cost of this book review section has been subsidized by Subbuteo Natural History Books. Subbuteo are an international mail-order book company stocking over 2000 titles covering all natural and environmental sciences. They can also source titles from around the world. Titles reviewed here can be ordered from Subbuteo and payment can be accepted by credit card or cheques in £/$. Postage, packing and insurance is £1.99 per order. International postage is charged at cost; please contact them for a quote. To order a book or to request the full 2002–3 catalogue please contact: Subbuteo Natural History Books Ref. 0252, The Rea, Upton Magna, Shrewsbury SY4 4UR, UK. Tel: 0870 010 9700 Fax: 0870 010 9699. Email: info@wildlifebooks.co.uk Website: http://www.wildlifebooks.com [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a review essay of three books representing new research into the relationship between Cold War mobilization and postwar American political development: Michael Hogan, A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945–1954 (Cambridge University Press, 1998); Guy Oakes, The Imaginary War: Civil Defense and American Cold War Culture (Oxford University Press, 1994); and Peter Trubowitz, Defining the National Interest: Conflict and Change in American Foreign Policy (University of Chicago Press, 1998). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mind and Social Practice: Selected Writings of Sylvia Scribner. Ethel Tobach, Rachel Joffe Falmagne, Mary Brown Parlee, Laura M. W. Martin, and Aggie Scribner Kapelman, eds. New York Cambridge University Press, 1997. 425 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Apartheid's Last Stand: The Rise and Fall of the South African Security State by Chris Alden Macmillan, London. 1996, xii + 333pp. The Making of Apartheid, 1948–1961: Conflict and Compromise by Deborah Posel Oxford University Press, Cape Town. 1997 (2 edn), paper, 297pp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teaching LA Wyers' Skills [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ndel, N orbert: Subventionen als Instrument des finanzwirtschaftlichen Interventionismus B arth, H ans J oseph: Zum Einfluss der schleichenden Inflation auf das wirtschaftliche Wachstum B auer, R aymond A., und G ergen, K enneth J. (Hrsg.): The Study of Policy Formation B ertin, G illes-Y.: L'investissement public international B urger, A nna: Economic Problems of Consumer's Services C arter, C. F., and F ord, J. L. (Eds.): Uncertainty and Expectations in Economics C layton, G., G ilbert, J. C., and S edgwick, R. (Eds.): Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy in the 1970s C ooper, R. A., H artley, K., and H arvey, C. R. M.: Export Performance and the Pressure of Demand F est, H artmut E.: Zur gesamtwirtschaftlichen Konsistenz des Entschei-dungskriteriums für die Auswahl öffentlicher Investitionen F leming, J. M arcus: Essays in International Economics G andolfo, G iancarlo: Mathematical Methods and Models in Economic Dynamics G olay, F rank H., A nspach, R alph, P fanner, M. R uth, and A yal, E liezer B.: Underdevelopment and Economic Nationalism in Southeast Asia H ahn, F. E. (Ed.): Readings in the Theory of Growth H ayami, Y ujiro, and R uttan, V ernon W.: Agricultural Development H erndon, J ames F., and B ernd, J oseph L. (Eds.): Mathematical Applications in Political Science V I ngham, G eoffrey K.: Size of Industrial Organization and Worker Behaviour K eller, H einz E.: Die Funktionsfähigkeit des Wettbewerbs zwischen Schiene und Strasse im Güterverkehr K regel, J. A.: Rate of Profit, Distribution and Growth: The Two Views K ruse-R odenacker, A lbrecht: Die Stunde der Aussenseiter L aulan, M. Y ves (Ed.): Prospects for Soviet Economic Growth in the 1970s L ele, U ma J.: Food Grain Marketing in India M argolis, J ulius (Ed.): The Analysis of Public Output M attick, P aul: Marx und Keynes P auly, M ark V.: Medical Care at Public Expense P orstmann, R einer: Zur Theorie der Nachfrage R ingstad, V.: Estimating Production Functions and Technical Change from Micro Data R omig, F riedrich: Die ideologischen Elemente in der neoklassischen Theorie R onge, V olker, und S chmieg, G ünter (Hrsg.): Politische Planung in Theorie und Praxis S chremmer, E ckart: Die Wirtschaft Bayerns S olari, L uigi: Théorie des choix et fonctions de consommation semi-agrégées S pulber, N icolas: Socialist Management and Planning T aira, K oji: Economic Development and the Labor Market in Japan U lman, L loyd, and F lanagan, R o bert J.: Wage Restraint: A Study of Income Policies in Western Europe W estphal, U we: Theoretische und empirische Untersuchungen zur Geldnachfrage und zum Geldangebot W ilson, R obert R.: International Law and Contemporary Commonwealth Issues Y anaga, C hitoshi: Big Business in Japanese Politics Y udelman, M ontague, with H oward, F rederic: Agricultural Development and Economic Integration in Latin America [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

H ans B arth. Die Idee der Ordnung - Beitrdge zu einer politischen Philosophic. Erlenbach-Zürich und Stuttgart 1958 K enneth E. B oulding. The Skills of the Economist P.L esley C ook (en collaboration avec Ruth Cohen etc.). The Effects of Mergers. London 1958 E rbe R ené. Die nationalsozialistische Wirtschaftspolitik 1933-1939 im Lichte der modernen Theorie. (Hg. vom Basle Centre for Economic and Financial Research C. J. F riedrich. Constitutional Reason of State. The Survival of the Constitutional Order. (The Colver Lectures in Brown University, 1956.) Providence, Rhode Island 1957 RENÉ KÖNIG (Hg.). Soziologie. (Fischer Lexikon, Bd. 10.) Frankfurt a.M. und Hamburg 1958 H enry A. L andsberger. Hawthorne Revisited. 'Management and the Worker', its Critics and Developments in Human Relations in Industry S ubimal M ookerjee. Factor Endowments and International Trade. Bombay 1958. Asia Publishing House R ichard A. M usgrave und A lan T. P eacock (Hg.). Classics in the Theory of Public Finance. London und New York M arc N erlove. Distributed Lags and Demand Analysis for Agricultural and Other Commodities. Agriculture Handbook No. 141, Washington D. c, June 1958. U.S. Government Printing Office A ndreas G. P apandreou. Economics as a Science. Chicago 1958. Lippincott J oel S eidman. Democracy in the Labor Movement, Bulletin 39, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York R ichard M. T itmuss. Essays on 'The Welfare State'. London 1958. Allen & Unwin R obert T riffin. Europe and the Money Muddle. From Bilateralism to Near-Convertibility, 1947-1956. (Yale Studies in Economics: 7.) New Haven 1957. Yale University Press T heo V osschmidt. Die westdeutschen Kreditgenossenschaften. Ihre Stellung aufdem Kreditmarkt J ohannes W inckelmann. Gesellschaft und Staat in der verstehenden Soziologie Max Webers. Berlin 1957 Aspectos monetarios de las economías latinoamericanas, 1957. Veröffentlicht vom Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos, Mexico International Economic Papers, No. y. Translations prepared for the International Economic Association. Edited by Alan T. Peacock, Ralph Turvey, Wolfgang F. Stolper, Elizabeth Henderson. London and New York 1957 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paul A. Baran. The Political Economy of Growth. New York 1957. Monthly Review Press. 308 p. $5.- Martin Beckmann, C. B. McGuire, and Christopher B. Winsten. Studies in the Economics of Transportation. Cowles Commission for Research in Economics. New Haven 1956. Yale University Press. 232 p. $4.- Robert N. Bellah. Tokugawa Religion. The Values of Pre-Industrial Japan. Glencoe, Illinois, 1957. Free Press. 259 p. $5.- Erik Boettcher (Hg.). Sozialpolitik und Sozialreform. Ein einfüUhrendes Lehr- und Handbuch der Sozialpolitik. TüUbingen 1957. Mohr (Siebeck). X, 344 p. Paper 13 Dm, Cloth 17 DM Domenico Demarco (Ed.). Studi in onore di Antonio Genovesi nel bicentenario della istituzione delta Cattedra di Economia. (Under the auspices of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce of the University of Naples and of the Salerno Chamber of Commerce.) Naples 1956. L'Arte Tipografia. 348 p. Pierre Dieterlen. L'investissement. Avec observations de Tibor Scitovsky et Jacques PeyréAga. Paris 1957. RiviéGre. 368 p. 1200 fr.fr. Milovan Djilas. The New Class. An Analysis of the Communist System. New York 1957. Frederick A. Praeger. 214 p. $3.95 Bruno Kiesewetter. Statistiken zur Wirtschaft Ost-und SüUdosteuropas, Teil III: Handel und Verkehr. (Deutsches Institut füUr Wirtschaftsforschung, Sonderhefte n.f. Nr. 33.) Berlin 1957. Duncker & Humblot. 192 S. inkl. 177 S. Tabellen. 30 DM Harold Koontz und Richard W. Gable. Public Control of Economic Enterprise. New York/Toronto/London, 1956. McGraw-Hill. XII, 851 S. $7.- Lucien Laurat. Bilan de vingt-cinq ans de plans quinquennaux ( 1929-1955). Paris 1955. Les Iles d'Or. 263 p. Charlotte Leubuscher. Bulk Buying from the Colonies. A Study of the Bulk Purchase of Colonial Commodities by the United Kingdom Government. (Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.) London/New York/Toronto 1956. Oxford University Press, XI, 206 p. 30 s. Peter Meyer-Dohm. Der westdeutsche BüUchermarkt. Eine Untersuchung der Marktstruktur, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Analyse der vertikalen Preisbindung. Stuttgart 1957. Gustav Fischer Verlag. 203 S. 14 DM Michel Moret. L'éAchange international. Paris 1957. RiviéGre. 371 p. 1300 fr.fr. Giuseppe Ugo Papi. Teoria della condotta economica dello Stato ( The Theory of Economic Conduct of the State). Milano 1956. GuiffréG. XVI, 410 p. L. 2500 Rolf Sannwald and Jacques Stohler. Wirtschaftliche Integration. Theoretische Voraussetzungen und Folgen eines europäUischen Zusammenschlusses. (Publications of the List Society Vol. 8, edited by Harry W. Zimmermann.) Kyklos-Verlag, Basel, and Mohr (Siebeck), Tubingen, 1958. XIV, 245 p. 20.50 DM David Savan. Newcomers from Israel. Research Committee Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. Toronto 1955. 43 p. World Wide Jewish Migration, 1951-1957. Research Department, American Council for Judaism. New York 1957. 17 p. W. M. Scammell. International Monetary Policy. Londres 1957. Macmillan. XIV, 402 p. 40s. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. The Age of Roosevelt, Vol. 1: The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933. London/Melbourne/Toronto 1957. Heinemann. XI, 569 p. 42s. ($6.-) Otto Veit (unter Mitwirkung von O. Peters, B. Stadermann und H. BöUdler). Die veräUnderte WäUhrungspolitik und ihre Folgen. Institut füUr das Kreditwesen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-UniversitäUt. Frankfurt a.M. 1957. Fritz Knapp Verlag. 182 S. Josua Werner. Die WirtschaftsverbäUnde in der Marktwirtsckaft. ZüUrich und St. Gallen 1957. Polygraphischer Verlag. 231 S. sFr. 22.80 Hans WüUrgler. Malthus als Kritiker der Klassik. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der klassischen Wirtschaftstheorie. Winterthur 1957. Verlag P. G. Keller, XXIV, 200 p. The Nature of Conflict. Studies on the Sociological Aspects of International Tensions. By the International Sociological Association in collaboration with Jessie Bernard, T. H. Pear, Raymond Aron, Robert C. Angell. Paris 1957. Unesco. Social and Political Thought in Byzantium, from Justinian I to the Last Palaeologus. Passages from Byzantine writers and documents. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Ernest Barker. Oxford 1957. Clarendon Press, XVI, 240 p. 30s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

My main reason for wanting to read this book was to find out what a well-known publicist from the world of OO would have to say about the state of the art of domain specific languages (DSLs), in particular when it comes to type error feedback, functional programming, and the combination. As most readers will be aware, languages like Scheme and Haskell are very well suited to embed DSLs in: Scheme can be considered a core language to which new language facilities can be easily added by means of hygienic syntax macro's (Abelson et al. 1998), and there are so many papers on embedded DSLs in Haskell (Hudak, 1998), that any realistic selection would aggravate more people than I would please. Great was my disappointment when I read on page XXV that these topics were not discussed at all in the book. Although I can imagine that Fowler does not feel comfortable writing about subjects he is not sufficiently at home with, the question does arise whether the title of this book is sufficiently covered by its contents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Myth, Telos, Identity: The Tragic Schema in Greek and Shakespearean Drama. By Iván Nyusztay (Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2002), 202 pp. $45.00/£24.85 paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Marketing in the 21st Century, by Alan R. Andreasen. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2006. 280 pp., $72.95 cloth, $36.95 paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION. Julian House and Jochen Rehbein (Eds.). Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2004. Pp. vii + 358. $90.00 cloth.Studies on multilingualism embody a range of theoretical approaches, research paradigms, and methods. In this book, the third publication in the Hamburg studies on multilingualism series, the focus is on the form-function relationship between the languages involved in multilingual communication and on the mechanisms that relate multilingual communicative processes to social structures. The volume consists of 11 chapters divided into three sections, and two useful appendixes (author and subject indexes). The editing is highly competent and the selection of papers is excellent in quality and scope. Papers mostly emerge from colloquia on linguistic aspects of multilingualism organized by the Research Centre on Multilingualism at the University of Hamburg; many provide access to empirical studies that had previously existed only as unpublished manuscripts or research reports. Most of the contributions deal with the creation of differentiated, multilingual communication systems due to the mutual influence of languages in contact, whereas others deal with functional explanations of problems in second language (L2) use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Christopher Endy. Cold War Holidays: American Tourism in France. Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 286 pp. $49.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Andrew J. Deroche. Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. xxiii + 193 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. $65.00 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What Counts: Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives, by Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Betty Jane Richmond. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003. 239 pp. $45.00 paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section is maintained by Vladik Kreinovich. Please send your abstracts (or copies of papers that you want to see reviewed here) to vladik@utep.edu, or by regular mail to: Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Role of State Departments of Education in Complex School Reform. Susan Lusi. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997. 217 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Financial Services Yearbook," Volume One, edited by Robert L. Kemper.

Presents an abstract of the book `Interactive Multimedia '92, August 26-28, 1992, Arlington, Virginia.' Book as published proceedings of the Society for Applied Learning Technology's interactive multimedia conference in 1992.

This paper analyses the relationship between photography, sculpture and language in La Mort et les statues, a book co-published by Pierre Jahan and Jean Cocteau in 1946. The book comprises Jahan's photographs of the destruction of bronze statues that had been requisitioned for scrap metal during the Second World War. While the imagery commemorates violence done to the landscape, the addition of Cocteau's commentaries transforms documentary realism into surreal effect. The book is discussed in the context of the wider artistic output of its authors. It is argued that Cocteau's participation in the project constituted an important public statement about his immediate political past, including his support of Arno Breker. When viewed in the light of other documentary photography of the Second World War, the book stands as a unique construction of cultural memory and a powerful personal statement by a photographer and a poet with contrasting artistic styles and motives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Grundig, Frank, Jon Hovi, Arild Underdal, and Stine Aakre. (2012) Self-Enforcing Peace and Environmental Agreements: Toward Scholarly Cross-Fertilization? International Studies Review, doi: 10.1111/misr.12003 Enforcement of agreements can be a major challenge in international politics. However, the interest in mechanisms of self-enforcement seems significantly lower among scholars studying international peace agreements (IPAs) than among scholars studying international environmental agreements (IEAs). Moreover, practically no exchange of ideas and findings about enforcement can be found between these two fields of research. We argue that a combination of similarities and differences between the two issue-areas provides fertile ground for mutual learning. To facilitate communication we develop a unifying but differentiated definition of self-enforcing agreements (SEAs). We then use this conceptual framework to explore lessons about IEA design that might be learned by studying IPAs and lessons about IPA design that might be learned by studying IEAs. We submit that this kind of compare-and-contrast analysis may provide important input for the development of a more refined and general theory of SEAs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This review article explores the memoirs of six major figures from the New Labour era, while also reflecting on the contribution made by this genre of memoirs and political autobiographies to the study of British politics. In so doing, it takes issue with the claim made by Rhodes that there is a tendency among political scientists in general, and UK political scientists in particular, to neglect political biographies or 'life histories' on the grounds that memoirs have little to offer the empirical study of politics. Contra Rhodes, the view presented here is that biography has made a tangible, yet often understated contribution to the field of political studies in Britain. We concentrate on what political biography can offer accounts that explore the complex relationship between ideas and institutions in British politics. Barber, M. (2007) Instruction to Deliver: Tony Blair, Public Services and the Challenge of Achieving Targets. London: Politico's. Blair, T. (2010) A Journey. London: Hutchinson. Darling, A. (2011) Back from the Brink: 1,000 Days at Number 11. London: Atlantic Books. Mandelson, P. (2010) The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour. London: Harper Press. Powell, J. (2010) The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World. London: Bodley Head. Prescott, J. (2008) Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches. London: Headline Review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A New Scramble for Africa? Imperialism, Investment and Development, edited by Roger Southall and Henning Melber, KwaZulu-Natal, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009, 440 pp., ZAR 245, ISBN 9781869141714 Natural Resources Governance in Southern Africa, edited by Lesley Masters and Emmanuel Kisiangani, Pretoria, Africa Institute of South Africa and the Institute for Global Dialogue (co-published), 2011, 130 pp., ZAR 140, ISBN 9780798302453 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]