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Reviews the book "The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries," edited by Alejandro Portes, Manuel Castells and Lauren A. Benton.

Reviews the book "Private Benefits: Material Assistance in the Private Sector," by Michael Sosin.

The article reviews the book "African Underclass: Urbanisation, Crime and Colonial Order in Dares Saltzam," by Andrew Burton.

Reviews the book "Divisions of labour," by R.F.Pahl and "Det skjulte arbeid," by Cato Wadel.

Reviews the book "Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An International Perspective," edited by Peter Gottschalk, Bjorn Gustafsson and Edward Palmer.

Reviews the book "Statistics for Emerging Labour Markets in Transition Economies: A Technical Guide on Sources, Methods, Classifications and Policies: Foreword by Fahrad Mehran," by Igor Chernyshev and Guy Standing.

Reviews the book `African Entrepreneurship: Theory and Reality,' edited by Anita Spring and Barbara E. McDade.

The article reviews the book "Fleeting Cities: Imperial Expositions in Fin-de-Siècle Europe," by Alexander C.T. Geppert.

The article reviews the book "Workers, Unions and Global Capitalism: Lessons from India," by Rohini Hensman.

Books reviewed in this issue. International Relations theory Realist strategies of republican peace: Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and the politics of patriotic dissent. By Vibeke Schou Tjalve. Critique, security and power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches. By Tara McCormack. International law, human rights and ethics * The perils of global legalism. By Eric A. Posner. The torture memos: rationalizing the unthinkable. Edited by David Cole. The Guantanamo effect: exposing the consequences of US detention and interrogation practices. By Laurel E. Fletcher and Eric Stover. Beyond corporate social responsibility: oil multinationals and social challenges. By Jedrzej George Frynas. Civilising globalisation: human rights and the global economy. By David Kinley. International organization and foreign policy When empire meets nationalism: power politics in the US and Russia. By Didier Chaudet, Florent Parmentier and Benoît Pélopidas. Conflict, security and defence Worse than war: genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity. By Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. The defence of the realm: the authorized history of MI5. By Christopher Andrew. The accidental guerrilla: fighting small wars in the midst of a big one. By David Kilcullen. First do no harm: humanitarian intervention and the destruction of Yugoslavia. By David N. Gibbs. How wars end. By Dan Reiter. Governance, civil society and cultural politics The life and death of democracy. By John Keane. Democracy kills: what's so good about the vote?. By Humphrey Hawksley. Political economy, economics and development The idea of justice. By Amartya Sen. Against injustice: the new economics of Amartya Sen. Edited by Reiko Gotoh and Paul Dumouchel. The politics of global regulation. Edited by Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods. The creation and destruction of value: the globalization cycle. By Harold James. Misadventures of the most favored nations: clashing egos, inflated ambitions, and the great shambles of the world trade system. By Paul Blustein. Rights and legal empowerment in eradicating poverty. Edited by Dan Banik. Energy, resources and environment Energy and climate change: Europe at the crossroads. By David Buchan. History German unification, 1989–1990: Documents on British Policy Overseas, series III, volume VII. Edited by Patrick Salmon, Keith Hamilton and Stephen Twigge. Europe * What's so eastern about Eastern Europe? By Leon Marc. The new old world. By Perry Anderson. Russia and Eurasia Russia and the challengers: Russian alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the unipolar era. By Helen Belopolsky. Russia as an aspiring Great Power in East Asia: perceptions and policies from Yeltsin to Putin. By Paradorn Rangsimaporn. Middle East and North Africa Saving Iraq: rebuilding a broken nation. By Nemir Kirdar. Khatami's Iran: the Islamic Republic and the turbulent path to reform. By Ghoncheh Tazmini. The Middle East: a beginner's guide. By Philip Robins. Sub-Saharan Africa Eritrea's external relations: understanding its regional role and foreign policy. Edited by Richard Reid. Africa: unity, sovereignty and sorrow. By Pierre Englebert. After Mandela: the battle for the soul of South Africa. By Alec Russell. South Africa's brave new world: the beloved country since the end of apartheid. By R. W. Johnson. Asia and Pacific Making sense of Pakistan. By Farzana Shaikh. Inside Central Asia: a political and cultural history of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran. By Dilip Hiro. Speaking like a state: language and nationalism in Pakistan. By Alyssa Ayres. To live or to perish forever: two tumultuous years in Pakistan. By Nicholas Schmidle. The limits of influence: America's role in Kashmir. By Howard B. Schaffer. China from the inside out: fitting the People's Republic into the world. By Ronald C. Keith. China's international behavior: activism, opportunism, and diversification. By Evan S. Medeiros. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Book reviewed in this article: Human rights and ethics Inventing human rights: a history. By Lynn Hunt. Ethics in action: the ethical challenges of international human rights non-govermental organizations. Edited by Daniel A. Bell and Jean-Marc Coicaud. International law and organization Humanitarian intervention: ideas in action. Thomas G. Weiss. The United Nations, peace and security: from collective security to the responsibility to protect. By Ramesh Thakur. The handbook of reparations. Edited by Pablo De Greiff. Foreign policy Congress and the US—China relationship, 1949–1979. By Guangqiu Xu. Conflict, security and armed forces International organizations and peace enforcement: the politics of international legitimacy. By Katharina P. Coleman. Politics, democracy and social affairs Patrons, clients and policies: patterns of democratic accountability and political competition. Edited by Herbert Kitschelt and Steven I. Wilkinson. Communism and the emergence of democracy. By Harald Wydra. The Orange Order: a contemporary Northern Irish history. By Eric P. Kaufmann. Ethnicity and cultural politics Migration and its enemies: global capital, migrant labour and the nation-state. By Robin Cohen. Political conflict and development in East Asia and Latin America. Edited by Richard Boyd, Galjart Benno and Tak-Wing Ngo. Poverty traps. Edited by Samuel Bowles, Steven N. Durlauf and Karla Hoff. Immigrants: your country needs them. By Philippe Legrain. Energy and environment Keeping the lights on: towards sustainable electricity. By Walt Patterson. History George Kennan: a study of character. By John Lukacs. From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima and the Cold War. By Wilson D. Miscamble. Conflict and stability in the German Democratic Republic. By Andrew I. Port. Europe The uniting of nations: an essay on global governance. By John McClintock. War and change in the Balkans: nationalism, conflict and cooperation. Edited by Brad K. Blitz. Russia and Eurasia The birth of Tajikistan: national identity and the origins of the republic. By Paul Bergne. Middle East and North Africa Building a new Afghanistan. Edited by Robert I. Rotberg. Barriers to democracy: the other side of social capital in Palestine and the Arab world. By Amaney A. Jamal. Iran and the bomb: the abdication of international responsibility. By Thérèse Delpech. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine. By Ilan Pappé. The future for Palestinian refugees: toward equity and peace. By Michael Dumper. Ruling but not governing: the military and political development in Egypt, Algeria and Turkey. By Steven A. Cook. Sub-Saharan Africa Poisoned wells: the dirty politics of African oil. By Nicholas Shaxson. Globalization, negotiation and the failure of transformation in South Africa: revolution at a bargain? By Michael H. Allen. Untapped: the scramble for Africa's oil. By John Ghazvinian. Opposing voices: liberalism and opposition in South Africa today. Edited by Milton Shain. Asia and Pacific China's rise and the balance of influence in Asia. Edited by William W. Keller and Thomas G. Rawski. How China grows: investment, finance and reform. By James Riedel, Jing Jin and Jian Gao. North America Security first: for a muscular, moral foreign policy. By Amitai Etzioni. Regime change: US strategy through the prism of 9/11. By Robert Litwak. The American ascendancy: how the United States gained and wielded global dominance. By Michael H. Hunt. Latin America and Caribbean From Pinochet to the ‘third way’: neoliberalism and social transformation in Chile. By Marcus Taylor. The Chávez code: cracking US intervention in Venezuela. By Eva Golinger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several books about African history including "African Underclass: Urbanisation, Crime & Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam," by Andrew Burton, "A History of the Excluded: Making Family a Refuge From State in Twentieth-Century Tanzania," by James Giblin, and "In Search of a Nation: Histories of Authority and Dissidence in Twentieth-Century Tanzania," edited by Gregory H. Maddox and James Giblin.

Reviews several books on caregiving. "Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families Into Caregivers," edited by Carol Levine; "Caring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences With Nursing Home Placement," by Patricia J. Kolb; "Community Care for an Aging Society," by Carole B. Cox.

Reviews several books about world politics. "Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery," by Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; "Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy," edited by Kenneth Rutherford, Stefan Brem and Richard A. Matthew; "Earthly Politics: Local and Global in Environmental Governance," edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Marybeth Long Martello.

The article reviews the book "Labour and Human Capital in the Middle East: Studies of Markets and Household Behaviour," by Djavad Salehi-Ishfahani.

Reviews the books 'La construction de l'Etat au Senegal,' by Donal Cruise O'Brien and 'Le Senegal contemporain,' edited by Momar-Coumba.

Reviews the book 'The Mystery of Capital. Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else,' Hernando de Soto.

The article reviews the books "Regulating International Business: Beyond Liberalization," edited by Sol Picciotto and Ruth Mayne and "Global Business Regulation," by John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos.

Reviews the books `La guerre civile en Algerie,' by Luis Martinez, `Between Ballots & Bullets: Algeria's Transition From Authoritarianism,' by William B. Quandt, and `The Islamist Challenge in Africa: A Political History,' by Michael Willis.

Reviews the book "Human Resource Development and Utilization: Economic Analysis for Policy Making," by S.I. Cohen.

Reviews the book "Economics in a Changing World," vol. 5, "Economic Growth and Capital and Labour Markets," edited by Jean-Paul Fitoussi.

Reviews the book "Social Economy: The Logic of Capitalist Development," by Clark Everling.

Reviews the books `Generational Accounting: Knowing Who Pays and When, for What We Spend,' by Laurence Kotlikoff, `Justice Between Age Groups and Generations,' edited by Peter Laslett and James Fishkin, `States, Labor Markets, and the Future of Old-Age Policy,' edited by John Myles and Jill Quadagno, and `Support for American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public,' by Fay Lomax Cook and Edith Barrett.

Reviews the books `New Approaches to Poverty Analysis and Policy, Volumes I, II and III,' published by the International Institute for Labour Studies, `Public Spending and the Poor: Theory and Evidence,' edited by Dominique Van der Hoeven and Kimberly Nead, and `Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation,' by Roger Riddell and Mark Robinson.

Reviews the book `A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation,' by Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole.

Reviews the books `Changing Aims in Economics,' by Terence Hutchinson and `Truth Versus Precision in Economics,' by Thomas Mayer.

Reviews the book `The Market: Practice and Policy,' edited by Frank Hahn.

Reviews several books on economics. 'Explorations in Political Economy: Essays in Criticism,' edited by Rajani K. Kanth and E.K. Hunt; 'A Modern Guide to Economic Thought: An Introduction to Comparative Schools of Thought in Economics,' edited by D. Mair and A.G. Miller; 'Thoughtful Economic Man: Essays on Rationality, Moral Rules and Benevolence,' edited by J. Gay Tulip Meeks.

Reviews several books on economics. "Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow: Applied Economics," Vol. 6, by Kenneth J. Arrow; "Macroeconomics in Focus," by Martin Binks and Andrew Jennings; "Economics," by A. J. Culyer; "Macroeconomics: Theory, Performance and Policy," by Robert E. Hall and John B. Taylor; Others.

Reviews several books on economics. "The Political Economy of Change," edited by K. J. W. Alexander; "Index Numbers in Theory and Practice," by R. G. D. Allen; "General Equilibrium," by M. Allingham.

The article reviews the book "Diversity and Change in Modern India: Economic, Social and Political Approaches," edited by Anthony F. Heath and Roger Jeffery.

The article reviews the book "Alternative Exchanges: Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present," edited by Laurence Fontaine.

The article reviews the book "Grounding Globalization: Labour in the Age of Insecurity," by E. Webster, R. Lambert and A. Bezuidenhout.

Reviews the book "Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America--Revisited," edited by Howard J. Wiarda.

The article reviews the book "Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy, and Society," edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Marsha Pripstein Posusney.

Reviews the book `Liberating the Family? Gender and British Slave Emancipation in the Rural Western Cape, South Africa, 1823-1853,' by Pamela Scully.

Reviews the book `Revolutionary Movements in Latin America: El Salvador's FMLN and Peru's Shining Path,' by Cynthia McClintock.