Book reviews

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Law in Colonial Africa edited by Kristin Mann and Richard Roberts (London, James Currey; Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann Educational Books, 1991, pp. 264. £11.95 pb). Democracy and Socialism in Africa edited by Robin Cohen and Harry Goul‐bourne (Boulder, San Francisco, and Oxford, Westview Press, 1991, pp. xv + 272, £26.50). Government and Politics in Africa by William Tordoff (Basingstoke, Macmillan Press, 2nd edn., 1993, pp. 340, £40 hb; £12.99 pb.). Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa by Naomi Chazan, Robert Mortimer, John Ravenhill and Donald Rothchild (Lynne Rienner Publishers, distrib. Macmillan Press, 2nd edn., 1992, £12.99 pb). South Africa, the Colonial Powers and ‘African Defence’: The Rise and Fall of the White Entente, 1948–60 by G.R. Berridge (London, Macmillan, 1992, pp. 234, £40). Redistribution: How Can It Work In South Africa? edited by Peter Moll, Nicoli Nattrass and Lieb Loots (Cape Town, David Philip, 1992, pp. ix + 150, £10). Kaunda and Southern Africa: Image and reality in foreign policy by Stephen Chan (London: British Academic Press, 1992, pp. xv + 231, £39). Sudan, 1898–1989: The Unstable State by Peter Woodward (Boulder, Lynne Rienner; London, Lester Crook, 1990, 239pp). Power, Protest and Participation: Local Elites and the Politics of Development in India, by Subrata Mitra (Routledge, London, 1992, pp. xvii + 315, £45) On Living in a Revolution and Other Essays by M.N. Srinivas (London, Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. ix‐x + 209, £10.95). The Political Inheritance of Pakistan edited by D.A. Low (Hampshire and London, Macmillan, 1992, pp. vii + 292, £45). Nehru Memorial Lectures, 1966–1991 edited by John Grigg (Delhi, OUP, 1992, pp. 262, £12.50). Peasants’ Politics and the British Government, 1930–1940 by Saradindhu Muk‐herji (Delhi, Anamika Prakashan, 1993, pp. 222). Australia Compared. People, Policies and Politics edited by Francis G. Castles (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1991, pp. 290, £11.95). Hawke's Law: The Politics of Mining and Aboriginal Land Rights in Australia by Roland T. Libby (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992, $16.95). Politics in Place. Social power relations in an Australian country town by Ian Gray (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. x + 214, £30 hb). Voter's Choice; Electoral Change in New Zealand? by Helena Catt, Paul Harris and Nigel S. Roberts (The Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1992, pp. 143.) Federalism and Health Policy: The Development of Health Systems in Canada and Australia by Gwendolyn Gray (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991, pp. 281 £13.95). Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Be A Sovereign People? by Peter H. Russell (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 240 £9.95). Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy by Allan Kornberg and Harold D. Clarke (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992, Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics, pp. xvii + 285, £35). Popular Imperialism and the Military, 1850–1950 edited by John M. MacKenzie (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1992, pp. ix + 228, £35 hb). World Bibliographical Series: Volume 143 ‐ St Vincent and the Grenadines by Robert B. Potter (Clio Press, Oxford and Santa Barbara, 1992, pp. 212, £34.50).