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Unions in a Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement by David Peetz (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998, pp.xi + 243, £45 hb; £15.95 pb). Celebrities, Culture and Cyberspace by McKenzie Wark (Sydney: Pluto Press, 1999, pp.372, £12.95 pb). Québec by Alain‐G. Gagnon (Oxford: ABC‐CLIO Ltd, 1998, pp.xxvi + 352, £64 hb). Japan's Aid Diplomacy and the Pacific Islands by Sandra Tarte (Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies and Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, 1998, pp.viii + 241, $30pb). Malaysia's Political Economy: Politics, Patronage and Profits by Terence Gomez and K.S. Jomo (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp.v + 228, £13.95 pb). Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hopes of Peace by Sumit Ganguly (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp.xv + 182, £35 hb; £11.95 pb). Terrorism in Punjab: Understanding the Grassroots Reality by Harish K. Puri, Paramjit Singh Judge and Jagrup Singh Sekhon (Har‐Anand Publications, 1999, pp.200, Rs. 300 hb). Nationalism, Terrorism, Communal ism: Essays in Modern Indian History by Peter Heehs (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp.x +174, £11.99, Rs490 hb). Nehru and the Language Politics of India by Robert D. King (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp.xvii + 256, 230 rupees pb). Colonialism, Tradition and Reform. An Analysis of Gandhi's Political Discourse by Bhikku Parekh, 2nd rev. edn. (New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage, 1999, pp.359, £29.99 hb; 14.99 pb). Something in India by Fraser Noble (Durham: The Pentland Press Ltd, 1997, pp.xiii + 354, £17.50 hb). African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation by Peter J. Schraeder (Boston/New York: Bedford/St Martin's, 2000, pp.xx + 378, £15.50 pb). Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa by Naomi Chazan, Peter Lewis, Robert A. Mortimer, Donald Rothchild and Stephen John Stedman, 3rd edn (Boulder and Basingstoke: Lynne Rienner and Macmillan Press, 1999, pp.xi + 543, £15.50 pb). Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction by Olle Tornquist (London: Sage Publications Ltd, 1999, pp.ix + 197, £42.50 hb; £13.99 pb). Postconflict Elections, Democratization & International Assistance edited by Krishna Kumar (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1998, pp.265, $22 pb). Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies by Ben Reilly and Andrew Reynolds (Papers on International Conflict Resolution, No. 2, National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, pp.65, $18 pb). Democratic Peace‐Building and Conflict Prevention: The Devil is in the Transition by Luc Reychler (Leuven: Leu ven University Press, 1999, pp.176, $45 hb). The Reality of Aid 2000: An Independent Review of Poverty Reduction and Development Assistance edited by Judith Randel, Tony German and Deborah Ewing Development Initiatives (London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2000, pp.276, £14.95 pb).