Book reviews

Japanese Colonialism in Taiwan: Land Tenure, Development, and Dependency, 1895-1945. By Chih-ming Ka. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. Pp.xxi + 226. $54.95. ISBN 0 8133 8922 4 Cuba in the International System: Normalization and Integration. Edited by Archibald R.M. Ritter and John M. Kirk. London: Macmillan, 1995. Pp.xviii + 294. £45. ISBN 0 333 63335 0 Privatising Monopolies: Lessons from the Telecommunications and Transport Sectors in Latin America. Edited by Ravi Ramamurti. Baltimore, MD and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. £45.50. ISBN 0 8018 5135 1 Global Change, Regional Response: The New International Context of Development. Edited by Barbara Stallings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp.xviii + 410. £40 and £14.95. ISBN 0 521 47227 X and 47806 5 Human Development Report 1995. By UNDP team and consultants coordinated by Mahbub ul Haq. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp.x + 230. £22.50 and £13.99. ISBN 0 19 510022 0 and 510023 9 Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India. By Karin Kapadia. Oxford: Westview Press, 1995. Pp.xv + 269. £37. ISBN 0 8133 8158 4 Agricultural Policy in Kenya: Applications of the Policy Analysis Matrix. By Scott Pearson et al. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1995. Pp.xvii + 300 £35.50. ISBN 0 8014 3085 2 Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern Challenge. By Katy Gardener and David Lewis. London: Pluto Press, 1996. Pp.xv + 192. £12.99. ISBN 0 7453 0747 7