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Transaction Publishers Department SOD Rutgers—The State University New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Books Received and Abstracting Services 119 List of Books Received Aryeetey, Ernest et al (1994) Supply and Demand for Finance of Small Enterprises in Ghana, World Bank Discussion Papers, World Bank Publications, WashingtonDC, 111 pp, ISBN: 0-8213-2964-2.Price: $8,95 (p/b). Chitere, Orieko P (1994) Community Development: Its Conceptions and Practice with Emphasis on Africa, Gideon S Were Press, P O Box 10622, Nairobi, 252 pp, ISBN: 9966-852-19-0. Price: 470Ksch. Cleaver, Kevin M & Schreiber, Gotz A (1994) Reversing the Spiral: The Population, Agriculture, and Environment Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank Publications, Washington D C, 293 pp, ISBN: 08213-2769-0. Price: $18,95(p/b). Dahlberg, Annika (1994) Contesting Views and Changing Paradigms: The Land Degradation Debate in Southern Africa, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 59 pp, ISBN: 91-7106-357-9; ISSN: 1104-8417, Price: N/K. Davis, Liane V (ed) (1994) Building on Women's Strengths: A Social Work Agenda for the Twenty-First Century, The Haworth Press, New York, 285 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-862-9 (h/b), 156024-863-7. Price: $39,95 (h/b), $19.95 (p/b). DeCrescenzo, Teresa (ed) Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth: Innovations and New Perspectives, Harrington Park Press, New York, 186 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56023-057-6. Price: $19,95 (p/b). Keys, Paul R (ed) (1994) School Social Workers in the Multicultural Environ nent: New Roles, Responsibilities and Educational Enrichment, The Haworth Press, New York, 131 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-696-0. Price: $24,95 (h/b). Muthien, Yvonne (1994) State and Resistance in South Africa, 1939-1965, tive Study, World Bank Discussion Papers, World Bank Publications, Wash- Avebury, Aldershot, UK, 237 pp, ISBN: 1-85628-501-5. Price: £40. Nash, Kermit B (1994) Psychosocial Aspects of Sickle Cell Disease: Past, Present and Future Directions of Research, The Haworth Press, New York, 289 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-578-6. Price: $39,95 (h/b). Northrup, Gordon (ed) (1994) Managing the Residential Treatment Center in Troubled Tines, The Haworth Press, New York, 124 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-676-6. Price: $29,95 (h/b). Oden, Bertil, et al (1994) Namibia and External Resources: The Case of Swedish Development Assistance, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 125 pp, ISBN: 91-7106-351-X; ISSN: 1104-8425, Price: SEK 60; 5,95 pounds. Popiel, Paul A (1994) Financial Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparaington D C, 106 pp, ISBN: 0-8213-2996-0. Price: $10,95 (p/b). 120 Books Receiveed and Abstracting Services R0gilds, Hemming (1994) In the Land of the Elephant Bird: Voices of South Africa, Avebury, Aldershot, UK, 165 pp, ISBN: 185628-892-7. Price: £30. Rosenberg, Gary & Weissman, Andrew (eds) (1994) Social Work in Ambulatory Care: New Implications for Health and Social Services, The Haworth Press, New York, 105 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-6979. Price: $19,95 (h/b). Thomas, George (1994) Travels in the Trench Between Child Welfare Theory and Practice: A Case Study of Failed Promises and Prospects for Renewal, The HaworthPress,New York, 265 pp inc index, ISBN: 1-56024-691-X. Price: $34,95 (h/b). Tremmel, Michael & The River Tonga People (1994) The People of the Great River: The Tonga Hoped the Water would Follow Them, Artwork by Loes Roos, Silveira House Social Series No 9, Mambo Press, 84 pp, ISBN: 0-86922- 600-2. Price: Approx Z$10. Tumbo-Masabo, Zubeida & Liljestrom, Rita (eds) (1994) Chelewa, Chelewa: The Dilemma of Teenage Girls, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 218 pp, ISBN: 91-7106-354-4. Price: N/K Venkatesan, V (1994) Seed Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Options, World Bank Publications, Washington D C, 112 pp, ISBN: 0-8213- 3086-1. Price: $8,95 (p/b). World Bank, The (1994) Better Health in Africa: Experience and Lessons Learned, World Bank Publications, Washington D C, 240 pp, ISBN: 0-8213- 2817-4. Price: $15,95 (p/b). 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It is both theoretical and practic ature, and seeks to confront and deal with every aspect of human development, covering all the soci Economic systems of the world. It has interest in such issues as basic social needs, fulfillment of hum ghts, avoidance of both class and other structural violence, the search for disarmament and peace, t laintenance of ecological balance, the removal of poverty and unemployment, improvement in North-Soi elations, and the finding of an international framework to deal equitably with trade, industrializatic ligration, technology transfer, and general socio-economic disparities of a regional or a global kind. Editor: Franklin Vivekananda Articles from past and recent issues include: Jlyn Edwards and Clem Tisdell: Private Versus Government Schools: Race and the Development Smbabwe's Dual Educational System malendu Guha: Economic Alternative for the 21st Century: Market Economy or Welfare Economy? obert A. 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