Notes for Contributors: All correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor Journal of Social Development in Africa School of Social Work P Bag 66022 Kopje, Harare Zimbabwe. Format for Submissions: Contributions that further the aims of the Journal are welcomed, and will be refereed. Manuscripts should be typed single-sided on A4 paper, double-spaced. Two copies of the article should be submitted and the author's name, affiliation and address should be attached to the cover, to facilitate anonymity in the refereeing of the article. One copy should be of good quality print, preferably laser-printed, although this is not essential. The article can also be sent on computer disc, in WP51, MS Word or Mac format. Articles in general should be of 8-9,000 words in length. However longer as well as shorter articles will be published if justified by the content of the contribution. The article should begin with an abstract of approximately 150 - 200 words. Within the body of the text references to authors is made by author, date and page number in the following way: Makola (1982:67) indicates that: "...social development is necessary in the context of the developing world," agreeing with the view of Nkosana (1981). Page references are normally provided where a direct quote is given. Bibliographical references follow the body of the text and should be listed alphabetically and chronologically by author and date: in the case of books, by title, publisher and place of publication; in the case of articles by full journal name, volume, and first plus last page numbers; in the case of chapters, by title, collection title, editor, publisher and place of publication. Examples follow: References: Makola A (1992) Social Development, Prentice Hall, New York. Foster, P (1996) 'The Relevance of Social Work," in Journal of Social Development in Africa, Vol 3,Nol, pp 15-29. Nkosana Z (1981) "The Meaning of Social Development," in Training for Social Work, A Makola (ed), Mambo Press, Gweru. Authors receive five complimentary offprints of their article and the relevant Journal issue. Book reviewers will receive one complimentary copy of the Journal in which the review appears. S ubmission of an article implies that it has not been published already nor is it being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright of all the contents of the Journal is assigned to the School of Social Work, Harare. Permission to reprint original articles should be sought from the Editor of the Journal at the above address. Journal of Social Development in Africa (1997), 12,1,113-115 List of Books Received Childcrs, Erskine & Urquhart, Brian (1996) Renewing the United Nations System, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Uppsala, 213pp, ISSN: 0345-2328. Price: N/K. Clarke Stephen (1996) Social Work as Community Development: A management model for social change, AshgatePublishing Limited, 26Spp inc index, ISBN: 91-85972-098-6. Price: £35 (h/b). Cooper, Frederick (1996) Decolonization and African Society, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,677pp inc index, ISBN: 0-521-56251-1 (h/b), 0-521-56600-2 (p/b), Price: £55 (h/b), £19.95 (p/b). Dunton, Chris & Palmberg, Mai (1996) Human Rights and Homosexuality in Southern Africa, Nordiska Africainstitutet, Uppsala,41pp, ISBN: 91-7106-395-1, Price: SEK 60, £5,95. Copies may be obtained from Barbie Keene, P O Box MR67, Marlborough, Harare at a special price of ZS57.50 or £5,95. Gibbon, Peter & Olukoshi, Adebayo O (1996) Structural Adjustment and Socio- Economic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some Conceptual, Methodological and Reasearch Issues, Nordiska Africainstitutet, Uppsala,101pp, ISBN: 91-7106-397-8, Price: SEK 80, £6,95. Havnevik, Kjell & Arkadie, Brian Van (eds) (19%) Domination or Dialogue? Experiences and Prospects for African Development Cooperation, Nordiska Africainstitutet, Uppsala,130pp,ISBN:91-7107-384-6,Price:SEK120,£12,95. Lundu, Maurice (ed) (1996) The Political Economy of Information on Development, Democracy & Security in Southern Africa, SAPES Books, Harare, 179pp inc index, ISBN: 1-77905-043-7, Price: N/K (p/b). Schlyter Ann (1996) A Place to Live: Gender Research on Housing in Africa, Nordiska Africainstitutet, Uppsala,171pp, ISBN: 91-7106-388-9, Price: SEK 140, £12,95. Urquhart, Brian & Childers, Erskine(1996) A World in Need of Leadership: Tomorrow's United Nations: A Fresh Appraisal, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Uppsala, Sweden, 103pp, ISBN: 91-85214-24-8. Price: N/K (p/b). Wallman, Sandra (1996) Kampala Women Getting By. Wellbeing in the time of AIDS, James Currey, London,246pp inc index, ISBN: 0-85255-241-6, Price: £14.95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) Case Studies in War-to-Peace Transition: The Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Uganda, Nat J Colletta, Markus Kostner & Ingo Wiederhofer, World Bank Discussion Paper No 331, Africa Technical Department Series, World Bank, Washington D C, 348pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3674-6. Price: $22,95 (p/b). 114 Books Received World Bank (1996) Cost Sharing in the Social Sectors of Sub-Saharan Africa. Impact on the Poor, Arvil Van Adams & Teresa Hartnett, World Bank Discussion Paper No 338, Africa Technical Department Series, World Bank, Washington D C, 44pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3708^. Price: $7,95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) Ghana Country Assistance Review: A Study in Development Effectiveness, Robert P Armstrong,A World Bank Operations Evaluation Study, World Bank, Washington D C, 141pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3465- 4. Price: $9,95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) Growth and Crisis in Cote d'lvoire, J C Berthelemy & F Bourguignon.Comparative Economic Studies, World Bank, Washington D C, 240pp, ISBN: 0-8213-2655-4. Price: $18,95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) Lending for Electric Power in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alvaro J Covarrubias, A World Bank Operations Evaluation Study, World Bank, Washington D C, 93pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3644-4. Price: $8,95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) Practical Lessons for Africa from East Asia in Industrial and Trade Policies, Peter Harrold, Malthi Jayawickrama & Deepak Bhattasali, World Bank Discussion Paper No 310, Africa Technical Department Series, World Bank, Washington DC, 120pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3484-0. Price: N/K (p/b). World Bank (1996) The Design and Management of Poverty Reduction Programs and Projects in Anglophone Africa, Proceedings of a Seminar Sponsored Jointly by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank and the Uganda Management Institute, Michael Bam burger, Abdullahi M yahie & George Matovu, EDI Learning Resources Series, World Bank, Washington D C, 195pp, ISBN: 0-8213-2767-4. Price: $12,95 (p/b). World Bank (1996) The Transition from War to Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nat J Colletta, Markus Kostner & Ingo Wiederhofer, Discussions in Development, World Bank, Washington D C, 80pp, ISBN: 0-8213-3 581-2. Price: $10,95 (p/b). 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