Book reviews including 'Why Vietnam invaded Cambodia: political culture and the causes of war', by Stephen J. Morris

Keith Hancock reviews the book 'The unemployment crisis in Australia: which way out?, edited by Stephen Bell, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Shaun Goldfinch reviews the book 'The politics of Australian society: political issues for the new century', edited by Paul Boreham, Geoffrey Stokes and Richard Hall, published by Longman, 2000. Rob Watts reviews the book 'Boy troubles: understanding rising suicide, rising crime and educational failure', by Jennifer Buckingham, published by the Centre for Independent Studies, 2000. Stephen Bell reviews the book 'How big business performs: private performance and public policy', edited by Peter Dawkins, Michael Harris and Stephen King, published by Allen & Unwin, 1999. John Uhr reviews the book 'Deadly disclosures: whistleblowing and the ethical meltdown of Australia', by William De Maria, published by Wakefield Press, 1999. Stephanie D. Short reviews the book 'Health policy in the market state,' edited by Linda Hancock, published by Allen & Unwin, 1999. John Chesterman reviews the book 'Rethinking Australian citizenship', edited by Wayne Hudson and John Kane, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Peter Aimer reviews the book 'Building the Constitution', edited by Colin James, published by the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 2000. Rodney Fopp reviews the book 'Struggles for subjectivity: identity, action and youth experience', by Kevin McDonald, published by Cambridge University Press, 1999. Paul Reynolds reviews the book 'Electoral research: the core and the boundaries', by Jane Peace and Janet Taylor, published by the South Australian State Electoral Office, 2000. Jane Robbins reviews the books 'Obliged to be difficult: Nugget Coombs' legacy in indigenous affairs', by Tim Rowse, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000, and 'Native title in Australia', by Richard H. Bartlett, published by Butterworth, 2000. Dennis Woodward reviews the book 'Howard's agenda: the 1998 Australian election', edited by Marian Simms and John Warhurst, published by University of Queensland Press, 2000. David Brown reviews the book 'Long-distance nationalism: diasporas, homelands and identities', by Zlatko Skrbis, published by Ashgate Publishing, 1999. Dennis Glover reviews the book 'The machine: Labor confronts the future', edited by John Warhurst and Andrew Parkin, published by Allen & Unwin, 2000. Winsome Roberts reviews the book 'Social capital and public policy in Australia', edited by Ian Winter, published by Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2000. Martin Griffiths reviews the book 'The United Nations at the end of the 1990s (3rd ed.)', by Peter R. Baehr and Leon Gordenker, published by Macmillan, 1999. Jeff Archer reviews the book 'Sacred cows and common sense: the symbolic statescraft of the British Labour Party', by Tim Bale, published by Ashgate, 1999. Peter Carroll reviews the book 'Global business regulation', by John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Di Zetlin reviews the book 'Women and trade unions: a comparative perspective', by Jennifer Curtin, published by Aldershot, 1999. John Connell reviews the book 'Getting under the skin: the Bougainville copper agreement and the creation of the Panguna Mine', by Donald Denoon, published by Melbourne University Press, 2000. Rouben Azizian reviews the book 'Russia's stillborn democracy? From Gorbachev to Yeltsin', by Graeme Gill and Roger D. Markwick, published by Oxford University Press, 2000. Jill M. Vickers reviews the book 'Women, public policy and the state', edited by Linda Hancock, published by Macmillan, 1999. C. L. Chiou reviews the book 'Nationalism, national identity and democratization in China', by Baogang He and Yingjie Guo, published by Ashgate Publishing, 2000. Andrew O'Neil reviews the books 'International Institute for Strategic Studies, strategic survey: 1999/2000', published by Oxford University Press, 2000, and 'Asia Pacific security outlook 2000', edited by Richard W. Baker and Charles E. Morrison, published by Japan Centre for International Exchange, 2000. Gary Vear reviews the book 'International toxic risk management: ideals, interests and implementation', by Aynsley Kellow, published by Cambridge University Press, 1999. Franz Oswald reviews the book 'The heart beats on the left', by Oskar Lafontaine, published by Polity Press, 2000. Terry Flew reviews the book 'News Corporation, technology and the workplace,' by Timothy Marjoribanks, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Peter Coaldrake reviews the book 'Policy entrepreneurs and school choice', by Michael Mintrom, published by Georgetown University Press, 2000. Kelvin Rowley reviews the book 'Why Vietnam invaded Cambodia: political culture and the causes of war', by Stephen J. Morris, published by Stanford University Press, 1999. David E. Smith reviews the book 'The charter revolution and the court party', by F. L. Morton and Rainer Knopff, published by Broadview Press, 2000. Andrew Parkin reviews the book 'The turbulence of migration: globalization, deterritorialization and hybridity', by Nikos Papastergiadis, published by Polity Press, 2000. Alan J. Ward reviews the books 'Senates: bicameralism in the contemporary world', edited by Samuel C. Patterson and Anthony Mughan (eds), published by Ohio State University Press, 1999, and 'Reforming the House of Lords: lessons from overseas', by Meg Russell, published by Oxford University Press, 2000. Tomoko Akami reviews the book 'Understanding modern Japan: a political economy of development, culture and global power', by P.W. Preston, published by Sage, 2000. James Ferguson reviews the book 'Reform, identity and Chinese foreign policy', by Chih-yu Shih, published by Vanguard Institute for Policy Studies, 2000. Norma Kriger reviews the book 'Producing women and progress in Zimbabwe: narratives of identity and work from the 1980s', by Christine Sylvester, published by Heinemann, 2000. Michael D. Barr reviews the book 'Governing Singapore: a history of national development and democracy', by Raj Vasil, published by Allen & Unwin, 2000. Chin Liew Ten reviews the book 'Rereading power and freedom in J. S. Mill', by Bruce Baum, published by the University of Toronto Press, 2000. Richard Shapcott reviews the book 'Popular dissent, human agency and global politics', by Roland Bleiker, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. David Charnock reviews the book 'Democratic devices and desires', by Geoffrey Brennan and Paul Hamlin, published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Sam Roggeveen reviews the book 'Oakeshott and his contemporaries: Montaigne, Hegel, St Augustine et al', by John Wendell Coats Jr, published by Susquehanna University Press, 2000. Damian Grace reviews the book 'Natural law and moral inquiry: ethics, metaphysics, and politics in the work of Germain Grisez', edited by Robert P. George, published by Georgetown University Press, 1998. Tony Lynch reviews the book 'International environmental law, policy and ethics', by Alexander Gillespie, published by Oxford University Press, 2000. David Martin Jones reviews the book 'The sovereignty of parliament: history and philosophy', by Jeffrey Goldsworthy, published by Clarendon Press, 1999. Don Fletcher reviews the book 'Writing: the political test', by Claude Lefort, translated and edited by David Ames Curtis, published by Duke University Press, 2000. Elisabeth Porter reviews the book 'Taking care of men: sexual politics in the public mind', by Anthony McMahon, published by the Cambridge University Press, 1999. John Uhr reviews the book 'Corruption and government: causes, consequences and reform,' by Susan Rose-Ackerman, published by Cambridge University Press, 1999. Fernand de Varennes reviews the book 'Self-determination and national minorities', by Thomas D. Musgrave, published by Oxford University Press, 2000. Simon Kerr reviews the book 'C.B. Macpherson and the problem of liberal democracy', by Jules Townshend, published by Edinburgh University Press, 2000