| | Power and Need in Africa: Basic Human Needs and Development Policies by Ben Wisner; The Fuelwood Trap by Barry Munslow, Yemi Katerere, Adrian Ferf and Phil O'Keefe; Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Development Projects by John A Dixon, Richard A Carpenter, Louise A Fallon, Paul B Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke. Since their relaunch early in 1988 as an editorially independent but wholly owned subsidiary of the International Institution for Environment and Development, Earthscan Publications have rapidly emerged as one of the leading publishers in the crucial interface between development and the environment. This is a particularly timely event. Concern with these issues has mushroomed over the last few years, as the extent of the global environmental crisis has become more evident and the need for substainable development paths ever more urgent. For many radical scholars, (re) discovery during the 1980s of the environment, hitherto not a major concern of political economy, has led to important advances in analysis (see for example, ROAPE 42 - special issue on the environment). Furthermore, publication in 1987 of Our Common Future, the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, serve to emphasise international concerns at the highest levels. |
