Book Reviews : World Development Handbook. Juliet Clifford and Gavin Osmond. London: Charles Knight & Co. Ltd., for the Overseas Development Insti tute, 1971. Appendices. Index. 172 pages. £1.50. Regional Development Banks. John White. London: Overseas Develop ment Institute, 1970. Index. 204 pages. £2.00. Food Aid and Britain. Hal Mettrick. London: Overseas Development Institute, 1969. Appendices. Index, 124 pages. £1.50
| Author | Carol Ann Cosgrove |
| Published date | 01 December 1971 |
| Date | 01 December 1971 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/004711787100301212 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
1031
of
current
British
regional
policy.
The
third
section
contains
a
detailed
analysis
of
EEC
regional
policy,
and
is
followed
by
an
examination
of
national
policies
in
the
Six.
The
study
concludes
with
an
assessment
of
the
prospects
for
an
integrated
regional policy
in
an
enlarged
Common
Market
and
the
form
this
could
take.
John
Marsh’s
and
Christopher
Ritson’s
joint
study
of
agriculture
in
the
European
Communities
and
the
prospects
for
Britain
provides
a
very
able
up-to-date
supplement
to
T.
K.
Warley’s
earlier
book
in
the
Chatham
House-P.E.P.
series.’
The
authors,
both
members
of
the
Agricultural
Economics
Department
at
the
University
of
Reading,
have
produced
an
informative
and
provocative
critique
of
the
EEC’s
common
agricultural
policy
and
its
possible
implications
for
Britain.
Their
introductory
section
contains
a
useful
summary
of
the
common
agricultural
policy,
and
leads
to
an
examination
of
what
the
authors
term
&dquo;the
economic
origins
of
the
farm
problem&dquo;.
The
third
section
offers
an
expert
appraisal
of
the
Common
Market’s
agricultural
policy.
Of
possibly
the
greatest
interest
is
the
fourth
section
suggesting
alternative
options
for
the
future
development
of the
common
agricultural
policy,
and
the
fifth
and
final
section
outlining
the
principal
issues
confronting
Britain
regarding
agricultural
policy
if
she
joins
the
Communities.
Michael
Niblock’s
study
of
parliaments
in
the
Six
concludes
this
quartet.
The
author,
currently
working
with
the
Conservative
Research
Department,
has
attempted
to
analyse
the
place
of
parliamentary
control,
both
at
the
national
and
the
Community
levels,
over
Common
Market
policies.
To
this
end
he
examines,
first,
parliamentary
control
and
Com-
munity
law;
second,
the
significance
of
debates,
reports,
and
questions;
third,
the
various
means
of
supervising
the
Council
of
the
European
Com-
munities ;
fourth,
the
activities
of
European
Affairs
Committees
in
the
member
states;
fifth,
the
inter-relations
between
the
national
parliaments
and
the
European
Parliament;
and
sixth,
the
potential
place
of
the
British
parliament
in
the
Community
system.
Mr.
Niblock’s
observations
on
the
nature
of
parliamentary
sovereignty
in
the
1970’s
are
useful
-
particularly
his
reiteration
of
the
distinction
between
formal
legal
sovereignty
and
the
actual
ability
to
influence.
Overall,
the
four
books
should
be
read
by
both
pro
and
canti
Marketeers,
especially
by
the
latter.
Agricultacre-the
cost
of
joining
the
Common
Market.
Chatham
House
—P.E.P.
European
Series
No. 3,
1967.
World
Development
Handbook.
Juliet
Clifford
and
Gavin
Osmond.
London:
Charles
Knight
&
Co.
Ltd.,
for
the
Overseas
Development
Insti-
tute,
1971.
Appendices.
Index.
172
pages.
£1.50.
Regional
Development
Banks.
John
White.
London:
Overseas
Develop-
ment
Institute,
1970.
Index.
204
pages.
£2.00.
Food
Aid
and
Britain.
Hal
Mettrick.
London:
Overseas
Development
Institute,
1969.
Appendices.
Index,
124
pages.
£1.50.
Relations
between
rich
and
poor
countries
seem
destined
to
be
a
major
focus
of
international
politics
and
economics
during
the
second
United
Nations
Development
Decade.
In
the
1960s,
during
the
first
Development
Decade,
these
relations
were
the
subject
of
much
emotional
comment.
Happily,
the
emotional
attitudes
distorting
so
many
contemporary
appraisals
of
the
so-called
&dquo;development
relationship&dquo;
are
absent
from
these
three
publications
from
the
Overseas
Development
Institute.
They
should
assist
in
promoting
a
better
understanding
of
the
complex
inter-actions
between
the
haves
and
the
have-nots.
The
World
Development
Handbook
is
designed
to
be
a
layman’s
guide
to
economic
development.
It
aims
to
promote
a
broad
understanding
of
the
problems
confronting
poor
countries
and
the
means
whereby
the
indus-
trialised
states
influence
their
prospects
of
material
advancement.
It
is
divided
into
four
parts:
first,
a
general
survey
of
underdevelopment:
second,
a
summary
of
the
nature
of
development,
economic
growth,
and
the
limitations
on
the
governments
of
the
have-nots;
third,
an
assessment
of
international
economic
relations -
especially
aid
and
trade
relations
between
rich
and
poor;
and
fourth,
a
more
detailed
analysis
of
capital
transfers
in
aid
transactions.
Although
the
Handbook
does
not
presuppose
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