Book reviews

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Modern Hungarian Society in the Making: The Unfinished Experience. By Adrás Ger[otilde]. Translated by James Patterson and Enikö Knocz. Budapest: Central European Press (distributed by Oxford University Press) 1995. Pp.ix + 288; index. £35 (hardback); £14.50 (paperback). ISBN 1 85866 023 8 and 024 6

The Powers of Speech: The Politics of Culture in the GDR by David Bathrick. Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Pp.303; index, bibliography; notes. £38. ISBN 0 8032 1258 5

Transformation from Below: Local Power and the Political Economy of Post‐Communist Transition edited by John Gibson and Philip Hanson. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.xi + 330; index; bibliography; tables. £49.50. ISBN 1 85898 122 0

Slom srpskih liberate by Slavoljub Djukič. Belgrade: Filip Višnjič, 1990. Pp.330. ISBN 86 7363 100 9

Human Rights in Eastern Europe edited by Istvan Pogany. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Pp.xv + 255; index. £39.95. ISBN 1 85898 3339

Citizenship and Democratic Control in Contemporary Europe edited by Barbara Einhorn, Mary Kaldor and Zdenek Kavan. London: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.viii + 239; index. £39.50. ISBN 1 85898 069 0

Democratic Spain: Reshaping External Relations in a Changing World by Richard Gillespie, Fernando Rodrigo and Jonathan Story. London and New York: Routledge 1995. Pp.xv + 227; index. £40 (hardback), £12.99 (paperback). ISBN 0415 113261 and 11325 3

Aid and Political Conditionally edited by Olav Stokke (EADI Book Series 16). London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1995. Pp.xviii + 417. £35/$45 (hardback); £19.50/$24 (paperback). ISBN 0 7146 4640 7 and 4162 6

Foreign Aid Towards the Year 2000: Experiences and Challenges edited by Olav Stokke (EADI Book Series 18). London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1996. Pp.361. £35/$45 (hardback); £18/$22.50 paperback). ISBN 0 7146 4713 and 4259 2