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hay esperanzas. De ahi que uno de 10s
desafios intelectuales de mayor enver-
gadura que surge en el dramatic0 presen-
te sea el de repensar el future.
Ernesto Tironi, Es posible reducir la
probreza en Chile (Santiago: Zig-Zag,
1989) 190pp y Eugenio Ortega R. y
Ernesto Tironi B., Pobreza en Chile
(Santiago: Ced, 1989) 208pp. LCuantos
son 10s pobres en Chile? LCuintos 10s in-
digentes? LEs posible mejorar su situa-
cion? LCuanto tiempo se necesita para
ello? LComo puede hacerse? LLograremos
compatibilizar la libertad y el progreso
econ6mico con la justicia social?
Adrian Carrasco, Maria A. Vintimilla y
Cecilia Suarez, Estado, Nacion y Cultura:
10s proyectos historicos en el Ecuador
(Cuenca: IDIS, 1988) 375pp.
James Ferguson, Papa Doc, Baby Doc:
Haiti and the Duvaliers (Oxford: Basil
Blackwell, 1988) 204pp. This book ex-
plains the reality of Haiti under the
Duvaliers and the causes of the regime's
violent disintegration. Tracing major pat-
terns and forces within Haiti's turbulent
history, James Ferguson examines the
nature of 'Duvalierism', its historic roots
and the conflicts which toppled it. Using
eyewitness reports and first-hand recollec-
tions, the author reconstructs the events
surrounding Baby Doc's fall and the
subsequent power struggle within 'liberat-
ed Haiti', ending in a new dictatorship.
Human rights in Indonesia and East
Timor (New York: Human Rights Watch,
1988) 27Opp. The Indonesian government
systematically violates political and civil
liberties. Freedom of speech is severely
restricted, and government critics, from
army generals to Muslim student leaders,
face arrest and imprisonment. Political
trials are unfair. Torture in police or milita-
ry custody is widespread, occasionally
resulting in death. And all forms of politi-
cal activity are subject to sweeping re-
straints. From one end of the vast ar-
chipelago to the other, a military apparat-
us enforces an extensive web of restraints
down to the village level.
Frances F. Korten & Robert Y. Siy
(eds), Transforming a Bureaucracy: The
Experience of the Philippine National
Irrigation Administration (West Hartford:
Kumarian Press, 1988) 175pp. In the
words of Soedjatmoko, former Rector of
the United Nations University and member
of the IFDA Council, "Recent experience
has show that there is a point beyond
which government bureaucracies become
an obstacle to rather than an instrument
for development, that is when those
bureaucracies begin to supplant rather
than support people's own development
efforts ... This account of the successful
transformation of the Philippine National
Irrigation Administration provides an
inspiring example of how emphasis on
people'sparticipationandself-organization
can lead to a viable but leaner, more cost-
effective organization in which the bureau-
cracy stimulates people's own efforts and
becomes more accountable to its clients".
A Third World Resources Guide to
Organizations and their Print and Audiovi-
sual Resources on the Philippines
(Oakland: Third World Resources, 1989)
A 16-page annotated guide to organiza-
tions and their print and audiovisual
resources on the struggle for justice and
peace in the Philippines. The guide con-
tains five sections: organizations, books,
periodicals, pamphlets and audio-visual
resources. Each section contains about
fifteen selected entries
John J. Vincent. Britain in the 90's
(Peterborough: Methodist Publishing
House, 1989) 66pp. This volume is a
provoker, designed to help debate really
happen. Britain in the 90's is the main
theme for the Presidential Year of Or John
Vincent, as President of the Methodist
Conference, June 1989-June 1990. During
that year, consultation on the theme are