"When Financial Incentives Encourage Work: The Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project" by Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins, David E. Card, and Gordon Berlin, in Focus (Fall 1999), 1180 Observatory Dr., 3412 Social Science Bldg., Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wis. 53706.
"Is Latin America Doomed to Failure?" by Peter Hakim, in Foreign Policy (Winter 1999–2000), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
"Gender Equality in ‘the Most Equal Country in the World’? Money and Marriage in Sweden" by Charlott Nyman, in The Sociological Review (Nov. 1999), Keele Univ., Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, England.
Reviews of new research at public agencies and private institutions
THE TIPPING POINT: How Little Things Make a Big Difference. By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. 288 pp. $24.95
THE DANGEROUS PASSION: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex. By David M. Buss. Free Press. 260 pp. $25
By Anthony Grafton. Harvard Univ. Press. 284 pp. $35
By Richard Wightman Fox. Univ. of Chicago Press. 419 pp. $30
LOST REVOLUTIONS: The South in the 1950s.
By Pete Daniel. Univ. of North Carolina Press. 392 pp. $45 hardcover, $19.95 paper
A LIFE IS MORE THAN A MOMENT: The Desegregation of Little Rock’s Central High.
Text and photos by Will Counts. Introduction by Will Campbell. Essays by Ernest Dumas and Robert S. McCord. Indiana Univ. Press. 96 pp. $29.95
Edited By Philip Home. Viking. 668 pp. $35