In this timely political analysis of the Israeli economy, Shalev focuses on the Histadrut, Israel's national trade union center, to unravel the relationship between organized labor and the state and to illustrate its impact on the management of economic performance. Throughout, Shalev relates the implications of Israel's specific case to larger issues in political economy.

The controversy surrounding the effectiveness or counter-productivity of foreign aid is one of the great issues facing the world today. The first edition arose from a study conducted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, concerning the effectiveness of aid. Now in this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, Robert Cassen incorporates the research and debate in this area since 1986. He has updated the text and tables, added a section to each chapter reviewing recent findings, and removed some of the highly technical parts of the text, making this edition accessible to...