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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 47, No. 1, April 2006ISSN 1360-7456, p171

Publications receivedSeptember 2005 to December 2005

White, L. (ed.) (2005)

Legitimacy: Ambiguities of politicalsuccess or failure in East or Southeast Asia.

Singapore:World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 316 pp.,US$68.00.

Beal, T. (2005)

North Korea: The struggle against Americanpower.

London: Pluto Press, 342 pp., NZ$65.00.Milanovic, N.P., F.I. Hamilton and K.D. Andrews (eds.)

(2005)

Transformation of cities in Central and EasternEurope.

Tokyo: UN University Press, 519 pp.,US$43.00.