Book reviews and notices : JONATHAN BARKER ET AL., Street-level democracy: Political settings at the margins of global power. Ontario: Between the Lines, 1999. viii + 279 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95 (paperback) AND MARILYN CARR, MARTHA CHEN and RENANA JHABVALA, eds., Speaking out: Women's economic empowerment in South Asia. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications, 1997. xiv + 238 pp. Tables, plates, notes, references, biblio graphy, glossary. Rs. 250 (paperback)