Book notes

Managing the Civil Service, John Garrett, Heinemann, 1980, pp. 198, £7.50.

The Limits of Power: The Politics of Local Planning Policy, Andrew Blowers, Pergamon, 1980, pp. 216, £10.00

Local Government and Environmental Planning and Control, edited by Joyce Frank, Gower, 1982, pp. 301, £13.50.

Labour Into the Eighties, edited by David S. Bell, Croom Helm, 1980, pp. 168, £9.95 hardback, £5.50 paperback.

Julian Hodge: A Biography, Timothy O'Sullivan, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981, pp. 210, £8.95.

Allies or Adversaries: Perspectives on Government and Industry in Britain, Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1981, pp. 86, £4.95.

Rural Employment, Trends, Options, Choices, Ian Hodge and Martin Whitby, Methuen, 1981, pp. 262, £13.50.     

Note the Robinson report

The Politics of Poverty, D. Donnison, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp.239, £3.50 paperback, £9.95 hardback.

Images of Welfare, P. Golding and S. Middleton, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp.296, £5.95 paperback, £16.50 hardback.

The Politics of Poverty, S. MacGregor, Longman, 1981, pp.193, £2.95 paperback.

Policy and Action‐Essays on the Implementation of Public Policy, edited by Susan Barrett and Colin Fudge, Methuen, 1981, pp.308, £7.95 paperback, £15.00 hardback.

Inside the Treasury, Joel Barnett, Andre Deutsch, 1982, pp.220, £8.95.

Ombudsman—Onwards Man, Pat Cook, BKT Publications, 1982, pp.155, £6.95.

British Dogmatism and French Pragmatism, Douglas E. Ashford, Allen and Unwin, 1982, pp.406+xvii, £27.50.

The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain 1945–1975, Patrick Dunleavy, Clarendon Press, 1981, pp.447, £17.50.

Economic Policy‐Making by Local Authorities in Britain and Western Germany, Nevile Johnson and Allan Cochrane, George Allen &; Unwin, London, 1981, pp.182, £15.00.     

French local government reform and urban planning

Early Retirement, Ann E. McGoldrick and Cary L. Cooper, Gower, 1988, £30.00.

The Reform of Local Government Finance in Britain, edited by Stephen J. Bailey and Ronan Paddison, pp. 223, Routledge, 1988, £27.50 (hardback).

Britain's Industrial Renaissance: The Development, Manufacture and Use of Information Technology, edited by Philip Blackburn and Richard Sharpe, Comedia, pp. 180, Routledge, £7.95.

Local Business Taxes in Britain and Germany, edited by Robert J. Bennett and Günter Krebs, pp. 344, Nomos Verlags Gesellschaft, Baden‐Baden, 1988, 87.00 DM.

Marketing in Local Government, Kieron Walsh, Longman, 1989, pp. 128, £8.95 (paperback).

Remaking Planning, The Politics of Urban Change in the Thatcher Years, Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin and Gerry Stoker, Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 197, £25.00 (hardback), £8.95 (paperback).

Needs Assessment in Post‐16 Education, Tim Packwood and Tim Whitaker, The Falmer Press, 1988, Basingstoke, pp. 233, £18.95 (hardback), £9.95 (paperback).

The State and the City, Ted Robert Gurr and Desmond King, Macmillan, 1987, pp. 242, £30 (hardback), £8.95 (paperback).

Faith in the City and Local Politics, R. Farnell, General Synod Office of the Church of England, 1988, available from Church House Bookshop, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ, £1.00 (by post £1.30).

Managing Fire Services (Second edition), R. J. Coleman and J. A. Granito (eds), International City Management Association, 1988, pp. 528, $38.95.

Area Initiatives Evaluation Handbook, prepared by PIEDA Consultants for the Industry Department for Scotland and Scottish Development Agency, IDS Economics and Statistics Research Paper 16, 1988, pp. 61 plus appendices, £5.00.

Local Labour‐Market Policies in Britain and Germany, Anglo‐German Foundation, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP 1988, pp. 134, £4.50 (paperback).

Land and Housing Policies in Europe and the USA: A Comparative Analysis, Graham Hallett (ed.), Routledge, 1988, pp. 215, £27.50 (hardback).

Town and Country Planning in Britain, J. B. Cullingworth, Unwin Hyman, 1988, pp. 408, Tenth edition, £10.95.

Basic Planning Law and Practice 1988, College of Law, 1988, pp. 127, £9.00.

Current Problems in Planning 1988, College of Law, 1988, pp. 94, £6.30.

Effective Planning Appeals, Hilaire McCoubrey, BSP Professional Books, 1988, pp. 147, £17.95 (hardback).

Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Vol.XXIV: Local Government, J. M. Gillespie, Chapman &; Hall, 1988, pp. 342, £42.50 (hardback).

Performance Evaluation ‐ An Essential Management Tool, Christine Baker (Ed.), (ICMA), 1987, pp. 20, $21.00     

Joint boards for police in the Metropolitan areas: A preliminary assessment

Local Government, The Law and the Constitution, Martin Loughlin, Local Government Legal Society Trust, March 1983, pp. 143, £3.50.

Financing Regional Government: International Practices and their Relevance to the Third World, K.J. Davey, John Wiley, 1983, pp. 193, £12.95.

Housing Law, A. Arden and M. Partington, Sweet and Maxwell, 1983, pp. 1184, £55 (hardback).

The Government of Scotland: Patterns of Influence In Public Policy Making, Michael Keating and Arthur Midwinter, Mainstream Publishing, 1983, pp. 214, £9.95.

From Policy to Practice, Martin Rein, Macmillan, 1983, pp. xv + 250, £18.00 hardback, £6.95 paperback.

Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America, 2nd ed., A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C. T. Adams, Macmillan, 1983, pp. 367, £15.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Policy and Politics in France: Living with Uncertainty, Douglas E. Ashford, Temple University Press, 1982, pp. 345, $29.95 hardback, $12.95 paperback.

Policy Advice and Organizational Survival, Michael J. Prince, Gower, 1983, pp. 256, £13.50.     

Books received

Alternatives for Planning: Planning and the Alternative Economic Strategy, D. Howl, Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool (Working Paper No. 21), 1982, pp. 46, £2.30.

The Hidden Homeless: A Report of a Survey on Homelessness and Housing Among Young Blacks in Gloucester, Harry Cowen and Richard Lording, Gloucester Community Relations Council, May 1982, pp. 54, no price given.

Town and Country Planning in Britain (Eighth Edition), J. B. Cullingworth, Allen and Unwin, 1982 pp. 367, £18.00 hardback, £8.95 paperback.

Local Government in Ireland, Desmond Roche, Institute of Public Administration, 1982, pp. 391, £19.95 hardback, £9.95 paperback.

The Parish Pump, Myles Tierney, Able Press, 1982, pp. 126, £3.90.

Reports on: (1) Faulty Goods; (2) The Nationalised Industries; (3) Bureaucracies; (4) Shopping; (5) The Neighbourhood; (6) Public Transport; and (7) The Elderly Consumer, National Consumer Council, Papers 1–3, 1981, Papers 4–7, 1982, 1–4 pp. 30, 5–7 pp. 58, £1 each.

Running in the Red: The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress, Irene S. Rubin, State University of New York Press, 1982, pp. 171, $30.50 cloth, $9.95 paper.

The Other European Community: Integration and Co‐operation in Nordic Europe, Barry Turner and Gamilla Nordquist, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982, pp. 307, £7.95 paperback.

Local Government Reform and Reorganisation: An International Perspective, edited by Arthur B. Gunlicks, Kennikat Press, 1981, pp.243, £14.85.

British Work Creation Programmes, Michael P. Jackson and Victor J. B. Hardy, Gower, 1982, pp.87, £9.50.     

Reducing our dependence on the car

Public Participation in Britain: A Classified Bibliography, Anthony Barker, Bedford Square Press, in association with the Royal Town Planning Institute, 1979, pp. 192, £6.95.

A Dilemma of Local Government, Discrimination in the Provision of Public Services, Paul R. Dimond, Constance Chanberlain, Wayne Hillyard, Lexington Books, 1979, pp. 319, £13.00.

The Political Economy of Health, Lesley Doyal with Imogen Pennell, Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 360, £4.95 (paperback) £10.00 (hardback).

Crisis and Legitimacy, The Administrative Process and American Government, James O. Freedman, Cambridge University Press, 1979, pp. 324, £11.50.

Technostructures and Interorganisa‐tional Relations, David F. Gillespie, Dennis S. Mileti, Lexington Books, 1979, pp. 151, £11.00.

The Political Economy of the Welfare State, Ian Gough, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 196, £4.95 (paperback) £10.00 (hardback).

The Department of Education and Science, Sir William Pile, George Allen and Unwin, 1979, pp. 247, £10.00.

Administrative Secrecy in Developed Countries, edited by Donald C. Rowat, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 364, £10.00.

Small Towns and Small Towners: A Framework for Survival and Growth, B. E. Swanson, R. A. Cohen, and E. P. Swanson, foreword by Harold S. Williams, Sage Publications, 1979, pp. 278, £4.25 (paperback) £8.50 (hardback).     

Facilitating officer/councillor relationships — Meeting the Post‐Widdicombe challenge

Democracy Rediscovered, Margaret Simey, Pluto Press, 1988, pp. 138, £14.95.

Stalker, John Stalker, Harrap, 1988, pp. 288, £12.95 (hardback).

Public Sector Pay. Review of 1987: Prospects for 1988, KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock, Public Finance Foundation, IDS Public Sector Unit, 1988, £25;

Salaries and Benefits in Local Government Practice, IDS Public Sector Unit, KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock, 1988.

Urban Development Corporations: Six years in London's Docklands, Docklands Consultative Committee, (Unit 4 Stratford Office Village, 4 Romford Rd, London E15 4EA), 1988, pp. 44, £5 + p&;p.

Public Policy‐Making for Local Government, J. A. Chandler, Croom Helm Studies in Public Policy‐Making, Croom Helm, 1988, pp. 202, £25.00 (hardback) and £9.95 (paperback).

Local Government in the Community, Colin Mellors and Nigel Copperthwaite, pp. 233 + pp. 6 select bibliography, ICSA Publications Ltd., Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge, 1987, £14.95 (paperback).     

Book reviews

Ethnic Pluralism and Public Policy, edited by Nathan Glazer and Ken Young, Heinemann Educational Books, 1983, pp. 303, £6.50 paperback.

Omega Report: Local Government Policy, Adam Smith Institute, 1983, pp. 81, £5.00.

Planning for Priority Groups, H. Glennerster with N. Korman and F. Marslew‐Wilson, Martin Robertson, 1983, pp. 202, £5.50 paperback.

Urban Economic Development: New Roles and Relationships, edited by Ken Young and Charlie Mason, Macmillan (Public Policy and Politics Series), 1983, pp. 236, £15.00 hardback, £6.50 paperback.

Educational Policy Making: An Analysis, D.A. Howell and Roger Brown, Heinemann, 1983, pp. 135, £4.50 paperback.

The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist Slate, Christopher Ham and Michael Hill, Wheatsheaf, 1984, pp. 210, £15.95 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Developments in British Politics, edited by H. Drucker, P. Dunleavy, A. Gamble and G. Peele, Macmillan, 1983, pp. 326, £4.95 paperback.     

Books received

The Politics of Local Expenditure, K. Newton and T.J. Karran, Macmillan, 1985, pp. 165, £5.95 paperback.

Welfare Bureaucracies, David Billis, Heinemann, 1984, pp. 252, £11.50 paperback.

Paying for Welfare, Howard Glennerster, Black well, 1985, pp. xi + 273, £7.50.

School Governing Bodies, M. Kogan, D. Johnson, T. Packwood and T. Whitaker, Heinemann Educational Books, 1984, pp. 210, £18.50 hardback, £8.50 paperback.

Something in the Air, Andrew Blowers, Harper and Row, 1984, pp. 359, £6.95.

Controlling the Constable: Police Accountability in England and Wales, Tony Jefferson and Roger Grimshaw, Frederick Muller/The Cobden Trust, 1984, pp. 205, £18.95 hardback, £7.95 paperback.     

Regeneration,partnerships and communities: Towards an ideology for the third way

Government by Consent: The Principle and Practice of Accountability in Local Government, Margaret Simey, Bedford Square Press, pp. 53, £2.95.

Local Democracies: A Study in Comparative Local Government, Margaret Bowman and William Hampton (eds), Longman, Cheshire, 1983, pp. 207, £6.95 paperback.

Fiscal Tiers: the Economics of Multilevel Government, David King, George Allen and Unwin in association with The Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, The Australian National University, 1984, pp. vii + 326. No price given.

Fiscal Decentralisation, Thomas Wilson (ed.), Anglo‐German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, 1984, pp. vii + 197, £8,80.

Community Action for Change, Ray Lees and Majorie Mayo, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984, pp. 208, £6.95 paperback.

Women's Committees: A Study of Gender and Local Policy Formulation, Working Paper no. 45, S. Button, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, 1984, pp. 110, £4.20 paperback.

The Idea of Neighbourhood, What Local Politics Should be about, J. Seabrook, Pluto Press, 1984, pp. 147, £3.95 paperback.     

Management services and the efficient use of resources—report on a workshop

The Politics of the Urban Crisis, Andrew Sills, Gillian Taylor and Peter Golding, Hutchinson, 1988, pp. 180, £12.95 (paperback).

Providing Public Services that Serve the Public, Joyce Epstein et al. (eds), Anglo‐German Foundation, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP, 1989, pp. 204, £7.50 (paperback).

Human Resource Management in Local Government, Alan Fowler, Longman, 1988, pp. 122, £7.95.

Popular Attitudes to State Welfare Services: A Growing Demand for Alternatives?, P. Saunders and C. Harris, Social Affairs Unit, 9 Chesterfield St., London W1, 1989, pp. 36, £3.00.

Channel Tunnel: Vicious Circle ‐ The Impact of the Channel Tunnel on the North of England, Kerry Hamilton and Abigail Gregory, available from CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) Alberton House, St Mary's Parsonage, Manchester M3 2WJ, pp. 111, £10.00.

Millwall in the Community, Chris Lightbown and Chris Schwarz, Millwall FC, 1988, pp. 49, £5.50

Housing and Social Change in Europe and the USA, Michael Ball, Michael Harloe and Maartje Martens, Routledge, 1988, pp. 222, £30 (hardback).

Privatization in Less Developed Countries, P. Cook and C. Kirkpatrick (eds), Wheatsheaf Books, Sussex, 1988, pp. xix + 315, £35.00 (hardback), £9.95 (paperback).

Regional Structural Change and Industrial Policy in International Perspective: United States, Great Britain, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Jens Hesse (ed.), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden‐Baden, 1988, pp. 596, 187 DM.

British Coal Enterprise ‐ A first assessment, Glyn Owen, Special Report No. 3, Coalfield Communities Campaign (Enterprise Centre, 1 Pontefract Road, Barnsley S71 1AJ), 1988, pp. 28, £10.00.

Electricity, Linked Industries and Privatisation, Brian Gladstone and Damien Dewhirst, Special Report No. 4, Coalfield Communities Campaign, 1988, pp. 56, £10.00.     

Book notes

Habitat : Human Settlements in an Urban Age, Angus McGunn, Pergamon Press, 1978, pp. 272, price unknown.

Decision Making for Energy Futures, David Pearce, Lynne Edwards and Geoff Beuret, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 296, £10.00.

Party Politics in Local Government: Officers and Members, Royal Institute of Public Administration, Policy Studies Institute, 1980, pp. 50, £2.50.

District Trends 1980, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, 1980, pp. 45, free.

Housing the Disabled, John Hunt and Lesley Hayes, Torfaen Borough Council (with the support of Cwmbran Development Corporation), 1980, pp.204, £3.95 (paperback).

The West Riding County Council, 1889–1974 Historical Studies, B. J. Barber and M. W. Beresford, West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, 1979, pp. 262, price unknown.

Public Administration: The Political Environment, Roger Stacey and John Oliver, MacDonald and Evans (BEC Books), 1980, pp. 296, £4.95 (paperback).

How to Run Committees and Meetings, Michael Locke, Papermac (Macmillan Press), 1980, pp. 190, £2.95 (paperback), £10.00 (hardback).

The Politics of Positive Discrimination: An Evaluation of the Urban Programme, 1967–77, John Edwards and Richard Batley, Tavistock Publications Ltd., 1978, pp. 287, £4.25 (paperback).

Urban Deprivation and the Inner City, Colin Jones (Editor), Croom Helm, 1979, pp. 218, £9.95 (hardback).

Urban Harvest: Urban Renewal in Retrospect and Prospect, Stanley Mill‐ward (Editor), Geographical Publications Ltd., 1977, pp. 266, £8.25 (hardback).     

The personal social services

The Future of London's Government: Research and Consultation Project by the Greater London Council, GLC, March 1986, pp.240. (Free ‐ available from Room 708, London Strategic Policy unit,. Middlesex House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SB.)

Welfare Rights Work in Social Services, Geoff Fimister, Macmillan, 1986, pp.166, £15.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

The Structure of Local Government in the European Community and The Structure of Local Government in 20 Arab Countries, compiled by Eileen Martin Harloff, WLA, The Hague, 1986, pp.74 and 64 respectively, each $6.00 IULA members; $10,000 others.

Decentralized Economic Development Activities and their Implications for In‐Service Training, Andrew Coulson, Local Government Training Board, 1986, pp.10, £6.00 (£3.00 for local authorities).

Council Non‐Manual Workers and Low Pay, Nasreen Rahman, Low Pay Pamphlet No. 41, Low Pay Unit, June 1986, £3.00.     

5.7 Environmental health service

Independent Local Politics in England and Wales,. W. P. Grant,. Farnborough: Saxon House, 1977, pp. 112. + vi, £7.50.

Organisation: A Guide to Problems and Practice, John Child, Harper and Row, 1977, pp. 243, £4.95 (hardback), £2.95 (paperback).

Emergency Employment—A Study in Federalism, Howard W. Hallman, University of Alabama Press, 1977, pp. 207, $11.50.

Commission for Local Administration in England — A Preliminary Appraisal, N. Lewis and B. Gateshill, R.I.P.A., 1978, pp. 68, £2.20.

Neighbourhoods and the Urban Economy, Benjamin Goldstein and Ross Davis (eds.), Lexington Books, 1977, pp. 160, £8.50.

Fiscal Management and Planning in Local Government, James C. Snyder, Lexington Books, 1977, pp. 306, £8.75.

Productivity in Local Government, Frederick O'R. Hayes, Lexington Books, 1977, pp. 295, £13.75.

Organisation and Staff Resources for Area Improvement, Part 1: General Approach, by The National Building Agency, November 1977, pp. 24, £1.00.     

Book reviews

Legality and Politics, Lee Bridges, Chris Game, Owen Lomas, Jeremy McBride and Stewart Ranson, Avebury (Gower), 1987, pp. 147, £18.50 (hardback).

The Regeneration of Local Economies, Hugh Morison, Clarendon Press, 1987, pp. 212, £19.50 (hardback).

Public Issues, Private Pain ‐ Poverty, Social Work and Social Policy, Saul Becker and Stewart MacPherson (eds), Social Services Insight Books, 1988, £9.95.

The Local State and Uneven Development: Behind the Local Government Crisis, J . Duncan and M. Goodwin, Polity Press, 1988, pp. xviii + 297, £8.95.

Opening The Town Hall Door: An Introduction to Local Government, Jane Hutt, Bedford Square Press, pp. 96, 1988, £4.95 (paperback).

Finances et Pouvoirs Local: L'Experience Allemande, Vincent Hoffmann‐Martinot, puf/GRAL, Paris, 1987, pp. x + 352.

The Structure of Local Government in Europe, Eileen Martin Harloff, International Union of Local Authorities, The Hague, 1987, pp. 170.

Administering Central‐Local Relations, 1871–1919: The Local Government Board in its Fiscal and Cultural Context, Christine Bellamy, Manchester University Press, 1988, pp. 301, £29.95.

A History of Warwickshire County Council 1889–1989, D. J. Mitchell, Warwickshire County Council, 1988, pp. 249, £12.50.

Practical Charging Policies for Local Government, S. J. Bailey, Discussion Paper 20, Public Finance Foundation, 1988, pp. xvi + 181, £8.00.

Where to Find Business Information ‐ BiC Guidelines, Business in the Community and The Planning Exchange, 1987, pp. 22, £6.00.

Promotion and Publicity for Enterprise Agencies ‐ BiC Guidelines, Business in the Community and The Planning Exchange, 1987, pp. 23, £6.00. (Both available from The Planning Exchange, 186 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HG.)

Performance Related Pay, A Fowler, Southern Provincial Employers’ Organization, 1988, pp. 65, £6.00.

Priority Hiring and Customized Training: A Guide to Employers and Agencies, Business in the Community (227A City Road, London EC1V 1LX), pp. 32, 1988, no price given.     

Book notes

John Connell, The End of Tradition, Country Life in Central Surrey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp. 231, £6.95.

Cheryl Parsons, Schools in an Urban Community. A Study of Carbrook, 1870–1965, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp. 155, £5.95.

Peter R. Rowe, J. Mixon, B. A. Smith, J. B. Blackburn Jr., G. L. Calloway and J. L. Gervirtz, Principles for Local Environmental Management, Ballinger Publishing Co., 1978, pp. 272, £10.40.

Frank Stacey, Ombudsmen Compared, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1978, pp. 256, £10.00.

Hugh Stretton, Urban Planning in Rich and Poor Countries, Oxford University Press, 1978, pp. 220, £4.50 hardback, £2.25 paperback.

F. J. Lyden and E. G. Miller, Public Budgeting, Program Planning and Evaluation, Rand McNally Third Edition, 1978, pp. 460, £7.50.

Ivor H. Seeley, Local Government Explained, Macmillan, 1978, pp. 202, £10.00 hardback, £3.95 paperback.

Paul N. Balchin and Jeffrey L. Kieve, Urban Land Economics, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 478, £4.95.

David J. Bartholomew and Andrew F. Forbes, Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, John Wiley and Sons, 1979, pp. 247 & appendices, £14.75.

R. G. S. Brown, Reorganising the National Health Service, Martin Robertson and Basil Blackwell, 1979, pp. 232, £8.95.

Gary Craig, Marjorie Mayo and Nick Sharman, Jobs and Community Action, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, £5.95 paperback.

Paul Halmos, The Personal and the Political. Social Work and Political Action, Hutchinson University Library, 1978, pp. 200, £2.95.

Graham C. Hockley, Public Finance, An Introduction, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, pp. 448, £9.95 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

John Irvine, Ian Miles and Jeff Evans (eds.), Demystifying Social Statistics, Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 450, £8.50 hardback, £4.95 paperback.

C. Perrow, Complex Organisations. A Critical Essay, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1979 (second edition), pp. 270, £4.50.     

Book notes

Housing Year Book 1983, Longman Community Information Guides, Longman, 1983, pp. 440, £22.00.

Public Expenditure and Leisure: A Study of Central‐Local Relations, W.D. Hamilton, Polytechnic of North London, Papers in Leisure Studies No. 8 1983, pp. 35 £1.50.

Local Authorities and Land Supply, Susan Barrett and Gill Whitting, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Occasional Paper No. 10, University of Bristol, 1983, pp. 87, £5.35.

Speed, Economy and Effectiveness in Local Plan Preparation and Adoption, C. Fudge, C. Lambert, J. Underwood and P. Healey, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Occasional Paper No. 11, University of Bristol, 1983, pp. 150, £7.40.

The Capitalist State, Bob Jessop, Martin Robertson, 1982, pp. 296, £17.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Homes Fit for People, Family Services Unit Discussion Paper, 1983, pp. 48, £1.00.     

Book reviews

Consuming Public Services, Nicholas Deakin and Anthony Wright (eds), 1990, pp. ix + 222, Routledge, £30.00.

Managing under Pressure: Industrial Relations in Local Government, Martin Laffin, 1989, pp. 207, Macmillan, £30.00 hardback, £8.95 paperback.

Targeting Urban Employment Initiatives, Ivan Turok and Urlan Wannop, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £8.50.

Tourism and the Inner City: An Evaluation of the Impact of Grant Assisted Tourism Projects, Polytechnic of Central London, Leisureworks and DRV Research, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £15.50.

Five Year Review of the Bolton, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Programme Authorities, PEIDA Ltd, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £16.50.

Getting People into Jobs: Good Practice in Urban Regeneration, Keith Hayton, Department of the Environment, (Inner Cities Directorate) HMSO, 1990, £13.00.

US Experience in Evaluating Urban Regeneration: Reviews of Urban Research, Tim Barnekov, Douglas Hart and Wilhelm Benfer, Department of the Environment (Inner Cities Directorate), HMSO, 1990, £7.70.

American Development Control: Parallels and Paradoxes from an English Perspective, Richard Wakeford, HMSO, 1990, pp. 277, £25.00.

Urban Government in the 1990s: Lessons from the USA, Robin Hambleton, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, 1990, pp. 129, £7.45.

Shropshire County Council: A Centenary History, D. C. Cox, Shropshire County Council, 1989, pp. 104, £5.95.

A History of Devon County Council 1889–1989, Jeffrey Stanyer, Devon Books, 1989, pp. 105, £3.95.

Government and County. A History of Northamptonshire County Council 1889–1989, Jonathan Bradley, University of Bristol Press, pp. 280.

Political Parties and Coalitions in European Local Government, Colin Mellors and Bert Pijnenburg (eds), Croom Helm, 1989, pp. 311, £35.00.

London 2001, Peter Hall, Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 226, £17.95

Abolition: The Reform of Metropolitan Government in England 1983–86: A Review and Bibliography, Ken Young and Lesley Grayson, 1988, Technical Communications, pp. 186.     

Review Article: Richard rose and territorial politics

Understanding the United Kingdom: The Territorial Dimension in Government, Richard Rose, Longman, 1982, pp. 228, £4.95 (paperback).

The Territorial Dimension in United Kingdom Politics, Peter Madgwick and Richard Rose (eds), Macmillan, 1982, pp. viii + 256, £25.00.

United Kingdom Facts, Richard Rose and Ian McAllister, Macmillan, 1982, pp. x + 168, £30.00.     

5.2 Education

Growth and Change in the Future City Region. T. Hancock, ed. Leonard Hill, 1976, pp. 262, £6.95.

Efficiency in the Social Services. Alan Williams and Robert Anderson, Basil Blackwell, 1975 pp. 147, £4.50.

Housing Policy and the Housing System. Alan Murie, Pat Niner and Christopher Watson, Allen &; Unwin, 1976, pp. 282, £6.95.

The Sale of Council Houses (A Study in Social Policy). Alan Murie, University of Birmingham, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Occasional Paper No. 35, 1976, pp. 166, £4.00.

The Power of the Purse: The Role of European Parliaments in Budgetary Decisions. David Coombes et al. (PEP), George Allen &; Unwin, 1976, pp. 393, £8.95 (hardback).

Government and the Planning Process P. H. Levin, George Allen &; Unwin Ltd., 1975, pp. 337, £6.50.

On Management. Harvard Business Review, Heinemann, 1975, pp. 751, £7.50.

Toward a Critical Administrative Theory. William H. Dunn and Bahman Fozouni, Sage Professional Paper in Administrative and Policy Studies, 1976, pp. 76, £1.50.

The Urban Criminal. J. Baldwin and A. E. Bottoms in collaboration with Monica A. Walker, Tavistock, 1976, pp. 262 £6.50, Social Science Paperback, £3.40.