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NATIONAL STYLES OF REGULATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES David Vogel THE ADMINISTRATION OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A RESEARCH REPORT Alan Parker, Aidan Rose and John Taylor REGIONALISM IN EUROPEAN POLITICS Roger Morgan (ed.) PROMOTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Colin Mellors (ed.) THE NATIONAL WORLD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. A. W. Rhodes URBAN POLITICAL THEORY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISCAL STRESS Michael Goldsmith and Søren Vinadsen (eds) THE EVOLUTION OF SPATIAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF INNER-URBAN POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1968–1981 Paul Lawless Pion HOUSING LAND POLICY Yvonne Rydin A PRICE WORTH PAYING? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT GRANT AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Diana Leat, Sue Tester BRITISH STEEL: AN INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Heidrun Abromeit PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND THE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE COMMONS Vilma Flegmann Gower THE NATURE OF UNITED NATIONS BUREAUCRACIES David Pitt and Thomas Weiss (eds.) MAKING THE MANAGERIAL PRESIDENCY: COMPREHENSIVE REORGANIZATION PLANNING 1905–1980 Peri E Arnold POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HUNGARY Gy. Szoboszlai (ed). POLICY MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ASSESSMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Proceedings of a Seminar organized by Peat-Marwick and the RIPA Royal Institute of Public Administration