Book reviews

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KEITH JOSEPH Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett
JUNK SCIENCE JUDO: SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST HEALTH SCARES AND SCAMS Steven J. Milloy
THE END OF GLOBALIZATION: A NEW AND RADICAL ANALYSIS OF GLOBALIZATION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR BUSINESS Alan Rugman
JAPAN'S ECONOMIC DILEMMA: THE INSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS OF PROSPERITY AND STAGNATION Bai Gao
AYN RAND AND BUSINESS Donna Greiner and Theodore Kinni
ETHICS AS SOCIAL SCIENCE: THE MORAL PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL COOPERATION Leland B. Yeager
US BANK DEREGULATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Charles W. Calomiris
THE COMPLETE A-Z ECONOMICS HANDBOOK Nancy Wall     

Books reviews

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HAYEK'S CHALLENGE: ANINTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF F. A. HAYEK Bruce Caldwell
TAX REFORMIN CANADA Herbert Grubel (ed.)
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT: THE GROWING THRE AT TO CIVIL LIBERTIES FROM ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS David E. Bernstein
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DARK: THE SPECIAL ADVISER IN BRITISH POLITICS Andrew Blick
AUTOCRATIC, DEMOCRATIC, AND OPTIMAL GOVERNMENT: FISCAL CHOICES AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES William A. Niskanen
INFLATION-INDEXED SECURITIES: BONDS, SWAPS & OTHER DERIVATIVES (2nd edn.) Mark Deacon, Andrew Derry and Dariush Mirfendereski     

WINTER BOOKS SPECIAL

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THE WAGE CURVE David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald
THE ROTTEN HEART OF EUROPE Bernard Connolly
NEW ZEALAND: MARKET LIBERALISATION IN A DEVELOPED ECONOMY Patrick Massey
OVERCOMING LAW Richard A. Posner
THE RETURN OF THE STRONG; THE DRIFT TO GLOBAL DISORDER Robert Harvey
THE PATH TO POWER Margaret Thatcher
BRITISH BUSINESS HISTORY, 1720–1994 John F. Wilson
THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY: FROM LOCKE TO KEYNES AND FRIEDMAN Mark Blaug, Walter Eltis, Denis O'Brien, Don Patinkin, Robert Skidelsky and Geoffrey Wood
HIGH INFLATION: THE ARNE RYDE MEMORIAL LECTURES Daniel Heymann and Axel Leijonhuvfud     

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CULTURE AND ENTERPRISE: THE DEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTATION AND MORALITY OF BUSINESS Don Lavoie and Emily Chamlee-Wright Mark Pennington
FAMOUS FABLES OF ECONOMICS: MYTHS OF MARKET FAILURES Daniel F. Spulber (ed.)
A STAKE I N THE FUTURE: A STAKEHOLDING SOLUTION John Plender
DR. STRANGELOVE'S GAME: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ECONOMIC GENIUS Paul Strathern
IN DEFENCE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM Johan Norberg
THE RACE TO THE TOP Tomas Larsson
FASCIST EUROPE RISING: THE REPRESSION AND RESURGENCE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONS Rodney Atkinson     

THEORY, POLICY AND ARROW

Books reviewed in this article:
George R. Feiwel (ed.) Arrow and the Ascent of the Modern Economic Theory.
George R. Feiwel (ed.) Arrow and the Foundations of the Theory of Economic Policy.     

Books

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Markets Not Stakes: The Triumph of Capitalism and the Stakeholder Fallacy Patrick Minford
Essays: Moral, Political and Economic Sir Samuel Brittan
Economics as a Moral Science: The Political Economy of Adam Smith Jeffrey T. Young
Classical Liberalism and International Economic Order: Studies in Theory and Intellectual History Razeen Sally
Limited Government, Individual Liberty and the Rule of Law: Selected Works of Arthur Asher Shenfield Norman Barry (ed.)
An Illustrated Guide to the British Economy Bill Jamieson
Transport Policy in Britain Stephen Glaister, June Burnham Handley Stevens and Tony Travers     

Books

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Property Rights and Competition: An Essay on the Constitution of Capitalism Wolfgang Kasper
The Gold Standard in Theory and History (2nd edn.) Barry Eichengreen and
History of Banking II, 1844–1959 Duncan M. Ross (ed.)
Institutions and the Evolution of Modern Business Mark Casson and
Profits and Morality Robin Cowan and
Libertarians and Liberalism: Essays in Honour of Gerard Radnitzky Hardy Bouillon (ed.)
Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism Edward L. Hudgins (ed.)
After Maastricht: A Guide to European Monetary Union John Grahl
The Economics of Organised Crime Gianluca Fiorentini and
Profitability, Mechanization and Economies of Scale Dudley Jackson     

Shorter Reviews

Books reviewed Kleinman, Mark, Housing, welfare and the state in Europe. A comparitive analysis of Britain, France and Germany Kim, Won Bae, Mike Douglass and Sang-Choe (eds.), Culture and the city in East Asia Toepel, Kathleen, Zusammenwirken von nationaler und europäischer Regionapolitik in den neuen Bundesländern: eine kritische Bilanz Blowers, Andrew and Bob Evans (eds.) Town planning into the 21st century     

Book reviews

RETHINKING THE FUTURE Rowan Gibson MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT: STRATEGY AND PRACTICE Jean Woodhall and Diane Winstanley RESTRUCTURING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP Duncan Gallie, Michael White, Yuan Cheng and Mark Tomlinson EXPERIENCING HRM C. Mabey, D. Skinner and T. Clark     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Industry and Society in Europe: Stability and Change in Britain, Germany and France Christel Lane Labour Relations and Political Change in Eastern Europe John Thirkell, Richard Scase, Sarah Vickerstaff (Eds.) Politics and Ideology in the Italian Workers’ Movement Gino Bedani The Puzzle of Strikes: Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy Roberto Franzosi The Politics of Quality in the Public Sector Ian Kirkpatrick & Miguel Martinez Lucio (Eds.) Making Quality Critical: New Perspectives on Organizational Change Adrian Wilkinson & Hugh Willmott (Eds.) Cold War in the Working Class: The Rise and Decline of the United Electrical Workers Ronald Filippelli and Mark McColloch The New Industrial Relations In Australia Ian Hunt and Chris Provis (Eds) Mediation of Industrial Disputes Macken, J. J. and Gregory, G. Negotiation as a Social Process Kramer, R. M. and Messick, D. M. (Eds.)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Industrial Relations in the New Europe A. Ferner and R. Hyman (Eds.) Bulletin of Comparative Industrial Relations. No. 23. 1992 Special Issue. Workers' Participation: Influence on Management Decision-Making by Labour in the Private Sector R. Blanpain (Ed.) Technology and Work in German Industry N. Altmann, C. Koehler and P. Meil (Eds.) Training and Enterprise Councils: The Story So Far, Policy Studies Special Issue Economic Decline in Modern Britain: The Shipbuilding Industry, 1890–1970 Edward H. Lorenz The Evolution of Public Management: Concepts and Techniques for the 1990s Colin Duncan (Ed.) The Wapping Dispute Suellen M. Littleton Unfair Dismissal Malcolm Mead Longman Justice in Dismissal Hugh Collins Clarendon Press Life and work history analyses: Qualitative and quantitative developments S. Dex (Ed.) Women and Japanese Management: Discrimination and Reform Alice Lam Routledge     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in This Articles:
Phlips, Louis. Competition Policy: A Game Theoretic Perspective.
Wilson, Fiona. Organisational Behaviour and Gender.
Shaw, Jenny and Perros, Diane (Eds). Making Gender Work: Managing Equal Opportunities.
Clark, Jon. Managing Innovation and Change: People, Technology and Strategy.
Ashton, Robert, A. and Ashton, Alison Hubbard (Eds). Judgement and Decision Making Research In Accounting and Auditing.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Bernard Jouve and Christian Lefèvre, (eds.) Villes, métropoles. Les nouveaux territoires du politique Sheridan Bartlett, Roger Hart, David Satterthwaite, Ximena de la Barra and Alfredo Missair, Cities for children: children's rights, poverty and urban management Daniel J. Monti Jr., The American city: a social & cultural history Andrew E.G. Jonas and David Wilson, (eds.) The urban growth machine: critical perspectives two decades later Dieter Dettke, (ed.) The challenges of globalization for Germany's social democracy: a political agenda for the 21st century Gösta Esping‐Andersen, Social foundations of postindustrial economies Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams Working the Sahel: environment and society in northern Nigeria> Stefan Hedlund, Russia's ‘market’ economy. A bad case of predatory capitalism Alexander Reichl, Reconstructing Times Square: politics and culture in urban development David Byrne, Social exclusion OECD, The response of higher education institutions to regional needs Felix Driver and David Gilbert, (eds.) Imperial cities: landscape, display and identity     

Employment law and The European Community: review article

Book reviewed in this article: Business Transfers and Employee Rights John McMullen Butterworths Harmonization and Hazard: Regulating Workplace Health and Safety in the European Community Robert Baldwin and Terence Daintith (Eds.) EC Social Policy and 1992: Laws, Cases and Materials Union of Parts: Labor Politics in Postwar Germany Kathleen A. Thelen The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative Historical Context S. Tolliday and J. Zeitlin (Eds.) Trouble on Board: The Plight of International Seafarers Paul K. Chapman (Introduction by Clifford B. Donn) Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain . Howard Gospel Hard Cheese: A Study of Hotel and Catering Employment in Scotland Ian R. Macaulay and Roy C. Wood Working Miracles: Experiences of Jobs and Childcare Usha Brown and Louise Tait Scottish     

MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY

Books reviewed in this article:
Olivier Jean Blanchard and Stanley Fischer (1989) Lectures on Macroeconomics.
Keith Cuthbertson and Mark P. Taylor (1987) Macroeconomic Systems.
Andrew Stevenson, Vinantonio Muscatelli and Mary Gregory (1988) Macroeconomic Theory and Stabilisation Policy.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: European Industrial Relations: the Challenge of Flexibility Guido Baglioni and Colin Crouch (Eds.) Labor Relations in Europe: a History of Issues and Developments Hans Slomp Greenwood Non-Standard Forms of Employment in Europe. Part-time Work, Fixed Term Contracts and Temporary Work Contracts Partial Unemployment: The Regulation of Short-Time Working in Britain Erika M. Szyszczak A Portrait of Pay, 1970–1982: An Analysis of the New Earnings Survey M. B. Gregory and A. W. J. Thomson, (Eds.) Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries L. Calmfors (Ed.) Macroeconomics and the Wage Bargain: A Modern Approach to Employment, Inflation and the Exchange Rate W. Carlin and D. Unemployment and Wage Determination in Europe B. Holmlund and K. G. Lofgren (Eds.) Labor Economics: A Comparative Text Robert F. Elliot Trade Unions and Their Members P. Fosh and E. Heery (Eds.) The Sexuality of Organization J. Hearn, L. Sheppard, P. Tancred-Sheriff and G. Burrell (Eds.) Reshaping Work: The Cadbury Experience C. Smith, J. Child and M. Rowlinson Information Technology in European Services: Towards a Microelectronic Future John Child and Ray Loveridge     

Book Reviews

Mission And Business Philosophy: Winning Employee Commitment Andrew Campbell and Kiran Tawadey, Oxford:Heinemann Professional Publishing Changing Job Structures: Techniques For The Design of New Jobs And Organizations Michael Cross, Oxford:Heinemann Newnes, 1990 New Forms of Work Organization in Europe Peter Grootings, Bjorn Gustavsen and Lajos Hethy (eds.), New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1989 High Performance Work Systems: The Digital Experience David A. Buchanan and James McCalman, London: Routledge, 1989 The Economics of Human Resource Management Daniel Mitchell and Mahmood Zaidi (eds.), Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990 Creative Management Jane Henry (ed.), London: Open University\Sage Publications, 1991     

Book Reviews

Harvey, David, Justice, Nature & the Geography of Difference Jeffrey, Charlie, (ed.) The Regional Dimension of the European Union. Towards a Third Level in Europe? Keating, Michael and Jeffrey Loughlin (eds.)The Political Economy of Regionalism Le Galès, Patrick and Christian Lequesne, (eds.) Les Paradoxes des régions en Europe Grabner, Gernot and David Stark, (eds.) Restructuring networks in post-socialism. Legacies, linkages and localities Taylor, Ian, Karen Evans and Penny Fraser, A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield Caulfield, Jon and Linda Peake, (eds.) City Lives and City Forms. Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism Turnbull, Geoffrey K., Urban Consumer Theory Barringer, Herbert, Robert W. Gardner and Michael Levin Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States Hardy, Sally, Mark Hart, Albrechts Louis and Anastasios Katos An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this article:
Y oung , D avid W. The Managerial Process in Human Service Agencies
P oole , M ichael and M ansfield , R oger (Eds) Managerial Roles in Industrial Relations
C hang , Y. N. and C ampo -F lores , F ilemon Business Policy and Strategy
G odiwalla , Y ezdi M inoo , M einhart , W ayne A. and W arde , W illiam D. Corporate Strategy and Functional Management
H art , P. E. and C larke , R. Concentration in British Industry 1935–75
W ild , R ay Management and Production
S izer , J ohn (Ed.) Readings in Management Accounting
P en J an Modern Economics
P inder , C raig C. and M oore , L arry F. (Eds) Middle Range Theory and the Study of Organizations
K elly , J oe Organizational Behavior: Its Data, First Principles, and Applications
W oodward , J oan Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice (2nd edition)
C ummings , T homas G. Systems Theory for Organization Development
McF arland , D alton Innovation in the Metropolitan Hospital
S case , R ichard and G offee , R obert The Real World of the Small Business Owner
G arrett , J ohn Managing the Civil Service
C ooper , C ary L. (Ed) Developing Managers for the 1980s
R ivett , P atrick Model Building for Decision Analysis
J amieson , I an Capitalism and Culture: A Comparative Analysis of British and American Manufacturing Organizations
K ennedy , T homas European Labor Relations
I.D.E. (Industrial Democracy in Europe) Industrial Democracy in Europe
A.C.A.S Industrial Relations Handbook
C layre , A lasdair (Ed) The Political Economy of Cooperation and Participation-A Third Sector     

New Political Economy

Alberto Alesina and Nouriel Roubini with Gerald D. Cohen, Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy
Avinash K. Dixit, The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction-Cost Politics Perspective.
Gordon Pepper, Inside Thatcher's Monetarist Revolution