BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bestor, Theodore C. 1990: Neighborhood Tokyo. Lowe, P., T. Marsden and S. Whatmore 1990: Technological change and the rural environment. Marsden, T., P. Lowe and S. Whatmore (eds) 1990: Rural restructuring: global processes and their responses. Mingione, E. 1991: Fragmented societies: a sociology of economic life beyond the market paradigm. Schteingart, M. 1989: Los productores del espacio habitable: estado, empresa y sociedad en la Ciudad de Mexico. Ward, P. 1990: Mexico City: the production and reproduction of an urban environment.     

REVIEW ARTICLES

Eckstein, S. 1988: The poverty of revolution: the state and the urban poor in Mexico. Gilbert, A. and A. Varley 1991: Landlord and tenant: housing the poor in urban Mexico. Selby, H.A., A.D. Murphy and A. Lorenzen with I. Cabrera, A. Castañeda and L.I. Ruiz 1990: The Mexican urban household: organizing for self-defense. Clapham, D., P. Kemp and S.J. Smith 1990: Housing and social policy. Forrest, R., A. Murie and P. Williams 1990: Home ownership — differentiation and fragmentation. Malpass, P. and A. Murie 1990: Housing policy and practice. Morris, J. and M. Winn 1990: Housing and social inequality. Saunders, P. 1990: A nation of home owners.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Allen, J. and L. McDowell, 1989: Landlords and property; social relations in the private rented sector. Brake, K. 1988: Phönix in der Asche - New York verändert seine Stadtstruktur. Bratt, R. 1989: Rebuilding a low-income housing policy. Castells, M. 1989: The informational city. Chase-Dunn, C. 1989: Global formation: structures of the world-economy. Coleman, W. and H. Jacek (eds) 1989: Regionalism, business interests and public policy Damer, S. 1989: From Moorepark to Wine Alley - The rise and fall of a Glasgow housing estate. Gottdiener, M. and N. Komninos (eds), 1989: Capitalist development and crisis theory: accumulation, regulation and spatial restructuring. Hardoy, J. and D. Satterthwaite, 1989: Squatter citizen: life in the urban third world. Hirson, B. 1989: Yours from the Union: class and community struggles in South Africa 1930–1947. Lai, B.B. 1990: The romance of culture in an urban civilization: Robert E. Park on race and ethnic relations in cities. Mackenzie, S. 1969: Visible histories: women and environments in a post-war British city. Maguire, M. 1990: Work, employment and new technology: a case study of multinational investment in Northern Ireland. Montgomery, J. and Å. Thornley (eds), 1990: Radical planning initiatives: new directions for urban planning in the 1990s. Pennington, S. and B. Westover, 1989: A hidden workforce: homeworkers in England, 1850–1985. Prigge, W. and W. Kaib (eds), 1988: Sozialer Wohnungsbau im internationalen Vergleich. Schultz, S.K. 1989: Constructing urban culture: American cities and city planning, 1800–1920. Slater, D. 1989: Territory and state power in Latin America: the Peruvian case. Stewart, J. and G. Stoker (eds) 1989: The future of local government. Ward, D. 1989: Poverty, ethnicity, and the American city, 1840–1925: changing conceptions of the slum and the ghetto.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Brownill, S. 1990: Developing London's docklands: another great planning disaster? Campbell, M. (ed.) 1990: Local economic policy. Cloke, P. and J. Little 1990: The rural state? Limits to planning in rural society. Greed, C. 1990: Surveying sisters: women in a traditional male profession. Low, Nicholas P. 1990: Planning, politics and the state: political foundations of planning thought. Shidlo, G. 1990: Social policy in a non-democratic regime: the case of public housing in Brazil. Sachs, C. 1990: São Paulo: politiques publiques et habitat populaire. Thomas, H. and P. Healey with I. Crawley, S. Essex, S. Hendler, T. Kitchen, D. Nicholson, B. Pell, R. Swinbourne, N. Tibbs and J. Underwood 1991: Dilemmas of planning practice.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Dickens, P., 1990: Urban sociology: society, locality and human nature. Fothergill, S. and N. Guy, 1990: Retreat from the regions: corporate change and the closure of factories. Frieden, B.J. and L.B. Sagalyn, 1989: Downtown Inc.: how America rebuilds cities. Galt, A.H., 1991: Far from the church bells: settlement and society in an Apulian town. Hummon, D.M., 1990: Commonplaces: community ideology and identity in American culture. Keat, R. and N. Abercrombie (eds), 1991: Enterprise culture. Levine, M.V., 1990: The reconquest of Montreal: language policy and social change in a bilingual city. Lo, C., 1990: Small property versus big government. Phizacklea, A., 1990: Unpacking the fashion industry: gender, racism and class in production. Rodenstein, M., 1988: ‘Mehr Licht, mehr Luft’: Gesundheitskonzepte im Städtebau seit 1750. Stohr, W.B. (ed.), 1990: Global challenge and local response: initiatives for economic regeneration in contemporary Europe.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Behnken, I., M. du Bois-Reymond and J. Zinnecker 1989: Stadtgeschichte als Kindheitsgeschichte: Lebensraüme von Groβstadtkindern in Deutschland und Holland um 1900. Benton, L. 1990: Invisible factories: the informal economy and industrial development in Spain. King, D. and J. Pierre (eds) 1990: Challenges to local government. Pickvance, C. and E. Preteceille (eds) 1990: State restructuring and local power: a comparative perspective. Lowe, P. and M. Bodiguel (eds) 1990: Rural studies in Britain and France. Thornley, A. 1990: Urban planning under Thatcherism: the challenge of the market.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Amirahmadi, Hooshang 1990: Revolution and economic transition: the Iranian experience. Ben-Ari, Eyal 1991: Changing Japanese suburbia: a study of two present-day localities. Conroy, W.J. 1990: Challenging the boundaries of reform: socialism in Burlington. Krumholz, Norman and John Forester 1990: Making equity planning work: leadership in the public sector. Marcuse, Peter and F. Staufenbiel (eds) 1991: Wohnen und Stadtpolitik im Umbruch: Perspektiven der Stadterneuerung nach 40 Jahren DDR. Pyke, F., G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger (eds) 1990: Industrial districts and interfirm cooperation in Italy. Quesnel, Louise and Serge Belley (with the collaboration of J. Leveillee) 1991: Partis politiques municipaux: une étude de sociologie electorale.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Featherstone, M. (ed.), 1990: Global culture: nationalism, globalization and modernity. Fine, B., 1990: The coal question: political economy and industrial change from the nineteenth century to the present day. Hebbert, M. and J.C. Hansen (eds), 1990: Unfamiliar territory: the reshaping of European geography. Lange, P. and M. Regini (eds), 1990: State, market and social regulation: new perspectives on Italy. Villasante, T., J. Alguacil, C. Denche, A. Hernández Aja, C. Leon and I. Velázquez, 1990: Retrato de chabolista con piso: análisis de redes sociales en la remodelación de barrios de Madrid. Watson, S. (ed.), 1989: Playing the state: Australian feminist interventions.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Clark, Gordon L. 1989: Unions and communities under siege: American communities and the crisis of organized labor. Henderson, J. 1989: The globalisation of high technology production: society, space and the restructuring of the modern world. Holston, James 1989: The modernist city: an anthropological critique of Brasilia. Jasso, Guillermina and Mark R. Rosenzweig 1990: The new Chosen People; immigrants in the United States. Jessop, B. 1990: State theory: putting capitalist states in their place. Logan, J.R. and T. Swanstrom (eds) 1990: Beyond the city limits: urban policy and economic restructuring in comparative perspective. Watson, S. 1989: Accommodating inequality: gender and housing.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Assies, W., G. Burgwal and T. Salman, 1990: Structures of power, movements of resistance: an introduction to the theories of urban movements in Latin America. Lombardi, M. and D. Veiga (eds), 1989: Las ciudades en conflicto: una perspectiva latinoamericana. Breckner, I. et al., 1989: Armut im Reichtum: Erscheinungsformen, Ursachen und Handlungsstrategien in ausgewählten Großstädten der Bundesrepublik. Brumfield, W.C. (ed.), 1990: Reshaping Russian architecture: western technology, utopian dreams. Crompton, R. and K. Sanderson, 1990: Gendered jobs and social change. Portes, A., M. Castells and L.A. Benton (eds), 1989: The informal economy: studies in advanced and less developed countries. Ross, R.J.S. and K.C. Trachte, 1990: Global capitalism: the New Leviathan. Von Beyme, K., 1987: Der Wiederaufbau: Architektur und Städtebaupolitik in beiden deutschen Staaten.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bagguley, P., J. Mark-Lawson, D. Shapiro, J. Urry, S. Walby and A. Warde, 1990: Restructuring: place, class and gender. Dunford, M.F., 1988. Capital, the state and regional development. Harloe, M., C. Pickvance and J. Urry (eds), 1990: Place, policy and politics: do localities matter? Henckel, D. (ed.), 1988: Arbeitszeit, Betriebszeit, Freizeit. Auswirkungen auf die Raumentwicklung. Henckel, D., B. Grabow, H. Kunert-Schroth, E. Nopper and N. Rauch, 1989: Zeitstrukturen und Stadtentwicklung. Rodriguez-Lores, J. and G. Fehl (eds), 1988: Die Kleinwohnungsfrage. Zu den Ursprüngen des sozialen Wohnungsbaus in Europa. Schildt, A. and A. Sywottek (eds), 1988: Massenwohnung und Eigenheim. Urry, J., 1990: The tourist gaze: leisure and travel in contemporary societies. Wheelock, J., 1990: Husbands at home: the domestic economy in a post-industrial society.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Gans, Herbert J. 1991: People, plans, and policies: essays on poverty, racism, and other national urban problems. Leontidou, Lila 1990: The Mediterranean city in transition: social change and urban development. Plunz, Richard 1990: A history of housing in New York City: dwelling type and social change in the American metropolis. Sassen, S. 1991. The global city: New York, London, Tokyo. Shields, Rob 1991: Places on the margin: alternative geographies of modernity.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Clarke, Colin, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec (eds) 1990: South Asians overseas: migration and ethnicity. Gerecke, Kent (ed.) 1991: The Canadian city. Germain, Annick (ed.) 1991: L'Amènagement urbain: promesses et défis. Heinze, Rolf G. and Claus Offe (eds) 1990: Formen der Eigenarbeit. Theorie, Empirie, Vorschläge.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bale, John 1993: Sport, space and the city Birchall, J. (ed.) 1992: Housing policy in the 1990s. Cross, Malcolm (ed.) 1992: Ethnic minorities and industrial change in Europe and North America. King, R. (ed.) 1993: Mass migration in Europe: the legacy and the future. Townroe, Peter and Ron Martin (eds) 1992. Regional development in the 1990s: the British Isles in transition.     

Fast Fashion: Calculative Technologies and the Governance of Everyday Dress

Abstract

The speed at which contemporary fashion changes is such that the life of a garment can now be measured in a matter of weeks rather than months. The organisational consequences of operating in this environment are that fashion retailers have been prompted to adopt a range of quick response (QR) initiatives. QR involves responding promptly to the information contained within emerging sales trends while simultaneously accelerating the movement of product from factory to shop shelf. Drawing on the case of a UK fashion chain, this paper explores accounting's role in enacting QR. In addition, by deploying the theoretical framework of governmentality [Miller, P., & Rose, N. (1990). Governing economic life. Economy and Society, 19(1), 1–31; Rose, N., & Miller, P. (1992). Political power beyond the state: Problematics of government. British Journal of Sociology, 43(2), 173–205], the paper highlights the role of calculative technologies in the creation and sustenance of fast fashion and hence the governance of everyday dress.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Amis, P. and Lloyd, P. , editors, 1990: Housing Africa's urban poor. Champion, A. , editor, 1989: Counterurbanization: the changing pace and nature of population deconcentration. Johnson, J. and Salt, J. , editors, 1990: Labour migration: the internal geographical mobility of labour in the developed world. Costa, F.J., Dutt, A.K., Ma, L.J.C. and Noble, A.G. , editors 1989: Urbanization in Asia. Spatial dimensions and policy issues. Dröge, F. and Krämer-Badoni, T. 1987: Die Kneipe: zur Soziologie einer Kulturform. Ermisch, J. , editor, 1990: Housing and the national economy. Feagin, J.R. 1988: Free enterprise city: Houston in political and economic perspective. Fritsch, M. and Hull, Ch. , editors, 1987: Arbeitsplatzdynamik und Regionalentwicklung. Garside, P.L. and Hebbert, M. , editors, 1989: British regionalism, 1900–2000. Gyford, J., Leach, S. and Game, C. 1989: The changing politics of local government. Harlander, T., Hater, K. and Meiers, F. 1988: Siedeln in Not: Umbruch von Wohnungspolitik und Siedlungsbau am Ende der Weimarer Republik. Harvey, D. 1989: The condition of postmodernity. Johnston, R. 1989: Environmental problems: nature, economy and state. King, A. 1989: Urbanism, colonialism, and the world-economy: cultural and spatial foundations of the world urban system. King, A. 1989: Global cities: post imperialism and the internationalization of London. Mohan, J. , editor, 1989: The political geography of contemporary Britain. Scott, A. 1988: Metropolis. From the division of labor to urban form. Sills, A., Taylor, G. and Golding, P. 1988: The politics of the urban crisis.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Blasius, J. and J.S. Dangschat (eds) 1990: Gentrification. Aufwertung innerstädtischer Wohnviertel. Moehring, Eugene P. 1989: Resort city in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930–1970. Walton, John 1992: Western times and water wars: state, culture, and rebellion in California.     

Berlin transformations: another view

Books reviewed in this article: Hartmut Häußermann and Andreas Kapphan, Berlin: von der geteilten zur gespaltenen Stadt? Sozialräumlicher Wandel seit 1990 Stefan Krätke and Renate Borst, Berlin: Metropole zwischen Boom und Krise     

Berlin’s Transformations: Postmodern,Postfordist ... or Neoliberal?

Books reviewed in this article: Hartmut Häußermann and Andreas Kapphan, Berlin: von der geteilten zur gespaltenen Stadt? Sozialräumlicher Wandel seit 1990 Stefan Krätke and Renate Borst, Berlin: Metropole zwischen Boom und Krise     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Heinelt, H. and H. Wollmann (eds) 1992: Brennpunkt Stadt. Stadtpolitik und lokale Politikforschung in den 80er und 90er Jahren. Herlyn, Ulfert, Ulrich Lakemann and Barbara Lettko 1991: Armut und Milieu: Benachteiligte Bewohner in großstädtischen Quartieren. Jacobs, B. 1992: Fractured cities: capitalism, community and empowerment in Britain. Riese, H. 1990: Mieterorganisationen und Wohnungsnot: Geschichte einer sozialen Bewegung. Warwick, Dennis and Gary Littlejohn 1992: Coal, capital and culture: a sociological analysis of mining communities in West Yorkshire.