Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Gutkind, P. C. W. and Wallerstein, I. , editors, 1977: The political economy of contemporary Africa. Mellor, J. R. 1977: Urban sociology in an urbanized society. Ragon, M. 1977: L'architecte, le prince et la démocratie: vers une démocratisation de l'architecture. d'Arvois, A. 1977: L'architecture du Prince. Dialectiques 20 Burlen, K. 1978: L'idéologique des architectes. Lamy, B. et Robirosa, A. 1976: Evolution de la profession d’ architecte. Stretton, H. 1976: Capitalism, socialism and the environment. Walton, J. and Masotti, L. H. , editors, 1976: The city in comparative perspective. Harloe, M. , editor, 1977: Captive cities. Brown, A. A., Licari, J. A., Neuberger, E. , editors, 1974; Urban and social economics in market and planned economies Wieviorka, M. 1977: L'état, le patronat et les consommateurs.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Armstrong, P., A. Glyn and J. Harrison, 1991: Capitalism since 1945. Beynon, Huw, Ray Hudson and David Sadler, 1991: A tale of two industries: the contraction of coal and steel in the north east of England. Conway, Hazel, 1991: People's parks: the design and development of Victorian parks in Britain. Jaedicke, W., K. Ruhland, U. Wachendorfer, H. Wollman and H. Wonneberg, 1991: Lokale Politik im Wohlfahrtsstaat: Zur Sozialpolitik der Gemeinden und ihrer Verbände in der Beschäftigungskrise.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ashford, D.E. editor, 1980: Financing urban government in the welfare state. Blair, J. P. and Nachmias, D. editors, 1979: Fiscal retrenchment and urban policy. Buttel, F.H. and Newby, H. editors, 1980: The rural sociology of the advanced societies. Daniels, P. W. and Warnes, A. M. 1980: Movement in cities: spatial perspectives in urban transport and travel. Davidson, J. 1979: Political partnerships: neighbourhood residents and their council members. Hain, P. 1980: Neighbourhood participation. Saunders, P. 1979: Urban politics. A sociological interpretation. Hannerz, U. 1980: Exploring the city: inquiries toward an urban anthropology. Herbert, D. T. and Johnston, R. J. editors, 1980: Geography and the urban environment: progress in research and applications, volume III. King, A. D. 1976: Colonial urban development — culture, social power and environment. Press, I. and Smith, E. editors, 1980: Urban places and process — readings in the anthropology of cities. Lewis, R.A. and Rowland, R.H. 1979: Population redistribution in the USSR. It's (sic) impact on society, 1897–1977. Lloyd, P. 1980: The ‘young towns’ of Lima: aspects of urbanization in Peru. Parry Lewis, J. 1979: Urban economics: a set approach. Watkins, A. J. 1980: The practice of urban economics. Rees, G. and Rees, T. L. editors, 1980: Poverty and social inequality in Wales. Vickerman, R. 1980: Spatial economic behaviour.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ball, M. 1983: Housing policy and economic power: the political economy of owner occupation. Cannadine, D. editor, 1982: Patricians, power and politics in nineteenth-century towns. Cornuel, D. and Duriez, B. 1983: Le mirage urbain. Histoire du logement à Roubaix. Dunford, M. and Perrons, D. 1983: The arena of capital. Fainstein, S.S., Fainstein, N.I., Hill, R.C., Judd, D. and Smith, M.P. (with Armstead, P.J. and Keller, M. ) 1983: Restructuring the city. The political economy of urban redevelopment. Feagin, J. R. 1983: The urban real estate game: playing monopoly with real money. Goddard, J. B. and Champion, A. G. editors, 1983: The urban and regional transformation of Britain. Regional Studies Association 1983: Report of an inquiry into regional problems in the United Kingdom. Klaassen, L. H. and Molle, W. T. M. editors, 1983: Industrial mobility and migration in the European Community. Lea, D. A. M. and Chaudhri, D. P. editors, 1983: Rural development and the state: contradictions and dilemmas in developing countries. Lins, J. 1982: Mitbestimmung im Wohnbau Von Technokratenherrschaft zu konkreter Demokratie. Magnusson, W. and Sancton, A. editors, 1983: City politics in Canada. Offer, A. 1981: Property and politics 1870–1914: landownership, law, ideology and urban development in England. Pahl, R.E., Flynn, R. and Buck, N.H. 1983: Structures and processes of urban life Pons, V. and Francis, R. editors, 1983: Urban social research: problems and prospects. Rapoport, A. 1982: The meaning of the built environment. Sarin, M. 1982: Urban planning in the third world: the Chandigarh experience. Taylor, M. and Thrift, N. editors, 1982: The geography of multinationals. Wynot, E.D. 1983: Warsaw between the world wars: profile of the capital city in a developing land, 1918–39.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Beauregard, R. , editor, 1989: Economic restructuring and political response. Blanke, B., Heinelt, H. , and Macke, C.-W. 1987: Großstadt und Arbeitslosigkeitein Problemsyndrom im Netz lokaler Sozialpolitik. Block, F.R. 1988: Revising state theory: essays in politics and postindustrialism. Breckner, I. and Krummacher, M. 1985: Regionalentwicklung zwischen Technologieboom und Resteverwertung. Krummacher, M., Schrooten, F. and Wupper, H. 1986: Umbruch der Stadt — z. B. Bochum. Forrest, R. and Murie, A. 1988: Selling the welfare state: the privatisation of public housing. Gottdiener, M. 1987: The decline of urban politics: political theory and the crisis of the local state. Harris, A., Lloyd, G. and Newlands, D. 1988: The impact of oil on the Aberdeen economy. Huttman, E. and van Vliet, W. editors, 1988: Handbook of housing and the built environment in the United States. Keim, D. , editor, 1989: Arbeit an der Stadt: Plädoyers für eine selbstproduktive Politik der Stadtentwicklung. Lefèvre, Ch., Body-Gendrot, S. et al. 1988: Les villes des Etats-Unis. Peet, R. , editor, 1987: International capitalism and industrial restructuring: a critical analysis. Porteous, J.M. 1989: Planned to death: the annihilation of a place called Howdendyke. Prigge, W. , editor, 1987: Die Materialität des Städtischen: Stadtentwicklung im gesellschaftlichen Umbruch. Scott, A.J. 1988: New industrial spaces. Smith, M. P. 1988: City, state and market: the political economy of urban society. Solomos, J. 1988: Black youth, racism and the state: the politics of ideology and policy. Stoker, G. , 1988: The politics of local government. Tomlinson, R. and Addleson, M. , editors, 1988: Regional restructuring under apartheid: urban and regional policies in contemporary South Africa. Weiss, M. A. 1987: The rise of the community builders: the American real estate industry and American land planning. White, M. 1987. American neighbourhoods and residential differentiation. Wolch, J. and Dear, M. , editors, 1989: The power of geography, how territory shapes social life.     

Spaces of Extraction,Metropolitan Explosions: Planetary Urbanization and the Commodity Boom in Latin America

Through an exploration of the political economy of the current commodity boom in Latin America, and on the basis of recent appropriations of Henri Lefebvre's notion of planetary urbanization, this article proposes viewing spaces of resource extraction resulting from an escalating international demand for raw materials as particular morphological expressions of market‐driven processes of urbanization. Furthermore, the article draws on Lefebvre to argue that such burgeoning spaces of urbanization are the result of a contradictory tension between spatial homogenization—in the form of multiscalar governance frameworks and infrastructural programs—and territorial fragmentation—in the form of fixed capital allocations and state‐led spatial segregation. When considered jointly, these contradictory movements allow us to grasp fully the extent of the problematic explosion of spaces that, according to Lefebvre, characterizes capitalist urbanization. The article concludes by reflecting on the emancipatory promise that underlies the planetary extension of the urban form because, with the projection of material infrastructures required for resource extraction—especially information technologies—across the rural realm, local communities have been able to shed their isolated state and emerge as fully fledged political actors.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Aydalot, P. and Keeble, D. editors, 1988: High technology industry and innovative environments: the European experience. Ball, M., Harloe, M. and Martens, M. 1988: Housing and social change in Europe and the USA. Champion, A.G., Green, A., Owen, D., Ellin, D. and Coombes, M. 1987: Changing places: Britain's demographic, economic and social complexion. Cochrane, A. editor, 1987: Developing local economic strategies. Elkins, T.H. with Hofmeister, B. 1988: Berlin: the spatial structure of a divided city. Forbes, D. and Thrift, N. editors, 1987: The socialist third world. Urban development and territorial planning. Gurr, T.R. and King, D. 1987: The state and the city. Hall, P. and Preston, P. 1988: The carrier wave. New information technology and the geography of innovation, 1846–2003. Häußermann, H. and Siebel, W. 1987: Neue Urbanität. Markusen, A.R. 1987: Regions: the economics and politics of territory. Marshall, G., Newby, H., Rose, D. and Vogler, C. 1988: Social class in modern Britain. Mullings, L. editor, 1987: Cities of the United States: studies in urban anthropology. Palma, J.C. editor, 1986; Los movimientos sociales en Puebla, 2 volumes. Parkinson, M., Foley, B. and Judd, D. editors 1988: Regenerating the cities: the UK crisis and the American experience. Power, A. 1987: Property before people: the management of twentieth-century council housing. Relph, E. 1987: The modern urban landscape. Schaffer, D. 1988: Two centuries of American planning. Smith, D. 1988: The Chicago School: a liberal critique of capitalism.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Agnew, J., Mercer, J. and Sopher, D. editors, 1984: The city in cultural context. Blowers, A. 1984: Something in the air: corporate power and the environment. Boddy, M. and Fudge, C. editors, 1984: Local socialism? Seabrook, J. 1984: The idea of neighbourhood: what local politics should be about. Clark, T.N. and Ferguson, L.C. 1983: City money. Political processes, fiscal strain and retrenchment. Sbragia, A.M. editor, 1983: The municipal money chase. The politics of local government finance. Cope, D.R., Hills, P. and James, P. editors, 1984: Energy policy and land-use planning: an international perspective. Daunton, M.J. editor, 1984: Councillors and tenants: local authority housing in English cities?, 1919–1939. Davies, T., Mason, C. and Davies, L. 1984: Government and local labour market policy implementation. Dawson, A.H. 1984: The land problem in the developed economy. Gore, C. 1984: Regions in question: space, development theory and regional policy. Redclift, M. 1984: Development and the environmental crisis. Red or green alternatives. Greer, A.L. and Greer, S. editors, 1983: Cities and sickness: health care in urban America. King, A. 1984: The bungalow. The production of a global culture. Leitner, H. 1983: Gastarbeiter in der städtischen Gesellschaft: Segregation, Integration und Assimilation von Arbeitsmigranten Am Beispiel jugoslawischer Gastarbeiter in Wien. O'Connor, A. 1983: The African city. O'Connor, J. 1984: Accumulation crisis. Pahl, R.E. 1984: Divisions of labour. Palen, J.J. and London, B. editors, 1984: Gentrification, displacement and neighborhood revitalization. Papadakis, E. 1984: The Green Movement in West Germany. Peil, M. and Sada, P.O. 1984: African urban society. Preteceille, E. and Terrail, J. 1985: Capitalism, consumption and needs. Rodwin, L. and Hollister, R.M. 1984: Cities of the mind: images and themes of the city in the social sciences. Schoorl, J.W., van der Linden, J.J. and Yap, K.S. editors, 1983: Between Basti dwellers and bureaucrats: lessons in squatter upgrading in Karachi. Sharpe, L.S. and Newton, K. 1984: Does politics matter? The determinants of public policy. Walton, J. 1984: Reluctant rebels. Comparative studies of revolution and underdevelopment. White, P. 1984: The west European city: a social geography. ARAU 1984: Bruxelles vu par ses habitants—quinze années d'action urbaine. Wild, T. editor, 1983: Urban and rural change in West Germany.     

Comptes rendus: The political economy of housing in Britain

Book reviewed in this article: Murie, A., Niner, P. and Watson, C. 1976: Housing policy and the housing system (HPHS). Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series , Volume I, No. I, Houses and people in the city (HPC), 1976. Antipode , Urban political economy issue (UPE) (ed M. Boody) Political Economy of Housing Workshop (PEHW) of the Conference of Socialist Economists 1975: Political economy and the housing question (PEHQ). Political Economy of the Housing Workshop of the Conference of Socialist Economists 1976: Housing and Class in Britain (HCB). National Community Development Project 1976: Whatever happened to council housing? (WHCH). National Community Development Project 1976: Profits against houses: an alternative guide to housing finance (PAH). Marx, K. edn. 1970: Capital, Volume 1. Nell, E. 1972: Economics: the revival of political economy. Broadbent, T. A. 1977: Planning and profit in the urban economy. Centro di Ricerche sui Modi di Produzione (a cura di Enzo Mingione) 1977: L'uso del territorio in Cina. Darke, R. and Walker, R. editors, 1977: Local government and the public. Sewell, W. and Coppock, J. , editors, 1977: Public participation in planning. Hart, D. A. 1976: Strategic planning in London: the rise and fall of the primary road network. Hayden, D. 1976: Seven American utopias: the architecture of communitarian socialism, 1790–1975. C. G. Pickvance , IJURR/RIRUR, Beverley Farm, University of Kent, Canterbury, England.     

The Political Economy of Low Inflation

What are the politics of inflation? This question is usually raised solely when inflation rates are high. All levels of inflation, however, high and low, are the outcome of political conflicts. But no current approach to the study of inflation — sociological, neoclassical, modern political economy — adequately captures the full range of political issues at stake, and this leads to problems for both theory and policy. This paper critiques the existing perspectives on inflation and then focuses on three theoretical issues raised by those critiques: the economic costs of inflation; the concept of monetary neutrality from economic and political perspectives; and the importance of disaggregating economic growth statistics. Finally, the paper introduces and explores a contending approach to the analysis of the political economy of inflation: a ‘micro‐politics’ perspective. This approach is the only one to address the politics of low inflation, which is of great significance for contemporary political economy.     

Book Reviews

Sanford M. Jacoby, Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism since the New Deal Peter Ackers, Chris Smith and Paul Smith (eds), The New Workplace and Trade Unionism: Critical Perspectives in Work and Organization Raymond Markey and Jacques Monat (eds), Innovation and Employee Participation Through Works Councils—International Case Studies A. Goldsmith, D. Nickson, D. Sloan and R. Wood, Human Resource Management for Hospital Services Frank Burchill, Labour Relations. Second Edition     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ambrose P. 1986: Whatever happened to planning? Amin, A. and Goddard, B. editors, 1986: Technological change, industrial restructuring and regional development. Anderson, J. editor, 1986: The rise of the modern state. Bruton, M. and Nicholson, D. 1987: Local planning in practice. Clapham, D. and English, J. editors, 1987: Public housing: current trends and future developments. Clavel, P. 1986: The progressive city: planning and participation, 1969–1984. Cloke, P. editor, 1987: Rural planning: policy into action?. Healey, M.J. and Ilbery, B.W. editors, 1985: The industrialization of the countryside. Eyles, J. 1987: The geography of the National Health: an essay in welfare geography. Foglesong, R.E. 1986: Planning the capitalist city: the Colonial Era to the 1920s. Goldberg, M.A. 1985: The Chinese connection. Getting plugged in to Pacific Rim real estate, trade and capital markets. Hoggart, K. and Kofman, E. editors, 1986: Politics, geography and social stratification. Jaguaribe, H., dos Santos, W., de Paiva, M., Fritsch, W. and Bastos de Avila, F. 1986: Brazil, 2000: para um Novo Pacto Social Lees, A. 1985: Cities perceived: urban society in European and American thought 1820–1940. Lowder, S. 1986. Third world Cities. Markusen, A., Hall, P. and Glasmeier, A. 1986: High tech America: the what, how, where and why of the sunrise industries. Martin, R. and Rowthorn, B. editors, 1986: The geography of deindustrialisation. Newman, D. editor, 1985: The impact of Gush-Emunim: politics and settlement in the West Bank. Rees, G. and Lambert, J. 1985: Cities in crisis: the political economy of urban development in postwar Britain. Smith, Susan J. 1986: Crime, space and society. Southall, A., Nas, P.J.M. and Ansari, G. editors, 1985: City and society: studies in urban ethnicity, life-style and class.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in this Article Morgan , Gareth (Ed.) Beyond Method: Strategies For Social Research. Earl , Michael J. (Ed.) Perspectives On Management - A Multidisciplinary Analysis. Karabadse , Andrew The Politics of Management. Poole , M., Brown , W., Rubery , J., Sisson , K., Tarling , R. and Wilkinson , F. Industrial Relations In the Future: Trends and Possibilities In Britain Over the Next Decade. Bradley , Keith and Gelb , Alan Worker Capitalism: the New Industrial Relations. Durcan , J. W., Mccarthy , W. E. J. and Redman , G. P. Strikes In Post-War Britain: A Study of Stoppages of Work Due to Industrial Disputes, 1946-73.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Aldridge, M. 1979: The British new towns: a programme without a policy. Golany, G. editor, 1978: International urban growth policies: New town contributions. Balchin, P. N. 1979: Housing improvement and social inequality. Zeitz, E. 1979: Private urban renewal. Blowers, A. 1980: The limits of power: the politics of planning policy. CSE State Group 1979: Struggles over the state: Cuts and restructuring in contemporary Britain. Crouch, C. editor, 1979: State and economy in contemporary capitalism. Poulantzas, N. 1976: The capitalist state. Keim, K-D. 1979: Milieu in Städten. Ein Konzept zur Analyse älterer Wohnquartiere. Kuklinski, A. , editor, 1977: Social issues in regional policy and regional planning. Lajugie, J., Delfaud, P. and Lacour, C. 1979: Espace régional et aménagement du territoire. Moseley M. J. 1979: Accessibility: the rural challenge. Moseley, M. J., Harman, R. G., Coles, O. B. and Spencer, M. B. 1977: Rural transport and accessibility, 2 volumes. Mullan, B. 1980: Stevenage Ltd: aspects of the planning and politics of Stevenage New Town 1945–1978. Payne, G. K. 1977: Urban housing in the third world. Kilmartin, L. and Thorns, D. C. 1978: Cities unlimited: the sociology of urban development in Australia and New Zealand. Lawless, P. 1979: Urban deprivation and government initiative.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ball, M. 1986: Home ownership: a suitable case for reform. Malpass, P. editor, 1986: The housing crisis. Cawson, A. 1986: Corporatism and political theory. Dixon, C.T., Drakakis-Smith, D. and Watts, H.D. editors, 1986: Multinational corporations and the third world. Fox, K. 1986: Metropolitan America: urban life and urban policy in the United States, 1940–1980. Grant, W. editor, 1935: The political economy of corporatism. Jacobs, B.D. 1986: Black politics and urban crisis in Britain. Karn, V., Kemeny, J. and Williams, P. 1985: Home ownership in the inner city: salvation or despair? King, R. editor, 1986: Return migration and regional economic problems. Lundqvist, L.J. 1985: Housing policy and equality: a comparative study of tenure conversions and their effects. Morris, R.J. editor, 1986: Class, power and social structure in British nineteenth-century towns. Rothblatt, D.N. and Garr, D.J. 1986: Suburbia: an international perspective. Scott, A.J. and Storper, M. editors, 1986: Production, work, territory: the geographical anatomy of industrial capitalism. Sheehan, B.J. 1984: The Boston school integration dispute. Smith, N. and Williams, P. editors, 1986: Gentrification of the city.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Angel, S., Archer, R.W., Tanphiphat, S. and Wegelin, E.A. editors, 1983: Land for housing the poor. Armstrong, W. and McGee, T.G. 1985: Theatres of accumulation: studies in Asian and Latin American urbanization. Gwynne, R.N. 1985: Industrialisation and urbanisation in Latin America. Breheny, M. and Hooper, A. editors, 1985: Rationality in planning: critical essays on the role of rationality in urban and regional planning. Bulmer, M. 1986: Neighbours: the work of Philip Abrams. Castells, M. editor, 1985: High technology, space and society. Demko, G. editor, 1984: Regional development, problems and policies in eastern and western Europe. Dickens, P., Duncan, S., Goodwin, M. and Gray, F. 1985: Housing, states and localities. Edel, M., Sclar, E.D. and Luria, D. 1984: Shaky places: home ownership and social mobility in Boston's suburbanization. Forrest, R. and Murie, A. 1985: An unreasonable act? Goldsmith, M. editor, 1986: New research in central-local relations. Goldberg, M.A. and Mercer, J. 1986: The myth of the north American city: continentalism challenged. Gordon, G. editor, 1986: Regional cities in the UK 1890–1980. Hamel, P. and Leonard, J-F. 1981: Les organisations populaires, l'etat et la démocratie Lesemann, F. 1984: Services and circuses: community and the welfare state. Hudson, R. and Lewis, J. editors, 1985: Uneven development in southern Europe: studies of accumulation, class, migration and the state. Kern-Simirenko. C.A. editor, 1982: Professionalization of Soviet society: essays written by Alex Simirenko. Krämer, J. and Neef, R. editors, 1985: Krise und konflikte in der großstadt im entwickelten kapitalismus. Logan, W.S. 1985: The gentrification of inner Melbourne: a political geography of inner city housing. Loughlin, M., Gelfand, M.D. and Young, K. editors, 1985: Half a century of municipal decline, 1935–1985. Flynn, N., Leach, S. and Vielba, C. 1985: Abolition or reform? The GLC and the Metropolitan County Councils. Ranson, S., Jones, G. and Walsh, K. editors, 1985: Between centre and locality. Massey, D. and Meegan, R. editors, 1985: Politics and method: contrasting studies in industrial geography. Pacione, M. editor, 1985: Progress in industrial geography. McAuslan, P. 1985: Urban land and shelter for the poor. Murgatroyd, L., Savage, M., Shapiro, D., Urry, J., Walby, S., Warde, A. with Marklawson, J. 1985: Localities, class and gender. Rees, G., Bujra, J., Littlewood, P., Newby, H. and Rees, T.L. editors, 1985: Political action and social identity: class, locality and ideology. Roberts, B., Finnegan, R. and Gallie, D. editors, 1985: New approaches to economic restructuring: unemployment and the social division of labour.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Blowers, A., Brook, C., Dunleavy, P. and McDowell, L. editors, 1982: Urban change and conflict: an interdisciplinary reader. Cochrane, A., Hamnett, C. and McDowell, L. editors, 1982: City, economy and society: a comparative reader. Clavel, P. 1983: Opposition planning in Wales and Appalachia. Cox, K.R. and Johnston, R.J. editors, 1982: Conflict, politics and the urban scene. Elliott, B. and McCrone, D. 1982: The city: patterns of domination and conflict. Englander, D. 1983: Landlord and tenant in urban Britain 1838–1918. Epstein, A.L. 1981: Urbanization and kinship: the domestic domain on the Copper-belt of Zambia 1950–56. Eversley, D. and Kollmann, W. editors, 1982: Population change and social planning. Forrest, R., Henderson, J. and Williams, P. editors, 1982: Urban political economy and social theory. Gibson, M. S. and Langstaff, M. J. 1982: An introduction to urban renewal Gilbert, A. editor (in association with Hardoy, J. E. and Ramirez, R.) 1982: Urbanization in contemporary Latin America. Gilbert, A. and Gugler, J. 1982: Cities, poverty and development — urbanization in the third world. Healey, P., McDougall, G. and Thomas, M.J. editors, 1982: Planning theory: prospects for the 1980s. Maguire, C.C. 1981: International housing policies. Marcussen, L. 1982: Settlement in Turkey: a report on the politics of housing and urbanization. Schwerdtfeger, F. W. 1982: Traditional housing in African cities. Smith, M.P. 1980: The city and social theory. Starkie, D. 1982: The motorway age: road and traffic policies in postwar Britain. Thompson, F.M.L. editor, 1982: The rise of suburbia. Ward, P.M. editor, 1982: Self-help housing: a critique. Whitt, J.A. 1982: Urban elites and mass transportation: the dialectics of power. Wikan, U. 1980: Life among the poor in Cairo     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ball, M., Bentivegna, V., Edwards, M. and Folin, M. editors, 1985: Land rent, housing and urban planning. A European perspective. Boyer, M.C. 1983: Dreaming the rational city: the myth of American city planning. Chapman, R.A. editor, 1985: Public policy studies: the northeast of England. Galasi, P. and Sziráczki, G. editors, 1985: Labour market and second economy in Hungary. Gappert, G. and Knight, R.V. editors, 1982: Cities in the 21st century. Giarchi, G.G. 1984: Between McAlpine and Polaris. Halligan, J. and Paris, C. with Wells, J. editors, 1984: Australian urban politics. Hamm, B. editor, 1984: Urban and regional sociology in Poland and W. Germany. Hamm, B. and Jalowiecki, B. editors, 1984: Urbanism and human values. Mirowski, W. and Mlinar, Z. editors, 1984: Urban social processes in Poland and Yugoslavia: theoretical and methodological issues. Hardy, D. and Ward, C. 1984: Arcadia for all: the legacy of a makeshift landscape. Hargrove, E.C. and Conkin, P. editors, 1983: TVA: 50 years of grass-roots bureaucracy. Holton, R.J. 1985: The transition from feudalism to capitalism. Jenkins, R. 1983: Lads, citizens and ordinary kids: working-class youth life styles in Belfast. Jones, G.W. editor, 1984: Women in the urban and industrial workforce: southeast and east Asia. Massey, D. 1984: Spatial divisions of labour: social structures and the geography of production. Ward, R. and Jenkins, R. editors, 1984: Ethnic communities in business: strategies for economic survival. Zukin, S. editor, 1985: Industrial policy: business and politics in the United States and France.