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Book reviews in this article: UNEMPLOYMENT: CAUSE AND CURE Patrick Minford BRITAIN CAN WORK Ian Gilmour THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT: WORKER RESISTANCE IN THE WORKPLACE P. K. Edwards and Hugh Scullion MANAGING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Mick Marchington MANAGERS IN FOCUS: THE BRITISH MANAGER IN THE EARLY 1980s Michael Poole THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LABOUR PROCESS IN CAPITALIST SOCIETIES Craig R. Littler THE MODERNIZATION OF SOVIET INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT William J. Conyngham THE SOCIALIST CORPORATION AND TECHNOCRATIC POWER Jean Woodhall     

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BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN BRITISH INDUSTRY Christopher Brookes COMPANY ORGANISATION AND WORKER PARTICIPATION Ian B. Knight MANAGING PEOPLE AT WORK John Hunt McGraw-Hill WORK AND POWER: THE LIBERATION OF WORK AND THE CONTROL OF POLITICAL POWER Edited by Tom R. Burns, Lars Erik Karlsson and Veljko Rus Sage Publications NEW DEAL FOR STEEL, THE IRON AND STEEL CONFEDERATION , FRANCES TIPTON UNDERSTANDING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS D. Farnham and J. Pimlott Cassell     

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Book reviews in this article: LABOUR IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: The Migration of Workers in the United Kingdom and the European Community by W. R. Böhning LABOUR IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: Labor Movements in the Common Market Countries by Marguerite Bouvard LABOUR IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: Employment Conditions in Europe by Margaret Stewart TRANSNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Proceedings of a Symposium held at Geneva by the International Institute for Labour Studies by Hans Günter MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND BRITISH LABOUR: REVIEW OF ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES by John Gennard INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT—A COMPARATIVE LEGAL SURVEY by B. Aaron and K. W. Wedderburn WORKERS PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT IN BRITAIN by R. O. Clarke, D. J. Fatchett and B. C. Roberts DO TRADE UNIONS CAUSE INFLATION? by D. Jackson, H. A. Turner and F. Wilkinson HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS by D. Torrington ORGANISATIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE by Cyril Sofer THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK by Michael Argyle     

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Book reviews in this article: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE COMMON MARKET by Campbell Balfour AN INCOMES POLICY FOR BRITAIN edited by F. Blackaby PILOTS AND MANAGEMENT: Industrial Relations in the UK Airlines by A. N. J. Blain WHITE COLLAR UNIONISM IN BRITAIN: A SURVEY OF THE PRESENT POSITION by Roger Lumley THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FRINGE BENEFITS IN INDUSTRY by Jane Moonman UPGRADING BLUE COLLAR AND SERVICE WORKERS by Charles Brecher HUMAN RESOURCES - OBTAINING RESULTS FROM PEOPLE AT WORK by E. J. Singer and J. Ramsden     

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Book reviews in this article: GOOD INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS John Purcell BRITAIN IN DECLINE Andrew Gamble ENGLISH CULTURE AND THE DECLINE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SPIRIT, 1850–1980 Martin J. Wiener MONDRAGON—AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Henk Thomas and Chris Logan THE RULE OF LAW T. Corfield     

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Book reviews in this article: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS HANDBOOK ACAS RESPONSES TO PARTICIPATION AT WORK Mick Marchington TRADE UNIONS, NATIONAL POLITICS AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT Jon Clark, Heinz Hartman, Christopher Lau and David Winchester GOVERNMENTS AND TRADE UNIONS: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE 1964–79 Denis Barnes and Eileen Reid MANAGERS AND MANAGEMENT IN WEST GERMANY Peter Lawrence THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR: STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs and Otto Kreye DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ON THE LABOUR MARKET AND MEASURES TO ASSIST THEM Harish C. Jain     

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THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF STRIKES: by Eric Batstone, Ian Boraston and Stephen Frenkel EXECUTIVE EASE AND DISEASE: by Dr. Beric Wright THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS HANDBOOK: by Bowes Egan TRADE UNIONISM UNDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: A Theroy based on comparisons of six countries: by H. A. Clegg INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY IN WESTERN EUROPE: A North American perspective PERSONNEL AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: A MANAGERIAL APPROACH: J. B. Miner and M. G. Miner POLICY ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PERSONNEL AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: M. G. Miner end J. B. Miner “PENSIONS AND INDUSTflIAL RELATIONS”: Harry Lucas     

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Book reviews in this article: TRADE UNIONS AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY Jack Barbash (with the assistance of Kate Barbash) THE BRITISH PRICES AND INCOMES BOARD Allan Fells TRAINING WITHIN THE ORGANISATION David King COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY BRITISH LOCAL AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES H. M. Levinson CONFLICT AND CHANGE: ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Kevin Hawkins INTERNATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS MANAGEMENT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Duane Kujawa THE SUCCESSFUL SUPERVISOR IN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS William R. Van Dorsal     

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS G. S. Bain and G. B. Woolven CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Arthur Marsh Gower Press TRADE UNION HANDBOOK Arthur Marsh Gower Press THE WORKING CLASS IN THE LABOUR MARKET R. M. Blackburn and Michael Mann MacMillan THE CONTROL OF WORK J. Purcell and R. Smith (eds.) Macmillan THE CODETERMINATION MOVEMENT IN THE WEST S. Pejovich (ed.) Lexington Books MANAGEMENT UNIONISATION IN WESTERN EUROPE by the European Association for Personnel Management Institute of Personnel Management     

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THE CHANGING SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN University of Glasgow LABOUR RELATIONS—HERITAGE AND ADJUSTMENT Sir Otto Kahn-Freund, Q.C.* Lanchester Polytechnic MANPOWER PROBLEMS IN THE HOTEL & CATERING INDUSTRY Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board THE POSTAL BUSINESS 1969–79 University of Nottingham WORKING WOMEN AND THE LAW Legal Officer General and Municipal Workers' Union INDUSTRIAL LABOR IN THE USSR Univesity of Glasgow AFRICANISATION, NATIONALISATION AND INEQUALITY University of Edinburgh     

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Book reviewed in this article: GROUP PROCESS AND PRODUCTIVITY by Ivan D. Steiner WILL THORNE: CONSTRUCTIVE MILITANT: A study in New Unionism and New Politics by Giles and Lisanne Radice INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Key Skills by Ed. Coker and Geoffrey Stuttard (Eds) The Organized Worker by Tony Topham The Activist's Handbook by Bob Houlton Statistics for Bargainers by Karl Hedderwick Calculating by Joyce and Bill Hutton JESSE BOOT OF BOOTS THE CHEMISTS by Stanley Chapman TRAINING IN INDUSTRY: THE MANAGEMENT OF LEARNING by Bernard M. Bass and James A. Vaughan ORGANISATION DESIGN: An analytical approach to the structuring of organisation by Derek Newman INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE WORKER-OWNED FIRM: A study of twenty-one plywood companies in the Pacific Northwest by Carl J. Bellas SOCIOLOGY and INDUSTRIAL LIFE by J. E. T. Eldridge BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Attitudes to Price Increases and Pay Claims by H. Behrend Management and Unions - the theory and reform of industrial relations by A. Flanders Coming to Terms with Trade Unions - Six case studies in Collective Bargaining Strategy by W. E. J. McCarthy and A. S. Collier Managers and Shop Stewards - shop floor revolution by A. I. Marsh Manpower and Pay in Retail Distribution: Distributive Trades E.D.C., National Economic Development Office Collective Agreements - a guide to their Drafting by J. C. Ramsey in association with J. M. Hill INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: Socialising the Company by D. R. Allan The new Unionism - the case for Workers Control by K. Coates and T. Topham REGISTER OF CURRENT RESEARCH Compiled by Brian Towers LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS     

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Book Reviewed in This Article: COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS R. Blanpain (ed.) A PERSPECTIVE ON LABOUR LAW Ole Hasselbalch, Alan C. Neal and Anders Victorin PICKETING - INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, TACTICS AND THE LAW Peggy Kahn, Norman Lewis, Rowland Livock and Paul Wiles INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN BRITAIN George Sayers Bain (ed.) UNIONS, CHANGE AND CRISIS: FRENCH AND ITALIAN UNION STRATEGY AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY 1945–1980 Peter Lange, George Ross and Maurizio Vannicelli LES SYNDICATS DANS LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE René Mouriaux     

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STRIKES IN POST-WAR BRITAIN: A STUDY OF STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, 1946–73 J. W. Durcan W. E. J. McCarthy G. P. Redman Allen and Unwin PROBLEMS OF LABOUR AND INFLATION Hilde Behrend SHARED OWNERSHIP: HOW TO USE CAPITAL INCENTIVES TO SUSTAIN BUSINESS GROWTH George Copeman, Peter Moore and Carol Arrowsmith Gower PROFIT SHARING AND EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDING ATTITUDE SURVEY D. Wallace Bell and Charles G. Hanson A THEORY OF SUPPORT AND MONEY BARGAINING Patrick Spread Macmillan KAHN-FREUND'S LABOUR AND THE LAW (3rd Edition) Paul Davies and Mark Freedland Stevens CLASS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY, A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN MINING Bill Williamson Routledge and Kegan Paul THE DUKERIES TRANSFORMED, THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY COALFIELD Robert J. Walker     

BOOK REVIEWS and BOOK NOTES

Book reviews in this article: GROUP PROCESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: by Ivan D. Steiner WILL THORNE: CONSTRUCTIVE MILITANT: A study in New Unionism and New Politics by Giles and Lisanne Radice INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Key Skills by Ed. Coker and Geoffrey Stuttard (Eds). INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Organized Worker: by Tony Topham. INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Activist's Handbook: by Bob Houlton. INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: Statistics for Bargainers: by Karl Hedderwick INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: Calculating: by Joyce Bill Hutton. JESSE BOOT OF BOOTS THE CHEMISTS: by Stanley Chapman TRAINING IN INDUSTRY: THE MANAGEMENT OF LEARNING: by Bernard M. Bass and James A. Vaughan. ORGANISATION DESIGN: An analytical approach to the structuring of organisation by Derek Newman. INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE WORKER-OWNED FIRM: A study of twenty-one plywood companies in the Pacific Northwest by Carl J. Bellas. SOCIOLOGY and INDUSTRIAL LIFE: by J. E. T. Eldridge. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Attitudes to Price Increases and Pay Claims by H. Behrend. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Management and Unions - the theory and reform of industrial relations: by A. Flanders. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Coming to Terms with Trade Unions - Six case studies in Collective Bargaining Strategy: by W. E. J. McCarthy A. S. Collier. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Managers and Shop Stewards - shop floor revolution: by A. I. Marsh. BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Manpower and Pay in Retail Distribution: Distributive Trades E.D.C., National Economic Development Office BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Collective Agreements - a guide to their Drafting: by J. C. Ramsey in association with J. M. Hill. INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: Socialising the Company by D. R. Allan. INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: The new Unionism - the case for Workers Control by K. Coates and T. Topham.     

Books in Review

Book reviewed in this article:
THE RISE AND FALL OF FLEET STREET Charles Wintour
LIMITING EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY: THE EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM Francesco Giavazzi & Alberto Giovannini
ROGERNOMICS: RESHAPING NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY Simon Walker (Ed.)
WORKING FOR PROFIT: THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF CALCULATION IN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRM R. J. Anderson, J. A. Hughes & W. W. Sharrock
MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND STABILIZATION POLICY Manchester University Press
FISCAL POLICY: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF CEDRIC SANDFORD David Collard (ed.)
EQUALITY IN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE Antony Flew
PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS: on the Scope of Reason in Economic Inquiry Subroto Roy     

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Book reviews in this article: BARGAINING FOR CHANGE by B. Towers, T. G. Whittingham and A. W. Gottschalk DISPUTES PROCEDURE IN ACTION by R. Hyman INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT LAW: AN INTRODUCTION B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins by B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins STRUCTURAL WAGE ISSUES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING by Clifford M. Baumback PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT UNIONISM IN ISRAEL by T. Lefkowitz WORKERS' ATTITUDES AND TECHNOLOGY by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK by Peter B. Warr TOWARDS A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF THE COMPANY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AT SHELL UK LTD. by P. Hill DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE MANAGERS by Reginald W. Revans WORKING UNDER PRESSURE by Vernon E. Buck INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY by B. von Haller Gilmer     

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THE CHANGING CONTOURS OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Nuffield College, Oxford WORK AND PEOPLE: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF JOB ENRICHMENT Lodon School of Economics THE HIDDEN MEANING OF PAY CONFLICT University of Edinburgh COMPETITION AND CONTROL AT WORK Centre for Research in Industrial Democracy and Participation Glasgow University     

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NIGHT WORK: by J. Carpentier and P. Cazamian INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS–ATEXT BOOK: by M. P. Jackson RULE-MAKING AND INDUSTRIAL PEACE: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; by J. F. B. Goodman, E.GA. Armstrong, J. E. Davis and A. Wagner GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION: A PRACTICAL GUIDE: International Labour Office THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: by J. McConville The Development of Industrial Relation Systems: Some Implications of Japanese experience.     

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Book Reviewed in This Article: MANAGERIAL STRATEGIES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS : Edited by Howard F. Gospel and Craig R. Littler UNIONS ON THE BOARD : E. Batstone, A. Ferner and M. Terry AUTHORITY AND PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRY : P. Brannen INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOCRACY, Vol. 1 ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES : Colin Crouch and Frank Heller (eds.) SAFETY AT WORK AND THE UNIONS : P. B. Beaumont     

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Book reviews in this article: WORKERS AND THE NEW DEPRESSION Robert Taylor THE BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: SOME PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATION A. Thomson and M. Warner Gower THE CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL DISORDER: A COMPARISON OF A BRITISH AND A GERMAN FACTORY Ian Maitland THE DYNAMICS OF WHITE-COLLAR UNIONISM: A STUDY OF LOCAL UNION PARTICIPATION Nigel Nicholson