Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Rachel Gibson and Stephen Ward (eds.), Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet Frank Webster (ed.), Culture and Politics in the Information Age: A New Politics? B. Wellman and C. Haythornthwaite (eds.), The Internet in Everyday Life Steve Woolgar (ed.), Virtual Society? Technology, Cyberbole, Reality     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Setha M. Low (ed.), Theorizing the city: the new urban anthropology reader Sarah Holloway and Gill Valentine (eds.), Children’s geographies: playing, living, learning Saskia Sassen, Cities in the world economy Stephanie S. Pincetl, Transforming California: a political history of land use and development Clive Norris and Gary Armstrong, The maximum surveillance society: the rise of CCTV David Lyon, Surveillance society: monitoring everyday life Manuel Castells and Pekka Himanen, Suomen tietoyhteiskuntamalli Oscar W. Gabriel and Vincent Hoffmann–Martinot (eds.), Democraties urbaines: l’état de la democratie dans les grandes villes de 12 pays industrializes Joel Outtes, Recife: O génese do urbanismo 1927–1943 James O. Wheeler, Yuko Aoyama and Barney Warf (eds.), Cities in the telecommunications age: the fracturing of geographies     

Geography as Interdisciplinary Pivot

Books reviewed in this article: Ronan Paddison (ed.), Handbook of urban studies Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson (eds.), A companion to the city Michael Dutton, Streetlife China Allen J. Scott (ed.), Global city–regions. Trends, theory, policy     

Shorter Reviews

Garcia-Ramon, M.D. and M. Monk (eds.), Women of the European Union: the politics of work and daily life Hoggart, Richard, The way we live now Hoyle, Brian (ed.), City ports, coastal zones and regional change MacGregor, Suzanne and Arthur Lipow (eds.), The other city: people and politics in London and New York     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Louis Albrechts, Jeremy Alden and Artur de Rosa Pires, The changing institutional landscape of planning Robert Boyer and Yves Saillard (eds.), Regulation theory: the state of the art Neil Leach, The hieroglyphics of space: reading and experiencing the modern metropolis Ida Susser (ed.), The Castells reader on cities and social theory Martin Dangerfield, Subregional economic cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe – the political economy of CEFTA Richard Phillips, Diane Watts and David Shuttleton (eds.), De‐centring sexualities: politics and representations beyond the metropolis Michael Pacione,Urban geography: a global perspective     

Book Reviews

Struyk, Raymond, J. (ed.), Economic restructuring of the former Soviet block. The case of housing Green, Eric Marshall, Economic security and high technology competition in an age of transition: the case of the semiconductor industry Gibson-Graham, J.-K., The end of capitalism (as we knew it): a feminist critique of political economy Lorrain, D. and G. Stoker (eds.), The privatisation of urban services in Europe Herlyn, U. and B. Hunger (eds), Ostdeutsche Wohnmilieus im Wandel Preston, Peter and Paul Simpson-Houseley, Writing the city: Eden, Babylon and the New Jerusalem Reichhard, Christoph and Hellmut Wollmann (eds.), Kommunalverwaltung im Modernisierungsschub?     

China's Urbanization

Books reviewed in this article: Susan D. Blum, Portraits of “Primitives”: Ordering Human Kinds in the Chinese Nation Liz Zhang, Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population Nancy N. Chen, Constance D. Clark, Suzanne Gottschang and Lyn Jeffery (eds.), China Urban: Ethnographies of Contemporary Culture John R. Logan (ed.), The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: William Brown, Simon Deakin, Maria Hudson, Cliff Pratten and Paul Ryan, The Individualization of Employment Contracts in Britain Lei Delsen and Eelke de JongThe German and Dutch Economies: Who Follows Whom? John P. Tuman and John T. Morris (eds.), Transforming the Latin American Automobile Industry: Unions, Workers and the Politics of Restructuring Theo NicholsThe Sociology of Industrial Injury Ian Proctor and Maureen PadfieldYoung Adult Women, Work and Family: Living a Contradiction Jack Barbash and Noah M. Meltz (eds.), Theorizing in Industrial Relations—Approaches and Applications     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Governa, Francesca, The Urban Milieu. Territorial Identity in Development Processes Leyshon, Andrew and Nigel Thrift, Money/Space: Geographies of Monetary Transformation Carr, Leslie G., ‘Color-blind’ Racism Noin, Daniel and Paul White, Paris Madanipour, Ali, Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-spatial Process Gugler, Josef (ed.), Cities in the Developing World: Issues, Theory and Policy Yeung, Yue-man and D. K. Y. Chu (eds.), Guangdong: Survey of a province undergoing Rapid Change Healey, Patsy, Abdul Khakee, Alain Motte and Barrie Needham, Making Strategic Spatial Plans. Innovation in Europe     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Paul Osterman, Thomas A. Kochan, Richard Locke and Michael J. Piore, Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labour Market Brian Towers and William Brown (eds.), Employment Relations in Great Britain: 25 years of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service G. van Gyes, H. de Witte and P. Pasture (eds.), Can Class Still Unite? The Differentiated Work Force, Class Solidarity and Trade Unions Paul Smith, Unionization and Union Leadership: The Road Haulage Industry     

Book reviews

Books Reviewed: D. Lewis (ed.), Whistleblowing at Work Anne McBride, Gender Democracy in Trade Unions Ralph Darlington and Dave Lyddon, Glorious Summer: Class Struggle In Britain 1972     

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

Magnus Sverke (ed.), The Future of Trade Unionism: International Perspectives on Emerging Union Structures Michael Costa and Mark Hearn (eds), Reforming Australia’s Unions: Insights from Southland Magazine Keith Grint, Management: A Sociological Introduction J. Storey, P. Edwards and K. SissonManagers in the Making: Careers, Development and Control in Corporate Britain     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Richard Hyman, Understanding European Trade Unionism Kate Purcell (ed.), Changing Boundaries in Employment Jack Eaton, Globalization and Human Resource Management in the Airline Industry George Tsogas, Labor Regulation in a Global Economy     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Gill Kirton and Anne‐marie Greene, The Dynamics of Managing Diversity. A Critical Approach M. Terry (ed.), Redefining Public Sector Unionism: UNISON and the Future of Trade Unions Edmund Heery and Mike Noon, A Dictionary of Human Resource Management     

Bookshelf 2002

Books reviewed in this article: Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Jelle Visser Macmillan, Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 Andrew Martin and George Ross (eds), The Brave New World of European Labor: European Trade Unions at the Millennium G. Fajertag and P. Pochet (eds), Social Pacts in Europe–New Dyamics Roger Zegers de Beijl (ed.), Documenting Discrimination against Migrant Workers in the Labour Market: a Comparative Study of Four European Countries     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Peter Hall and David Soskice, Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage David N.F. Bell, Alessandro Gaj, Robert A. Hart, Olaf Hübler and Wolfgang Schwerdt, Unpaid Work in the Workplace: a Comparison of Germany and the UK Peter Auer (ed.), Changing Labour Markets in Europe. The Role of Institutions and Policies Harriet Bradley, Mark Erickson, Carol Stephenson and Steve Williams, Myths at Work     

Shorter Reviews

Hardly, Jane and Al Rainnie, Restructuring Krakow. Desperately Seeking Capitalism Butler, Tim and Michael Rustin, Rising in the East: The Regeneration of East London Harvie, Christopher, The Rise of Regional Europe Jones, Barry and Michael Keating (eds.), The European Union and the Regions Koopmans, Ruud, Democracy from Below: New Social Movements and the Political System in West Germany Duyvendak, Jan Willem 1995 The Power of Politics: New Social Movements in France     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Christopher Mele, Selling the Lower East Side: culture, real estate, and resistance in New York City Frank Moulaert, Globalization and integrated area development in European cities Linda McDowell, Gender, identity and place: understanding feminist geographies Mike Davis, Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city Graeme Evans, Cultural planning: an urban renaissance? Ian Gough and Gunnar Olofsson (eds.), Capitalism and social cohesion: essays on exclusion and integration Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, American project: the rise and fall of a modern ghetto     

Are South Africa's cities changing? Indications from the mid‐1990s

Books reviewed in this article: Scott A. Bollens, Urban peace‐building in divided societies: Belfast and Johannesburg Alan Morris, Bleakness and light: inner‐city transition in Hillbrow, Johannesburg Robert Cameron, Democratisation of South African local government: a tale of three cities Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse, Mark Swilling and Dominique Wooldridge (eds.), Democratising local government: the South African experiment Grant R. Saff, Changing Cape Town: urban dynamics, policy and planning during the political transition in South Africa