Book Reviews

Nester, William R., American Industrial Policy: Free or Managed Markets? Lichtenstein, Nelson and Harris, Howell John (eds), Industrial Democracy in America: The Ambiguous Promise Whittaker, D.H., Small Firms in the Japanese Economy Stewart, Paul (ed.), Beyond Japanese Management: the End of Modern Times Pasture, Patrick, Verberckmoes, Johan and De Witte, Hans (eds), The Lost Perspective? Trade Unions Between Ideology and Social Action in the New Europe. Volumes One and Two Kester, Gerard and Pinaud, Henri (eds), Trade Unions and Democratic Participation in Europe Farnham, David, Horton, Sylvia, Barlow, John and Hendeghem, Annie (eds), New Public Managers in Europe: Public Servants in Transition Fineman, Stephen and Gabriel, Yiannis, Experiencing Organizations Jermier, John M, Knights, David and Nord, Walter R. (eds), Resistance and Power in Organizations Baglioni, Guido, Impossible Democracy? The progress and problems of participation in the firm Arredondo, Patricia, Successful Diversity Management Initiatives: A Blueprint for Planning and Implementation Ernst Kossek, Ellen and Lobel, Sharon A. (eds), Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace Wood, Roy C., Working in Hotels and Catering, 2nd edition Bateman, Mike, King, Brian and Lewis, Paul, The Handbook of Health and Safety in Work     

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The Human Side of Corporate Competitiveness D.B. Fishman and C. Cherniss (eds.), London: The Sexuality of Organisation Jeff Hearn, Deborah L. Sheppard, Peta Tancred-Sheriff and Gibson Burrell (eds.), London: Both Sides of Selection - Finding And Filling Jobs in Nursing And The Health Services Martin Edis, London: Macmillan, 1990 Industrial Relations And Politics in Britain 1880–1989 John Sheldrake, London:Printer Publishers, 1991 European Industrial Relations: The Challenge of Flexibility Guido Baglioni and Colin Crouch (eds.), London: Sage Publications, 1991     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: John T. Addison and Claus Schnabel (eds). International Handbook of Trade Unions
Reviewed by John Kelly Walter Müller‐Jentsch and Hansjörg Weitbrecht (eds). The Changing Contours of German Industrial Relations
Reviewed by Steve French Yonatan Reshef and Sandra Rastin. Unions in the Time of Revolution. Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario
Reviewed by Roy J. Adams     

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     

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Graham Stephen and Simon Marvin, Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places Van der Loop, Theo, Industrial Dynamics and Fragmented Labour Markets: Construction Firms and Labourers in India Théret, Bruno, L’état, la finance et le social: souveraineté nationale et construction européenne Bulmer, Martin and Anthony M. Rees (eds.), Citizenship Today. The Contemporary Relevance of T. H. Marshall     

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: Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman, and John McIlroy, British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics Vol I: The Post‐War Compromise, 1945–64. Vol II: The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964–79 Jack Eaton, Comparative Employment Relations Robert Taylor, The TUC: From the General Strike to New Unionism Stephen Bach, Lorenzo Bordogna, Guiseppe Della Rocca and David Winchester, (eds) Public Service Employment Relations in Europe: Transformation, modernization or inertia?     

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

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.     

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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?     

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     

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

Books reviewed: Decentralised Pay Setting: A Study of the Outcomes of Collective Bargaining Reforms in the Civil Service in Australia, Sweden and the UK
K. A. Bender and R. F. Elliott
Ashgate, 2003, xii + 160 pp., £50.00 A Very Late Development: An Autobiography
Alan Fox
British Universities Industrial Relations Association, 2nd and revised edition, 2004, 306 pp., £8.00 (paperback) Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective
Anil Verma and Thomas A. Kochan (eds)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 296 pp., £50.00 The Management of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Reconsidered
Chris Rowley and John Benson (eds)
Cass (Studies in Asia Pacific Business), 2004, 208 pp., £18.99     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Jill C. Humphrey. Towards a Politics of the Rainbow Brendan Burchell, David Lapido and Frank Wilkinson (eds). Job Insecurity and Work Intensification Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson (eds). Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Industrial Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Transformation and Integration. A Comparison of the Eight New Member States
Heribert Kohl and Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer (eds)
ETUI, 2004, 422 pp., ‰27.00 Union Organisation and Activity
John Kelly and Paul Willman (eds)
Routledge, 2004, xvi + 187 pp., £65.00 (hardback), £25.00 (paperback) Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions
Fiona Colgan and Sue Ledwith (eds)
Routledge, 2002, xv + 320 pp., £70.00     

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     

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Hugh Atkinson and Stuart Wilks‐Heeg Local government from Thatcher to Blair: the politics of creative autonomy Alistair Cole and Peter John Local governance in England and France Gertjan Dijkink and Hans Knippenberg (eds.) The territorial factor: political geography in a globalising world André Donzel Marseille: l'expérience de la cité John Dunning (ed.) Regions, globalization, and the knowledge based economy Jonathan Glancey Bread and circuses Brian Richards Future transport in cities Marco Buti, Daniele Franco and Lucio R. Pench (eds.) The welfare state in Europe: challenges and reforms Kenneth Kolson Big plans: the allure and folly of urban design Sako Musterd and Willem Salet (eds.) Amsterdam human capital Martin Kronauer Exklusion: Die Gefährdung des Sozialen im hochentwickelten Kapitalismus     

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     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Benko, Georges and Mick Dunford (eds) 1991: Industrial change and regional development: the transformation of new industrial spaces. Edgell, Stephen and Vic Duke 1991: A measure of Thatcherism: a sociology of Britain.