Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ashford D. E. 1982: British dogmatism and French pragmatism: central local policy making in the welfare state. Dear, M.J. and Taylor, S.M. 1982: Not on our street. Hamilton, F.E.I. and Linge, G.J.R. editors, 1983: Spatial analysis, industry and the industrial environment. Healey, P. 1983: Local plans in British land use planning. Kemeny, J. 1983: The privatised city: critical studies in Australian housing and urban structure. Lake, R.W. editor, 1983: Readings in urban analysis: perspectives on urban form and structure. Lundquist, L.J. and Wiktorin, M. editors, 1983: Current trends in British housing. Priemus, H. editor, 1983: Who will pay the housing bill in the eighties? Sims, D. and Wood, M. 1984: Car manufacturing at Linwood: the regional policy issues. Stoney, P.J.M. and Bourn, M. 1984: Industrial development in Merseyside: motor vehicle assembly and the port of Liverpool. Smith, M.P. editor, 1984: Cities in transformation: class, capital and the state. Williams, R.H. editor, 1983: Planning in Europe.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Badcock, B. 1984: Unfairly structured cities. Bowles, S., Gordon, D.M. and Weisskopf, T.E. 1983: Beyond the waste land: a democratic alternative to economic decline. Reich, R.B. 1983: The next American frontier. Cooper, F. editor, 1983: Struggle for the city: migrant labor capital and the state in urban Africa. Cox, A. 1984: Adversary politics and land: the conflict over land and property policy in post-war Britain. Daunton, M.J. 1983: House and home in the Victorian City: working class housing 1850–1914. Gaskell, S.M. 1983: Building control: national legislation and the introduction of local by-laws in Victorian England. Doling, J. and Davies, M. 1984: Public control of privately rented housing. Hillier, B. and Hanson, J. 1984: The social logic of space. Oakey, R. 1984: High technology small firms: innovation and regional development in Britain and the United States. Owens, P.L. and House, R. editors, 1984: Radical geography: an annotated bibliography. Rokkan, S. and Urwin, D.W. 1983: Economy, territory, identity: the politics of west European peripheries. Samuels, R.J. 1983: The politics of regional policy in Japan. Smith, D.M. editor, 1982: Living under apartheid: aspects of urbanization and social change in South Africa.     

Urban and regional theory and case studies: two examples

Book reviewed in this article: Gottdiener, M. 1977: Planned sprawl: private and public interests in suburbia. Lineberry, R. L. 1977: Equality and urban policy: the distribution of municipal public services. Abrams, P. and Wrigley, E. A. , editors, 1978: Towns in societies: essays in economic history and historical sociology. Beirne, P. 1977: Fair rent and legal fiction. Holloway, J. and Picciotto, S. , editors, 1978: State and capital: a marxist debate. Léveillée, J. 1978: Dévelopment urbain et politiques gouvernementales urbaines dans l'agglomération montréalaise Long, N. 1977: An introduction to the sociology of rural development. Massey, D. and Catalano, A. 1978: Capital and land: landownership by capital in Great Britain. Pretecille, E. 1974: Jeux, modèles et simulations: critique des jeux urbains. Redclift, M. R. 1978: Agrarian reform and peasant organization on the Ecuadorian Coast. Sussman, C. , editor, 1976: Planning the Fourth Migration: the neglected vision of the Regional Planning Association of America. Vance, J. A. 1977: This scene of man: the role and structure of the city in the geography of western civilisation. Wirth, J. D. and Jones, R. L. , editors, 1978: Manchester and São Paulo: problems of rapid urban growth. Young, K. and Kramer, J. 1978: Strategy and conflict in metropolitan housing—suburbia versus the Greater London Council 1965–75.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Abu‐Lughod, Janet, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America’s global cities Bascom, Jonathan, Losing place: refugees, populations and rural transformations in East Africa Crawford, J.H., Carfree cities Dunn Jr., James A., Driving forces: the automobile, its enemies, and the politics of mobility Hill, Dilys M., Urban policy and politics in Britain Beauregard, Robert A. and Sophie Body‐Gendrot, (eds.) The urban moment: cosmopolitan essays on the late‐20th‐century city Sardar, Ziauddin, The consumption of Kuala Lumpar Caldeira, Teresa P.R., City of walls: crime, segregation, and citizenship in São Paulo Freeman, Carla, High tech and high heels in the global economy Judd, Dennis R. and Susan S. Fainstein, (eds.) The tourist city Proctor, James D. and David M. Smith, (eds.) Geography and ethics: journeys in a moral terrain     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Anselin, L. and R.J.G.M. Florax (eds.) 1995: New directions in spatial econometrics. Herbert, David T. (ed.) 1995: Heritage, tourism and society. Baldassare, Mark (ed.) 1994: The Los Angeles riots: lessons for the urban future. Wacquant, Loic J.D. (1994) The new urban color line: the state and the fate of the ghetto in postfordist America. In C. Calhoun (ed.), Social theory and the politics of identity Leresche, Jean-Philippe and René Levy (eds.) 1995: La Suisse et la coopération transfrontalière: repli ou redéploiement?     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Morse, R.M. and J.E. Hardoy (eds.) 1992: Rethinking the Latin American city. Dunford, M. and G. Kafkalas (eds.) 1992: Cities and regions in the new Europe: the global-local interplay and spatial development strategies. Lowe, P., T. Marsden and S. Whatmore (eds.) 1994: Regulating agriculture. Whatmore, S., T. Marsden and P. Lowe (eds.) 1994: Gender and rurality. Gregory, D. 1994: Geographical imaginations.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bailey, J. 1980: Ideas and intervention: social theory for practice. Camhis, M. 1979: Planning theory and philosophy. Bassand, M. and Fragniere, J. P. 1978: Le pouvoir dans la ville. Dearlove, J. 1979: The reorganization of British local government: old orthodoxies and a political perspective. Hamilton, F. E. I. and Linge, G. J. R. , editors, 1979: Spatial analysis, industry and the industrial environment. Volume 1. Industrial systems. Townroe, P. M. 1979: Industrial movement. Experience in the US and the UK. Harrison, A. J. 1977: Economics and land use planning. Balchin, P. N. and Kieve, J. L. 1977: Urban land economics. Dechervois, M. and Théret, B. 1979: Contribution à l'étude de la rente foncière urbaine. Nelson, J. M. 1979: Access to power. Neutze, M. 1978: Australian urban policy. Saunders, P. 1979: Urban politics: a sociological approach.     

Shorter Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Horn, David (1994) Social bodies: science, reproduction and Italian modernity. Lazin, Federick A. (19) Politics and Policy Implementation: Project Renewal in Israel. Goetz, E. (1993) Shelter burden. Local politics and progressive housing policy. Schoeman, Chris (1994) District six: the spirit of Kanala, (Cape Town: Human and Rousseau). Savage, M. and A. Miles (1994) The remaking of the British working class 1840–1940.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Arnold, V. L. editor, 1980: Alternatives to confrontation. Ashford, D. E. editor, 1980: National resources and urban policy. Marshall, D. R. editor, 1979: Urban policy making. Black, J. 1981: Urban transport planning. Burkhart, L. C. 1981: Old values in a new town: the politics of race and class in Columbia, Maryland. Johnson, D. and Campbell, R. 1981: Black migration in America: a social demographic history. Cherry, G. C. editor, 1981: Pioneers in British planning. Cornford, A. J. 1979: The market for owned houses in England and Wales since 1945. Kemeny, J. , 1981: The myth of homeownership Dunleavy, P. 1980: Urban political analysis: the politics of collective consumption. Dunleavy, P. 1981: The politics of mass housing in Britain 1945–75. A study of corporate power and professional influence in the welfare state. Gittell, M. Hoffacker, B. Rollins, E. Foster, S. and Hoffacker, M. 1980: Limits to citizen participation: the decline of community organizations. Zald, M. N. and McCarthy, J. D. editor, 1979: The dynamics of social movements: resource mobilization, social control and tactics. Howell, J. M. and Stamm, C. F. 1980: Urban fiscal stress; a comparative analysis of 66 US cities. Rossi, P. H. 1980: Why families move, second edition. Clark, W. A. V. and Moore, E. G. editors, 1980: Residential mobility and public policy. (Urban Affairs Annual Reviews, volume 19). Touraine, A. 1981: The voice and the eye: an analysis of social movements. Swenarton, M. 1981: Homes fit for heroes.     

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: Katznelson, I. 1981: City trenches. Urban politics and the patterning of class in the United States. Law, C. 1981: British regional development since world war I. Lee, M.-G. editor, 1981: Toward a new community life: reports of the international Research Seminar on the Sae Maul Movement. Martin, R. L. editor, 1981: Regional wage inflation and unemployment. National Committee on Pilot Schemes to Combat Poverty 1981: Final report. Pilot schemes to combat poverty in Ireland 1974–80 Newton, K. 1980: Balancing the books: financing problems of local government in west Europe. Sharpe, L. J. editor, 1981: The local fiscal crisis in western Europe: myths and realities. Pacione, M. editor, 1981: Problems and planning in third world cities. Saunders, P. 1981: Social theory and the urban question.     

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.     

Shorter Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Caulfield, Jon (1994) City form and everyday life: Toronto's gentrification and critical social practice. Curtin, Chris, Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson (eds) 1993: Irish urban cultures. Garrahan, Philip and Paul Stewart (eds) 1994: Urban change and renewal: the paradox of place. Hasson, Shlomo 1993: Urban social movements in Jerusalem: the protest of the second generation. Margolis, Maxine L. 1994: Little Brazil, an ethnography of Brazilian immigrants in New York City.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Andrusz, G.D. 1984: Housing and urban development in the USSR. Apter, D. and Sawa, N. 1984: Against the state: politics and social protest in Japan. Barrett, P. 1983: The automobile and urban transit: the formation of public policy in Chicago, 1900–1930. Bateman, M. 1985: Office development. Browning, R.P., Marshall, D.R. and Tabb, D.H. 1984: Protest is not enough. The struggle of blacks and hispanics for equality in urban politics. Clark, G. and Dear, M. 1984: State apparatus. Structures and language of legitimacy. Cooke, P. 1983: Theories of planning and spatial development. Delorme, R. and André, C. 1983: L'état et l'économie: un essai d'explication de l'évolution des dépenses publiques en France (1870–1980). Fetter, B. 1983: Colonial rule and regional imbalance in central Africa. Forbes, D.K. 1984: The geography of underdevelopment. Forbes, D.K. and Rimmer, P.J. editors, 1984: Uneven development and the geographical transfer of value. Godbout, J. 1983: La participation contre la démocratie. Hague, C. 1984: The development of planning thought. Harloe, M. 1985: Private rented housing in the United States and Europe. Johnston, R.J. 1984: Residential segregation, the state, and constitutional conflict in American urban areas. Kirby, A., Knox, P. and Pinch, S. editors, 1984: Public service provision and urban development. McDonald, J. and Ward, S.K. editors, 1984: The politics of urban fiscal policy. Rassam, A. and Zghal, A. editors, 1980: Système urbain et development au Maghreb. Redclift, N. and Mingione, E. editors, 1985: Beyond employment: household, gender and subsistence. Seers, D. and Öström, K. editors, 1983: The crises of the European regions. Skinner, R.J. and Rodell, M.J. editors, 1983: People, poverty and shelter. Szelenyi, I. 1983: Urban inequalities under state socialism. Kolosi, T. and Wnuk-Lipinski, E. editors, 1983: Equality and inequality under socialism. Tabb, W.K. and Sawers, L. editors, 1984: Marxism and the metropolis. Taub, R.P., Taylor, D.G. and Dunham, J.D. 1984: Paths of neighborhood change: race and crime in urban America. Van Vliet, W., Huttman, E. and Fava, S.F. editors, 1985: Housing needs and policy approaches: trends in thirteen countries. Boleat, M. 1984: National housing finance systems: a comparative study. Weaver, C. 1984: Regional development and the local community: planning, politics and social context. Wynn, M. editor, 1984: Planning and urban growth in southern Europe.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Chapman, K. and Walker, D. 1987: Industrial location: principles and policies. Gaskell, S.M. 1986: Model housing: from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Britain. Goldsmith, E. and Hildyard, N. editors, 1986: Green Britain or industrial wasteland? Hamnett, S. and Bunker, R. editors, 1987: Urban Australia: planning issues and policies. Harrison, M.L. and Mordey, R. editors, 1987: Planning control: philosophies, prospects and practice. Hutton, N. 1986: Lay participation in a public local inquiry. Keating, M. and Hainsworth, P. 1986: Decentralisation and change in contemporary France. Keating, R. and Boyle, M. 1986: Remaking urban Scotland: strategies for local economic development. Lowe, S. 1986: Urban social movements. Markusen, A. 1985: Profit cycles, oligopoly and regional development. O'Connor, J. 1987: The meaning of crisis: a theoretical introduction. Pincon-Charlot, M., Preteceille, E. and Rendu, P. 1986: Ségrégation urbaine: classes sociales et equipements collectifs en région parisienne. Thrift, N. and Forbes, D. 1986: The price of war: urbanization in Vietnam (1954–1985). Walby, S. 1986: Patriarchy at work: patriarchal and capitalist relations in employment. Ward, C. and Hardy, D. 1986: Goodnight campers! The history of the British holiday camp.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Beechey, V. and Perkins, T. 1987: A matter of hours: women, part-time work and the labour market. Darden, J.T., Child Hill, R., Thomas, J. and Thomas, R. 1987: Detroit: race and uneven development. Duncan, S. and Goodwin, M. 1988: The local state and uneven development. Eades, J. editor, 1987: Migrants, workers and the social order. Henderson, J. and Karn, V. 1987: Race, class and housing: inequality and the allocation of public housing in Britain. Hughes, J.W. and Sternlieb, G. 1987: The dynamics of America's housing. Jenkins, R. and Solomos, J. editors, 1987: Racism and equal opportunity policies in the 1980s. Linge, G.J.R. editor, 1988: Peripheralisation and industrial change. Lubeck, P.M. 1987: Islam and urban labour in northern Nigeria: the making of a Muslim working class. Massey, D. 1987: Nicaragua. Matzerath, H. 1985: Urbanisierung in Preußen 1815–1914. Page, E.C and Goldsmith, M.J. editors, 1987: Central and local government relations: a comparative analysis of west European unitary states. Hoffman-Martinot, V. 1987: Finances et pouvoir local: l'expérience allemande. Pradilla, E. 1984: Contribucion a la critica de la teoría urbana: del espacio a la crisis urbana. Pradilla, E. 1987: Capital, estado y vivienda en América Latina. Reade, E. 1987: British town and country planning. Savage, M. 1987: The dynamics of working-class politics: the labour movement in Preston 1880–1940. Teague, P. editor, 1987: Beyond the rhetoric: politics, the economy and social policy in Northern Ireland. Wilson, G. 1987: Money in the family.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Boal, F.W. and Douglas, J.N.H. editors, 1982: Integration and division: geographical perspectives on the Northern Ireland problem. Bourne, L.S. 1981: The geography of housing. Bryce, J. editor, 1981: Cities and firms. Leven, C.L. editor, 1978: The mature metropolis. Clark, T. editor, 1981: Urban policy analysis: directions for future research. Levine, C. and Rubin, I. editors, 1980: Fiscal stress and public policy. de Neufville, J.I. editor, 1981: The land use policy debate in the United States. Foster, M.S. 1981: From streetcar to superhighway: American city planners and urban transportation, 1900–40. Gottfried, R.S. 1982: Bury St Edmunds and the urban crisis: 1290–1539. Grant, W. 1982: The political economy of industrial policy. Hartman, C., Keating, D. and LeGates, R. 1982: Displacement: how to fight it. Herbert, D.T. and Johnston, R.J. editors, 1981: Geography and the urban environment: progress in research and applications. Jones, G.W. editor, 1980: New approaches to the study of central-local government relationships. Keller, S. editor, 1981: Building for women. Lebas, E. (with contributions by Enzo Mingione, Vicente Granados and Gregory Andrusz) 1982: Urban and regional sociology in advanced industrial societies: a decade of Marxist and critical perspectives. Linge, G.J.R. and McKay, J. editors, 1981: Structural change in Australia: some spatial and organizational responses. Madge, C. and Willmott, P. 1981: Inner city poverty in Paris and London. Massey, D. and Meegan, R. 1982: The anatomy of job loss. The how, why and where of employment decline. Schwartz, G.G. editor, 1981: Advanced industrialization and the inner cities. Slowe, P.M. 1981: The advance factory in regional development. Stohr, W. B. and Taylor, D. R. F. editors, 1981: Development from above or below? The dialectics of regional planning in developing countries.     

Shorter Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Urry, John 1995: Consuming places. Perry, D.C. (ed.) 1995: Building the public city — the politics, governance and finance of public infrastructure. Wells, P. and M. Rawlinson 1994: The new European automobile industry. Kemeny, Jim 1995: From public housing to the social market: rental policy in comparative perspective.