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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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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     

BOOK REVIEWS & NOTES

FINANCING STRIKERS John Gennard INDUSTRY AND LABOUR: Class Struggle at Work and Monopoly Captalism Andrew L Friedman THE INEQUALITY OF PAY Henry Phelps-Brown THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF ORGANISATIONS Robert De Board PROPHECY AND PROGRESS: THE SOCIOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AND POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Krishan Kumar COMMON SENSE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Dennis D Hunt     

BOOK REVIEWS

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     

GOOD BOOKS — AND OTHERS

Book reviewed in this article:
HAYEK Andrew Melnyk
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF NATIONS Mancur Olson
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GROWTH Ed. Dennis C. Mueller
MILL ON LIBERTY: A DEFENCE John Gray
IN BREACH OF PROMISE John Vaizey
THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION G. B. J. Atkinson
TOWARDS A NEW PRICE REVOLUTION Béla Caikós-Nagy
THE POCKET ECONOMIST     

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Book reviews in this article: EUROPEAN INSIGHTS: MANPOWER Edited by Barrie O. Pettman, WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS: DOCUMENTS ON TRADE UNIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN BRITAIN SINCE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY J. T. Ward and W. Hamish Fraser (eds.), INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE NHS—THE SEARCH FOR A SYSTEM Nick Bosanquet(ed.), STRIKES IN BRITAIN C. T. B. Smith, Richard Clifton, Peter Makeham, S. W. Creigh and R. V. Burn, MORE BAD NEWS Glasgow University Media Group, Routledge and Kegan Paul MANAGING AND DEVELOPING NEW FORMS OF WORK ORGANISATION G. Kanawaty (ed.), NEW FORMS OF WORK ORGANISATION 1 NEW FORMS OF WORK ORGANISATION 2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: THE FIREMEN N. F. Dufty,     

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Book reviews in this article: A PROFESSIONAL UNION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE INSTITUTION OF PROFESSIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS James E. Mortimer and Valerie A. Ellis George Allen and Unwin SKILL AND THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS, 1870–1914 Charles More, Croom Helm THE ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIETY R. Presthus THE DECLINE OF THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY Peter J. S. Dunnett, Croom Helm OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DEGREE AND PATTERN OF THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN'S WORK IN BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES Catherine Hakim GOOD JOBS, BAD JOBS, NO JOBS E. Ginzberg     

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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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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     

BOOK REVIEWS and BOOK NOTES

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     

BOOK REVIEWS

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 review in this article
TIME AND MONEY: THE MACROECONOMICS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE Roger W. Garrison
SHORT-TERM CAPITAL FLOWS AND ECONOMIC CRISES Stephany Griffith-Jones Manuel F. Montes and Anwar Nasution
EDUCATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Edwin G. West
SAY'S LAW AND THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION: HOW MACROECONOMIC THEORY LOST ITS WAY Steven Kates
INFORMATION FORMATION AND ORGANIZATION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE THEORY OF THE FIRM Mark Casson
EMPIRE Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri     

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WOMEN FOR HIRE, A STUDY OF THE FEMALE OFFICE WORKER London School of Economics and Political Science A HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PRACTICE Personnel Director British Aluminium VOTES, VIRTUES AND VICES: TRADE UNION POWER THE TROJAN HORSE: UNION POWER IN BRITISH POLITICS School of Industrial & Business Studies University of Warwick WHITE COLLAR UNIONISM: THE REBELLIOUS SALARIAT Manchester Business School THE INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK OF ORGANIZATION STUDIES Centre for European Industrial Studies University of Bath     

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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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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 Reviewed in This Article: MULTINATIONAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ATTEMPTS H. R. Northrup, R. L. Rowan EMPLOYEE POTENTIAL, ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN WHITE-COLLAR PROLETARIAT: THE INDUSTRIAL BEHAVIOUR OF BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS Michael P. Kelly ECONOMICS OF WAGES AND LABOUR L. C. Hunter C. Murray WORKERS' CO-OPERATIVES: JOBS AND DREAMS Jenny Thornley     

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BRITISH ECONOMIC POLICY 1960–74 ed. F. T. Blackaby THE MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS by Kevin Hawkins Pelican THE RESURGENCE OF CLASS CONFLICT IN WESTERN EUROPE SINCE 1968 Volume One: National Studies Volume Two: Comparative Analysis Colin Crouch and Alessandro Pizzorno (eds.) Macmillan TRADE UNIONISM IN TELEVISION by P. Seglow     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in This Article: THE ORIGINS OF TRADE UNION POWER: Henry Phelps STEEL STRIKE: A CASE STUDY IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS : Jean Hartley, John Kelly and Nigel Nicholson BACK FROM THE BRINK : Michael Edwardes IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE: LESSONS FROM AMERICA'S BEST RUN COMPANIES : Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. CORPORATE CULTURES: THE RITES AND RITUALS OF CORPORATE LIFE : Terrence E. Deal and Allen A.     

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THE BOARDROOM VIEWPOINT By George Bull, in collaboration with Peter Hobday and John Hamway THE MANAGEMENT OF LEARNING by Ivor K. Davies LABOUR COURTS AND GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE edited by Benjamin Aaron STRIKES: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY edited by R. E. Frow and M. Katanka THE USE OF ECONOMICS LITERATURE edited by J. Fletcher ESSAYS IN ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT by Sir Alec Cairncross