Book Reviews

David Coates and John Hillard (eds) UK Economic Decline: Key Texts Vaughan-Whitead, D. et al. Workers' Financial Participation – East–West Experiences Paul Thompson and David McHugh Work Organisations – A Critical Introduction (second edition) Sue Ledwith and Fiona Colgan (eds) Women in Organisation s– Challenging Gender Politics Harry Scarborough (ed.) The Management of Expertise John Storey (ed.) Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management Jack Eaton Globalization and Human Resource Management in the Airline Industry Pamela Sugiman Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937–1979 Jeff Torrington The Devil's Carousel John Solomos and Les Back Race, Politics and Social Change     

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Books reviewed: Mike Douglass and John Friedmann, (eds.) Cities for citizens: planning and the rise of civil society in a global age Eric C. Schneider, Vampires, dragons and Egyptian kings: youth gangs in post‐war New York Erhard Berner, Defending a place in the city: localities and the struggle for urban land in Metro Manila Ali Madanipour, Tehran: the making of a metropolis Linda Tuhiwai‐Smith, Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples Nicholas Low and Brendan Glee, Justice, society and nature: an exploration of political ecology Rosa Tsagarousianou, Damian Tambiniand and Cathy Bryan, (eds.) Cyberdemocracy: technology, cities and civic networks Maf Smith, John Whitelegg and Nick Williams, Greening the built environment Michael V. McGinnis, Bioregionalism Andrew Leyshon, David Matless and George Revill, (eds.) The place of music     

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Books reviewed: Bernard Jouve and Christian Lefèvre, (eds.) Villes, métropoles. Les nouveaux territoires du politique Sheridan Bartlett, Roger Hart, David Satterthwaite, Ximena de la Barra and Alfredo Missair, Cities for children: children's rights, poverty and urban management Daniel J. Monti Jr., The American city: a social & cultural history Andrew E.G. Jonas and David Wilson, (eds.) The urban growth machine: critical perspectives two decades later Dieter Dettke, (ed.) The challenges of globalization for Germany's social democracy: a political agenda for the 21st century Gösta Esping‐Andersen, Social foundations of postindustrial economies Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams Working the Sahel: environment and society in northern Nigeria> Stefan Hedlund, Russia's ‘market’ economy. A bad case of predatory capitalism Alexander Reichl, Reconstructing Times Square: politics and culture in urban development David Byrne, Social exclusion OECD, The response of higher education institutions to regional needs Felix Driver and David Gilbert, (eds.) Imperial cities: landscape, display and identity     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Dickens, Peter 1992: Society and nature: towards a green social theory. Katznelson, Ira 1992: Marxism and the city. Massey, Doreen, Paul Quintas and David Wield 1991: High-tech fantasies: science parks in society, science and space. Matsumoto, Koji 1991: The rise of the Japanese corporate system. Mollenkopf, John H. and Manuel Castells (eds) 1991: Dual city: restructuring New York. Norton, Alan and K. Novy (eds) 1990: Soziale Wohnpolitik der 90er Jahre. Sayer, Andrew and Richard Walker 1992: The new social economy: reworking the division of labour. Smith, David M. (ed.) 1992: The apartheid city and beyond: urbanization and social change in South Africa. Drakakis-Smith, David (ed.) 1992: Urban and regional change in Southern Africa.     

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Books reviewed: Biorcio, Roberto La Padania Promessa Cartocci, Roberto Fra Lega e Chiesa Diamanti, Ilvo La Lega: Geografia, Storia e Sociologia di un nuovo Soggetto Politico Diamanti, Ilvo Il Male del Nord: Lega, Localismo, Secessione Magatti, Mauro Tra Disordine e Scisma Mannheimer, Renato, (ed.) La Lega Lombarda Hebbert, Michael London Mazzette, Antonietta and Giancarlo Rovati (eds.) La Protesta dei ’forti”: Leghe del Nord e Partito Sardo d’Azione Pajetta, Giovanna Il Grande Camaleonte: Episodi, Passioni, Avventure del Leghismo Vicercati, Daniele I Lombardi alla nuova Crociati Veltz, Pierre Mondialism Villes et Territoires: L’economie Archipel Abromeit, Heidrun Democracy in Europe. Legitimising Politics in a Non‐state Polity Dietz, Henry and Gil Shidlo, (eds.) Urban Democratic Elections in Latin America Harrison, Bennett and Marcus Weiss Workforce Development Networks: Community‐based Organizations and Regional Alliances Sugrue, Thomas J. The Origins of the Urban Crisis. Race and Inequality in Postwar Detriot Wilford, Rich and Robert L. Miller (eds.) Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism: The Politics of Transition Jones, G.V. and P. Visaria Urbanisation in Large Developing Countries. China, Indonesia, Brazil and India Buiseret, David (eds.) Envisioning the City: Six Studies in Urban Cartography Taylor, Peter J. Modernities: A Geohistorical Interpretation     

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Harvey, David, Justice, Nature & the Geography of Difference Jeffrey, Charlie, (ed.) The Regional Dimension of the European Union. Towards a Third Level in Europe? Keating, Michael and Jeffrey Loughlin (eds.)The Political Economy of Regionalism Le Galès, Patrick and Christian Lequesne, (eds.) Les Paradoxes des régions en Europe Grabner, Gernot and David Stark, (eds.) Restructuring networks in post-socialism. Legacies, linkages and localities Taylor, Ian, Karen Evans and Penny Fraser, A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield Caulfield, Jon and Linda Peake, (eds.) City Lives and City Forms. Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism Turnbull, Geoffrey K., Urban Consumer Theory Barringer, Herbert, Robert W. Gardner and Michael Levin Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States Hardy, Sally, Mark Hart, Albrechts Louis and Anastasios Katos An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition?     

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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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Harloe, Michael The people's home? Social rented housing in Europe & America Hitz, Keil, Lehrer, Ronneberger, Schmid and Wolff (eds.) Capitales Fatales: Urbanisierung und Politik in den Finanzmetropolen Frankfurt und Zürich Ascher, François (ed.) Le logement en questions Shapira, Philip, Ian Masser and David W. Edgington (eds.) Planning for cities and regions in Japan     

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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     

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Books reviewed: Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell Uniting a Divided City — Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg Patrick Le Galès European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance Marcuse, P. and R. van Kempen Globalizing cities Meine Pieter Van Dijk, Marike Noordhoek and Emiel Wegelin (eds.) Governing Cities — New Institutional Forms in Developing Countries and Transitional Economies David Frisby Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations François Baraize and Emmanuel Négrier (eds.) L'Invention Politique de l'Agglomération Andrew Herod Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism Umberto Janin‐Rivoli (ed.) Le Politiche Territoriali dell'Unione Europea. Esperienze, Analisi, Riflessioni David Ranney Global Decisions, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order     

Social movements and globalization

Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger‐Thaler and Margit Mayer (eds.) Urban movements in a globalizing world John Guidry, Michael Kennedy and Mayer Zald (eds.) Globalizations and social movements: culture, power, and the transnational public sphere     

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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     

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?     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: H. Barton, (ed.) Sustainable communities: the potential for eco‐neighbourhoods J.A. Elliot, An introduction to sustainable development M. Kenny, and J. Meadowcroft, Planning sustainability D. Satterthwaite, The Earthscan reader in sustainable cities Doreen Massey, John Allen and Steve Pile, (eds.) City worlds Steve Pile, Christopher Brook and Gerry Mooney (eds.) Unruly cities?: order/disorder John Allen, Doreen Massey and Michael Pryke (eds.) Unsettling cities: movement/settlement Klaus Ronneberger, Stephen Lanz and Walther Jahn Die Stadt als Beute Michael Edwards, Future positive: international co‐operation in the 21st century Nicole May, Pierre Veltz, José Landrieu and Thérèse Spector, (eds.) La ville éclatée Ivan Szelenyi, (ed.) Privatizing the land. Rural political economy in post‐communist societies Yue‐man Yeung, (ed.) Urban development in Asia: retrospect and prospect Andrew Herod, Gearoid O Tuathail and Susan Roberts, (eds.) An unruly world? Globalization, governance and geography Peter Ennals, and Deryck W. Holdsworth, Homeplace. The making of the Canadian dwelling over three centuries Anastasia Loukaitou‐Sideris, and Tridib Banerjee, Urban design downtown: poetics and politics of form Cecile Jackson, and Ruth Pearson, (eds.) Feminist visions of development: gender analysis and policy     

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Brun, Jacques and Catherine Rhein (eds.) La ségrégation dans la ville: concepts et mesures Smith, Michael Peter and Joe R. Feagin (eds.) The bubbling cauldron: race, ethnicity and the urban crisis MacShane, Clay (ed.) Down the asphalt path: the automobile and the American city McAndrew, John P. Urban usurpation — from friar estates to industrial estates in a Philippine hinterland     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Stuart Aitken Geographies of young people: the morally contested spaces of identity Akel Ismail Kahera Deconstructing the American mosque: space, gender, and aesthetics Eric Klinenberg Heatwave: a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago Louise Chawla (ed.) Growing up in an urbanising world Richard Tomlinson, Robert A. Beauregard, Lindsay Bremner and Xolela Mangcu (eds.) Emerging Johannesburg: perspectives on the postapartheid city Bent Flyvbjerg Making social science matter David J. Myers and Henry A. Dietz (eds.) Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment Dennis R. Judd (ed.) The infrastructure of play Dominique Malaquais Architecture, pouvoir et dissidence au Cameroun Lydia Morris Managing migration. Civic stratification and migrants' rights     

Revitalizing Inner‐City Neighborhoods in the United States

Books reviewed in this article: Ronald F. Ferguson and William T. Dickens ,(eds.) Urban problems andcommunity development Michael R. Greenberg, Restoring America's neighborhoods: how local people make a difference W. Dennis Keating and Norman Krumholz, (eds.) Rebuilding urban neighborhoods: achievements, opportunities and limits John Kromer, Neighborhood recovery: reinvestment policy for the new hometown William Peterman, Neighborhood planning and community‐based development: the potential and limits of grassroots action     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Macmillan Directory of Multinationals (two volumes) D. C. Stafford and R. H. A. Purkis (eds.) Small Business and Society David Goss The Re-emergence of Small Enterprises W. Sengenberger, G. W. Loveman & M. J. Piore (eds) The British Trade Union Directory W. Maksymiw, Ed. Trade Union Policy and the Unemployed Paul Lewis Managing to Discriminate David L. Collinson, David Knights and Margaret Collinson Butterworths Employment Law Handbook , (5th Ed.) Peter Wallington Employer's Liability at Common Law , (11th Ed.) John Munkman Bowers on Employment Law J. Bowers Butterworths Employment Law Guide C. Osman, (Ed.) Work Organisations Paul Thompson and David McHugh The Impact of Economic Democracy Profit-Sharing and Employee Shareholding Schemes Michael Poole and Glenville Jenkins Women in the Japanese Workplace Mary Saso     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Deakin, Nicholas and John Edwards 1993: The enterprise culture and the inner city. Hasegawa, Junichi 1992: Replanning the blitzed city centre: a comparative study of Bristol, Coventry and Southampton 1941–1950. Hayter, Teresa and David Harvey (eds) 1993: The factory and the city: the story of the Cowley automobile workers in Oxford. Rydin, Yvonne 1993: The British planning system: an introduction.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this Article: Farewell to Flexibility Anna Pollert, (ed.) A Flexible Future? Prospects for Employment and Organisation Paul Blyton and Jonathan Morris (eds.) Self-Employment: A Labor Market Perspective Robert L Aronson Labour Movements, Employers, and the State: Conflict and Cooperation in Britain and Sweden James Fulcher Against Unemployment Michael White Public Sector Industrial Relations P.B. Beaumont Government and its employees Wouter van Ginneken (ed.) Britain's Real Skills Shortage and What To Do About It John Cassels Women, Training and the Skills Shortage Joan Payne The Enemy Without: policing and class consciousness in the miners’ strike Penny Green Split at the Seams? community, continuity and change after the 1984-5 coal dispute David Waddington, Maggie Wykes and Chas Critcher A Tale of Two Industries’ the contraction of coal and steel in the North East of England Huw Beynon, Ray Hudson and David Sadler