Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: European Industrial Relations: the Challenge of Flexibility Guido Baglioni and Colin Crouch (Eds.) Labor Relations in Europe: a History of Issues and Developments Hans Slomp Greenwood Non-Standard Forms of Employment in Europe. Part-time Work, Fixed Term Contracts and Temporary Work Contracts Partial Unemployment: The Regulation of Short-Time Working in Britain Erika M. Szyszczak A Portrait of Pay, 1970–1982: An Analysis of the New Earnings Survey M. B. Gregory and A. W. J. Thomson, (Eds.) Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries L. Calmfors (Ed.) Macroeconomics and the Wage Bargain: A Modern Approach to Employment, Inflation and the Exchange Rate W. Carlin and D. Unemployment and Wage Determination in Europe B. Holmlund and K. G. Lofgren (Eds.) Labor Economics: A Comparative Text Robert F. Elliot Trade Unions and Their Members P. Fosh and E. Heery (Eds.) The Sexuality of Organization J. Hearn, L. Sheppard, P. Tancred-Sheriff and G. Burrell (Eds.) Reshaping Work: The Cadbury Experience C. Smith, J. Child and M. Rowlinson Information Technology in European Services: Towards a Microelectronic Future John Child and Ray Loveridge     

BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article:
GLOBAL EFFECTS OF LIBERALISING TRADE IN FARM PRODUCTS K. Anderson and R. Tyers
THE STRATEGY & CONSISTENCY OF FEDERAL RESERVE MONETARY POLICY 1924–1933 David C. Wheelock
DIVERSE PATHS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Richard Pomfret
EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND MIGRATION P.C. Emmer and M. Mörner (Eds.)
ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS, VOLUME 4: WOMEN'S WORK IN THE WORLD ECONOMY Nancy Folbre, Barbara Bergmann, Bina Agarwal and Maria Flora (Eds.)
EXCHANGE RATE TARGETS & CURRENCY BANDS Paul Krugman and Marcus Miller (Eds.)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL MONETARY SYSTEMS Alfred Steinherr and Daniel Weisherbs (Eds.)
THE LEGACY OF THE GOLDEN AGE-THE 1960s AND THEIR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES Frances Cairncross and Alec Cairncross
BEYOND THE LIMITS: GLOBAL COLLAPSE OR A SUSTAINABLE-FUTURE Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows and Jorgen Randers
THE FORTUNES OF LIBERALISM; VOLUME IV OF THE COLLECTED WORKS OF F.A. HAYEK Peter G. Klein (Ed.)
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; THE BUILDING OF A UNION John Pinder
FORESTS: MARKETS & INTERVENTION FAILURES: FIVE CASE STUDIES SÖren Wibe and Tom Jones (Eds.)
FEDERALISM IMPERIL: WILL CANADA SURVIVE A.R. Riggs and Tom Velk
DEN OF THIEVES James B. Stewart
PRICES AND KNOWLEDGES: A MARKET-PROCESS PERSPECTIVE Esteban F. Thomsen
FROM BOOM TO BUST: TRIAL AND ERROR IN BRITISH ECONOMIC POLICY David Smith     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Global Japanisation?: The Transformation of the Labour Process Tony Elger & Chris Smith (Eds.) Organized Labor in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Study of Trade Unions in Nine Countries Stephen Frenkel (Ed.) Human Resource Management on the Pacific Rim: Institutions, Practices and Attitudes Larry F. Moore and P. Devereaux Jennings (Eds.) Management in China during the Age of Reform John Child Industrial Restructuring in Mexico: Corporate Adaptation, Technological Innovation, and Changing Patterns of Industrial Relations in Monterrey María de los Angeles Pozas. Translated by Aníbal Yáñez The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations Braham Dabscheck Irish Industrial Relations in Practice Thomas V. Murphy and William K. Roche (Eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Legal Intervention in Industrial Relations: Gains and Losses William McCarthy (ed) Workplace Industrial Relations–Australian Case Studies R. Lansbury and D. Macdonald (Eds.) Industrial Democracy as Process: Participatory Action Research in the Fagor Cooperative Group of Mondragón Davydd J. Greenwood, José Luis González Santos et al. Van Gorcum The National Health Service and the Labour Market R. A. Wilson and J. A. Stilwell (Eds.) Labour Governments and Private Industry: the Experience of 1945–1951 , H. Mercer, N. Rollings and J. Tomlinson, (Eds.) The Japanese Enterprise System: Competitive Strategies and Cooperative Structures W. Mark Fruin Prices, Quality and Trust: Interfirm Relations in Britain and Japan Mari Sako     

BOOK REVIEWS

G hoshal , S. and W estney , D. E. (Eds.) Organization Theory and the Multinational Corporation.
H artley , R. F. Business Ethics: Violations of the Public Trust.
M iner , J. B. Role Motivation Theories.
H ill -I ingersoll , V. and A dams , G. B. The Tacit Organization.
V onortas , N. S. Cooperative Research In R&D-Intensive Industries.
L ee , G. L. and S mith , C. (Eds.) Engineers and Management: International Comparisons.
K elley , L. and S henkar , O. (Eds.) International Business In China.
W olstenholme , E., H enderson , S. and G avine , A. The Evaluation of Management Information Systems: A Dynamic and Holistic Approach.
W illman , P., M orris , T. and A ston , B. Union Business: Trade Union Organization and Financial Reform In the Thatcher Years.
K ay , J. Foundations of Corporate Success: How Business Strategies Add Value.
F arnham , D. and H orton , S. (Eds.) Managing the New Public Services.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Industry and Society in Europe: Stability and Change in Britain, Germany and France Christel Lane Labour Relations and Political Change in Eastern Europe John Thirkell, Richard Scase, Sarah Vickerstaff (Eds.) Politics and Ideology in the Italian Workers’ Movement Gino Bedani The Puzzle of Strikes: Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy Roberto Franzosi The Politics of Quality in the Public Sector Ian Kirkpatrick & Miguel Martinez Lucio (Eds.) Making Quality Critical: New Perspectives on Organizational Change Adrian Wilkinson & Hugh Willmott (Eds.) Cold War in the Working Class: The Rise and Decline of the United Electrical Workers Ronald Filippelli and Mark McColloch The New Industrial Relations In Australia Ian Hunt and Chris Provis (Eds) Mediation of Industrial Disputes Macken, J. J. and Gregory, G. Negotiation as a Social Process Kramer, R. M. and Messick, D. M. (Eds.)     

Book Reviews

Books review in this article: Industrial Relations In the New Europe Anthony Ferner and Richard Hyman (Eds.) The Changing Us Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis James M. Rubenstein The Impact of Demographic Change On Training: A Cross European Comparison Nina West The Career Management Challenge: Balancing Individual and Organizational Needs Peter Herriot Understanding Industrial Organisations: the Oretical Perspectives In Industrial Sociology Richard K. Brown Gendering Organizational Analysis Albert J. Mills and Peta Tancred (Eds.) Shattering the Glass Ceiling: the Woman Manager Marilyn J. Davidson and Cary L. Cooper Project Teams: the Human Factor O.P. Kharbanda and E.A. Stallworthy     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in this Article
A nthony , P eter . The Foundation of Management
C ulbert , S amuel A. and M cdonough , J ohn . Radical Management: Power Politics and the Pursuit of Trust .
H arris , R. Power and Powelssness In Industry: an Analysis of the Social Relations of Production .
S ims , H enry P., Jr. and G ioia , D ennis A. (Eds.) The Thinking Organization: Dynamics of Organizational Social Cognition.
P iercy , N. (Ed.) Management Information Systems: the Technology Challenge .
S topford , J. M. and T urner , L. Britain and the Multinationals .
K err , C. and S taudohar , P. D. (Eds.) Industial Relaltions In A New Age .
P oole , M. Towards A New Industrial Democracy: Workers' Participation In Industry .     

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Governments, Managers and Industrial Relations. Public Enterprises and their Political Environment Anthony Ferner Information and Government Studies in the Dynamics of Policy-Making Roger Davidson and Phil White (Eds.) When Public Sector Workers Unionize Richard Freeman and Casey Ichniowski (Eds.) Making Mondragon W. Foote Whyte and K. King Whyte Worker Co-operatives in Theory and Practice M. Mellor, J. Hannah, J. Stirling Developing Successful Worker Co-operatives C. Cornforth, A. Thomas, J. Lewis and R. Spear The Origins of Economic Democracy—Profit Sharing and Employee-Shareholding Schemes Michael Poole People's Capitalism? A Critical Analysis of Profit-Sharing and Employee Share Ownership Lesley Baddon, Laurie Hunter, Jeff Hyman, John Leopold, and Harvie Ramsay The Third Way—The Promise of Industrial Democracy Dennis Lawrence The Search for Labour Market Flexibility R. Boyer (Ed.) The Changing Ideas of a Teachers Union C. T. Kerchner and D. E. Mitchell Safety at Work: the Limits of Self-regulation S. Dawson, P. Willman, M. Bamford and A. Clinton Shopfloor Politics and Job Controls: the post-war engineering industry Michael Terry and P. K. Edwards (Eds.)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Industrial Relations in the New Europe A. Ferner and R. Hyman (Eds.) Bulletin of Comparative Industrial Relations. No. 23. 1992 Special Issue. Workers' Participation: Influence on Management Decision-Making by Labour in the Private Sector R. Blanpain (Ed.) Technology and Work in German Industry N. Altmann, C. Koehler and P. Meil (Eds.) Training and Enterprise Councils: The Story So Far, Policy Studies Special Issue Economic Decline in Modern Britain: The Shipbuilding Industry, 1890–1970 Edward H. Lorenz The Evolution of Public Management: Concepts and Techniques for the 1990s Colin Duncan (Ed.) The Wapping Dispute Suellen M. Littleton Unfair Dismissal Malcolm Mead Longman Justice in Dismissal Hugh Collins Clarendon Press Life and work history analyses: Qualitative and quantitative developments S. Dex (Ed.) Women and Japanese Management: Discrimination and Reform Alice Lam Routledge     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Real World Economics Christopher Huhne Privatisation and Deregulation in Global Perspective Dennis Gayle and Jonathan Goodrich (eds.) The Market and Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology in the Japanese System Martin Fransma Managing on the Edge: How Successful Companies use Conflict to Stay Ahead . Richard Pascale The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation R. Loveridge and M. Pitt, (Eds) The Economics of Human Resource Management D. J. B. Mitchell and M. A. Zaidi (eds.) Training Matters Helen Rainbird Mismatch and Labour Mobility Fiorella Padoa-Schioppa (ed.) Current Issues in Labour Economics D. Sapsford and Z. Tzannatos (Eds.) Labour Economics (second edition) J. E. King Scheming for Youth? A Study of YTS in the Enterprise Culture D. Lee, D. Marsden, P. Rickman and J. Duncombe Women & Men in Britain 1990 Equal Opportunities Commission     

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Book reviewed in this article: Employment Security and Labor Market Behavior Christoph F. Buechtemann (Ed.) The Survival of the Danish Model. A historical sociological analysis of the Danish system of collective bargaining Jesper Due, Jørgen Steen Madsen, Carsten Strøby Jensen, Lars Kjerulff Petersen. The Equality Dilemma. Reconciling working life and family life, viewed in an equality perspective. The Danish example , Søren Carlsen and Jørgen Elm Larsen (Eds.) International and Comparative Industrial Relations. A Study of Industrialised Market Economies, (second edition) G. Bamber & R. Lansbury (Eds.) Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family Ben Fine     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Wajcman, Judy, Managing Like a Man: Women and Men in Corporate Management
Noon M. and Ogbonna, E., (Eds) Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment
Schultz, H., Hatch, M. J. and Larsen, M. H., (Eds.) The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand
Prichard, Craig, Making Managers in Universities and Colleges
Wajcman, Judy, Managing Like a Man: Women and Men in Corporate Management
Noon, M. and Ogbonna, E., (Eds) Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment
Schultz, H., Hatch, M. J. and Larsen, M. H., (Eds.) The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand
Prichard, Craig, Making Managers in Universities and Colleges     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article Brooks, Edmund Organizational Change: The Managerial Dilemma London Salaman, Graeme and Thompson, Kenneth (Eds.) Control and Ideology in Organizations Chapman, Richard A. and Greenaway, J. R. The Dynamics of Administrative Reform Currie, Robert Industrial Politics Ivar Berg Industrial Sociology Neustadt, R. E. and Fineberg Ward, J. T. and Fraser, W. Hamish Workers and Employers Burns, Thomas J. (Ed.) Behavioral Experiments in Accounting II Singleton, W. T. (Ed.) The Study of Real Skills: Volume I, The Analysis of Practical Skills Stout, Jr. Russell, Management or Control? The Organizational Challenge Bloomington, Ill Wild, Ray Production and Operations Management: Principles and Techniques Skinner, Wickham Manufacturing in the Corporate Strategy New York Van Dam, Cees and Stallaert, L. (Eds.) Trends in Business Ethics. Nijenrode Studies in Business, Vol. 3 De George, Richard T. and Pichler, Joseph A. (Eds.) Ethics, Free Enterprise and Public Policy New York Da vies, Paul and Freedland, Mark Labour Law: Text and Materials     

BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article:
THE NEW CLASSICAL MACRO-ECONOMICS Kevin D.Hoover.
REAL WORLD ECONOMICS Christopher Huhne Macmillan.
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN APPLIED ECONOMICS Graham Bird and Heather Bird.
FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Phyllis Dean (Ed.) .
MONETARISM AND THE KEYNESIANS Christopher Johnson [Ed.]
BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND POLICIES IN THE 1990s Ken Coutts, Wynne Godley, Bob Rowthorn and Gennaro Zezza.
ECONOMIC PLANNING IN TRANSITION; SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING IN POSTSOCIALIST AND CAPITALIST SOCIETIES Janos Kovacs and Bruno Dallago (Eds.)
THE HISTORY OF ECONOMETRIC IDEAS Mary S. Morgan.
FIGHTING THE WAR OF IDEAS IN LATIN AMERICA John Goodman and Ramona Marotz-Baden (Eds.)
THE ROAD TO A FREE ECONOMY, SHIFTING FROM A SOCIALIST SYSTEM: THE CASE OF HUNGARY Janos Kornai.     

Book Reviews

Human Resource Management in international Firms: Change, Globalization, Innovation Paul Evans, Yves Doz And Andre Laurent (Eds.) New Technology: International Perspectives on Human Resources And Industrial Relation Greg J. Bamber And Russell D. Lansbury (Eds.) Changing Patterns of Employee Relations Mick Marchington and Philip Parker, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990 Managers as Employees: an International Comparison of The Changing Character of Managerial Employment Myron J. Roomkin (ed.), New York: Oxford University Press The Tom Peters Experience And Crosby on Quality London: Bbc Enterprises Ltd.     

MANAGING THE DEBT PROBLEM: HISTORICAL PARALLELS AND CONTEMPORARY POLICY

Books reviewed in this article:
Barry Eichengreen & Peter H. Lindert (Eds.) (1989) The International Debt Crisis in Historical Perspective.
Jeffrey D. Sachs (Ed.) (1989) Developing Country Debt and Economic Performance.
Graham Bird (Ed.) (1989) Third World Debt: The search for a solution.     

BOOKS

Book reviiewed in this article:
A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF DISSENTING ECONOMISTS Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer (Eds.)
EOUITY AND CHOICE Julian Le Grand Harper-Collins.
ORIGIN AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Paul A Menkveld
UK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS Michael Pawley, David Winstone & Patrick Bentley.
THE MORALITY OF BUSINESS Norman Barry Aberdeen.
THE NEW PALGRAVE: THE WORLD OF ECONOMICS John Eatwell, Murray Milgate & Peter Newman (Eds.)
THE ECONOMIC IDEAS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE: FROM PREFERENCES TO TRADE David M. Levy
GOVERN MENT AND ECONOMIES IN THE POSTWAR WORLD: ECONOMIC POLICIES AND COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE 1945–85 Andrew Graham with Anthony Seldon
PROTECTIONISM AND INTERNATIONAL BANKING Gerhard Fels & George Situja.
THE CITY OF LONDON: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 1850–1990 Ranald C. Michie
THE LIFE OF AN ECONOMIST Charles P. Kindleberger
PARLIAMENT OF WHORES P.J. O'Rourke Picador.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this article:
A rgyris , C. Inner Contradictions of Rigorous Research
De V ries , M anfred F. R. K ets Organizational Paradoxes: Clinical Approaches to Management
M archington , M. Responses to Participation at Work. A Study of the Attitudes and Behaviour of Employees, Shop Stewards and Managers in a Manufacturing Company
B erg , P er -O lof . Emotional Structures in Organizations: A Study of the Process of Change in a Swedish Company
S melser , N eil and E rikson , E rik (Eds) Themes of Work and Love in Adulthood
H ickson , D avid J. and McM illan , C harles J. (Eds) Organization and Nation: The Aston Programme IV
S ahal , D evendra (Ed.) Research, Development, and Technological Innovation     

BOOKS

Book Reviewed in this article: CHANGING COURSES A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT Stephan Schmidheiny LAND DELIVERY FOR LOW INCOME GROUPS IN THIRD WORLD CITIES Robert-Jan Baken and Jan van der Linden Avebury WHAT's NEW IN ECONOMICS? John Maloney STEADY STATE ECONOMICS (Second Edition with new essays) Herman E. Daly BUSINESS ETHICS: A EUROPEAN CASEBOOK John Donaldson STRUCTURE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE Leonard W. Weiss (David B. Audretsch and Hideki Yamawaki - Eds.) THE COST OF EUROPE Patrick Minford (Ed.) ENERGY DEMAND: EVIDENCE AND EXPECTATIONS David Hawdon (Ed.) THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN FRANCE Jan Windebank Avebury