Three reviews on rural economic policy

Cloke, P. and Little, J. 1990: The Rural State? Limits to Planning in Rural Society. Oxford: Clarendon Press, £30.00 cloth.

NECD's Agriculture Ad Hoc Sector Group, 1989: Work in the Countryside: Agricultural and Rural Employment in the 1990s; Strak, J. 1989: Work in the Countryside: Rural Pluriactivity in the UK; Grundy, D.S., Hatfield, G.R. and Thompson, J. 1988: Work in the Countryside: The Contribution of Forestry to Rural Employment. All available from NEDO, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QX.

Acton, B. G. 1990: The Role of Rural Employment in Supporting Village Communities. School of Planning, Oxford Polytechnic, Working Paper No. 122, £4.50 plus 85p p&p.