Book notes

Getting the Facts: A Fieldwork Guide for Evaluators and Policy Analysts, Jerome T. Murphy, Goodyear Publishing Co., 1980, pp.215, £5.15 (paperback). Decentralist Trends in Western Democracies, L.J. Sharpe (Editor), Sage, 1970, pp.314, price unknown. The Elderly in Modern Society, Anthea Tinker, Longmans, 1981, pp.298, £5.95 (paperback). Housing in Capitalist Societies, C. Pugh, Gower Press, 1980, pp.300, £15.00. The Bike is Back, Don Mathew, Friends of the Earth (available from 9 Poland Street, London W1) 1980, pp.24, 60p. Public Personnel Management: Contexts And Strategies, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1980, pp.xii + 480, £11.00. White‐Collar Proletariat: The Industrial Behaviour of British Civil Servants, M.P. Kelly, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1980, pp.x + 198, £6.95. “Training in Three Housing Organisations 1978–1979”, Housing Training Project. Housing Research Group, The City University, London, 1980, pp.212. £7.50 (paperback). Improving Housing Interviews, Guide to Housing Training No. 3, Housing Research Group, The City University, London, 1980, pp.70, £1.90 (paperback). Approaches to Planned Change, Robert T. Golembiewski, Parts 1 & 2, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1979, pp.869, price not known

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