Book reviewed in this article:

Katznelson, I. 1981: City trenches. Urban politics and the patterning of class in the United States.

Law, C. 1981: British regional development since world war I.

Lee, M.‐G. editor, 1981: Toward a new community life: reports of the international Research Seminar on the Sae Maul Movement.

Martin, R. L. editor, 1981: Regional wage inflation and unemployment.

National Committee on Pilot Schemes to Combat Poverty 1981: Final report. Pilot schemes to combat poverty in Ireland 1974–80

Newton, K. 1980: Balancing the books: financing problems of local government in west Europe.

Sharpe, L. J. editor, 1981: The local fiscal crisis in western Europe: myths and realities.

Pacione, M. editor, 1981: Problems and planning in third world cities.

Saunders, P. 1981: Social theory and the urban question.