Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France. By Peter A. Hall. Oxford: Polity Press, 1986. Pp.31. £25.00 (hardback), S8.95 (paperback).
The State and the Market Economy: Industrial Patriotism and Economic Intervention in France. By Jack Hayward. Brighton: Wheatsheaf, 1986. Pp.xv + 267. £28.50.
Patterns of Social Policy: An Introduction to Comparative Analysis. By Catherine Jones. London: Tavistock, 1985. P.ix + 229. £7.95.
Economic Policy and Policy‐making Under the Mitterrand Presidency, 1981–84. Edited by Howard Machin and Vincent Wright. London: Frances Pinter, 1985. Pp.x + 293. £19.00.
The French Economy: Theory and Policy. Edited by Jacques Melitz and Charles Wyplosz. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1985. Pp.ix+ 386. £33.50.
Public Employment in Western Nations. By Richard Rose, with Edward Page, Richard Barry, B. Guy Peters, Andrea Cendali Pignatelli and Klaus‐Dieter Schmidt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp.xv + 265. £22.50.