Book reviews

Malcolm COOK and Grace DAVIE, eds., Modern France — Society in Transition,Routledge 1999, pp.279, £13.99, ISBN 0–415–15432–4 (pbk)Lowell DITTMER, Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution: The Politics of Mass Criticism,revised edition, M.E. Sharpe, 1998, $24.95, pp.400, ISBN 1–56324–952–9 (pbk)James FORDER and Anand MENON, eds., The European Union and National Macroeconomic Policy,Routledge, 1998, pp. 210, £16.99, ISBN 0–415–14197–4 (pbk)Kenneth HANF and Alf‐Inge JAN‐SEN, eds., Governance and Environment in Western Europe ‐ Politics, Policy and Administration,Longman 1998, pp.325, £14.99, ISBN 0–582–36820–0 (pbk).Elizabeth HIGGINBOTHAM and Mary ROMERO, eds., Women and Work ‐ Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class,Sage 1997, pp.269, ISBN 0–8039‐S059–4 (pbk)Beate HOECKER ed., Handbuch Politische Partizipation von Frauen in Europa,Leske + Budrich, 1998, pp.403, DM48.00,ISBN 3–8100–1782–5 (pbk)Karin KURZ, Das Erwerbsverhalten von Frauen in der intensiven Familien‐phase. Ein Vergleich zwischen Müttern in der Bundesrepublik und in den USA,Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1998, pp. 273, DM48.00, ISBN 3–8100–1941–0 (pbk)Teresa LAWLOR and Mike RIGBY with José Amodia, Ana María Plymen, Manuel Pérez Yruela and Rafael Serrano del Rosal, Contemporary Spain, Essays and Texts on Politics, Economics, Education and Employment, and Society,Longman 1998, pp.416, £17.99, ISBN 0–582–29422–3 (pbk)Linda McDOWELL and Joanne P.SHARP, eds., Space, Gender, Knowledge ‐ Feminist Readings,Arnold 1997, pp.468, £16.99, ISBN 0–340–67792–9 (pbk)Hilary PARTRIDGE, Italian Politics Today,Politics Today Series, Manchester University Press, 1998, pp.199, £9.99, ISBN 0–7190–4944‐X (pbk)Manfred G. SCHMIDT, Sozialpolitik in Deutschland — Historische Entwicklung und internationaler Vergleich,2nded., Leske + Budrich, 1998, pp.334, DM36.00, ISBN 3–8100–1963–1 (pbk)Peter SCHUCK and Rainer MÜNZ, ed., Paths to Inclusion — The Integration of Migrants in the United States and Germany,Berghahn Books, 1998, pp.306, ISBN 1–57181–091–9 (hbk)Alan SINFIELD: Literature Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain,The Athlone Press, 1997, 2nd edition, 347 pp., £16.95, ISBN 0485 12132 8 (pbk)