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Abstract Public Participation in Britain: A Classified Bibliography, Anthony Barker, Bedford Square Press, in association with the Royal Town Planning Institute, 1979, pp. 192, £6.95. A Dilemma of Local Government, Discrimination in the Provision of Public Services, Paul R. Dimond, Constance Chanberlain, Wayne Hillyard, Lexington Books, 1979, pp. 319, £13.00. The Political Economy of Health, Lesley Doyal with Imogen Pennell, Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 360, £4.95 (paperback) £10.00 (hardback). Crisis and Legitimacy, The Administrative Process and American Government, James O. Freedman, Cambridge University Press, 1979, pp. 324, £11.50. Technostructures and Interorganisa‐tional Relations, David F. Gillespie, Dennis S. Mileti, Lexington Books, 1979, pp. 151, £11.00. The Political Economy of the Welfare State, Ian Gough, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 196, £4.95 (paperback) £10.00 (hardback). The Department of Education and Science, Sir William Pile, George Allen and Unwin, 1979, pp. 247, £10.00. Administrative Secrecy in Developed Countries, edited by Donald C. Rowat, Macmillan, 1979, pp. 364, £10.00. Small Towns and Small Towners: A Framework for Survival and Growth, B. E. Swanson, R. A. Cohen, and E. P. Swanson, foreword by Harold S. Williams, Sage Publications, 1979, pp. 278, £4.25 (paperback) £8.50 (hardback).