Book Review Essay

Abstract

Book reviewed in this article:Urban change and conflict: Open University 1982: Urban change and conflict (Course D202).Block 1 The urban perspective: Unit 1 The capitalist city (R. Mellor), Unit 2 Images of the city: their impact upon policy (R. Mellor), Unit 3/4 The scope of urban studies in social science (P. Dun‐leavy).Block 2 Market processes I: forces in urban and regional development: Unit 5 City development in a hinterland (M. Bateman), Unit 6 Migration and urban change (R. Wilson), Unit 7 The emergence of a system of cities (C. Brook), Unit 8 The evolving metropolitan area (N. Spence).Block 3 Market processes II: the internal structure of the city: Unit 9 Urban land use and the property development industry (B. Colenutt and C. Hamnett), Unit 10 Industry and employment in urban areas (W. Lever), Unit 11 City centres: condemned or reprieved? (P. Daniels), Unit 12 Urban housing markets (L. McDowell).Block 4 Conflict and stability in urban society: Unit 13 Class, status, location and lifestyle (L. McDowell), Unit 14 Community and the city (A. Cochrane), Unit 15 Race, ethnicity and urban change (C. Lambert and J. Lambert), Unit 16 Is there an urban crisis? (A. Cochrane), Unit 17 Urban government and public services (K. Newton), Unit 18 Political issues and urban policy making (P. Dunleavy).Block 5 State intervention I: planning and market processes: Unit 19 The British planning system (E. Reade), Unit 20 Finance and planning in land and property development (A. Blowers), Unit 21 Regional planning (C. Brook), Unit 22 Local planning (J. Raine), Unit 23 The effects of town and country planning in Britain (E. Reade).Block 6 State intervention II: urban public services and state investment: Unit 24 The state and collective consumption (C. Pickvance), Unit 25 The state as investor (P. Saunders), Unit 26 Public housing (P. Dunleavy), Unit 27 The transport policy crisis (S. Potter), Unit 28a The new town experience (S. Potter and R. Thomas), Unit 28b The inner‐city crisis (M. Loney).