Book reviews

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Selling the City: Marketing Approaches in Public Sector Urban Planning. By A.J. Ashworth and H. Voogd. London: Bellhaven Press, 1990. (Reprinted John Wiley, 1993.) £55 hb. Governing in the Information Age. By Christine Bellamy and John Taylor. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.196, £50 hb; £18.99 pb. Media and Mental Distress. Edited by Greg Philo. Glasgow Media Group. London: Longman, 1996. Pp.135. £11.50 pb. Local Elections in Britain. By Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Routledge, 1997. Pp.232. £45. Nordic Local Government. By Erik Albaek, Lawrence Rose, Lars Strömberg and Kristen Stahlberg. Association of Finnish Local Authorities, 1996. Pp.284. The Future of Asian Cities. Edited by Jeffrey R. Stubbs. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1996. Pp.102. No price given. Urban Infrastructure Finance. Edited by Royston A.C. Brockman and Allen Williams. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1996. Pp.595. No price given. Poverty, Social Exclusion and Housing Tenure. By Peter Lee and Alan Murie. The Policy Press, University of Bristol, September 1997. £11.95. Budgeting: A Guide for Local Governments. By Robert L. Bland and Irene S. Rubin. International City Management Association, 1997. Pp.241. $34 + $5. Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse. By Charles J. Fox and Hugh T. Miller. London: Sage, 1995. Pp.xvi + 175. £15.50 pb. The Politics of Sustainable Development: Theory, Policy and Practice within the European Union. By Susan Baker, Maria Kousis, Dick Richardson and Stephen Young. Routledge, 1997. Pp.276. £13.99 pb. The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development. Edited by Monica Hale and Mike Lachowicz. Routledge, 1998. Pp.196. £17.99 pb.