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Abstract Abstract Dx, Rx: Diagnoses, Prescriptions, and American Society The state Against Blacks Walter E. Williams. McGraw-Hill (New Press), New York, 1982. 183 pp. $14.95. Markets and Minorities Thomas Sowell. Basic Books, New York, 1981, 368 pp. $12.98 (cloth), $6.00 (paperback). The Underclass Ken Auletta. Random House (Vintage), New York, 1982. 368 pp. $17.50 (cloth), $6.95 (paperback). Restructuring the City: The Political Economy of Urban Redevelopment Susan S. Fainstein, Norman I. Fainstein, Richard Child Hill, Dennis Judd, Michael Peter Smith. Longman, New York and London, 1983. 296 pp. $27.50 (cloth), $14.85 (paperback). Ending Unemployment: Alternatives for Public Policy Melvin R. Levin. University of Maryland, Baltimore/College Park, 1982. 398 pp. (np). Land Use Law Daniel R. Mandelker. The Michie Company, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1982. 407 pp. $35.00. 1983 Zoning and Planning Handbook Frederic A. Strom, ed. Clark Boardman, New York, 1983. 429 pp. $37.50 (paperback). Readings in Urban Analysis: Perspectives on Urban Form and Structure Robert W. Lake, ed. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1983. 352 pp. $12.95 (paperback). The Coming of the Transactional City Jean Gottmann. University of Maryland, Institute for Urban Studies, College Park, Maryland, 1983. 106 pp. $12.00 (paperback). Housing America Wallace F. Smith, ed. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, California, 1983. 224 pp. $15.00 (cloth), $7.95 (paperback). The Great Housing Experiment Joseph Friedman and Daniel H. Weinberg, eds. Volume 24, Urban Affairs Annual Reviews. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, California, 1983. 320 pp. $28.00. Experimenting with Housing Allowances: Findings of a Ten-Year Study of Housing Assistance for Low-Income Families, with Implications for National Housing Policy Ira S. Lowry, ed. Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983. 445 pp. $35.00. Incentives for Environmental Protection Thomas C. Schelling, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983. 384 pp. $32.50. An Annotated Reader in Environmental Planning and Management Timothy O'Riordan and R. Kerry Turner, eds. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, New York, 1983. 460 pp. $45.00 (cloth), $20.00 (paperback). Paternalism, Conflict and Coproduction: Learning From Citizen Action and Citizen Participation in Western Europe Lawrence Susskind, Michael Elliott and associates. Plenum Press, New York, 1983. 359 pp. $32.50. Urban Waterfront Development Douglas M. Wrenn, John A. Casazza, and J. Eric Smart. Urban Land Institute, Washington, 1983. 219 pp. $35.25 (paperback). Municipal Expenditures, Revenues and Services: Economic Models and Their Use by Planners W. Patrick Beaton, ed. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1983. 255 pp. $12.95 (paperback). Cities in the 21st Century Gary Gappert and Richard V. Knight, eds. Volume 23, Urban Affairs Annual Reviews. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, California, 1982. 352 pp. $28.00 (cloth), $14.00 (paperback). Conflict, Politics and the Urban Scene Kevin R. Cox and R. J. Johnston. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1982. 265 pp. $27.50. Power and Crisis in the City: Corporations, Unions, and Urban Policy Roger Friedland. Schocken Books, New York, 1983. 248 pp. $19.95. Planners and Public Expectations Howell Baum. Shenckman Publishing Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983. 307 pp. $15.95 (cloth), $9.95 (paperback). Professionals and Urban Form Judith R. Blau, Mark E. LaGory, and John S. Pipkin, eds. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1983. 367 pp. $44.50 (cloth), $12.95 (paperback). The Downtown Plan: Proposal for Citizen Review Department of City Planning, City and County of San Francisco, August 1983 (np). The Pursuit of Urban History Derek Fraser and Anthony Sutcliffe, eds. London: Edward Arnold, 1983. 482 pp. $69.50. Available in the United States from Edward Arnold, Baltimore, Maryland. Investing in America: Initiatives for Community and Economic Development Renee A. Berger, Kristen S. Moy, Neal R. Peirce, and Carol Steinbach, eds. The President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives, Washington, 1982. Available from the Citizens Forum on Self-Government/National Municipal League, Inc., New York. 218 pp. (np). Changing Housing Standards Rolf Goetze. Public Technology Inc., Washington, 1983. 63 pp. $10.00 (paperback). Environmental Quality 1982 Council on Environmental Quality. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1982. 330 pp. $5.50 (paperback). Guide to Information from Government Sources Van Mayros and D. Michael Werner. Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1983. 188 pp. $10.95. Information Sourcebook for Marketers and Strategic Planner Van Mayros and D. Michael Werner. Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1983. 326 pp. $18.95 (paperback).