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Cross on Local Government Law, 7th edn, Charles Cross and Stephen Bailey, Sweet & Maxwell, 1986, pp. xcii + 666, £18.95 paperback. The Changing Government of Education, S. Ranson and J. Tomlinson (eds), Allen and Unwin, 1986, pp. 236, £25.00 hb., £9.95pb. Disabled People in the Community: A study of Housing, Health and Welfare Services, Anne Borsay, Occasional Papers on Social Administration 80, Bedford Square Press, 1986, pp. 263, £9.50. The London Employment Problem, Nick Buck, Ian Gordon and Ken Young with John Ermisch and Liz Mills, Clarendon Press, 1986, pp. 213, £7.95 Sunbelt City? A Study of Economic Change in Britain's M4 Growth Corridor, Martin Boddy, John hovering and Keith Basset, Clarendon Press, 1986, pp. 235, £7.95 The City in Transition: Policies and Agencies for the Economic Regeneration of Clydeside, William Lever and Chris Moore, Clarendon Press, 1986, pp. 173, £7.95 Sheffield Jobs Audit, Sheffield City Council Department of Employment and Economic Development, 1985, pp. 264. Promoting Local Authorities in the European Community, Colin Mellors (ed.), European Information Service, Occasional Paper 1/86, IULA/CEMR British Sections, 1986, pp. 71. The Development Commission's Rural Industrial Development Programme: A Review of Progress 1945 ‐ 1985, Chris Minay, Working Paper No 87, Oxford Polytechnic Department of Town Planning, pp. 67, no price stated. An Unreasonable Act? Central‐Local Government Conflict and the Housing Act 1980, Ray Forrest and Alan Murie, SAUS Study No. 1, 1985, £5.95. Local Economic Initiatives Study (Research Supervisor, John Mawson); City of Bradford Metropolitan Council (Research Memorandum 97, 1984, pp. 53, £3.50); West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council (Research Memorandum 98, 1985, pp. 52, £3.50); Leeds City Council (Research Memorandum 101, 1985, pp. 58, £3.60); Manchester City Council (Research Memorandum 102, 1985, pp. 31, £3.20); Greater London County Council (Research Memorandum 103, 1985, pp. 123, £8.40); Sheffield City Council (Research Memorandum 106, 1986, pp. 38, £3.20). Evaluation of Management Advisory Service and Performance Review Trials in the NHS. A Report prepared for King Edward's Hospital Fund for London by a team from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Brunei University, led by Professor Maurice Kogan. King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1985, pp. 245, £5.00 (available from King's Fund Publishing Office, 126 Albert Street, London NW1 7NF).