Book Reviews

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Abstract Abstract American Domestic Priorities: An Economic Appraisal: John M. Quigley and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, editors. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1985. 398 pp. $32.50 (cloth), $9.95 (paperback). Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation: Charles A. Lave, editor. Pacific Studies in Public Policy. Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research, San Francisco, 1985. 372 pp. $30.00. The Welfare State and Its Aftermath: S. N. Eisenstadt and Ora Ahirneir. Barnes and Noble, Totowa, N.J., 1985. 340 pp. $27.50. The Social Production of Urban Space: M. Gottdiener. University of Texas Press, Austin, 1985. 318 pp. $27.50 Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning: Carl V. Patton and David S. Sawicki. Prentice-Hall, Engle-wood Cliffs, N.J., 1986. 450 pp. $20.95 (paperback). Instructor's manual 125 pp. Planning Games: Case Study Simulations in land Management and Development: Martin Wynn, editor. Methuen, New York, 1985. 239 pp. $35.00. Basic Dilemmas in the Social Sciences: Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, Calif., 1984. 184 pp. $17.95. Housing and Neighborhood Dynamics: A Simulation Study: John F. Kain and William C. Apgar, Jr. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., and London, 1985. 272 pp. $27.50. Water Management: Technology and Institutions: Warren Viessrnan, Jr., and Claire Welty. Harper and Row, New York, 1985. 616 pp. $38.75. Silicon landscapes: Peter Hall and Ann Markusen, editors. Allen & Unwin, Boston, 1985. 160 pp. $25.00 (cloth), $9.95 (paperback). The Aging Network: Programs and Services: Donald E. Gelfand. 2nd edition. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 1984. 305 pp. $19.95 (paperback).: The Elderly in Rural Society: Every Fourth Elder: Raymond T. Coward and Gary R. Lee, editors. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 1985. 263 pp. $24.95.: The Aging: A Guide to Public Policy: Bennett M. Rich and Martha Baum. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1984. 275 pp. $24.95 (cloth), $8.95 (paperback). The Rise and Fall of New York City: Roger Starr. Basic Books, New York, 1985. 246 pp. $17.95.: Setting Municipal Priorities, 1986: Charles Brecher and Raymond D. Horton, editors. New York University Press, New York and London, 1985. 464 pp. $50.00 (cloth), $20.00 (paperback).: Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City: Martin Shefter. Basic Books, New York, 1985. 235 pp. $21.95. Shaky Palaces: Homeownership and Social Mobility in Boston's Suburbanization: Matthew Edel, Elliott D. Sclar, and Daniel Luria. Columbia University Press, New York, 1984. 459 pp. $40.00 (cloth), $18.00 (paperback). The Urban Millennium: The City-Building Process from the Early Middle Ages to the Present: Josef W. Konvitz. Southern Illinois University Press, Car-bondale, Ill., 1985. 290 pp. $24.95. Encyclopedia of Community Development and Environmental Management: Marilyn Spiegel Schultz and Vivien Loeb Kasen. Facts on File, New York, 1984. 475 pp. $45.00. Towards a Subjective Approach to Policy Planning and Evaluation: Common-Sense Structured: Hok Lin Leung. Ronald P. Frye & Co., Winnipeg, Canada, 1985. 129 pp. $14.95 Canadian. Protecting Farmlands: Frederick R. Steiner and John E. Theilacker, editors. AVI Publishing, Westport, Conn., 1984. 312 pp. $32.50. Regions in Question: Space, Development Theory and Regional Policy: Charles Gore. Methuen, London and New York, 1984. 290 pp. $29.95 (cloth), $13.95 (paperback).: Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space: Neil Smith. Basil Blackwell, New York, 1984. 198 pp. $34.95 (cloth), $11.95 (paperback). This Land Is Your Land: The Struggle to Save America's Public Lands: Bernard Shanks. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1984. 320 pp. $19.95.