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Books review in this article: Managerial Consulting Skills: A Practical Guide Charles J Margerison Consultant's Journey: A Professional and Personal Odyssey Roger Harrison Managing Consultants: Consultancy As the Management of Impressions Timothy Clark     

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Book reviewed in this article: Allen, S. and Walkowitz, C. 1987: Homeworking: myths and realities. Beck, U. 1986: Risikogesellschaft. Auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne. Benyon, J. and Solomos, J. editors, 1987: The roots of urban unrest. Dear, M.J. and Wolch, J.R. 1987: Landscapes of despair: from deinstitutionalisation to homelessness. Donnison, D. and Middleton, A. editors, 1987: Regenerating the inner city: Glasgow's experience. Faludi, A. 1987: A decision-centred view of environmental planning. Friedmann, J. 1987: Planning in the public domain: from knowledge to action. Hall, P., Breheney, M., McQuaid, R. and Hart, D. 1987: Western sunrise: the genesis and growth of Britain's major high tech corridor. Lawson, R. editor, with Naison, M. 1986: The tenant movement in New York City, 1904–1984. Reulecke, J. 1985: Geschichte der Urbanisierung in Deutschland. Sternlieb, G. 1986: Patterns of development. Wood, J. 1986: Southern capitalism: the political economy of North Carolina, 1880–1980.     

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A Bibliography of British Industrial Relations 1971–1979 G.S. Bain, J.D. Bennett Industrial Relations: an International and Comparative Bibliography John Bennett and Julian Fawcett Employee Relations Bibliography and Abstracts Arthur Marsh Innovation and the Auto Industry: Product, Process and Work Organization R. Whipp and P. Clark Trade Unions and Politics Ken Coates and Tony Topham Just Managing: Authority and Democracy in Industry Peter Cressey, John Eldridge and John MacInnes Women Managers: Travellers in a Male World Judi Marshall A Development Programme for Women in Management Mike Smith, Kay Smith Eddie Wood, Lynne Davidson, Sandra Langrish and Christine Mogridge The Social History of Occupational Health Paul Weindling (ed.)     

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David Coates and John Hillard (eds) UK Economic Decline: Key Texts Vaughan-Whitead, D. et al. Workers' Financial Participation – East–West Experiences Paul Thompson and David McHugh Work Organisations – A Critical Introduction (second edition) Sue Ledwith and Fiona Colgan (eds) Women in Organisation s– Challenging Gender Politics Harry Scarborough (ed.) The Management of Expertise John Storey (ed.) Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management Jack Eaton Globalization and Human Resource Management in the Airline Industry Pamela Sugiman Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937–1979 Jeff Torrington The Devil's Carousel John Solomos and Les Back Race, Politics and Social Change     

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FREDERICK D. S. CHOI AND GERHARD G . MUELLER. International Accounring
LEE H. RADEBAUGH AND SIDNEY J. GRAY. International Accounring and Multinational Enterprises
GERHARD. G. MUELLER. HELEN GERNON AND GARY K. MEEK. ACCOUNTING: An International Perspective     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ashford D. E. 1982: British dogmatism and French pragmatism: central local policy making in the welfare state. Dear, M.J. and Taylor, S.M. 1982: Not on our street. Hamilton, F.E.I. and Linge, G.J.R. editors, 1983: Spatial analysis, industry and the industrial environment. Healey, P. 1983: Local plans in British land use planning. Kemeny, J. 1983: The privatised city: critical studies in Australian housing and urban structure. Lake, R.W. editor, 1983: Readings in urban analysis: perspectives on urban form and structure. Lundquist, L.J. and Wiktorin, M. editors, 1983: Current trends in British housing. Priemus, H. editor, 1983: Who will pay the housing bill in the eighties? Sims, D. and Wood, M. 1984: Car manufacturing at Linwood: the regional policy issues. Stoney, P.J.M. and Bourn, M. 1984: Industrial development in Merseyside: motor vehicle assembly and the port of Liverpool. Smith, M.P. editor, 1984: Cities in transformation: class, capital and the state. Williams, R.H. editor, 1983: Planning in Europe.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agnew, J., Mercer, J. and Sopher, D. editors, 1984: The city in cultural context. Blowers, A. 1984: Something in the air: corporate power and the environment. Boddy, M. and Fudge, C. editors, 1984: Local socialism? Seabrook, J. 1984: The idea of neighbourhood: what local politics should be about. Clark, T.N. and Ferguson, L.C. 1983: City money. Political processes, fiscal strain and retrenchment. Sbragia, A.M. editor, 1983: The municipal money chase. The politics of local government finance. Cope, D.R., Hills, P. and James, P. editors, 1984: Energy policy and land-use planning: an international perspective. Daunton, M.J. editor, 1984: Councillors and tenants: local authority housing in English cities?, 1919–1939. Davies, T., Mason, C. and Davies, L. 1984: Government and local labour market policy implementation. Dawson, A.H. 1984: The land problem in the developed economy. Gore, C. 1984: Regions in question: space, development theory and regional policy. Redclift, M. 1984: Development and the environmental crisis. Red or green alternatives. Greer, A.L. and Greer, S. editors, 1983: Cities and sickness: health care in urban America. King, A. 1984: The bungalow. The production of a global culture. Leitner, H. 1983: Gastarbeiter in der städtischen Gesellschaft: Segregation, Integration und Assimilation von Arbeitsmigranten Am Beispiel jugoslawischer Gastarbeiter in Wien. O'Connor, A. 1983: The African city. O'Connor, J. 1984: Accumulation crisis. Pahl, R.E. 1984: Divisions of labour. Palen, J.J. and London, B. editors, 1984: Gentrification, displacement and neighborhood revitalization. Papadakis, E. 1984: The Green Movement in West Germany. Peil, M. and Sada, P.O. 1984: African urban society. Preteceille, E. and Terrail, J. 1985: Capitalism, consumption and needs. Rodwin, L. and Hollister, R.M. 1984: Cities of the mind: images and themes of the city in the social sciences. Schoorl, J.W., van der Linden, J.J. and Yap, K.S. editors, 1983: Between Basti dwellers and bureaucrats: lessons in squatter upgrading in Karachi. Sharpe, L.S. and Newton, K. 1984: Does politics matter? The determinants of public policy. Walton, J. 1984: Reluctant rebels. Comparative studies of revolution and underdevelopment. White, P. 1984: The west European city: a social geography. ARAU 1984: Bruxelles vu par ses habitants—quinze années d'action urbaine. Wild, T. editor, 1983: Urban and rural change in West Germany.     

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Book Reviewed in This Article: COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS R. Blanpain (ed.) A PERSPECTIVE ON LABOUR LAW Ole Hasselbalch, Alan C. Neal and Anders Victorin PICKETING - INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, TACTICS AND THE LAW Peggy Kahn, Norman Lewis, Rowland Livock and Paul Wiles INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN BRITAIN George Sayers Bain (ed.) UNIONS, CHANGE AND CRISIS: FRENCH AND ITALIAN UNION STRATEGY AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY 1945–1980 Peter Lange, George Ross and Maurizio Vannicelli LES SYNDICATS DANS LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE René Mouriaux     

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Abstract

The system for monitoring, regulating and reporting on the way in which UK government ministers make appointments to the boards of public bodies is a relatively neglected area of public management. A decade after the establishment of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA), little attention has been paid by academics to the functioning of this agent of accountability (a particularly British device), despite the importance of transparency and accountability for the new public management and modernization. This article seeks to examine the key issues surrounding the Commissioners for Public Appointments as agents of accountability, by examining the tensions in the relationship between OCPA and the executive, variations in the governance arrangements for the Commissioners across the devolved polity and the key findings and recommendations of a number of official reports, while locating these issues in the context of current debates about modernization and ‘representativeness’ in public bodies.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Future of European Social Policy (second revised edition) Lammy Betten (Ed.) Employment Rights in Britain and Europe: Selected Papers in Labour Law Lord Wedderburn Unemployment and Labour Market Flexibility: Austria Ewald Walterskirchen Japan and the Global Economy: Issues and Trends in the 1990s Jonathan Morris (Ed.) Growth through Competition, Competition through Growth: Strategic Management and the Economy in Japan Hiroyuki Odagiri Training at Work: a Critical Analysis of Policy and Practice Jeff Hyman The Impact of Demographic Change on Training-A Cross European Comparison Nina West Contemporary British Industrial Relations Sid Kessler and Fred Bayliss Rethinking Labour Management Relations, The case for Arbitration Christopher J. Bruce and Jo Carby Hall The New Politics of British Trade Unionism , David Marsh The History of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, Volume I parts 1 and 2, 1870–1911 From Forerunners to Federation; 1912–1922 From Federation to Amalgamation Ken Coates and Tony Topham (Eds.) An Introduction to Industrial Relations Michael P Jackson In the Way of Women: Men's resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations Cynthia Cockburn Working in Hotels Roy C. Wood Engineers and Professional Self-Regulation: from the Finniston Committee to the Engineering Council Grant Jordan     

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West, Michael (Ed.). Handbook of Work Group Psychology
Dent, M. Professions, Information Technology and Managements in Hospitals
Jacques, Roy. Manufacturing the Employee: Management Knowledge from the 19th to 21st Centuries
Heene, Aimé and Sanchez, Ron (Eds). Competence Based Strategic Management
Moingeon, B. and Edmondson, A. (Eds). Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Convex transformations of random variables, W. R. VAN ZWET
Hypothesis Testing Problems with the Alternative Restricted by a Number of Inequalities, W. SCHAAFSMA
Stochastic Processes, E. PARZEN, Holden-Day
Applied Queueing Theory, A. M. LEE, MacMillan
Recent Advances in Mathematical Programming, edited by R. L. GRAVES and PH. WOLFE
Exercises in probability and statistics, N. A. RAHMAN
Die Monte-Carlo-Methode und ihre Verwirklichung mit elektronische Oigitalrechner, N. P. BusLENKO and J. A. SCHREIDER, B. G. Teubner
Monte Carlo Methods, J. M. HAMMERSLEY and D. C. HANDSCOMB
The art of simulation, K. D. TOCHER
Entscheidungskriterien bei Risiko, H. SCHNEEWEISS
Numerical models of economic development, A. QAYUM     

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Governments, Managers and Industrial Relations. Public Enterprises and their Political Environment Anthony Ferner Information and Government Studies in the Dynamics of Policy-Making Roger Davidson and Phil White (Eds.) When Public Sector Workers Unionize Richard Freeman and Casey Ichniowski (Eds.) Making Mondragon W. Foote Whyte and K. King Whyte Worker Co-operatives in Theory and Practice M. Mellor, J. Hannah, J. Stirling Developing Successful Worker Co-operatives C. Cornforth, A. Thomas, J. Lewis and R. Spear The Origins of Economic Democracy—Profit Sharing and Employee-Shareholding Schemes Michael Poole People's Capitalism? A Critical Analysis of Profit-Sharing and Employee Share Ownership Lesley Baddon, Laurie Hunter, Jeff Hyman, John Leopold, and Harvie Ramsay The Third Way—The Promise of Industrial Democracy Dennis Lawrence The Search for Labour Market Flexibility R. Boyer (Ed.) The Changing Ideas of a Teachers Union C. T. Kerchner and D. E. Mitchell Safety at Work: the Limits of Self-regulation S. Dawson, P. Willman, M. Bamford and A. Clinton Shopfloor Politics and Job Controls: the post-war engineering industry Michael Terry and P. K. Edwards (Eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Human Rights and Labour Law. Essays for Paul O'Higgins K. D. Ewing, C. A. Gearty and B. A. Hepple, (Eds) Working for the Union–British Trade Union Officers John Kelly and Edmund Heery Agenda for change: An International Analysis of Industrial Relations in Transition J. Niland and O. Clarke, Editors Labour and Industry in the Asia-Pacific: Lessons from the Newly-Industrialized Countries Barry Wilkinson Comparative Industrial Relations: An Introduction to Cross-National Perspectives (2nd Edition) Ron Bean Gender and Trade Unions Elizabeth Lawrence Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender and the Seattle Labor Movement Dana Frank Youth and Work: Transition to Employment in England and Germany John Bynner and Ken Roberts (Eds) Becoming Adults in England and Germany Karen Evans and Walter R. Heinz (Eds) Regulating Employment and Welfare. Company and National Policies of Labour Force Participation at the End of Worklife in Industrial Countries Frieder Naschold and Bert de Vroom (eds) Scandinavia in a New Europe Thomas P. Boje and Sven E. Olsson Hort (eds) Craft, Class and Control Ian Roberts Union Education in Britain: a TUC activity John Holford     

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Industrial Relations in the Future: Trends and Possibilities in Britain over the next Decade M. Poole, W. Brown, J. Rubery, K. Sisson, R. Tarling and F. Wilkinson Invitation to Industrial Relations T. Keenoy Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy 1945–1951 Alec Cairncross Britain's Economy: The Roots of Stagnation Aubrey Jones Challenges and Choices Facing American Labor Thomas A. Kochan (ed.) The Politics of Safety and Health G. K. Wilson Industrial Relations and New Technology Annette Davies Technological Change, Rationalisation and Industrial Relations O. Jacobi, B. Jessop, H. Kastendiek and M. Regini (eds.)     

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Book Reviewed in this Article: Farewell to Flexibility Anna Pollert, (ed.) A Flexible Future? Prospects for Employment and Organisation Paul Blyton and Jonathan Morris (eds.) Self-Employment: A Labor Market Perspective Robert L Aronson Labour Movements, Employers, and the State: Conflict and Cooperation in Britain and Sweden James Fulcher Against Unemployment Michael White Public Sector Industrial Relations P.B. Beaumont Government and its employees Wouter van Ginneken (ed.) Britain's Real Skills Shortage and What To Do About It John Cassels Women, Training and the Skills Shortage Joan Payne The Enemy Without: policing and class consciousness in the miners’ strike Penny Green Split at the Seams? community, continuity and change after the 1984-5 coal dispute David Waddington, Maggie Wykes and Chas Critcher A Tale of Two Industries’ the contraction of coal and steel in the North East of England Huw Beynon, Ray Hudson and David Sadler     

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Book reviewed in this article: Workplace Learning in Context
Helen Rainbird, Alison Fuller and Anne Munro (eds) The Handbook of Employment Relations, Law and Practice (4th Edition)
Brian Towers (ed) The Labour Market Under New Labour: the State of Working Britain
Richard Dickens, Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth (eds)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Bailey, J. 1980: Ideas and intervention: social theory for practice. Camhis, M. 1979: Planning theory and philosophy. Bassand, M. and Fragniere, J. P. 1978: Le pouvoir dans la ville. Dearlove, J. 1979: The reorganization of British local government: old orthodoxies and a political perspective. Hamilton, F. E. I. and Linge, G. J. R. , editors, 1979: Spatial analysis, industry and the industrial environment. Volume 1. Industrial systems. Townroe, P. M. 1979: Industrial movement. Experience in the US and the UK. Harrison, A. J. 1977: Economics and land use planning. Balchin, P. N. and Kieve, J. L. 1977: Urban land economics. Dechervois, M. and Théret, B. 1979: Contribution à l'étude de la rente foncière urbaine. Nelson, J. M. 1979: Access to power. Neutze, M. 1978: Australian urban policy. Saunders, P. 1979: Urban politics: a sociological approach.