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STATE SCHOOL by R. F. Mackenzie
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION by Ruth Beard
LANGUAGE, THE LEARNER AND THE SCHOOL by Douglas Barnes, James Britton, Harold Rosen and the L.A.T.E.
READING DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOLS by Margaret M. Clark
THE EDUCATION OFFICER AND HIS WORLD by Derek Birley
TEACHING IN THE CITY by S. G. Kelly, Gill and Macmillan
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LONDON EDUCATION , 1870–1970 by S. Maclure, Allen Lane
ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN APPROVED SCHOOLS by Helen J. Richardson, Routledge and Kegan Paul
CRIME, POLICE AND RACE RELATIONS: A STUDY IN BIRMINGHAM by John R. Lambert
PRINCIPLES OF SENTENCING by D. A. Thomas
SOCIAL MEDICINE IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE ORGANISATION OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THE EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN CZECKOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AND POLAND by E. R. Wienerman with the assistance of Shirley B. Wienerman
THE PERSONAL SERVICE SOCIETY by Paul Halmos
FOSTER CARE: THEORY AND PRACTICE by Victor George, Routledge and Kegan Paul
WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY , edited by Max Marwick
SOCIOLOGY OF LAW , edited by Vilhelm Aubert
INDUSTRIAL MAN , edited by Tom Burns
THE ECOLOGY OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE ; edited by Liam Hudson
Penguin Modern Sociology Readings.
BEHAVIORAL SOCIOLOGY , edited by R. L. Burgess and D. Bushell
DEVELOPING PATTERNS OF URBANISATION edited by P. Cowan     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: THE LONG DEBATE ON POVERTY by R. M. Hartwell et al, IEA, 1973, xvi + 243 pp., £2.50. FAMILY POVERTY David Bull (ed.), Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1971, 216pp., £1.25. POVERTY by Dudley Jackson, Macmillan, 1972, 93 pp., 75 p. DRUG MISUSE AND THE LAW by S. Bradshaw, MacMillan 1972, 87 pp., 95p. RACE AND LAW by Anthony Lester and Geoffrey Bindman, Penguin Education: Law and Society, 1972, 491 pp., £1.00 (UK). THE ENGLISH PRISON OFFICER SINCE 1850: A STUDY IN CONFLICT by J. E. Thomas, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972, 242 pp., £3.00. WORKERS' ATTITUDES AND TECHNOLOGY by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton: Cambridge Papers in Sociology, Cambridge University Press, 1972, 176 pp., £3.50 cloth, £1.40 paper. INTERACTION RITUAL by Erving Goffman, Penguin University Books, 1972, 270 pp., £1.00. SIX APPROACHES TO THE PERSON, Edited by Ralph Ruddock, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972, xii + 212 pp., £3.50. MOTHERLESS FAMILIES by Victor George and Paul Wilding, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972, 232 pp., £3.50. UNEMPLOYMENT AND POLITICS, A Study in English Social Policy 1886–1914 by José Harris, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972, 411 pp., £7.50. LAISSEZ-FAIRE AND STATE INTERVENTION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN (Studies in economic history) by Arthur J. Taylor, Macmillan, 1972, 80 pp., 50 p. PLANNING AND EDUCATION by Derek Birley, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972, viii + 152 pp., £2.25. THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION IN BRITAIN by Bernard Lawrence, Batsford, 1972, 213 pp., £2.00. THE MACHINERY OF JUSTICE IN ENGLAND by R. M. Jackson, Cambridge at the University Press, 1972, xv + 590 pp., £5.90. THE DIALECTICS OF SOCIAL LIFE: ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY by Robert F. Murphy, Allen & Unwin, 1972, x + 261 pp., £3.50. VARIATIONS IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES AMONG BRITISH URBAN AUTHORITIES by Bleddyn Davies, Andrew Barton and Ian McMillan, Bell, London 1972, 159 pp., £2.00. GUIDANCE SELECTION AND TRAINING: IDEAS AND APPLICATION by Peter C. Morea, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972, xviii + 362 pp., £5.00. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MODERN BRITAIN by E. A. Johns, Pergamon, 1972, 203 pp., Hard Cover £1.80, Flexi Cover £1.25. IMAGINATION AND PRECISION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF PETER NETTL by T. J. Nossiter, A. H. Hanson and Stein Rokkan (eds.), Faber & Faber, 1972, 464 pp., £6.00. STATUS PASSAGE by Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971, 205 pp., £3.25. BEYOND THE AUTOMOBILE by Tarbor R. Stone, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1972, x + 148 pp., £3.00. DISCOVERING SOCIOLOGY— Studies in Sociological Theory and Method by John Rex, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973, 278 pp., £3.75. RACE, COLONIALISM AND THE CITY by John Rex, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973, 310 pp., £3.95.     

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE . The Administrative structure of the Medical and Related Services in England and Wales.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT by Seymour L. Wolfbein
MARX AND MODERN ECONOMICS . Edited by David Horowitz, MacGibbon and Kee Ltd.
MAKING FULLER USE OF SURVEY DATA by Michael Phillipson
ECONOMIES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION by M. Clawson and J. Knetsch
THE PRICE OF BLOOD by Michael H. Cooper and Anthony J. Culyer
RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE: Facts and Fallacies; FOSTER HOME CARE: Facts and Fallacies: both by Rosemary Dinnage and M. L. Kellmer Pringle     

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THE FINANCE OF LOCAL GOVERN MENT by N. P. Hepworth
IMMIGRATION AND RACE RELATIONS by David Stephen
MENTAL ILLNESS IN CHILDHOOD by V. L. Kahan
PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONALIZATION edited by J. A. Jackson
HIGHTOWN GRAMMAR: THE SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM by C. Lacey
THE CHILD SAVERS—THE INVENTION OF DELINQUENCY , by A. M. Platt     

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SOCIAL POLICY AND CITIZENSHIP by Julia Parker
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN PRACTICE by Lord Diamond
SOCIAL SERVICE BUDGETS AND SOCIAL POLICY: BRITISH AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE by H. Glennerster
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING—POLICY AND PRACTICE by Pat Niner
BOARDS OF VISITORS OF PENAL INSTITUTIONS (JELLICOE REPORT) , Barry Rose
COMMUNITY WORK TWO , edited by David Jones and Marjorie Mayo
VARIETIES OF RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE , edited by Jack Tizard     

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MARSHALL, MARX AND MODERN TIMES by Clark Kerr
THE WORLDLY PHILOSOPHERS: THE GREAT ECONOMIC THINKERS by Robert L. Heilbroner
THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN MODERN SOCIETY by John Child
SOCIOLOGY IN BRITAIN: A SURVEY OF RESEARCH by Ernest Krausz
MAXIMUM FEASIBLE MISUNDERSTANDING: COMMUNITY ACTION IN THE WAR ON POVERTY by D. P. Moynihan
CULTURE AND POVERTY–CRITIQUE AND COUNTER-PROPOSALS by Charles A. Valentine
NEW THINKING ABOUT WELFARE–VALUES AND PRIORITIES by The Association of Social Workers
SOCIETY AND PAUPERISM by J. R. Poynter
THE PRICE OF HEALTH by A. Seldon et. al.
SOCIAL SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: (ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF EVELINE M. BURNS) edited by Shirley Jenkins
MODERN CAPITALIST PLANNING: THE FRENCH MODEL by S. Cohen
THE ROLE OF AMERICAN INVESTMENT IN THE BRITISH ECONOMY by John H. Dunning
MIGRATION edited by J. A. Jackson
THE EDUCATION OF BORSTAL BOYS by Erica Stratta
IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION by C. Hill
THE DEPENDENTS OF THE COLOURED COMMONWEALTH POPULATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES by D. Eversley and F. Sukdeo     

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Book review in this Article PENELOPE HALL'S SOCIAL SERVICES OF MODERN ENGLAND Anthony Forder, Routledge and Kegan Paul STATISTICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH Robert S. Weiss COLOUR AND CITIZENSHIP: A REPORT ON BRITISH RACE RELATIONS E. J. B. Rose IMMIGRATION AND RACE RELATIONS IN BRITAIN Sheila Patterson, ROBERT MOORE SOCIAL POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A. Livingstone, Routledge Kegan Paul MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES Colin Bell PRINCIPLES OF DEMOGRAPHY Donald J. Bogue ECONOMIC REFORM IN THE SOVIET UNION Michael Ellman STATESMEN IN DISGUISE: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS OF THE BRITISH HOME CIVIL SERVICE G. K. Fry THE POLITICS OF LEGISLATION Malcolm Joel Barnett FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: FISCAL POLICY FOR EMERGING COUNTRIES Robert B. Bangs     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
THEORY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE by R. E. Smalley.
POLITICAL MOBILISATION by J. P. Nettl.
THE ORIGINS OF MODERN TO WN PLANNING by L. Benevolo.
ADOPTED CHILDREN: HOW THEY GROW UP by Alexina Mary.
INDIA'S FOURTH PLAN. TEST IN GROWTHMANSHIP by K. N. Bhattacharyya.
INDIA AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY by Dharma Kumar.
CARING FOR PEOPLE National Institute for Social Work Training — Series 11 George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
RULES, ROLES AND RELATIONS by Dorothy Emmet.
WOMEN AND TOP JOBS: AN INTERIM REPORT Political and Economic Planning.     

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Book Review in this Articles:
SOCIAL THEORY FOR PLANNING by Joe Bailey, Routledge & Kegan Paul
DAILY EXPERIENCE IN RESIDENTIAL LIFE: A STUDY OF CHILDREN AND THEIR CARE-GIVERS by Juliet Berry
PROGRESS IN PENAL REFORM by Louis Blom-Cooper (ed.)
CARE OF THE CHILD FACING DEATH by Lindy Burton (ed.)
PARENTS AND FAMILY PLANNZNG SERVICES by Ann Cartwright
THE ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION by C. Freeman
GROWING OLDER IN A SOUTH DEVON TOWN by Anne Glyn-Jones
THE ORGANISATION OF HOUSING: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN LONDON by Michael Harlow
THE ORIGINS OF THE LIBERAL WELFARE REFORMS , 1906–1914 by J. R. Hay
MODERN SOCIAL POLITICS IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN, FROM RELIEF TO MAINTENANCE by Hugh Heclo
LA PROTECTION DE LA JEUNESSE ET LE PLACEMENT FAMILIAL by Hunyen
IMPAIRMENT, DISABILITY AND HANDICAP by Dennis Lees and Stella Shaw (eds.)
SELF-DETERMINATION IN SOCIAL WORK by F. E. McDermott (ed.)
CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS by Christine D. McKee
GOVERNMENT AND THE SPORTS BUSINESS by Roger G. Noll (ed.)
THE SEARCH FOR PURE FOOD by Ingeborg Paulus
NOISE AND PRICES by A. A. Walters
LAW AND SOCIETY by Adam Podgórecki
VILLAGE LIFE AND LABOUR by Ralph Samuel (ed.)
RECORDS OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS: UNEM PLOYMENT INSURANCE 1911 to 1939 by Brenda Swann and Maureen Turnbull
THE TOWN LABOURER IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION by Malcolm I. Thomis
TO DO THE SICK NO HARM: A STUDY OF THE BRITISH VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL SYSTEM TO 1875 by John Woodward
CHANGING HOSPITALS: A REPORT ON THE HOSPITAL INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT by George F Wieland and Hilary Leigh (eds.)
HOSPITALS: COMMUNICATION, CHOICE AND CHANGE by R. W. Evans (ed.)     

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Book reviews in this article:
THE HIGHER CIVIL SERVICE IN BRITAIN by Richard A. Chapman.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM by Gerald E. Caiden.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION: BEHAVIOUR AND CONTROL edited by Joan Woodward.
THE CONQUEST OF VIOLENCE by T. A. Critchley.     

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WHY PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE. Thomas Joiner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (2005), 276 pages. ISBN: 0-674-1901-6. List Price: $24.96. Hardcover. Reviewed by Ameda A. Manetta.

MORE THAN A PARTING PRAYER: LESSONS IN CARE-GIVING FOR THE DYING. William H. Griffith. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press (2004), 157 pages. ISBN: 0-8170-1480-2. List Price: $12.00. Paperback. Reviewed by Deana F. Morrow.

GRIEF AND LOSS: THEORIES AND SKILLS FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS. Katherine Walsh-Burke. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon (2006), 144 pages. ISBN: 0-205-3881-2. List Price: $33.40. Paperback. Reviewed by Patrick Shannon.     

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FREEDOM AND THE WELFARE STATE by Bill Jordan.
ADMINISTERING BRITAIN by Jeffrey Stanyer and Brian Smith.
THE STATE, ADMINISTRATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL. by Michael Hill.
PROBATION AND AFTER-CARE: ITS DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES. by Dorothy Bochel.
THE CONSUMER CAUSE: A SHORT ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANISATION, DEVELOPMENT, POWER AND IMPORTANCE. by Ronald Wraith
THE SALE OF COUNCIL HOUSES: A STUDY IN SOCIAL POLICY by Alan Murie
HOUSING AND MORTGAGE MARKETS BY G. Hadjimatheou.
SLUM CLEARANCE by John English, Ruth Madigan and Peter Norman.
NEED AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE by A.J. Culyer.
THE POLITICS OF CONSUMER REPRESENTATION: A STUDY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS by Rudolf Klein and Janet Lewis.
HEALTH CARE IN THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE by Michael Kaser.
GOVERNMENTS AND GROWTH by F. Knox.
IN SEARCH OF THE SCROUNGER: THE ADMINISTRATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN BRITAIN, 1921–31. by Alan Deacon.     

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SOCIAL CARE OF THE ELDERLY. THE EFFECTS OF ETHNICITY, CLASS AND CULTURE. Marjorie Cantor and Mark Brennan. Springer Publishing Company. 1999. 360 pp. ISBN #0-8261-1263-3. Reviewed by Annette Kaye.

HANDBOOK OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT (third edition). Joseph J. Gallo, MD, MPH; Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN; Gregory J. Paveza, MSW, PhD; and William Reichel, MD. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen, 2000, 361pp. ISBN 0-8342-1284-X. Reviewed by Carole Ashendorf.     

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LIVING WITH DYING: A HANDBOOK FOR END-OF-LIFE HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS. Edited by Joan Berzoff and Phyllis R. Silverman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, 928 pp., 0-231-12794-4/cloth. $85.00. Reviewed by Carole A. Winston.

DANCING WITH BROKEN BONES: PORTRAITS OF DEATH AND DYING AMONG INNER-CITY POOR, by David Wendell Moller. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, $65.00 (hardcover) $31.95 (paper). Reviewed by AmedaA. Manetta.

THE PAST IN THE PRESENT: USING REMINISCENCE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, by Faith Gibson. Baltimore Maryland: Health Professions Press, 2004,336 pp., $32.95 paperback. ISBN: 1-878812-87-4. Reviewed by Debra Parker Oliver.     

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MINDFULNESS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel, and Paul R. Fulton, (Eds.) New York: Guilford Press, 2005,333 pp. Reviewed by Brian Beech.

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: CONCEPTS, PROCESSES, & INTERVIEWING. Marion Bogo. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, 310 pp. Reviewed by Arlene Montgomery.

EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE: A TEXTBOOK. Robert E. Drake, Matthew R. Merrens, and David W. Lynde, (Eds.) New York: Norton, 2005, 494 pp. Reviewed by Jane Paterson.