Book reviews in this article:Technclogy in Working Order: Studies of Work, Interaction, and Technology Graham Button (Ed.)Communication, Technology and the Development of People Bernard WoodsPhotonic Technology and Industrial Policy: US Responses to Technological Change Ernest StembergBeyond Taylorism: Computerization and the New Industrial Relations Lorraine GiordanoJapanization at Work John BrattonWorking for the Japanese Stephanie JonesTechnology and Work in German Industry Norbert Altmann, Christoph Kohler and Pamela Meil (Eds.)Towards Global Localisation: The Computing and Telecommunications Industries in Britain and France Philip Cooke, Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Olivier Weinstein, Peter Wells, Martine Lemattre and Patrice GrevetNew Technology and Practical Police Work S. Ackroyd, R. Harper, J. A. Hughes, D. Shapiro and K. Soothill