Book reviewed in this article:Policing Industrial Disputes: 1893–1985, by Roger GearyThe Price of Industrial Labor, by J. E. AnnableThe Performance of Labour‐Managed Firms, edited by Frank H. StephenComparative Industrial Relations: An Introduction to Cross‐National Perspectives, by R. BeanDirectors of Industry: The British Corporate Network 1904–1976, by John Scott and Catherine GriffSkilled Workers in the Class Structure, by Roger PennCapitalism, class conflict and the new middle class, by Bob CarterImproving Industrial Relations ‐ The Advisory Role of ACASby Eric Armstrong and Rosemary LucasThe Information Technology Revolution, edited by Tom ForesterA Textbook of Industrial Relations Management, by George ThomasonThe Industrial Relations Position of Foreign‐Owned Firms in Britain, by Peter J. Buckley and Peter EnderwickFighting Closures: De‐industrialization and the Trade Unions, 1979–1983, edited by Hugo Levie, Denis Gregory and Nick LorentzenBallots and Union Democracy, by Roger Undy and