Book reviewed in this article:Managers as Employees: An International Comparison of the Changing Character of Managerial Employmentedited by Myron J. RoomkinManagement Control and Union Power: A Study of Labour Relations in Coal Miningby Christine Edwards and Edmund HeeryClass, Power and Technology: Skilled Workers in Britain and Americaby Roger PennManagement and Labour in Europe: The Industrial Enterprise in Germany, Britain and France by C. Lane. Edward ElgarNew Forms of Work Organisation in Europeedited by Peter GrootingsCulture, Control and Commitmentby James R. Lincoln and Arne L. KallebergContinuous Improvement: Quality Control Circles in Japanese Industryby Paul Lillrank and Noriaki KanoState and Society in Post‐War Japanby Bernard EcclestonCurrent Issues in Labour Relations: An International Perspectiveedited by A. Gladstone, R. Lansbury, J. Stieber, T. Treu and M. WeissSocialisation and Learning at Workedited by H. Leymann and Hy KornbluhReluctant Entrepreneurs: The Extent, Achievements and Significance of Worker Takeovers in Europeby Rob PatonIndustrial Relations in Small Firms: Small Isn't Beautifulby Al RainnieSocial Power and the Labour Market: A Radical Approach to Labour Economicsby David Pur