Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Changing Government of Education S tewart R anson & J ohn T omlinson (Eds), 1986 London, Allen & Unwin £9.95 (paperback) 236 pp. ISBN 0‐04‐352217‐3 Teacher Writing C olin P eacock , 1986 Beckenham, Croom Helm £9 95 (paperback) 145 pp. ISBN 0‐7099‐4028‐9 Comprehensive Schools: past, present and future A lan W eeks , 1986 London, Methuen, £6.95, 228 pp. ISBN 0‐416‐40700‐5 Schools on Trial: the trials of democratic comprehensives C olin F letcher , M axine C aron & W yn W illiams , 1985 Milton Keynes, Open University Press £5.95, 162 pp. ISBN 0‐335‐15022‐5 From Birth to Five N. R. B utler & J ean G olding (Eds), 1986 Oxford, Pergamon Press £24.95 (hardback), £14.95 (paperback) 440 pp. ISBN 0‐09‐0333729, 0‐09‐0326927. Validity in Survey Research W illiam A. B elson , 1986 Aldershot, Gower £27.50 (hardback), 565 pp. ISBN 0‐56‐600510‐7 Disaffection from School K. R eid , 1986 London, Methuen £18:00 (hardback), £7.95 (paperback), 264 pp. ISBN 0‐423‐51540‐3, 0‐423‐51550‐0 Policy Making in Education: the breakdown of consensus I an Mc nay & J enny O zga (Eds), 1985 Oxford, Pergamon Press £6.95 (paperback), £20.00 (hardback), 342 pp. ISBN 0‐08‐03670‐6, 0‐08‐032671‐4 Education, Training and Employment: towards a new vocationalism R oger D ale (Ed.), 1985 £2.95 (paperback), £6.95 (hardback), 130 pp.ISBN 0‐08‐032672‐2, 0‐08‐032673‐0