BOOK REVIEWS

P overty IN THE U nited K ingdom . By P eter T ownsend . S ocial M obility AND C lass S truc ‐JRE IN M odern B ritain . By J ohn H. G oldthorpe in collaboration with C atriona L lewellyn and C live P ayne . L abour AND E quality . Edited by N ick B osanquet and P eter T ownsend . P ower AND R esponsibility IN H ealth C are : THE N.H.S. AS A P olitical I nstitution . By W. J. M. M ackenzie . THE H ouse OF C ommons IN THE T wentieth C entury : E ssays BY M embers OF THE S tudy OF P arliament G roup . Edited by S. A. W alkland . THE T ransfer OF P ower , 1942–47. VOL. V iii : THE I nterim G overnment , 3 J uly ‐1 N ovember 1946. Edited by N rcholas M ansergh and P enderel M oon . S ocialist T hought IN I maginative L iterature . By S tephen I ngle . S ocialist P ropaganda IN THE T wentieth ‐C entury N ovel . By D avid S mith . G. D. H. C ole AND S ocralist D emocracy . By A. W. W right . C onsensus AND D isunity : THE L loyd G eorge C oalition G overnment 1918–1922. By K enneth O. M organ . T ariff R eform IN B ritish P olitics , 1903–1913. By A lan S ykes . L abour AND S cottish N ationalism . By M ichael K eating and D avid B leiman . THE S tate IN N orthern I reland 1921–72. By P aul BEW, P eter G ibbon and H enry P atterson . I nflation AND S tabilisation IN L atin A merica . Edited by R. T horp and L. W hitehead . Wave‐Power: “Insurance”, Smokescreen or Politically Significant Technology ? W ave E nergy : E nergy P aper NO. 42, Prepared for Department of Energy by E nergy T echnical S upport U nit . P roceedings OF THE W ave E nergy C onference , L ondon , H eathrow , 22–23 N ovember 1978. Edited by P eter Q uarrel . E nergy F rom THE W aves . By D avid R oss .