BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: M ichael F oot . By M ervyn J ones . J apan A mong the P owers 1890–1900. By S idney G iffard . E xperiences of C hina . By P ercy C raddock . S owing the S eeds of D emocracy in C hina . By M erle G oldman . C ultural P olicy and U rban R egeneration : T he W est E uropean E xperience . Edited by F ranco B ianchini and M ichael P arkinson . U rban P olicy in B ritain : the C ity , the S tate and the M arket . by R ob A tkinson and G rahamoon . C itizens and S ubjects . By T ony W right . P olitics in an A nti ‐P olitical A ge . By G eoff M ulgan . A C onservative R evolution : T he T hatcher ‐R eagan D ecade in P erspective . By A ndrew A donis and T im H ames . P olitical I slam : R eligion and P olitics in the A rab W orld . By N azih A yubi . T he R evenge of G od : T he R esurgence of I slam , C hristianity and J udaism in the M odern W orld . By G illes K epel . R eligion in T hird W orld P olitics . By J eff H aynes . T ower B lock : M odern P ublic H ousing in E ngland , S cotland , W ales and N orthern I reland . By M iles G lendinning and S tefan M uthesius .