The machinery of change in local government, 1888-1974 : a study of central involvement / Clifford Pearce.- London : Allen & Unwin for the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, 1980.- 263 p ; 23 cm

Approaches in public policy / edited by Steve Leach and John Stewart.- London etc.! : Allen & Unwin for the Institute of local government studies, university of Birmingham, 1982.- 263 p. ; 25 cm.