Provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of changes in the structure and organisation of the health service, with its key focus on health policy and the provision of health services in the UK. Allsop highlights those issues omitted from the Government's policy agenda, and considers the future of health policy in the 1990s.

This study charts the remarkable development of American drama in the twentieth century. It defines the variety of themes, genres and styles the drama produced, discussing both individual works and dramatic oeuvres whilst placing them in their cultural context.

This book provides a clear and accessible evaluation of generative phonology, an area which has produced both rival interpretations and models to account for it. It presents a detailed overview of the main models, revealing that they are often complimentary rather than contradictory, and how these can interconnect and be used together to explore the subject.

Describes the ways in which people, especially non-native speakers, seek to express themselves or understand what someone else is saying or writing. The studies presented in this text adopt both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. They add fresh dimensions to the study of communication strategies, showing how the concept can usefully be extended beyond the realm of second language acquisition and use, and pointing out the commonalities in many domains of language behaviour.

This book provides a reassessment of the processes by which western Europe was reborn out of the devastation of 1945. Concentrating on the first postwar decade David Ellwood gives a detailed account of the practicalities of reconstruction - how it was done, what it cost, who paid for it, and what those involved hoped for, expected and actually received.

While the development of law has long been one of the classic subjects of medieval history, the secondary literature in the field has become very complicated and developments elsewhere cry out for a legal dimension. This accessible but authoritative student text provides a much needed introduction to the subject and integrates legal development with changes in thought, society and politics.