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Book Reviews : Policies into Practice: National and International Case Studies in Implementation, edited by David Lewis and Helen Wallace, Heinemann Educational Books, 1984, £7.50

This is much the same conclusion that Robert Putnam comes to with regard to the direct effects of the summit process. However, his informative and well argued chapter reaches more positive conclusions when it comes to the consideration of some indirect effects of summitry such as the fostering of personal understanding, the energising of the policy process, policy justification and the accommodation of divergent policies. Whilst it is possible to agree with his conclusion that a ’world without summits would be a less stable world’, this is primarily because his is a political interpretation. It is much harder to be positive about the actual economic effects of what are after all meant to be economic summits. This is well illustrated by Pelkmans in his contribution which is most interesting when discussing the problems of collective economic management but unconvincing on the role that summits have or might play in this vital process. It perhaps follows logically from the above conclusions that interest should be expressed in giving the summits more political as opposed to economic substance. In his more speculative chapter, Wallace argues the case for this and considers in the light of NATO and EPC experience how this might be most effectively organised. Becker’s contribution on the role of the media has all the fascination to