Planning in Europe (1978) examines planning in West and East Europe. It gives priority to economic and financial planning, followed by industrial and administrative planning, and social and spatial aspects of planning. It inter-relates the problems on a national, international and inter-disciplinary basis.

Introduction: Inertia and Improvisation – the Planning Predicament Jack Hayward. 1. Macro-Economic Planning in Mixed Economies: the French and British Experience Jacques Leruez 2. The Budget and the Plan in France Jean Carassus 3. Financial Planning in Eastern Europe Michael Kaser 4. Industrial Policy in Britain, 1972–77 Stephen Young 5. Performing and Planning: Complementary Roles in UK Industrial Planning Experience Phyllis Bowden 6. Aspects of Social Planning In France Bruno Jobert 7. Public Participation and Social Planning in Britain and Czechoslovakia Barry Hills 8. Spatial Planning in Poland and Local Government Reorganisation, 1961–75 Danuta Jachniak-Ganguly. Conclusion: Europe at a Crossroads – the Future of Planning Olga Narkiewicz