Reviews: Pressure Groups and British Politics, the Nature of British Local Government, Ecological Modernisation around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates, New Labour in Government Pressure groups and British politics by GrantW; Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hants (published in the USA by St Martin's Press, New York), 2000, 250 pages, £42.50 cloth, £13.99 paper (US $55.00) ISBN 0 333 74484 5, 0 333 74485 3 The nature of British local government by StewartJ; Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hants (published in the USA by St Martin's Press, New York), 2000, 310 pages, £45.00 cloth, £14.99 paper (US $69.95 cloth) ISBN 0 33371696 5, 0 333 69337X Ecological modernis