1. This list of references relates only to works cited in the text; it is not intended to give a comprehensive list of works on regulation theory nor its methodological underpinnings. A more comprehensive bibliography of French work can be found in Boyer(1986a); further references to French and West German work can be found in Heubner (1989); and the American radicals are reviewed in the West German journal, Mehrwert, number 28, 1986, as well as in Norton (1988a). I have used the short from ‘ Barcelona Conference ’ to refer to all papers preseted to ‘ The International Conference on Regulation Theory ’, Barcelona, 16–18June 1988.