Let FoI ff (M) denote the set of codimension q C°°-foliations of a closed m-manifold M. Fol^(M) carries a natural weak C r -topology (0 GL(q, JK) be the action determined from the linear holonomy of L, where q is the codimension of F. Then generalizing the results of Hirsch [7] and Thurston [16], Stowe [15] showed that if the cohomology group H^^L); R) is trivial, then F is C^stable. On the other hand, let F be the foliation of an orientable ^-bundle over a closed surface B by fibres. Seifert [13] showed that Fis C°-stable if z(l?)=i=0, where x(B) is the euler characteristic of B. The result was generalized by Fuller [6] to orientable circle bundles over arbitrary closed manifolds B with x(B)^F®. Langevin-Rosenberg [9] considered a fibration n: M-^B with fibre L and showed that the foliation of M by fibres is C°-stable provided that 1) n^LJ^Z, 2) B is a closed surface with 7(^)4=0 and 3) ^(J5) acts trivially on ^(X). The author [4] generalized the above result to compact codimension two foliations. Plante [10] classified all foliations of closed 3-manifolds by closed orientable surfaces into stable or unstable foliations. The author [5] classified all foliations of closed 3-manifolds by circles into stable or unstable foliations.