Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bruce Mccallum , The Public Service Manager: An Introduction to Personnel Management in the Australian Public Service R. J. K. Chapman and Michael Wood , Australian Local Government Kosmas Tsokhas , A Class Apart? Businessmen and Australian Politics 1960–1980 Andrew Kakabadse and Suresh Mukhi (eds), The Future of Management Education Jonathan Boston , Incomes Policy in New Zealand: 1968–1984, Wellington, Victorian University Press for the Institute of Policy Studies David Dery , Problem Definition in Policy Analysis     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins Peter Edwards Australian Social Attitudes. The First Report Shaun Wilson, Gabrielle Meagher, David Denemark and Mark Western (eds) Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Government John Uhr Making Public Policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies Mark Considine The Life and Death of Harold Holt Tom Frame Head of State: the Governor‐General, the Monarchy, the Republic and the Dismissal David Smith Westminster Legacies: Democracy and Responsible Government in Asia and the Pacific Haig Patapan, John Wanna and Patrick Weller (eds) The Governance of Public and Non‐Profit Organisations: What do boards do? Chris Cornforth (ed) Australia Unsettled: The Legacy of ‘Neo‐liberalism’ Dennis Woodward Challenges to State Policy Capacity: Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives Martin Painter and Jon Pierre (eds)     

The Presidency and the Executive Branch

Books reviewed: John P. Burke, Presidential Transitions: From Politics to Practice. Paul Kengor, Wreath Layer or Policy Player? The Vice President's Role in Foreign Policy. Joel Aberbach and Bert Rockman, In the Web of Politics: Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive.     

Book Review

Books reviewed: Stephen Padgett, Organizing Democracy in Eastern Germany: Interest Groups in Postcommunist Society Jennifer A. Yoder, From East Germans to Germans? The New Postcommunist Elites Tom Christensen and B. Guy Peters, (eds.) Structure, Culture, and Governance: A Comparison of Norway and the United States Cathie Jo Martin, Stuck in Neutral: Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy Charles R. Epp, The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective Thomas Banchoff, The German Problem Transformed: Institutions, Politics, and Foreign Policy, 1945–1995 James Sperling, The German Problem: Institutions, Politics, and Foreign Policy, 1945‐1995     

Book Reviews: The Balance between Forgetting and Remembering

Books reviewed Gary Jonathan Bass, Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Trials Richard Goldstone, For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator Joanna Van Selm, (ed) Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union Peter Shore, Separate Ways: The Heart of Europe Tommaso Padoa‐Schioppa, The Road to Monetary Union in Europe: The Emperor, the Kings and the Genies Kenneth Dyson, The Politics of the Euro‐Zone: Stability or Breakdown? Stefano Bartolini, The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860–1980: The Class Cleavage Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States Richard Little and Mark Wickham‐Jones, (eds) New Labour's Foreign Policy: A New Moral Crusade? Thomas Frank, One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) From Vulnerability to Competitiveness Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds)Diverse Responses to Common Challenges Andrew Samuels, Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life John B. Thompson, Political Scandal: Power and Visibility in the Media Age Andrew Thorpe, The British Communist Party and Moscow 1920–43     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: John D. Montgomery , and William J. Sippin (eds.). Approaches to Development: Politics, Administration and Change. Sanford A. Lakoff (ed.). Knowledge and Power: Essays on Science and Government. James Jupp . Arrivals and Departures. J. E. Isaac arid G. W. Ford (eds.). Australian Labour Relations: Readings and Australian Labour Economics: Readings. E. L. French (ed.). Melbourne Studies in Education, 1965. N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. Payment of Members in New South Wales, Pros and Cons from 1912.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article:
Eleanor P. Wolf, Trial and Error: The Detroit School Segregation Case .
Robert A. Dentler and Marvin B. Scon, Schools on Trial: An Inside Account .
John Brigham and Don W. Brown (eds.) Policy Implementation .
George C. Edwards III, Implementing Public Policy .
Robert T. Nakamura and Frank Smallwood. The Politics of Policy Implementation .
Randall B. Ripley and Grace A. Franklin, Bureaucracy and Policy Implementation .
Laurence Rutter, The Essential Community: Local Government in the Year 2000 .
Hadley Arkes, The Philosopher in the City: The Moral Dimensions of Urban Politics .     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Refining Regulatory Regimes: Utilities in Europe David Cohen and Adrienne Heritier (eds) Civil Service Reform in the United States: Personnel Policy and Politics at the Subnational Level J. Edward Kellough and Lloyd G. Nigro (eds) Measuring Corruption Charles Sampford, Arthur Shacklock, Carmel Connors and Fredrick Galtung (eds) Francis De Groot. Irish Fascist. Australian Legend Andrew Moore Recognising Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English‐Settler Colonialism Peter Russell     

Book Reviews

Campbell, Colin and Wilson, Graham K., The End of Whitehall: Death of a Paradigm? Rohr, John A., Founding Republics in France and America: A Study in Constitutional Governance Weller, Patrick and Davis, Glyn (eds.), New Ideas, Better Government Goodin, R.E. (ed.), The Theory of Institutional Design Oakeshott, Michael, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Jane E. Fountain, Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change Alan Charles Raul, Privacy and the Digital State: Balancing Public Information and Personal Privacy Elaine Ciulla Kamarck and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (eds.), Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age Peter John Perry, Political Corruption in Australia: A Very Wicked Place? Adrienne Héritier, Dieter Kerwer, Christopher Knill, Dirk Lehmkuhl, Michael Teutsch, and Anne‐Cecile Douillet, Differential Europe: The European Union Impact on National Policy‐making Susan C. Stokes, Mandates and Democracies: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America Matthew Flinders, The Politics of Accountability in the Modern State     

BOOK NOTES

DENNIS KAVANAGH, Political Science and Political Behaviour
CHRISTOPHER CUNNEEN, Kings' Men. Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs
ROBERT BANKS (ed.), Private Values and Public Policy: The Ethics of Decision-Making in Government Administration
GARRY WOTHERSPOON (ed.), Sydney's Transport. Studies in Urban History
GREGORY P. JONES, The Federal Government 1983 A Chronology of Events and Decisions with References
MARGARET BOWMAN and WILLIAM HAMPTON (eds), Local Democracies. A Study in Comparative Local Government
JAMES JUPP (ed.), Ethnic Politics in Australia     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Christoffer Green‐Pedersen. The Politics of Justification: Party Competition and Welfare State Retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998. Lei Delsen. Exit Polder Model? Socioeconomic Changes in the Netherlands. Thomas J. Biersteker and Rodney Bruce Hall, eds. The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance. Daniel J. Pare. Internet Governance in Transition: Who Is the Master of This Domain? M. De Jong, K. Lalenis, and V. Mamadouh, eds. The Theory and Practice of Institutional Transplantation: Experiences with the Transfer of Policy Institutions. Valerie Braithwaite and Margaret Levi, eds. Trust and Governance: Volume I in the Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust. M. Anne Pitcher. Transforming Mozambique: The Politics of Privatization, 1975–2000.     

Book Reviews

Books review: Daniel Cohen, The Wealth of the World and the Poverty of Nations Peter J. Taylor, The Way the Modern World Works: World Hegemony to World Impasse Anton Zijderveld, The Waning of the Welfare State: The End of Comprehensive State Succor Bill Jordan, The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global Context Leonard E. Burman, The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy TheConstitution of Iran, Asghar Schirazi. James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State Wolfgang Reinicke, Global Public Policy: Governing without Government? Peter Trubowitz, Emily O. Goldman, and Edward Rhodes, eds. The Politics of Strategic Adjustment: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests Frederick W. Mayer, Interpreting NAFTA: The Science and Art of Political Analysis J. Nicholas Ziegler, Governing Ideas: Strategies for Innovation in France and Germany Pietro S. Nivola, Laws of the Landscape: How Policies Shape Cities in Europe and America     

BOOK NOTES

C.P. H arris , The Classification of Australian Local Authorities.
K.N. T oms , Urban Government Politics and Planning: A Study of the Administration of the Brisbane Town Plan
J ack B rand , Local Government Reform in England 1888–1974
B ruce M itchell , Teachers, Education and Politics: A History of Organisations of Public School Teachers in New South Wales
G rant H arman and R oger S cott (eds), Teaching Politics in Colleges of Advanced Education
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, (Compiler), Directory of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education in the Commonwealth of Nations Offering Qualifications and Courses in Educational Administration
J ohn D. M illett , Politics and Higher Education
R.G.S. B rown , The Management of Welfare: a Study of British Social Service Administration.
R oy B ailey and M ike B rake (eds), Radical Social Work
A lan M aynard , Health Care in the European Community
R aymond N ottage , Financing Public Sector Pensions
F.G. D avidson and B.R. S tewardson , Economics and Australian Industry
D.H. W hitehead , Stagflation and Wages Policy in Australia
L ord D iamond , Public Expenditure in Practice
J.W. L angford (ed.), Administration of Transport Policy: Emerging Problems and Patterns
D.H. B orchardt , (Compiler) with the assistance of J. M onie , Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: Part IV, New South Wales, 1855–1960     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
R onald M endelsohn , Australian Social Welfare Finance
C hristopher H odgkinson , The Philosophy of Leadership
J ohn S tewart , Local Government: The Conditions of Local Choice
G reg H ancock , M ichael W. K irst and D avid G rossman (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy: Perspectives from Australia and USA
A. P arkin and J. W arhurst (eds.), Machine Politics in the Australian Labor Party
M ark F indlay , S andra E gger and J eff S utton (eds.). Issues In Criminal Justice Administration
E va E tzioni -H alevy , Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Political Dilemma     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ferrel Heady . Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. John J, Corson and R. Shale Paul . Men Near the Top. P. Loveday and A. W. Martin , Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales J. A. La Nauze . Alfred Deakin. Ian G. Sharp and Colin M. Tatz (eds). Aborigines in the Economy. J. P. Sinclair . Behind the Ranges. R. L. Cope (ed.). Library Services to the Legislature: A Symposium. Deborah Paige and Kit Jones . Health and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975. Keith Mc Ewan . Once a Jolly Comrade.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Explaining Policy Reversals. By Christopher Hood. The President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American Party System Since the New Deal. By Sidney M. Milkis. Values and Public Policy. Edited by Henry J. Aaron, Thomas E. Mann, and Timothy Taylor. The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adam to George Bush. By Stephen Skowronek. International Handbook of Local and Regional Government. By Alan Norton. Rethinking School Choice: Limits of the Market Metaphor. By Jeffrey R. Henig.     

Book Reviews: Big Fears and Some Ideas

Books reviewed: Forrester, Viviane. The Economic Horror. Hirschman, Albert O. Crossing Boundaries: Selected Writings. Young, Jock. The Exclusive Society: Social Exclusion, Crime and Difference in Late Modernity. Worcester, Robert and Mortimer, Roger. Explaining Labour's Landslide. Parker, Noel. Revolutions and History: An Essay in Interpretation. Schneer, Jonathan. London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis. Taylor, Brandon. Art for the Nation: Exhibitions and the London Public 1747–2001. Major, John. The Autobiography. Lamont, Norman. In Office. Crick, Bernard. Tailpeace: Clearing Up After Myself. Montefiore, Alan and Vines, David (eds) Integrity in the Public and Private Domains. Goldsworth, Jeffrey. The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy. Lynch, Philip. The Politics of Nationhood: Sovereignty, Britishness and Conservative Politics. Newsinger, John. Orwell's Politics. Jowell, Roger; Curtice, John; Park, Alison and Thomson, Katarina. British Social Attitudes, 16th Report: Who Shares New Labour Values?.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland. Susan Rose–Ackerman. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 272 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Reviewed by MITCHELL ORENSTEIN, Syracuse University Multi‐Level Governance. Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 237 pp. £47.50 (cloth).
Reviewed by JULIE M. SIMMONS, University of Guelph Players in the Public Policy Process: Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents. Herrington J. Bryce. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 288 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Reviewed by ROBERT C. TURNER, Skidmore College Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality. David P. Varady, ed. New York: State University of New York Press, 2005. 310 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Reviewed by MARY PATTILLO, Northwestern University Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea. Joseph Wong. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. 222 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Reviewed by HUCK‐JU KWON, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Edward J. Clyncu and Thomas P. Lauth, (eds.) Governors, Legislatures, and Budget Across the American States C. William Garner, Accounting and Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Manager's Guide Herman B. Leonard, Checks Unbalanced: The Quiet Side of Public Spending David M. Lawrence, Local Government Finance in North Carolina Timpthy J. Conlan, Margaret T. Wrightson, and David R. Beam, Taxing Choices: The Politics of Tax Reform