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Local Government and Politics Martin Cross and David Mallen.
Introduction to British Government S. G. Richards.
People and Parliament John P. Mackintosh.
Directions for Change: Review of New South Wales Government Administration An Interim Report by Peter Wilenski
A History of Police in England and Wales T. A. Critchley.
Companion to Management Studies Harold Lucas.
Zero-Base Budgeting in the Public Sector: A Pragmatic Approach Peter C. Sarant.
An Introduction to Selection Interviewing Dr. E. Anstey.
Understanding Job Evaluation Mike Burns.
Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process Jay M. Shafritz et al.
Computers and Local Government. Vol. 1. A Manager's Guide Kenneth L. Kraemer and John Leslie King.
Socialising Public Ownership Martyn Sloman.
The Development of the British Welfare State 1880–1975 J. R. Hay.
The Origins of British Social Policy Pat Thane (ed.)
Social Policy 1830–1914: Individualism, Collectivism and the Origins of the Welfare State Eric J. Evans (ed.)
The Changing National Health Service R. G. S. Brown.
The Organization of Soviet Medical Care Michael Ryan.
Health Services in Britain 9th ed. HMSO
Social Services in Britain 11th ed. HMSO
Schools in Britain HMSO
Governance of Federal Regulatory Agencies David M. Welborn.
Price Determination and Prices Policy Joan Mitchell.
Workers' Participation in Industry Michael Poole
Inside the System J. L. Hesketh.
Hello, Good Evening and Welcome … John Brand.
Law on Accidents to Health Service Staff and Volunteers W. A. J. Farndale and Susan Russell.     

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Book review in this article Administrative Theories and Politics Peter Self. George Allen & Unwin A History of Public Administration E.N.Gladden. The Role of Commissions in Policy Making Richard A.Chapman (ed.). George Allen & Unwin The New Government of London: The First Five Years G.Rhodes (ed.). Weidenfeld & Nicholson Computers in the Public Service G.M.Lamb. George Allen Cost-Benefit Analysis in Administration Trevor Newton. Legal Control of Government: Administrative Law in Britain and the United States Bernard Schwartz and H.W.R.Wade. The Backbezchers Peter G.Richards. Participation in Urban Planning: The Barnsbuv Case John Ferris. Man and the Social Sciences William A.Robson The European Parliament: Structure, Procedure and Practice Sir Barnett Cocks. Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States Stanley V.Anderson and John E.Moore s Governing the London Region: Reorganization and Planning in the 1960′s Donald L.Foley. Crisis for Democracy? An Essay on the State of Policy-Making in Scottish Local Government Ronald G.Young. Corporate Planning: Revolution through Evolution New Towns: the British Experience Hazel Evans (ed.). Governmental and Administrative Organization in the Field of Scientific Research Antonio de Juan Abad. New Integrated Systems for Planning and Budgeting Tomas O'Cofaigh The Participation of Users or Directly Interested Persons in National Education The Administration of Hospital Wards Dynamics of Medical Care R.F.L.Logan and others. London School of Hygiene and TropicaI Public Expectations and Health Care: Essays on the Changing Organization of Health Services David Mechanic. The Economics of Medical Care M.M.Hauser (ed.) Taxation Policy Bernard Crick and William A.Robson (eds.) Comparative Budgetary Systems Anwar Hussain Siddiqui. Output Measurement Papers Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants Management Development for the Education Profession Ron Glatter. George G.Harrap Teachers’Unions and Interest Group Politics R.D.Coates. Perspectives on Organizations: An Introduction to Organization Theory R.A.W.Rhodes.‘Telescope New Thinking in Management: A Guide for Managers F.de P.Hanika. The Right to Manage? W.W.Danie1 and Neil McIntosh. Human Asset Accounting Institute of Personnel Management and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants Some Approaches to Job Evaluation E.H.Phelps Brown On Thinking Statistically: A Short Introduction Morris Brodie. An Introduction to British Government Publications J.G.Ollé The Practice and Procedure of the National Industrial Relations Court Roger W.Rideout.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this Article The Scientific Estate By Don K. Price. The Government of Northern Ireland: Public Finance and Public Services 1921–1964 By R. L. Lawrence. The Inland Revenue By Sir Alexander Johnston. The Metropolis By John C. Bollens and Henry J. Schmandt. An Anatomy of Social Welfare Services By Margot Jefferys. Local Health and Welfare Services By Julia Parker. I Was There: The Memoirs of H. S. Tremenheere Compiled and edited with critical commentary by E. L. and O. P. Edmonds. Tribunals and Inquiries By N. D. Vandyk. Introducing Computers By F. J. M. Laver. Management: A Subject Listing of Recommended Books, Pamphlets and Journals By Betsy Ann Olive.     

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Book review in this article Man and the Social Sciences William A.Robson The European Parliament: Structure, Procedure and Practice Sir Barnett Cocks. Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States Stanley V.Anderson and John E.Moore s Governing the London Region: Reorganization and Planning in the 1960′s Donald L.Foley. Crisis for Democracy? An Essay on the State of Policy-Making in Scottish Local Government Ronald G.Young. Corporate Planning: Revolution through Evolution New Towns: the British Experience Hazel Evans (ed.). Governmental and Administrative Organization in the Field of Scientific Research Antonio de Juan Abad. New Integrated Systems for Planning and Budgeting Tomas O'Cofaigh The Participation of Users or Directly Interested Persons in National Education The Administration of Hospital Wards Dynamics of Medical Care R.F.L.Logan and others. London School of Hygiene and TropicaI Public Expectations and Health Care: Essays on the Changing Organization of Health Services David Mechanic. The Economics of Medical Care M.M.Hauser (ed.) Taxation Policy Bernard Crick and William A.Robson (eds.) Comparative Budgetary Systems Anwar Hussain Siddiqui. Output Measurement Papers Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants Management Development for the Education Profession Ron Glatter. George G.Harrap Teachers’Unions and Interest Group Politics R.D.Coates. Perspectives on Organizations: An Introduction to Organization Theory R.A.W.Rhodes.‘Telescope New Thinking in Management: A Guide for Managers F.de P.Hanika. The Right to Manage? W.W.Danie1 and Neil McIntosh. Human Asset Accounting Institute of Personnel Management and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants Some Approaches to Job Evaluation E.H.Phelps Brown On Thinking Statistically: A Short Introduction Morris Brodie. An Introduction to British Government Publications J.G.Ollé The Practice and Procedure of the National Industrial Relations Court Roger W.Rideout.     

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The Reformed Local Government System Peter G. Richards.
The Finance of Local Government N. P. Hepworth.
Local Authority Revenues R. E. Lake and others.
The Individual Citizen and Public Participation William Hampton and Raymond Walker.
The Law and Practice Relating to Local Authority Meetings Raymond S. B. Knowles.
The Government and Politics of France Vincent Wright.
The Irish Department of Finance 1922–58 Ronan Fanning.
The Management of Canadian Urban Government T. J. Plunkett and G. M. Betts.
The Australian Development Assistance Agency: A Post-Mortem Report Nancy Viviani and Peter Wilenski.
The Political Economy of Fiscal Federalism Wallace E. Oates (ed.)
Transplanted Indo-British Administration V. Subramaniam.
Public Enterprise and the Public Interest: Proceedings of an International Seminar Andre Gelinas (ed.)
The Public's Business: The Politics and Practices of Government Corporations Annmarie Hauck Walsh.
Planning in the ESB John Roche.
The British Tax System J. A. Kay and M. A. King.
Housing Rents, Costs and Subsidies: A Discussion Document Alexander Grey, Noel P. Hepworth and John Odling-Smee.
Welfare Rights: The Local Authority's Role Anne Howard.
Essays on planning Theory and Education Andreas Faludi.
Town Planning and the Practice of Politics John Gyford.
An Outline of Planning Law Sir Desmond Heap.
Health Care in Big Cities Leslie H. W. Paine (ed.)
We are Richer than We Think Community Affairs Department, Conservative Central Office
The Changing Faces of Juvenile Justice V. Lorne Stewart (ed.)
Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Practical Guide Lee G. Anderson and F. Settle.
Privacy J. B. Young (ed.)
Management in the Police Service D. Wainwright and N. A. Smith.     

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The Private Government of Public Money Hugh Heclo and Aaron Wildavsky.
Front-Bench Opposition: The Role of the Leader of Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British Politics R.M.Punnett.
The Scope for Local Initiative: A Study of the Cheshire County Council 1961–1974 J.M.Lee and Bruce Wood, Barbara W.Solomon and Peter Walters.
Public Planning: The Inter-Corporate Dimension J.K.Friend, J.M.Power and C.J.L.Yewlett.
Governing Soviet Cities: Bureaucratic Politics and Urban Development in the USSR William Taubman.
Local Government in India Shriram Maheshwari.
British Nationalization 1945–1973 R.Kelf-Cohen.
Political Responsibility and Industry Edmund Dell.
Managing the Health Service S.C.Haywood.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Local Government Reorganization Stockport Position Statement Local Government in Britain Town and Country Planning in Britain. Local Government Manual and Directory Town and County Planning in Britain J.B.Cullingworth Public Administration Bulletin Public Administration Committee Local Administration in West Africa Ronald Wraith State-Municipal Relations: A Functional Analysis Mohit Bhattacharya Municipal Administration in India A.Avasthi Anti-Politics, Consensus, Reform and Protest in Britain Trevor Smith assisted by Alison Thomson. Charles Knight, 1972. Pp. 200. £1·50. Westminster Workshop: A Student's Guide to the British Constitution R.K.Mosley Treasury Officials 1660–1870 J.C.Sainty Adaptation of Public Personnel Administration to Changes in Society, Aryeh Attir Cost Benefit Analysis: Theory and Practice Ajit K.Dasgupta and D.W.Pearce Handbook for Managers Chief Editor: Bote Folkertsma The Evaluation of Management Training - A Review Matt Whitelaw Trends in British Society since 1900: A Guide to the Changing Social Structure of Britain A.H.Halsey Social Indicators and Social Policy Andrew Shonfield and Stella Shaw The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1971 Kathleen Jones Information and Advice Centres Rosalind Brooke. Occasional Papers on Social Administration. Introduction to Administrative Law David Foulkes The Role and Accountability of Nationalized Industries Richard Marsh White Collar Unions: A Review Institute of Personnel Management     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: New Trends In Government Sir Richard Clarke. Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by Richard A.Chapman and A.Dunsire. Management in Local Government: A Viewpoint J.D.Stewart. Urban Policy-Making: Influences on Country Boroughs in England and Wales Noel Boaden. Public Enterprise in Practice Richard Pryke. State Enterprise: Business or Politics? David Coombes. The British Ombudsman Frank Stacey. L'Administration Prospective LSfez. Preface G.Vedel. Federal Organization and Administrative Management Herbert Emmerich. The Administration of Health and Welfare Services B.Scammells. The Administration of Technical Colleges D.Charlton. W.Gent and B.Scammells.     

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Book review in this article Britain's Developing Constitution Peter Bromhead. The House of Commons: Services and Facilities Michael Rush and Malcolm Shaw (eds). British Politics and Government 1951–1970: A Study of an Affluent Society Mary Proudfoot. Northern Ireland: Crisis and Conflict John Magee. The Development of the Government of Jersy 1771–1972 R. How Democracies Vote: A Study of Electoral Systems Enid Lakeman. Organizing for Science in Britain: A Case Study Ian Varcoe. City Politics and the Press Harvey Cox and David Morgan. The Local Government Act 1974 David Foulkes. Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi Herbert H. Local Government in Southern Africa W.B.Vosloo, D.A.Kotzé and W.J.O.Jeppe. Social Policy: An Introduction Richard M.Titmuss. Management in the Social and Safe & Services W.D.Reekie and Norman C.Hunt (eds.). A Management Game for the Social Services Anthony S.Hall and Jimmy Algie. Advisory Councils and Committees in Education Maurice Kogan and Tim Packwood. NHS Reorganization: Issues and Prospects Keith Barnard and Kenneth Lee (eds.). Regional Policy and Planning for Europe Morgan Sant (ed.). Saxon House D.C.Health Ltd., 1974. The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning Brenda White. Inverclyde: A Social and Economic Survey A.J.M.Sykes, J.M.Livingstone and C.S.Greensted. Campaigning for the Environment Richard Kimber and J.J.Richardson (eds.). Citizens Conflict: The Sociology of Town Planning J.M.Simmie. Education for General Management: The Staf College Approach M.B.Brodie and E.A.Life (eds.). Issues in Canadian Public Policy Edited by Bruce Doern and V.Seymour Wilson. The Nebraska Ombudsman: Innovation in State Government Alan J.Wyner. Barriers to Establishing Urban Ombudsmen: The Case of Newark William B.Gwyn. Between State and Nation: Regional Organizations of the United States Martha Derthick assisted by Gary Bombardier. Fiscal Federalism in India B.S.Grewal. Development Administration in Rural Government for Agricultural Production M.A.Muttalib. Taxing a Peasant Society Kenneth Davey. Social Cost/Benefit Study of Two Suburban Surface Rail Passenger Services - Part I C.D.Foster. Systems and Management Annual 1974 Russell A.Ackoff.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Towards a European Civil Service By D. Coombes. European Unity: Co-operation and Integration—A Survey of the European Organizations By Michael Palmer, John Lambert et. al. The Power of the Prime Minister By Humphrey Berkeley. Public Enterprises in India: A Study of Public Relations and Annual Reports By Laxmi Narain. The Nationalized Industries: An Introduction By W. Thornhill. The Claim of Scotland By H. J. Paton. The Union Public Services Commission By M. A. Muttalib. Public Service Commissions of India: A Study By C. N. Bhalerao. Treasury Control and Social Administration: A Study of Establishment Growth at the Local Government Board 1871–1905 By Roy M. MacLeod. Resources for Education By John Vaizey and John Sheehan.     

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Book review in this article Modern British Government J.A. Cross London Review of Public Administration London Regional Group, Royal Institute of Public Administration. Twice yearly Public Administration: Policy Making in Government Agencies Ira Sharkansky The Art and Practice of Public Administration: Papers by Louis J. Kroeger Harriet Nathan The British Prices and Incomes Board Allan Fels The Case for Regional Reform William Thornhill The Urban Future John N. Jackson Rates or Prices? Alan K. Maynard and David N. King The Administration of Publicly-Aided Housing Charles S. Ascher A Management System for the Seventies John Argenti Current Contents in Management Manchester Business School Library Planning Programming Budgeting: A Systems Approach to Management Fremont J. Lyden and Ernest G. Miller The Game of Budget Control G. H. Hofstede Care of the Elderly: An Exercise in Cost Benefit Analysis R. Wager Brain of the Firm: The Managerial Cybernetics of Organization Stafford Beer Salary Structures for Management Careers Arthur Bowley Payment Systems: Selected Readings Tom Lupton Trade Unions: Selected Readings Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises Ralph Turvey. George Allen & The Administrative History of India 1834–1947: General Administration B. B. Misra Ghana under Military Rule 1966–1969 Robert Pinkney Facts in Focus The Health Services of Ireland Brendan Hensey Values and the Active Community International Studies of Values in Politics     

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Local Government in Britain Central Office of Information, 10th ed HMSO, 1975.
The Essex Reference Index: British Journals on Politics and Sociology , 1950–73 K.
Mayors in Action: Five Approaches to Urban Governance John P.
Contemporary Soviet Government L.
Social Policy in the Twentieth Century T.
Local Authority Housing Policy and Practice—A Case Study Approach Pat Niner.
Rural Housing: The Agricultural Tied Cottage Alwyn Jones.
Public and Local Authority Accounts L.
Monitoring Revenue Sharing Richard P.
Social Security in the European Community Roger Lawson and Bruce Reed.
Work and Industrial Relations in the European Community Michael Fogarty.
The European Community's Policy towards Eastern Europe John and Pauline Pinder.
French Hospitals and Medical Care Services and European Health and Hospital Care W.
The Health Service: Past, Present and Future Sir George Godber.
Progress in Penal Reform Louis Blom-Cooper (ed.).
How to Take Minutes H.
English Land Law Michael Harwood.
The Industrial Relations Act: A Review and Analysis A.
The Administration of Ghana's Foreign Relations , 1957–65: A Personal Memoir Michael Dei-Anang.
Cost-Benefit Analysis E. J. Mishan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Experiences of an Optimist John Redcliffe-Maud. Implementing Public Policy Ruth Levitt. Organization Theory and Local Government Robert J. Haynes Patterns of Management in Local Government Royston Greenwood, Kieron Walsh, C.R. Hinings and Stewart Ranson. The Nationalized Industries: Policies and Performance Since 1968 Richard Pryke. British Industry and the North Sea: State Intervention in a Developing Industrial Sector Michael Jenkin. Public Policy & Administration in the Soviet Union Gordon B. Smith (ed.). Federal Reorganization: What Have We Learned? Peter Szanton (Ed). Paris and the Provinces: The Politics of Local Government Reform in France Peter Alexis Gourevitch. The Division in British Medicine: A History of the Separation of General Practice from Hospital Care 1911–1968 Frank Honigsbaum. A History of English Prison Administration, vol. I, 1750–1877 Sean McConville. Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp. Supplementary Benefits and the Consumer Eric Briggs and Anthony M. Rees. Fifty Years of Political and Economic Planning: Looking Forward 1931–1981 John Pinder (ed.).     

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Public Administration Teaching in Further and Higher Education Roy Lewis and Chris Himsworth.
The Superbureaucrats: Structure and Behaviour in Central Agencies Colin Campbell and George J. Szablowski.
The Reorganization of British Local Government: Orthodoxies and a Political Perspective John Dearlove.
The British New Towns: A Programme Without Policy Meryl Aldridge.
The Study of Social Policy: A comparative Approach Barbara Rodgers, Abraham Doron and Michael Jones.
The Changing Image of the Magistracy Sir Thomas Skyrme.
Public Sector Bargaining: A Study of Relative Gain A. W. J. Thomson and P. B. Beaumont.
The Postal Business 1969–79: A Case Study in Public Sector Management Michael E. Corby.
Reorganizing the National Health Service: A Case Study of Administrative Change R. G. S. Brown.
Government Administration in Australia R. N. Spann.
An Idea and Its Servants: UNESCO From Within Richard Hoggart.     

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Public Administration as a Developing Discipline Robert E. Golembieski.
Democracy, Bureaucracy and Hypocrisy Dwight Waldo.
Modern Politics and Government Alan R. Ball.
Political Integration and Disintegration in the British Isles A. H. Birch.
British Foreign Secretaries since 1945 Avi Shlaim, Peter Jones and Keith Sainsbury.
The Machinery of Justice in England R. M. Jackson.
The Consumer's Guide to Local Government Martin Minogue (ed.)
In Search of Democracy: A Guide to and Polemic About Scottish Local Government Ronald G. Young.
Modern Management in Local Government Raymond L. B. Knowles.
Parish Council and Town Council Accounts R. U. Davies.
Planning and Politics: The British Experience 1960–1976 Michael Shanks.
Social Analysis: A Collaborative Method of Gaining Usable Scientific Knowledge of Social Institutions Ralph Rowbottom.
The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1976 Kathleen Jones (ed.)
Social Economics Cedric Sandford. Heinemann
Economics and Education Policy: A Reader Carolyn Baxter, P. J. O'Leary and Adam Westoby.
Education Welfare: Strategy and Structure Keith MacMillan.
Unmet Need: The Case of the Neighbourhood Law Centre Anthea Byles and Pauline Morris.
Leaving London: Planned Mobility and the Inner City Nicholas Deakin and Clare Ungerson.
Cases and Materials in Administrative Law S. H. Bailey, C. A. Cross and J. F. Garner.
Worker Directors Speak: British Steel Corporation Employee Directors with John Bank and Ken Jones.
Project Management Dennis Lock.
Administrative Management for Development: A Reader Yves Chapel (ed.)
Administrative Federalism Kenneth W. Wiltshire (comp. and ed.)
Towards a Nationally Integrated Health-Welfare System for Australia Michael Court.     

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Public Administration: Government in Action Ivan L. Richardson and Sydney Baldwin.
Basic Documents of American Public Administration 1776–1950 Frederick C. Mosher (ed.).
Public Administration and Legislatures: Examination and Exploration John A. Worthley.
Introduction to British Politics P. J. Madgwick. 2nd ed.
Political Behaviour Howard Elcock.
Harvard Business Review on Management Heinemann.
A Critical Introduction to Organization Theory Bruno Lussato.
Contrasts in Management Rosemary Stewart.
Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession M. Kubr (ed.).
Computers in Public Administration: An International Perspective Samuel J. Bernstein.
Tomorrow's Men Today Andrew Stewart and Valerie Stewart. Institute of Personnel Management and Institute of Manpower Studies.
Cost Effective Recruitment John Courtis.
Town and Country Planning in Britain J. B. Cullingworth.
Need and the National Health Service: Economics and Social Choice A. J. Culyer.
Essays on the Welfare State Richard M. Titmuss.
Cases and Materials on Constitutional and Administrative Law Geoffrey Wilson.
Demands for Social Knowledge: The Role of Research Organizations Elizabeth Crawford and Norman Perry (eds.).
The I975 Referendum David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger.     

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Administering Britain Brian C. Smith and Jeffrey Stanyer
The Quest for Control: A Critique of the Rational-Central Rule Approach in Public Affairs . H. Van Gunsteren
Staff Appraisal and Development E. Anstey. C. Fletcher, J. Walker.
The Consume Cause: A Short Account of its Organization, Development, Power and Importance Ronald Wraith
Government and the Planning Process P. H. Levin.
Public Expenditure in Practice Lord Diamond
A Tax Shall Be Charged Dorothy Johnstone.
Value for Money in Health Services B. Abel-Smith.
Personnel Management in Local Government Alan Fowler.
Welfare State and Welfare Society: Illusion and Reality William A. Robson.
The Sale of Council Houses: A Study in Social Policy
Housing Policy and the Housing System Alan Murie
The Foreign Policy Process in Britain William Wallace.     

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Book reviews in this article: Ombudsmen and Others: Citizens' Protectors in Nine Countries By Walter Gellhorn. Pressure Groups and Political Culture: A Comparative Study By F.G. Castles. The Thai Bureaucracy: Institutional Change and Development By William J. Siffin. Thailand: the Modernization of a Bureaucratic Polity By Fred W. Riggs. The Economic Impact of TVA Edited by John R. Moore. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900–1966 By T. A. Critchley. Local Government at Work: A Case Study of a County Borough By H. Victor Wiseman. County Government in England and Wales By Jeffrey Stanyer. Public Investment in Australia: A Study of Australian Public Authority Investment and Development By Russell Mathews. The Craft of Diplomacy: Mechanics and Development of National Representation Overseas By Douglas Busk. Whitehall and the Commonwealth By J. A. Cross. The NATO International Staff/Secretariat 1952–1957: A Study in International Administration By Robert S. Jordan.     

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Book review in this Article New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth By R.L. Watts. Central Departments and Local Authorities By J.A.G. Griffith. Husing and Local Government By J.B. Cullingworth. The Organization and Practice of Local Government By Geoffrey Drain. Policies and Politics in Secondary Education By David Peschek and J. Brand. Decisions: Case Studies in Australian Administration Edited by B.B. Schaffer and D.C. Corbett. The Process of Planning: A Study of India's Five-Year Plans 1950–1964 By A.H. Hanson. Development Planning in Ireland By Loraine Donaldson. Nationalization in British Industry By Leonard Tivey. A History of Income Tax By B.E.V. Sabine. Doctors and the State: The British Medical Profession and Government Action in Public Health, 1870–1912 By Jeanne L. Brand. Career Service: An Introduction to the History of Personnel Administration in the Commonwealth Public Service 1960–1961 By G.E. Caiden.     

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Public Administration: An Introduction Stuart MacRae and Douglas Pitt. Pitman Business Education, 1980. Pp. 226. £4.50.
The Government of the United Kingdom: Political Authority in a Changing Society Max Beloff and Gillian Peele.
Public Spending Decisions: Growth and Restraint in the 1970s Maurice Wright (ed.).
The House of Commons in the Twentieth Century S. A. Walkland (ed.).
Party Politics in Local Government: Officers and Members Policy Studies Institute and Royal Institute of Public Administration.
The Reports and Accounts of Nationalized Industries: a User's Guide Andrew Likierman.
The Telecommunications Function in the British Post Office: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Adaptation Douglas C. Pitt.
Government and Shipbuilding: The Politics of Industrial Change B. W. Hogwood.
Outside the State: Voluntary Organizations in Three English Towns Stephen Hatch.
Poverty in the United Kingdom: A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living Peter Townsend.
Social Services by Government Contract: A Policy Analysis Kenneth R. Wedel, Arthur J. Katz and Ann Weick (eds.)
Health Care: Priorities and Management Gwyn Bevan, Harold Copeman, John Perrin and Rachel Rosser.
In On the Act: Memoirs of a Lawmaker Sir Harold S. Kent.