Book Reviews

Dionne, E.J. Jr. They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era Gitlin, Todd The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars Hochschild, Jennifer L. Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation Kozol, Jonathan Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation Foster, Christopher D. and Plowden, Francis J. The State Under Stress Barberis, Peter The Elite of the Elite: Permanent Secretaries in the British Higher Civil Service Porter, Norman Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland English, Richard and Walker, Graham (eds) Unionism in Modern Ireland: New Perspectives on Politics and Culture Clarke, Peter Hope and Glory: Britain 1900–1990 Harrison, Brian The Transformation of British Politics 1860–1995 Radice, Giles (ed) What Needs to Change? New Visions for Britain King, Preston (ed) Socialism and the Common Good: New Fabian Essays Perryman, Mark (ed) The Blair Agenda Stone, Diane Capturing the Political Imagination: Think Tanks and the Policy Process Denham, Andrew Think Tanks of the New Right Klein, Rudolf, Day, Patricia and Redmayne, Sharon Managing Scarcity: Priority Setting and Rationing in the National Health Service Lawson, Richard Bills of Health Disney, Richard Can We Afford to Grow Older? Brown, Alice, McCrone, David and Paterson, Lindsay Politics and Society in Scotland The Constitution Unit Scotland’s Parliament: Fundamentals for a New Scotland Act The Constitution Unit Regional Government in England     

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 Robert Kagan. , Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order, John Dumbrell., A Special Relationship: Anglo‐American Relations in the Cold War and After Peter Busch, All the Way with JFK? Britain, the US, and the Vietnam War Sudhir Hazareesingh, Intellectual Founders of the Republic: Five Studies in Nineteenth‐Century French Political Thought Sudhir Hazareesingh. (ed.), The Jacobin Legacy in Modern France Hugh Roberts, The Battlefield: Algeria 1988–2002. Studies in a Broken Polity Debbie Cox, Politics, Language, and Gender in the Algerian Arabic Novel Bernard Mommer, Global Oil and the Nation State Iain Byrne, Pauline Ngan and Stuart Weir. Politico's, Democracy under Blair: A Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom Stephen Driver and Luke Martel, Blair's Britain Paul F. Jankowski, Stavisky: A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue Richard T. Evans, Telling Lies about Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, A Moral Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and its Unfulfilled Duty of Repair     

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: 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

R. A. W. Rhodes and Patrick Dunleavy (eds), Prime Minister, Cabinet and Core Executive
Brian Harrison, The Transformation of British Politics 1860–1995
Cyril Smith, Marx at the Millennium
Jules Townshend, The Politics of Marxism: the Critical Debates
Jerzy Szacki (transl. by Chester A. Kisiel), Liberalism after Communism
Scott R. Bowman, The Modern Corporation and American Political Thought: Law, Power, and Ideology
Michael J. Sandel, Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy
Robert H. Reid and Eileen Guerrero, Corazon Aquino and the Brushfire Revolution
Mark R. Thompson, The Anti-Marcos Struggle: Personalistic Rule and Democratic Transition in the Philippines
Claus Offe, Modernity and the State: East, West
Philip Giddings and Gavin Drewry (eds for the Study of Parliament Group), Westminster and Europe: the Impact of the European Union on the Westminster Parliament
Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration
Philip Stephens, Politics and the Pound: the Conservatives' Struggle with Sterling
Helen Thompson, The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1979–1994
G. A. Cohen, Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality
Jürgen Habermas (transl. by William Rehg), Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
Adrian Leftwich (ed.), Democracy and Development
Colin Leys, The Rise and Fall of Development Theory     

STUDYING THE STATES

The Bannon Decade: The Politics of Restraint in South Australia. Edited by Andrew Parkin & Allan Patience Trials in Power: Cain, Kirner and Victoria 1982–1992. Edited by Mark Considine & Brian Costar Keeping them Honest: Democratic Reform in Queensland. Edited by Andrew Hede , Scott Prasser & Mark Neylan The Tasmanian Parliamentary Accord & Public Policy: Accommodating the new politics? Edited by Marcus Haward & Peter Larmour Affairs of State: Politics in the Australian States and Territories. By Scott Bennett     

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

Books reviewed in this article: Roger Colls, Identity of England Richard Weight, Patriots: National Identity in Britain, 1940–2000 Ken Jones, Education in Britain 1944 to the Present David Bruce MacDonald, Balkan Holocausts? Serbian and Croatian Victim‐Centred Propaganda and the War in Yugoslavia Geoff Eley, Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850–2000 Susan Giaimo, Markets and Medicine: The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany and the United States Caleb Carr, The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare against Civilians—Why it Has Always Failed, and Why it Will Fail Again Christopher May, The Information Society: A Sceptical View Peter Mangold, Success and Failure in British Foreign Policy: Evaluating the Record, 1900–2000 David Archard and Colin M. Macleod (eds.), The Moral and Political Status of Children Philip Bobbitt, The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. Shock! Horror! America shocks Europe
 DONALD SASSOON The Shock of America. Europe and the Challenge of the Century, by David Ellwood. Greedy grey voters?
 David Metz Going Grey: the Mediation of Politics in an Ageing Society, by Scott Davidson. How to hate Muslims in America
 Tahir Abbas The Islamophobia Industry: How the Far Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims, by Nathan Lean. Planning urban blight
 Joseph Rykwert A New Kind of Bleak: Journeys through Urban Britain, by Owen Hatherley. The self‐appointed imperial umpire
 Andrew Johnstone American Umpire, by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman. Daddy knows best?
 Dick Pountain Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism by Sarah Conly. Advice to (male) politicians: keep trousers zipped up
 Dick Leonard Intimate Politics: Publicity, Privacy and the Personal Lives of Politicians in Media‐Saturated Democracies, by James Stanyer. Christians and Muslims facing the world
 Alessandra Cecolin Christian Response to Islam. Muslim–Christian relations in the modern world, edited by Anthony O'Mahony and Emma Loosley. The sweet charms of the upper‐class voice
 Gianfranco Pasquino The Unheavenly Chorus. Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba and Henry E. Brady. Integration, again: the Frenchness of a British nationalist
 Daniel Gordon The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post‐War Immigration, by David Goodhart.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Barry Hughes , Exit Full Employment: Economic Policy in the Stone Age. Peter Sheehan , Crisis in Abundance. Royal Institute of Public Administration, Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government. Clifford Pearce , The Machinery of Change in Local Government 1888–1974. P. B. Beaumont , Government as Employer—Setting an Example?. A.F. Davies , skills, Outlooks and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics. Andrew Parkin and Allan Patience (eds). John Power , Helen Nelson (eds), The Regional Administrator in the Riverina, Roger Scott , Northern Ireland, The Politics of Violence. John Dixon , Australia's Policy Towards the Aged.     

Intelligence studies: The emergence of the British school

Christopher Andrew and Jeremy Noakes (eds.), Intelligence and International Relations 1900–1945 (Exeter: University of Exeter Publications, 1987), pp.320; £10.00 (paperback).     

The State of Citizenship

Books reviewed in this article: Luc, Rouban (ed.) Citizens and the New Governance: Beyond New Public Management Wayne, Hudson and John, Kane (eds) Rethinking Australian Citizenship Birte, Siim Gender and Citizenship: Politics and Agency in France, Britain and Denmark     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Owen Hughes, Public Management and Administration: An Introduction Byong‐man Ahn, John Halligan and Stephen Wilks (eds.), Reforming Public and Corporate Governance: Management and the Market in Australia, Britain and Korea Fred Argy, Where to From Here? Australian Egalitarianism Under Threat Richard Woolcott,The Hot Seat: Reflections on Diplomacy from Stalin's Death to the Bali Bombings Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power Bent Flyvbjerg, Making Social Science Matter Denis Murphy, Roger Joyce, Margaret Cribb and Rae Wear (eds.), The Premiers of Queensland Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, A New Approach to Policy Evaluation: Mining and Indigenous People Michael Pusey, The Experience of Middle Australia. The Dark Side of Economic Reform     

Communism,federalism and Islam

Andreas Kappeler, Gerhard Simon and Georg Brunner (eds.), Muslim Communities Re‐emerge. Historical Perspectives on Nationality, Politics and Opposition in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, trans, from the German and French by Caroline Sawyer, English edn. ed. Edward Allworth. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994. xiv+365pp. Append. Ind. Tables. £23.50 pbk.     

Book Reviews

Quentin Skinner, Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes
Edmund Dell, The Chancellors: a History of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, 1945–1990
John Scott, Stratification and Power: Structures of Class, Status and Command
Michael E. Brown, Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller (eds), Debating the Democratic Peace
Steve Smith, Ken Booth and Marysia Zalewski (eds), International Theory: Positivism and Beyond
Margaret Canovan, Nationhood and Political Theory
Simon Caney, David George and Peter Jones (eds), National Rights, International Obligations
David Coates (ed), Industrial Policy in Britain
Richard Coopey and Nicholas Woodward (eds), Britain in the 1970s: the Troubled Economy
Rogers Brubaker, Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe
C. Edward Fletcher, Privatization and the Rebirth of Capital Markets in Hungary
Rudolf L. Tökés, Hungary's Negotiated Revolution: Economic Reform, Social Change and Political Succession
Aristide Tessitore, Reading Aristotle's Ethics: Virtue, Rhetoric, and Political Philosophy
The Constitution Unit, An Assembly for Wales: Senedd i Gymru
The Constitution Unit, Regional Government in England
The Constitution Unit, Scotland's Parliament: Fundamentals for a New Scotland Act
Dietrich Rometsch and Wolfgang Wessels (eds), The European Union and Member States
Ben Pimlott, The Queen: a Biography of Queen Elizabeth II     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman and John McIlroy (eds.), British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics; Volume One: The Post‐war Compromise, 1945‐‐64; Volume Two: The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964‐79 Robert E. Lane, The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies Peter Self, Rolling Back the Market: Economic Dogma and Political Choice Anne Phillips, Which Equalities Matter? Royden J. Harrison, The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858‐‐1905: The Formative Years Tim Judah, Kosovo: War and Revenge Michael J. Hogan (ed.), The Ambiguous Legacy: US Foreign Relations in the ‘American Century’ Eric Roll, Where Are We Going? The Next Twenty Years Dennis Smith and Sue Wright (eds.), Whose Europe? The Turn Towards Democracy Meg Russell, Reforming the House of Lords: Lessons from Overseas The Wakeham Report, A House for the Future: The Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords Anthony D. Smith, Myths and Memories of the Nation Phil Mullan, The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is not a Social Problem     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Sydney D. Bailey (ed.), Human Rights and Responsibilities in Britain and Ireland: A Christian Perspective .
Istvan Pogany, The Arab League and Peacekeeping in the Lebanon .
Avner Yaniv, Dilemmas of Security: Politics, Strategy and the Israeli Experience in Lebanon .
Halim Barakat (ed.), Toward a Viable Lebanon .
Seyla Benhabib and Drucilla Cornell (eds), Feminism as Critique .
R. W. Connell, Gender and Power: Society, The Person and Sexual Politics .
Anne Phillips (ed.), Feminism and Equality .
Terrell Carver, Marx and Engels: The Intellectual Relationship .
Paul Q. Hirst, Marxism and Historical Writing .
Derek Sayer, The Violence of Abstraction: The Analytical Foundations of Historical Materialism .
Alan Clarke, The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Republic: A History of The South Yorkshire County Council .
Martin Loney (ed.), The State or the Market: Politics and Welfare in Contemporary Britain .
David Blunkett and Keith Jackson, Democracy in Crisis: The Town Halls Respond .     

Book Reviews

Roderic Al Camp, Generals in the Palacio: the Military in Modern Mexico
Roderic Al Camp, Politics in Mexico
Roman Frydman, Andrzej Rapaczynski, John S. Earle et al., The Privatization Process in Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States
Roman Frydman, Andrzej Rapaczynski, John S. Earle et al
David G. Barnum, The Supreme Court and American Democracy
Harold J. Spaeth and Jeffrey A. Segal, The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model
Thomas G. Walker and Lee Epstein, The Supreme Court of the United States: an Introduction
Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: the Cold War Years, 1953-71
Dean Rusk, As I Saw It
Victor J. Seidler, Men, Sex and Relationships     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
E. M umford and H. S ackman (eds), Human Choice and Computers
G. R ussell P ipe and A. A. M. V eenhuis (eds), National Planning for Informatics in Developing Countries
F. W. H ondius , Emerging Data Protection in Europe
L arry B. H ill , The Model Ombudsman: Institutionalizing New Zealand's Democratic Experiment
R udolf K lein and J anet L ewis , The Politics of Consumer Representation: A Study of Community Health Councils
R. V. F arace , P. R. M onge and H. M. R ussell , Communicating and Organizing
R oy C. M acridis (ed.), Foreign Policy in World Politics