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Public Schools and Political Ideas: Canadian Educational Policy in Historical Perspective By RONALD MANZER. Educational Choice: Necessary But Not SuffIcient By BRUCE W. WILKINSON. Administrative Law in Canada Dr SARA BLAKE. The Future of Fiscal Federalism Edited by KEITH G. BANTING. Alberta's Local Governments: Politics and Democracy By JACK MASSON with EDWARD C. LESAGE JR. La gestion Publique dans une économie sans frontières Par RODNEY DOBELL et PHILIP STEENKAMP. Radiodiffusion et société distincte: des origines de la radio jusqu'à la Révolution tranquille au Québec De MICHEL FILION. Postmodernism and Organizations Edited by JOHN HASSARD and MARTIN PARKER. Beyond Nimby: Hazardous Waste Siting in Canada and the United States. By BARRY C. RABE. Handbook of Trainin and Development for the Public Sector De MONTGOMERY VAN WART, N. JOSEPH CAYER et STEVE COOK.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Regional Ministers, Power and Influence in the Canadian Cabinet By HERMAN BAKVIS. Response to review of Regional Ministers: Power and Influence Election Finance Regulation: A Critical Review De FILIP PALDA. Aboriginal Self-Determination: Proceedings of a Conference Held September 20 - October 3,1990 Edited by FRANK CASSIDY. The Ethics Challenge in Public Service: A Problem-Solving Guide By CAROL W. LEWIS. Evaluating Welfare and Training Programs Edited by CHARLES F. MANSKI and IRWIN GARFINKEL. Economic Policy-Making in the AsiaPacific Region Edited by JOHN W. LANGFORD and K. LORNE BROWNSEY. Knowledge as Power: Political and Legal Control of Information De DAVID SADOFSKY.     

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L'administration publique De CAROLLE SIMARD et LUC BERNIER. Le management public: comprendre et gérer les institutions de I'État Québec Résumé de I'ouvrage Whose North? Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories By MARK O. DICKERSON. Breaking the Shackles: Deregulating Canadian Industry By WALTER BLOCK and GEORGE LERMER, eds. L'éthique et la politique au Canada¹ De JANET HIEBERT Les relations de pouvoir dans les lois. Comparaison entre les gouvernements du Québec de 1944 à 1985 De VINCENT LEMIEUX. Public Employee Compensation and its Role in Public Sector Strategic Management By GILBERT B. SIEGAL. City Management in Canada: The Role of the Chief Administrative Officer By T. J. PLUNKETT. Managing Local Government: Public Administration in Practice By RICHARD D. BINGHAM. Why Meech Failed: Lessons for Canadian Constitution-Making By RAYMOND BRETON Exemplary Public Administrators: Character and Leadership in Government Edited by TERRY L. COOPER and N. DALE WRIGHT.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in Government By steven cohen. Wildlife and the Public Interest: Non-Profit Organizations and Federal Wildlife Policy BY james a. Government Response to Financial Constraints: Budgetary Control in Canada By l.r. jones and jerry l. mccaffery. Diefenbaker's World: A Populist in Foreign Affairs By h. basil robinson. Aboriginal Peoples and Government Responsibility: Exploring Federal and Provincial Roles Edited by david c. hawkes. The Political Limits of Environmental Regulation: Tracking the Unicorn By bruce YANDLE Japan's Civil Service System: Its Structure, Personnel, and Politics BY pauls. kim. Petit traité de I'État De gÉrard Bergeron. Federalism and Political Community: Essays in Honour of Donald Smiley By DAVID P. SHUGARMAN and REG WHITAKER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Les relations intergouvernementales au Canada, 1867–1967, Par gérard VEILLEUX Recovering Canada's Nationhood By D. W. CARR Independence: The Canadian Challenge Edited by ABRAHAM ROTSTEIN and GARY LAX Canadian Federalism: Myth or Reality? Edited by J. PETER MEEKISON Labour Economics in Canada By SYLVIA OSTRY and MAHMOOD A. ZAIDI State Enterprise: Business or Politics? By DAVID COOMBES Politics, Finance and the Role of Economics: An Essay on the Control of Public Enterprise By c. D. FOSTER Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises By RALPH TURVEY International Community Power Structures By DELBERT c. MILLER Papers Relating to the President's Departmental Reorganization Program — A Reference Compilation By the OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by RICHARD A. CHAPMAN and A. DUNSIRE     

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Book reviewed in this article: Canada and Immigration: Public Policy and Public Concern Canadian Public Administration Series. By FREDA HAWKINS Collective Bargaining in the Public Service THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF CANADA Staff Relations in the Civil Service: Fifty Years of Whitleyism By HENRY PARRIS Conseil des premiers ministres des Maritimes: premier rapport annuel. Par LE CONSEIL Rebels and Colleagues: Advertising and Social Change in French Canada By FREDERICK ELKIN People in the Way: The Human Aspects of the Columbia River Project By J. W. WILSON The Ombudsman Plan: Essays on the Worldwide Spread of an Idea By DONALD C. ROWAT Armstrong's Fight for FM Broadcasting: One Man vs Big Business and Bureaucracy By D. H. V. ERICKSON The Nationalized Industries Since 1960: A Book of Readings Edited by LEONARD TIVEY The Role of Commissions in Pol icy-Making Edited by RICHARD A. CHAPMAN. Cost Benefit Analysis in Administration By TREVOR NEWTON Political Bureaucracy By LEWIS C. MAINZER Prelude to Administrative Theory: Essays in Social Structure and Social Process By HENRY ZENTNER     

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Book reviewed in this article: All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New Capitalism By LINDA MCQUAIG. Negotiating NAFTA: Explaining the Outcome in Culture, Textiles, Autos, and Pharmaceuticals By MARYSE ROBERT The End of Management and the Rise of Organizational Democracy De KENNETH CLOKE et JOAN GOLDSMITH. Commissioned Ridings: Designing Canada's Electoral Districts By JOHN C. COURTNEY. Value Change and Governance in Canada Edited by NEIL NEVITTE. New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty‐First Century By ANTHONY PERL. Municipal Benchmarks: Assessing Local Performance and Establishing Community Standards By DAVID N. AMMONS. Thinking Government: Ideas, Policies, Institutions, and Public‐Sector Management in Canada By DAVID JOHNSON.     

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Globalisation et pouvoir des entreprises Apocalypse Soon? Wagering on Warnings of Global Catastrophe By STEPHEN F. HALLER Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel and the Airlines By PETER CLANCY. La prévision‐prospective en gestion:Tourisme, loisir, culture De JEAN STAFFORD et BRUNO SARRASIN. Canada's Regional Innovation Systems: The Science‐based Industries By JORGE NIOSI. Strategic Planning for Public and Non‐Profit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement (3rd Edition) By JOHN M. BRYSON. Strengthening Canadian Democracy Edited by PAUL HOWE, RICHARD JOHNSTON and ANDRÉ BLAIS. Executive Styles in Canada: Cabinet Structure and Leadership Practices in Canadian Government Edited by LUC BERNIER, KEITH BROWNSEY and MICHAEL HOWLETT.     

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Can Governments Learn? Comparative Perspectives on Evaluation and Organizational Learning Edited by FRANS L. LEEUW, RAY C. RIST AND RICHARD S. SONNICHSEN. Learning from Others: Administrative Innovations among Canadian Governments. (Monographs on Public Administration: No. 16) New Trends in Local Government in Western and Eastern Europe. Édité par Gérard MARCOUC et IMRE VEREBELYI. Qualité totale:Nouvelle panacée du secteur public? De Gérard ÉTHIER. Rapports fiduciaires entre la Couronne et les peuples autochtones: questions de mise en application et de gestion -Un guide pour gestionnaires. Social Inquiry; Needs, Possibilities, Limits. By eugene J. meehan. La dette publique d'un Québec indépendant De ROBIN RICHARDSON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: ProFile Index: Canadian Provincial and Municipal Publications 1974 / Index ProFile: Publications provinciales et municipales canadiennes 1974 Une économie à libérer By Par maurice saint-germain. Police, culture et société Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics Edited by A. PAUL PROSS. Ethical Conduct: Guidelines for Government Employees / Comportement Professionnel: Directives à l'Intention des Fonctionnaires By Kenneth kernaghan. How to Manage by Objectives By JOHN W. HUMBLE. Report of the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations By James D. McNiven. Governing Greater Stockholm: a Study of Policy Development and System Change By THOMAS J. ANTON. Public Sector Employment Selection: A Manual for The Personnel Generalist Edited by GRACE H. WRIGHT. The New Zealand Bureaucrat By THOMAS B. SMITH. Accounting Income Models: an application and evaluation By JOHN R. HANNA. Incomes Policy and Inflation Edited by Michael parkin and MICHAEL T. SUMNER. Man vs the Welfare State By HENRY HAZLITT. Understanding Public Policy By THOMAS R. DYE. Canadian Public Land Use in Perspective Edited by J.G. NELSON, R.C. SCACE, and R. KOURI. Les Systèmes d'information aux fins de gestion PAR ROLLAND HURTUBISE.     

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Judges and Judging: Inside the Canadian Judicial System By PETER MC CORMICK and IAN GREENE. La Guerre des Experts: comment la commission royale sur la gestion financière et l'imputabilité a perdu la bataille (The War of the Experts: how the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability lost the battle). By MOHAMED CHARIH. Le ministère des Affaires extérieures du Canada. Volume I. Les années de formation, 1909–1946 DE JOHN HILLIKER. Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume I: The Early Years, 1909–1946 By JOHN HILLIKER. Ethical Frontiers in Public Management: Seeking New Strategies for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Edited by JAMES S. BOWMAN. The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States By MICHAEL O'NEILL. Strategic Management of Public and Third Sector Organizations: A Handbook for Leaders By PAUL G. NUTT and ROBERT W. BACKOFF. Administrative Argument By CHRISTOPHER HOOD and MICHAEL JACKSON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Traité de droit administratif, par RENÉ DUSSAULT Beyond the Bottom Line - Management in Government By timothy W. plumptre. The Politics of Public Spending in Canada By donald J. savoie. Managing Change: A Guide to Producing Innovation from Within Edited by sandraj. Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style Edited by alberT' k. karnig and paula d. mcclain.     

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Searching for Certainty ‐ Inside the New Canadian Mindset By DARRELL BRICKER and EDWARD CREENSPON. Paradigm Shift: Globalization and the Canadian State By STEPHEN MCBRIDE. The Internationalization of Public Management: Reinventing the Third World State Edited by WILLY MCCOURT and MARTIN MINOGUE. The 2000 Federal Budget: Retrospect and Prospect Edited by PAUL A. R. HOBSON and THOMAS A. WILSON. La gestion des ressources humaines dans les organisations publiques: collection Parametres De LOUISE LEMIRE et YVBS‐CHANTAL GAGNON. Making Results‐Based State Government Work By BLAINE LINER, HARRY P. HATRY, ELISA VINSON, RYAN ALLEN, PAT DUSENBURY, SCOTT BRYANT and RON SNELL. Canadian Environmental Policy: Context and Cases Edited by DEBORAL. VANNIJNATTEN and ROBERT BOARDMAN. Planning Canadian Regions By GERALD HODGE and IRA M. ROBINSON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Reports of the Task Force on Hydro in Ontario Report No. I, A Future Role and Place A Look to the North: Canadian Regional Experience By the ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Economic Principles and Urban Problems By ROBERT L. BISH and ROBERT J. KIRK Institution communale et pouvoir politique Par s. BLAREZ, c. BOUCHET, G. DU BOISBERRANGER, C. MINGASSON, M.C. MONZIES The Managing of Police Organizations By PAUL M. WHISENAND and R. FRED FERGUSON Public Assistance in France Par CMMY STEVENS New Questions and Answers on Public Employee Negotiation By W.D. HEISEL Resolving Internal Management Conflicts for Labour Negotiations By THOMAS A. KOCHAN A Conceptual Basis for an Industrial Strategy By ALBERT BRETON Nationalism and the Multinational Enterprise: Legal, Economic and Managerial Aspects Edited by H.R. MMO, J. GRAHAM SMITH and RICHARD w. WRIGHT     

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Book reviewed in this article: Industry and Education: A Century of Canadian Development. By O. J. Firestone. Bureaucracy in Canadian Government: Selected Readings. Edited by W. D. K. Kernaghan. Intergovernmental Finance in Ontario: A Provincial-Local Perspective. By J. Stefan Dupre Congress and Urban Problems. A Casebook on the Legislative Process. By Frederic N. Cleaveland and Associates. Administration of Government Industries. By R, S. Arora. Political and Administrative Development. Edited by Ralph Braibanti. Public Finance in Canada: Selected Readings. By A. J. Robinson and James Cut.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rationality in Public Policy: Retrospect and Prospect. A Tribute to Douglas G. Hartle. Canadian Tax Paper No. 104 Edited by RICHARD M. BIRD, MICHAEL J. TREILBOCK and THOMAS A. WILSON. Precarious Values: Organizations, Politics and Labour Market Policy in Ontario By THOMAS R. KLASSEN. Les relations du travail au Québec de michel leclerc et michel QUIMPER The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification By MICAHEL POWER Bureaucratic Language In Government and Business ROGER W. SHUY. From Bureaucracy to Public Management: The Administrative Culture of the Government of Canada By O.P. DWIEDI and JAMES IAIN GOW.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The History of City Planning: a survey By Michael Huco-Brunt. Old Age Pensions and Policy-Making in Canada By KENNETH BRYDEN. Front-Bench Opposition: The role of the leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British Politics By R.M. punnett. Land: private property, public control By R.W.G. BRYANT. Elites in the Policy Process By Robert presthus. Public Involvement in Local Government in the 1970's By the MANAGEMENT INFORMATION service. Policy Analysis in Local Government: a systems approach to decision-making By kenneth l. kraemer. Patterns of Australian Federalism By J.E. Richardson. Revenue-Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany By J.S.H. hunter. Power in Britain Edited by JOHN URRY. Economic Analysis and Canadian Policy By DAVID STAGER. Administrative Theories and Politics By PETER SELF.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Judicial Committee and The British North America Ad. By G. P. Browne. Public Relations in Administration. II: The Influence of the Public on the Operation of Public Administration, excluding Electoral Rights. By Mumtaz Soysal. The Process of Government. By Arthur F. Bentley.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The City: Canada's Prospects, Canada's Problems Edited by LLOYD AXWORTHY and JAMES M. GILLIES External Affairs and Canadian Federalism Edited by HOWARD A. LEESON and WILFRIED VAN-DERELST Developing Policies for Public Security and Criminal Justice By ROBERT EVANS, JR. The Form of Cities in Central Canada: Selected Papers Edited by L.S. BOURNE, R.D. MACKINNON, and J.W. SIMMONS The Politics of Progress By RAYMOND E. WOLFINGER Administrative Tribunals By R.E. WRAITH and P.G. HUTCHESSON Current Practice in Program Budgeting (PPBS) Analysis and Case Studies Covering Government and Business By DAVID NOVICK Mobility Behaviour in the Canadian Labour Force By JOHN VANDERKAMP Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered By E.F. SCHUMACHER Oil Pollution as an International Problem: A Study of Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia By WILLIAM M. ROSS An End to Hierarchy! An End to Competition!: Organizing the Politics and Economics of Survival By FREDERICK C. THAYER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Le ministère des Affaires extérieures du Canada: Volume II, Lessor, 1946–1968 Par john hilliker et donald barry. Rethinking the Delivery of Public Services to Citizens By Leslie f. seidle . Troubled Waters: Economic Structure, Regulatory Reform, and Fisheries Trade By PETER B. DOERINGER and DAVID G. TERKLA. Justice and Identity: Antipodean Practices Edited by Margaret wilson and anna yeatman. The Road to Better Public Services: Progress and Constraints in Five Canadian Federal Agencies By g. bruce doern. Greater Toronto: Report of the gta Task Force. January 1996 Public Administration in Canada: A Text By KENNETH KERNAGHAN and DAVID SIEGEL.