BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
CAMERON HAZLEHURST and J. R. NETHERCOTE (eds.), Reforming Australian Government: The Coombs Report and Beyond
R. F. I. SMITH and PATRICK WELLER (eds.), Public Service Inquiries in Australia
R. L. MATHEWS (ed.), State and Local Taxation
J. S. HUNTER, Federalism and Fiscal Balance: A Comparative Study
V. SUBRAMANIAM, Transplanted Indo-British Administration
NORMAN LEWIS and BERNARD GATESHILL, The Commission for Local Administration: a preliminary appraisal
MALCOLM BAINS, Management Reform in English Local Government
M. A. JONES, Organisational and Social Planning in Australian Local Government
J. J. MACKEN, C. MOLONEY and G. J. McCARRY, The Common Law of Employment
PATRICK KEATINGE, A Place Among The Nations: Issues of Irish Foreign Policy
JOHN D. ROCHE, Planning in the ESB
C. V. BROWN and P. M. JACKSON, Public Sector Economics     

Book Notes

S olomon E ncel , P auline K. M arstrand , W illiam PAGE (eds), The Art of Anticipation: Values and Methods in Forecasting
P. H. L evin , Government and the Planning Process
M ichael H ill , The State, Administration and the Individual
D avid N ovick , A World of Scarcities: Critical Issues in Public Policy
Report of the Joint Steering Committee, Joint Study into Local Government Finances in Australia and New Zealand
J. W. H unt , L. V. E ntrekin , G. E. P opp , Administrative Analysis: Text and Cases
M. M anning and K. T urner , Guide to the Records of the N.S.W. Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, 1945–1970
Guide to the Records of the Colonial Secretary's Office
C entre for R esearch on F ederal F inancial R elations , 1976 Report and Review of Fiscal Federalism in Australia
Newsletter of the Royal Institute of Public Administration A.C.T. Group
M ichael P usey , Dynamics of Bureaucracy. A Case Analysis in Education
A ustralian C ouncil for E ducation A dministration , Second National Conference, 1975, Policy in Education , Special Issue of The Educational Administrator
J im M unro , Classes, Conflict, and Control: Studies in Criminal Justice Management
A lain D arbel and D ominique S chnapper , Morphologie de La Haute Administration Française
Revue Française d'Administration Publique
Revista de Administratión Publico (Mexico)     

Book Notes

R oy F orward (ed.). Public Policy in Australia
T homas B. S mith . The New Zealand Bureaucrat.
R. and V. R outley . The Fight for the Forests.
W.K. H ancock . The Battle of Black Mountain: An Episode of Canberra's Environmental History.
J.D. T ucker . Aspects of the Brisbane City Council's Administrative Organization.
H enry P arris . Staff Relations in the Civil Service: Fifty Years of Whitleyism.
G.S. H arman . The Politics of Education: A Bibliographical Guide.
J.E. R ichardson . Patterns of Australian Federalism.
J.S.H. H unter . Revenue Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany.
B.S. G rewal . Fiscal Federalism in India.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Equalisation in a Federal System.
R.L. M athews and W.R.C. J ay . Measures of Fiscal Effort and Fiscal Capacity in Relation to Australian State Road Finance.
R.S. G ilbert . The Future of the Australian Loan Council.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Federalism: Retrospect and Prospect.
D onal D e B uitleir . Problems of Irish Local Finance.
E ugene F. B righam (ed.). Readings in Managerial Finance.
O scar K raines . The World and Ideas of Ernst Freund.
Administrative Change.
The Journal of Educational Administration.
Newsletter of the R.I.P.A. (A.C.T. Group).
R.I.P.A. Bulletin (South Australian Group).
Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
E.N. S cott (ed.), International Perspectives in Public Administration
Towards Adaptive Federalism , Advisory Council for Inter-government Relations
B ill A llan and K eith H inchliffe , Planning, Policy Analysis and Public Spending: Theory and the Papua New Guinea Practice
S éan R éamonn , History of the Revenue Commissioners     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Private Pay for Public Work: Performance-Related Pay for Public Sector Managers. By R obert W ood and M aria M aguire
Reforming the Public Service: Lessons from Recent Experiences. Edited by P atrick W eller , J ohn F orster and G lyn D avis
Program Evaluation and Performance Monitoring: An Australian Perspective. Edited by C iaron O'F aircheallaigh and B ill R yan
Beyond the Protective State: The Political Economy of Australia's Industry Policy. By A nn C apling and B rian G alligan
Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy. Edited by B rian G alligan , O wen H ughes and C liff W alsh
In Reserve: Central Banking in Australia, 1945-75. By B oris S chedvin
Comparative Political Studies: Australia and Canada. Edited by M alcolm A lexander and B rian G alligan
Public Administration in Small and Island States. Edited by R andall B aker
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives. By A lan B ullock
Natural Hazards and Reinsurance. Edited by J ohn O liver and N eil R. B ritton
Natural and Technological Hazards: Implications for the Insurance Industry. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver
Catastrophe Insurance for Tomorrow: Planning for Future Adversities. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver     

CHARTING A COURSE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE POLICY MAZE

Health Policy: Development, Implementation and Evaluation in Australia. By H eather GARDNER (ed.)
The Price of Health: Australian Governments and Medical Politics 1910–1960. By J ames A G illespie
Federalism and Health Policy: The Development of Health Systems in Canada and Australia. By G wendolyn G ray
The President's Health Security Plan. By W hite H ouse D omestic C ouncil
Hospitals in Transition: The Resource Management Experiment. By T im P ackwood , J ustin K een and M artin B uxton     

BOOK NOTES

J. M. P ower , The National Sewerage Program in Victoria .
D. L. O verheu et al., Computer Technology and Employment , (No. 1, 1979)
M eryl S tanton (ed.).
J ohn D ixon (ed.).
J ohn G oldring (ed.).
J ohn D ixon and G arry F erris .
P atricia H yndman , Constitutional Law and Government .
B ob H inings , R oyston G reenwood , S tewart R anson and K ieron W alsh .
M ichael P oulsen and P eter S pearritt .
C. D. F oster , R. J ackman and M. P erlman .
P.M. J ackson (ed.).
R. L. M athews (ed.).
Newsletter of the Australian Institute of Public Administration (ACT Group).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
F reedom and rights . By A. J. M. M ilne .
T he P olitics and D ynamics of H uman R ights . By M oses M oskowitz .
P olitical R epresentation and E lections in B ritain . By P eter P ulzer .
British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. By F. W. S. C raig .
T he B ritish V oter . A n A tlas and S urvey S ince 1885. By M ichael K innear
T he D evolution of P ower . By J. P. M ackintosh .
T he G rowth of the M odern W est I ndies . By G ordon K. L ewis .
P olitics and the L abour M ovement in L atin A merica . By V ictor A lba .
C hurch and S tate in L atin A merica . By J. L loyd M echam .
R epresentative G overnment and E uropean I ntegration . By W illarb N. H ogan .
E uropean U nity : C ooperation and I ntegration . By M ichael P almer , J ohn L ambert et al .
F orecasting and the S ocial S ciences . Edited By M ichael Y oung .
S ocial S cience and S ocial P urpose . By T. S. S imey (L ord S imey )
A H undred Y ears of S ociology . By G. D uncan M itchell .
S ocial T heory and S ocial P ractice . By P. F ord .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
E lites and P ower in B ritish S ociety . Edited by P hilip S tanworth and A nthony G iddens .
F ront -B ench O pposition . By R. M. P unnett .
T oo S erious a B usiness . By D onald C ameron W att .
T he R evolutionary L eft in S pain 1914–1923. By G erald H. M eaker .
T he D ying L ion : F eudalism and M odernization in E thiopia . By P atrick G ilkes .
E ssays on T he S tudy of U rban P olitics . Edited by K en Y oung .
P olitics , P ower and B ureaucracy in F rance : T he A dministrative E lite . By E zra N. S uleiman .
T he R ussian T radition . By T ibor S zamuely .
T he G ood S oldier Š vejk , and H is F ortunes in the W orld W ar . By J aroslav H ašek . A New and Unabridged Translation by C ecil P arrott .     

BOOK REVIEWS

O il , P ower AND P olitics . C onflict I n A rabia , T he R ed S ea A nd T he G ulf . By M ordechai A bir .
A rab S tates O f T he L ower G ulf . P eople , P olitics , P etroleum . By J ohn D uke A nthony .
T he N ew O il S takes . By J ean -M arie C hevalier .
O il A nd P olitics . By H enry M adelin . Translated from the French by M argaret T otman .
A P lain M an's G uide T o O i . By P hilip W indsor .
T he S even S isters . T he G reat O il C ompanies A nd T he W orld T hey M ade . By A nthony S ampson .
T he C ritical P hase I n T anzania 1945–1968. N yerere A nd T he H eagence O f A S ocialist S trategy . By C ranford P ratt .
I ndustrial R elations I n F leet S treet . By K eith S isson .
T he F oreign P olicy P rocess in B ritaik . By W illiam W allace .
L loyd G eorge . By P eter R owland .
T he P olitics of R eappraisal 1918–1939. Edited by G illian P eele and C hris C ook .
B ritish G overnment 1966–1975: Y ears of R eform . By F raxk S tacey .
L essons of U lster . By T. E. U tley .
T he O rigim of U lster U nionism . By P eter G ibbon .
T he E dwardiass : T he R emakixg OF B ritish S ociety . By P agl T hompson .
N onconformity in M odern B ritish P olitics . By S tephen K oss .
B ritish P ublic O pinion and the A byssinian W ar 1935–36. By D aniel W aley .
P ower A nd P arty B ureaucracy in B ritain . By D avid J. W ilsox .
T he C ommonwealth . By P eter B. H arris .
T he O ffice of P rime M inister . By R obert B lake .
T he T iger : T he L ife of G eorces C leyenceau 1841–1929. By E dgar H olt .     

BOOK NOTES

Government Service as a Profession, Brisbane, Queensland Regional Group of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1978 K. WINDOW, Local Government Reform, Brisbane, Queensland Group of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1978 JAMES M. BUCHANAN and RICHARD E. WAGNER, FiscalResponsibility in Constitutional Democracy, Leiden and Boston, Studies in Public Choice, No. I, Martinus Nijhoff, 1978 Y. FORTIN, Le Controle de I'Administration Economique en Grand-Bretagne, Paris, Editions du CNRS, 1978 Ethics in Public Administration: A Bibliography, Canberra, Public Service Board, 1979 R. N. SPANN, Government Administration in Australia, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1979 COLIN PRITCHARD and RICHARD TAYLOR, Social Work: Reform or Revolution? R. T. GOLEMBIEWSKI and M. COHEN, People in Public Service: A Reader in Public Personnel Administration, Illinois, Peacock Publishers Inc., 1976 CLAUDIA D. SCOTT, Local and Regional Government in New Zealand: Function and Finance R. M. BURNS, Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Canadian and Australian Experiences, Canberra, The Australian National University Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Research Monograph No. 22 1977 ALBERT BRETON and ANTHONY SCOTT, The Economic Consrirurion of Federal Stares, Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1978 Bureau of Transport Economics, A Discussion Paper of Transport Planning in Sydney to 1975, Canberra, AGPS, 1978 RUSSELL MATHEWS, Australian Federalism 1977, Canberra, The Australian National University Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, 1978 RICHARD L. DAFT and SELWYN W. BECKER, Innovarion in Organizations. Innovation Adoption in School Organizations, New York, Elsevier, 1978 RICHARD LEHNE, The Quest for Justice. The Politics of School Finance Reform, New York, Longmans, 1978 JEAN I. MARTIN, The Migrant Presence. Australian Responses 1947–1977, Sydney, George Allen & Unwin, Studies in Society series No. 2, 1978 H. WHITMORE and M. ARONSON, Review of Administrative Action, Sydney, The Law Book Co., 1978 R. A. WILD, Social Strarification in Ausrralia, Sydney, George Allen & Unwin Australia Ltd., Studies in Society series No. 3,1978 ADAM GRAYCAR, Social Policy: An Australian Inrroducrion, Melbourne, Macmillan, 1977 DAVID SOLOMON, Inside rhe Australian Parfiamenr, Sydney, George Allen and Unwin, 1978 J. R. HAY, The Development of rhe British Werfare Srare. 1880–1975, London, Edward Arnold, 1978 INA BERTRAND, Film Censorship in Australia, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1978 BRUCE MUIRDEN, When Power Wenr Public: a Study in Expediency: the nationalisation of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co., Bedford Park, APSA, Politics, Flinders University, 1978 ANDREW LEMON (ed.), Archives Conference Proceedings, 1977, Australian Society of Archivists, P.O. Box 83, O'Connor 2601, 1978 H. C. COOMBS, Kulinma: Listening to Aboriginal Australians, Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 DIANA CLOSE, LOULA RODOPOULOS, JENNIE M. BRIGGS, and ELISABETH GAWITH, Interviewing Immigrants: Developing Research in the Australian Context, Melbourne, Clearing House on Migration Issues, 1978     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector. By D avid O sborne and T ed G aebler
Public Policy in Australia. By G. D avis , J. W anna , J. W arhurst & P. W eller
Microeconomic Reform in Australia. By P eter F orsyth (ed.)
The Invisible State: The Formation of the Australian State 1788–1901. By A lastair D avidson
The Political Impact of the High Court. By D avid S olomon
News Not Views: The ABC, the Press and Politics 1932–1947. By N eville P etersen
Corporatization and Privatization: Lessons from New Zealand. By I an D uncan and A lan B ollard
Public Administration and Management in Small States: Pacific Experiences. By Y ash G hai (ed.)
Australian Public Sector Management. By D avid C orbett     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
MAX FRENKEL, Federal Theory , Canberra, Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations
KENNETH WILTSHIRE, Planning and Federalism: Australian and Canadian Experience , St. Lucia
CHRISTOPHER D. GILBERT, Australian and Canadian Federalism 1967–1984: A Study of Judicial Techniques
MARK BIRRELL (ed.), The Australian States: Towards a Renaissance
IVAN BERINGER, GEORGE CHOMIAK, HAMISH RUSSEL, Corporate Management: The Australian Public Sector , Sydney
S.R. MAHESHWARI, The Higher Civil Service in Japan , New Delhi,
O.P. DWIVEDI AND NELSON E. PAULIAS (eds), Ethics in Government     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: The Ethical Organisation: Ethical Theory and Corporate Behaviour ALAN KITSON and ROBERT CAMPBELL Management Ethics: Theory, Cases and Practice GORDON L CLARK and ELIZABETH PRIOR JONSON (eds) Making Groups Work: Rethinking Practice J FENJAMIN, J BESSANT and R WATTS The Capable Executive PAUL H DAINTY and MOREEN ANDERSON Managing Performance and Goal Achievement IAN LEES Productive Diversity: A New Australian Model for Work and Management BILL COPE and MARY KALANTZIS Markets, the State and the Environment: Towards Integration ROBYN ECKERSLEY (ed.) Commercial Implications of Native Title BRYAN HORRIGAN and SIMON YOUNG (eds) Shooting the Banker: Essays on ATSIC and Self-Determination. PATRICK SULLIVAN (Ed.) The End of Politics? Explorations into Modern Antipolitics ANDREAS SCHEDLER (ed.) Socialism in Contemporary Australia TIM BATTIN and GRAHAM MADDOX (eds) Labor Essays 1997: Renewing and Revitalising Labor GARY JUNGWIRTH (ed.) The Politics of Sex: Prostitution and Pornography in Australia Since 1945 BARBARA SULLIVAN South Australia, Federalism and Public Policy ANDREW PARKIN (ed.) Korean Public Administration: Managing the Uneven Development BUN WOONG KIM and PAN SUK KIM State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Vietnam: Lessons from Asia NG CHEE YUEN, NICK FREEMAN and FRANK H HUYNH (eds)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
T he C onstitution of the I rish F ree S tate . By L eo K ohn .
R ecent S ocial T rends in the U nited S tates . R eport of the P resident's R esearch C ommittee on S ocial T rends .
T he B loody T raffic . By A. F enner B rockway .
A ir P ower and W ar R ights . By J. M. S paight . Second Edition.
W ar , S adism and P acifism . By E dward G lover .
M oscow D ialogues . By J ulius F. H ecker , P.hD.
T owards the U nderstanding of K arl M arx . By S idney H ook .
T he . T ruth and E rror of C ommunism . By H. G. W ood , M.A.
C ommunism and the A lternative . By A rthur J. P enty .
T he G reat O ffensive . By M aurice H indus .
R ed V irtue . By E lla W inter .
W recking A ctivities at P ower S tations in the S oviet U nion : V erbatim R eport of the M oscow T rial .
H istory of G ermany . P eople and S tate through a thousand years . By H ermann P innow . Trans. M abel B railsford .
G ermany U nder the T reaty . By W. H. D awson .
T he C risis of G erman D emocracy . By D r . J. H. K raus . Edited by W illiam S tarr M yers .
U nemployment in G ermany since the W ar . By K enneth I ngram W iggs , Ph.D. Introduction by H enry C lay .
H itler . By E mil L engyel . Revised and Enlarged Edition 1933.
T he G erman R evolution . I ts M eaning and M enace . By J oseph K ing . Preface by V iscount S nowden .
T he A merican P olitical S ystem . By D. W. B rogan , with a foreword by H. J. L aski .     

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:
T he M ilitary and P olitics in M odern T imes . By A mos P erlmutter .
T he M ilitary C oup D'E tat as A P olitical P rocess ; E cuador 1948–1966. By J ohn F itch .
T he T ransfer O f P ower , 1942–47. V ol . VII: T he C abinet M ission , 23 M arch -29 J une 1946. Edited by N icholas M ansergh .
H arold L aski . By G. E astwood .
E ssays in L abour H istory 1918–39. Volume 3. By A. B riggs and J.S aville .
T he O rigins of B ritish B olshevism . By R. C hallinor .
T he N orthern I reland S ocial D emocratic and L abour P arty . By I an McA llister .
L abour and the L eft in the 1930s. By B en P imlott .
T he C onservatives : A H istory F rom T heir O rigins to 1965. Edited by L ord B utler
I nside R ight : A S tudy of C onservatism . By I an G ilmour .
P lanning and P rofit in the U rban E conomy . By T. A. B roadbent .
E nergy P olicy : A C onsultation D ocument .
T he W indscale I nquiry : R eport . By T he H on . M r . J ustice P arker . Vol. 1, Report and Annexes.
C oal on the S witchback : T he C oal I ndustry S ince N ationalisation . By I srael B erkovitch .
T he P overty of P ower : E nergy and the E conomic C risis . By B arry C ommoner .
L a B abel N ucleaire : E nergie et D eveloppement . P ar L ouis P uiseux .
S elf -H elp and H ealth : M utual A id for M odern P roblems. By D avid R obinson and S tuart H enry.
E strangement , A lienation and E xploitation. By J ohn T orrance.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
W age C ontrol and I nflation in the S oviet B loc C ountries . By J an A dam .
S ocialism , P olitics and E qualit Y. By W alter D. C onnor .
P olitical E conomy and S oviet S ocialism . By A lec N ove .
O rganizational A lternatives in S oviet-type E conomies . By N icolas S pulber .
T he C astle D iaries 1974–76. By B arbara C astle .
A H ouse D ivided . T he L ib -L ab P act and the F uture of B ritish P olitics . By D avid S teel .
P ortrait of a P rogressive : T he P olitical C areer of C hristopher , V iscount A ddison . By K enneth and J ane M organ .
T he S ecret C onstitution . By B rian S edgemore .
P ower and P owerlessness . By J ohn G aventa .
L iberalism and S ociology : L. T. H obhouse and P olitical A rgument in E ngland 1880–1914. By S tefan C ollini .
T he T wo M arxisms : C ontradictions and A nomalies in the D evelopment of T heory . By A lvin W. G ouldner .
M arxism A fter M arx . By D avid M clellan .
O pposition in E astern E urope . Edited by R udolf L. T okes .
C ommunism and E astern E urope . Edited by F rantisek and L arisa S ilnitsky and K arl R eyman .     

SHORTER NOTICES

B ritish S ocialists : THE J ourney F rom F antasy TO P olitics . By S tanley P ierson .
D emocracy AND W elfare E conomics . BY H ans VAN DEN D oel .
P ower P olitics . By M artin W ight . Edited by Hedley Bull and C arsten H olbraad .     

STUDYING FEDERALISM: PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS

Governing Federations: Constitution, Politics Resources , edited by MICHAEL WOOD, CHRISXIPHER WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL SHARMAN (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, 1989, 281 pp).
Federalism in Canada t Australia: Historical Perspectives 192088 , edited by BRUCE W. HODGINS, JOHN J. EDDY, SHELAGH D. GRANT, JAMES STRUTHERS (Peterborough: Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies, Trent University, 1989, 511 PP).
Australian Federalism , edited by BRIAN GALLIGAN (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1989, 278 pp).