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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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Book reviewed in this article: Classics of Public Administration : Edited byjay m. shafritz andalbebt c. hyde Comparative Legislative Reforms and Innovations : Edited byabdo i. baaklini andjames j. heaphey Public Policy Statistics in Canada. An Introductory Course : Bywilliam p. irvine L'informatisation de la société : Parsimon nora etalain minc La gestion de I'information : Parholland hurtubise The Regulatory Process of the Canadian Transport Commission : Byh.n. janisch assisted bya.j. pirie     

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Book reviewed in this article: Canada: A Socio-Political Report, By Ronald Manzer. Post-Secondary Education in a Technological Society Edited by T. H. mcleod. Bureaucratic politics and foreign policy By MORTON H. HALPERIN. with the assistance of PRISCILLA CLAPP and ARNOLD KANTER. The Rise of the City Manager By RICHARD J. STILLMAN II. Issues in Canadian Public Policy Edited by G. BRUCE DOERN and V. SEYMOUR WILSON. Protecting the Environment: Issues and Choices — Canadian Perspectives Edited by O. P. DWIVEDI. Les Systèmes Juridiques de Détermination des Salaires By Par René.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The New Public Management: Canada in A Comparative Perspective By PETER AUCOIN. Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems By MICHAEL HOWLETT and M. RAMESH. Canada. Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones. La reinstallation dans I'ExtrQme-Arctique: un rapport sur la reinstallation de 1953–1955 . Uncommon Sense About Organizations: Cases, Studies, and Field Observations By GEERT HOFSTEDE. What Price Mental Health? The Ethics and Politics of Setting Priorities Edited by PHILIP J. BOYLE and DANIEL CALLAHAN. Rethinking Federalism: Citizens, Markets, and Governments in a Changing World Edited by KAREN mop, SYLVIA OSTRY, RICHARD SIMEON and KATHERINE SWINTON. Bankrupt Education: The Decline of Liberal Education in Canada By PETER c. EMBERLEY and WALLER R. NEWELL. Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis By WAYNE PARSONS.     

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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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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: Un État Réduit? A Down-sized State? Edited by ROBERT BERNIER and JAMES IAIN GOW. Governance in a Changing Environment Edited by B. GUY PETERS and DONALD J. SAVOIE. La reforme de la constitution au Canada Par ANDRE TREMBLAY. Corporate Decision-Making in Canada Edited by RONALD J. DANIELS and RANDALL MORCK. How Ottawa Spends 1996-97 Life Under the Knife. Carleton Public Policy Series No. 18. Edited by GENE SWIMMER. Special Operating Agencies: Autonomy, Accountability, and Peformance Measurement By J. DAVID WRIGHT. Ontario Hydro at the Millennium: Has Monopoly's Moment Passed? Edited by RONALD J. DANIELS. Maintaining a Competitive Workforce: Employer-Based Training in the Canadian Economy By DEREK HUM and WAYNE SIMPSON. Hard Choices or No Choices: Assessing Program Review/L'heure des choix difficiles: L'évaluation de I'Examen des programmes. Limiting Rights: The Dilemma of Judicial Review By JANET L. HIEBERT.     

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book reviewed in this article: Development Administration: Concepts, Goals, Methods By george F. gant . The Politics of Administration: The Malaysian Experience By mavis puthucheary . Fishbowl Management: A Participative Approach to Systematic Management By howard sargent . The Regulatory Agency and the Public Corporation: The Canadian Air Transportation Industry By john H. baldwin . Administrative Secrecy in Developed Countries Edited by donald C. rowat . The State and Enterprise: Canadian Manufacturers and the Federal Government, 1917–1931 By tom traves . Le fait anglais au Québec Par dominique clift and sheila mcleod arnopoulos . Political Participation in Canada By william mishleb . Ombudsmen Compared By FRANK STACEY.     

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Canadian Cases in Public Administration By Kenneth Kernaghan . Québec 2001: Une société refroidie Parp. a . julien , p . lamonde etd . latouche . Crime and Its Treatment in Canada Second edition. Edited by w. t . mcgrath . La modernisation politique du Québec Paredmond orban (dir.) Royal Commissions and Departmental Committees in Britain Byt. j . cahtwright . Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader Edited byr. n . spann andg. r . curnow . Policy-Making in the German Federal Bureaucracy Byrenate mayntz andfritz W. scharpf . L'administration de la justice en matière criminelle au Québec Parme marcel gerbeau . The Limits of Administration By Christopher hood .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Military Spending in Developing Countries: How Much Is Too Much?By BRIAN s. MACDONALD Policy Innovation in the Saskatchewan Public Sector, 1971–82 Edited by ELEANOR GLOR Civil Service Reform: Building a Government that Works Par DONALD F. KETTL, PATRICIA W. INGRAHAM, RONALD P. SANDERS Reform of Retirement Income Policy: International and Canadian Perspectives Edited by KEITH G. BANTING and ROBIN BOADWAY Alternative Service Delivery: Sharing Governance in Canada Edited by ROBIN FORD and DAVID ZUSSMAN Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse By CHARLES j. FOX and HUGH T. MILLER Public Management: The New Zealand Model Par JONATHAN BOSTON, JOHN MARTIN, JUNE PALLOT, PAT WALSH New Public Management and Public Administration in Canada Edited by MOHAMED CHARIH and ARTHUR DANIELS     

Digital Democracy: Policy and Politics in the Wired World Edited by Leslie a. pal and cynthia j. Alexander Toronto.

Book reviewed in this article: Governing from the Centre: the Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics By donald savoie. Public Policy Instruments: Evaluating the Tools of Public Administration Edited by B. guy peters and frans k.m. van nispen. Recension:«éevaluation collaborative du rendement: guide méthodologique » Par paul laurin.     

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Current Good Practices and New Developments in Public Service Management: A Profile of the Public Service of Canada Public Administration Illuminated and Inspired by the Arts Edited by CHARLES T. GOODSELL and NANCY MURRAY. Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty Edited by BRUCE MITCHELL. Public Sector Collective Bargaining in Canada: Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Edited by GENE SWIMMER and MARK THOMPSON. The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making By SIR GEOFFREY VICKERS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Tableau de bord de gestion et indicateurs de performance:de Pierre Voyer2^eédition. Presses de l'Université du Québec Walter Gordon and the Rise of Canadian Nationalism:By Stephen Azzi Taking it to the Hill: The Complete Guide to Appearing before (and Surviving) Parliamentary Committees:By David Mcinnes Beyond the New Public Management: Changing Ideas and Practices in Governance:Edited by Martin Monocle, Charles Polidano and David Hume     

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Book reviewed in this article: New Players, Partners and Processes: A Public Sector without Boundaries?:MEREDITH EDWARDS AND JOHN LANGPORD The Trouble with Government:By DEREK BOK. Cambridge, Mass. Workfare: Why Good Social Policy Ideas Go Bad:By MAEVE QUAID Federalism, Democracy and Health Policy in Canada:Edited by DUANE ADAMS Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power:By C. FRED ALFORD Décentralisation, politiques publiques et relations de pouvoir:De VINCENT LEMIEUX Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian‐White Relations in Canada:By J.R. MILLER World Public Sector Report: Globalization and the State 2001:By UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Public Administration Edited by jack rabin, w. bartley hildreth, and gerald j. miller. Public Financial Management: A Canadian Text By C. LLOYD BROWN-JOHN, ANDRÉ LEBLOND, and D. BRIAN marson. Nucleus: A History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited By Robert bothwell. Proving Discrimination in Canada By BÉatrice Vizkelety. The Future of Health and Health Care Systems in the Industrialized Societies International Public Policy Sourcebook: Vol. 1, Health and Social Welfare Division of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus Edited by jack paul desario. Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues By warren bennis. The Invisible Bureaucracy - The Unconscious in Organizational Problem Solving By HOWELL BAUM, New York: Oxford University Press. 1987 The Workplace Within: Psychodynamlcs of Organizational Life By larry hirschhorn.     

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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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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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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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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: Conducting the People's Business: The Framework and Functions of Public Administration Edited by WILLIAM G. HILLS, VOYLE C. SCURLOCK, HAROLD D. VIAILLE, and JAMES A. WEST APL et les cadres Par ROLLAND A. HURTUBISE et YVES POULIN The Developing System of Public Expenditure Management and Control By SIR SAMUEL GOLDMAN, KCB La fonction publique:canadienne et québécoise, Par PATRICE GARANT Bureaucratic Careers: Anglophones and Francophobes in the Canadian Public Service By CHRISTOPHER BEATTIE, JACQUES DÉSY, and STEPHEN LONGSTAFF Federalism & Policy Development: the case of adult occupational training in Ontario By J. STETAN DUPRÉ, DAVID M. CAMERON, GRAEME H. MCKECHNIE, and THEODORE B. ROTENBERG Models in Urban and Regional Planning By BENJAMIN REIF Gestion et comptabilité:à la rescousse des systèmes d'information, Par J. E. COOKE et D. H. DRURY The Diplomacy of Constraint: Canada, The Korean War, and The United States By DENIS STAIRS Environment and society: a book of readings on environmental policy, attitudes and values Edited by ROBERT T. ROELOFS, JOSEPH N. CROWLEY, and DONALD L. HARDESTY