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Book reviewed in this article: The Normative World of the Elementary School Principal. By John M. Foskett Evaluating Employee Performance. By Felix M. Lopez Recruitment and Selection in the Public Service. J. J. Donovan Librarianship in Canada, 1946–1967/Le Bibliothécariat au Canada de 1946 à 1967 Bruce Peel Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867–1966: A Checklist. By George F. Henderson     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Energy: The Development and Implementation of the NEP By G. Bruce Doern and Glen Toner . The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution By James G. Snell and Frederick Vaughan . Reforming Human Services By Michael Clague , Robert Dill , Roop Seebaran , and Brian Wharf . Alberta's Local Governments and Their Politics By Jack Masson . Administration and Development in the Arab World: an annotated bibliography By Jamil E. Jreisat and Zaki R. Ghosheh . Managing New Technologies: the Information Revolution in Local Government Costis Toregas , editor. Bureaucracy in Canada: Control and Reform By Sharon L. Sutherland and G. Bruce Doern . Hate on Trial: The Zundel Affair, the Media and Public Opinion in Canada By Gabriel weimann and Conrad Winn . Tackling the Federal Deficit By Edward A. Carmichael . The Supreme Court of Canada as an Instrument of Political Change Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, Law and Constitutional Issues Series, Co-ordinated by Ivan Bernier and Andree Lajoie . The Dynamics of Government Programs for Urban Indians in the Prairie Provinces Raymond Breton and Gail Grant ed., with contributions from David L. Anderson , Harvey Bostrom , James Frideres and John A. Price . Maturing in Hard Times: Canada's Department of Finance through the Great Depression By Robert B. Bryce . Les politiques gouvernementales: élaboration, gestion, évaluation. By Michel Bellavance     

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L'administrateur public: un être “pifométrique” Par ALPHONSE RIVERIN, ANDRÉ GAGNÉ, JEAN TURGEON et JANON HAMEL. The Economic Prerequisite to Democracy By Dan Usher. A Choice of Futures: Politics in the Canadian North By Gurston Dacks. The Atlantic Provinces in Canada: Where do we go from here?/ Les provinces de I'Atlantique dans le Canada: vers quoi nous dirigeons-nous? By J.R. Winter L'administration québécoise: organisation et fonctionnement Par Louis Borgeat, René Dussault et Lionel Ouellet, avec la collaboration de Patrick Moran et Marcel Proulx. Le Duplessisme. Politique économique et rapports de force, 1944–1960 Par Gérrd Boismenu The Politics of Poverty By David Donnison. Inside the Multinationals By Alan M. Rugman. Wage Controls in Canada, 1975–78 By A. Maslove and G. Swimmer Les politiques publiques, élaboration et mise en oeuvre Par George C. Edwards III et Ira Sharkansky.     

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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     

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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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Histoire de l'administration publique québécoise, 1867–1970 By James Iain Gow . Canadian Public Administration: Problematical Perspectives By Robert F. Adie and Paul G. Thomas. Réflexions sur Tart de se gouverner Par Louis Bernard. The Long Road to Reform: Restructuring Public Education in Quebec By Henry Milner . Regional Economic Development: Canada's Search for Solutions By donald J. savoie . Northern Development: The Canadian Dilemma By Robert Page Grand Illusions: The Politics of the Keynesian Experience in Canada 1945–1975 By Robert m. Campbell .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Urban Canada and Its Government; A Study of Municipal Organization. By Thomas J. Plunkett Judicial Review of Legislation in Canada. By B. L. Strayer The Politics of Financial Control: The Role of the House of Commons. By Gordon Reid Comparative Administrative Theory. Le Breton P. The Political Economy of the Canadian North. By Kenneth J. Rea     

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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 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: 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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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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Book reviewed in this article: From Amoral to Humane Bureaucrac By EUGENE P. DVORIN and ROBET H. SIMMONS The Things that are Caesar's. The memoirs of a Canadian public servant. By MOM HEENEY The Canadian Public Service: A Physiology of Government 1867–1970 By J. E. HODGETTS Inside City Hall By JOHN SEWELL, DAVID CROMBE, WILLIAM KILBOURN, and KARL JAFFARY Marlborough Marathon By J. L. GRANATSTEIN A Citizen's Guide to City Politics By JAMES LORIMER The Canadian City By JOHN N. JACKSON Governing Metropolitan Toronto By ALBERT ROSE Fighting Back: Urban Renewal in Trefann Court By GRAHAM FRASER Emerging Party Politics in Urban Canada Edited by JACK K. MASSON and JAMES D. ANDERSON Canada's Water for Sale? By RICHARD c. BOCKING The Desirability of a Correctional Ombudsman By TIMOTHY L. FITZHARRIS The Characteristics of Effective Organizations By PAUL E. MOTT Les Années 1970 Par le CONSEIL ÉCONOMIQUE DU CANADA     

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The Responsible Public Servant By KENNETH KERNAGHAN and JOHN W. LANGFORD. Getting the Pink Slip: Severances and Firings in the Senior Public Service Toronto. Privatisation and Deregulation in Canada and Britain De J. RICHARDSON. Public Enterprise Performance Evaluation: Seven Country Studies De R. WETTENHALL et C. O'NUALLAIN, éditeurs. Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It By JAMES Q. WILSON. Two Nations, One Money? By DAVID E. W. LAIDLER and WILLIAM P. ROBSON.     

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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: L'assurance-santé, plaidoyer pour le modèle canadien Par Monique Bégin How Ottawa Spends 1987-88: Restraining the State edited by Michael J. Prince The Decline of Urban Politics: Political Theory and the Crisis of the Local State by M. Gottdiener Policymaking under Adversity by Yehezkel Dror Unemployment: International Perspectives edited by Morley Gunderson , Noah M. Meltz , Sylvia Ostry Urban and Regional Planning in Canada by J. Barry Cullingworth To the Last Drop by Michael Keating The Management of Water Resources Proceedings of an international seminar. The Institute for Research on Public Policy/The Institute of Public Administration of Canada. Confronting Values in Policy Analysis: The Politics of Criteria by Frank Fischer and John Forester     

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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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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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Canada's Video Revolution: Pay-TV, Home Video and Beyond: By Peter Lyman The Introduction of Pay-TV in Canada: Issues and Implications: Edited by R. Brian Woodrow and Kenneth B. Woodside Aquaculture: The Legal Frame Work : By Bruce H. Wildsmith Marketing Canada's Energy: A Strategy for Security in Oil and Gas: By I.A. Mcdougall Offshore Oil: Opportunities for Industrial Development and Job Creation : By Roger Voyer Traité de droit administratif : 2^eédition, tome 1 par René Dussault et Louis Borceat     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hankey: Man of Secrets By STEPHEN ROSKILL Public Administration: Policy-Making in Government Agencies By IRA SHARKANSKY Canada in Question: Federalism in the Seventies By D. v. SMILEY Up Against City Hall By JOHN SEWELL City Lib: Parties and Reform By STEPHEN CLARKSON Programs in Search of a Policy: Low Income Housing in Canada By MICHAEL DENNIS and SUSAN FISH Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings Edited by LIONEL D. FELDMAN and MICHAEL D. GOLDRICG The Financial Structure and the Decision-Making Process of Canadian Municipal Government By THOMAS J. PLUNKETT More Taxes and More Traffic By NANCY BRYAN Inside the Third Reich By ALBERT SPEER The Influence of the United States on Canadian Development: Eleven Case StudiesEdited by RICHARD A. PRESTON Setting National Priorities: the 1973 Budget By C. L. SCHULTZE, E. R. FRIED, A. M. RIVIJN, and N. H. TEETERS Adaptation of Public Personnel Administration to Changes in Society General Report of the 14th International Congress of Administrative Sciences. By ARYEH ATTIR Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States By STANLEY V. ANDERSON and JOHN E. MOORE Administrative Theory and Public Administration By R. J. S. BAKER