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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
HUGH STRETTON, Political Essays , Melbourne, Georgian House, 1987.
GILLIAN WHITEHOUSE and KENNETH WILTSHIRE, The History of the Queensland Professional Officers' Association     

Free Market Experiments in the Laboratory of Democracy: The Long Decade of Policy Reform in New Zealand those risks

Books reviewd in this essay:
Christine Cheyne, Mike O'Brien and Michael Belgrave, Social Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Critical Introduction
Brian Easton, The Commercialisation of New Zealand
Paul Dalziel and Ralph Lattimore, The New Zealand Macroeconomy: A Briefing on the Reforms
RC Mascarenhas, Government and the Economy in New Zealand
Raymond Miller (ed.), New Zealand Politics in Transition
Geoffrey Palmer and Michael Palmer, Bridled Power: New Zealand Government Under MMP     

Book Reviews

Lawrence Susskind and Patrick Field. Dealing With an Angry Public: The Mutual Gains Approach to Resolving Disputes (Mark Carl Rom)
Alberta Sbragia. Debt Wish: Entrepreneurial Cities, US Federalism, and Economic Development (Peter Eisinger)
Beryl A. Radin et al.. New Governance for Rural America: Creating Intergovernmental Partnerships (Terry Busson)
Keith Dowding. The Civil Service (Gavin Drewry)
Hilton L. Root. Small Countries, Big Lessons: Governance and the Rise of East Asia (Eileen M. Doherty)
Richard A. Loverd, ed. Leadership for the Public Service: Power and Policy in Action (Kevin V. Mulcahy)
B. Guy Peters. The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models (John Power)     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Competitive Policy Council. 1992 First Annunal Report to the President and Congress: Building A Competitive American
Council on Competitiveness. 1991. Gaining New Ground: Technology Priorityes for American's Future
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Publick Policy, panel on the Goverment Role in Civilan Technology. 1992. the Goverment Role in Civialian Technology: Building a New Alliance
U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment 1991. Biotechnology in a Global Economy
Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins. 1992 The search for Rational Droug Control     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bruce Mccallum , The Public Service Manager: An Introduction to Personnel Management in the Australian Public Service R. J. K. Chapman and Michael Wood , Australian Local Government Kosmas Tsokhas , A Class Apart? Businessmen and Australian Politics 1960–1980 Andrew Kakabadse and Suresh Mukhi (eds), The Future of Management Education Jonathan Boston , Incomes Policy in New Zealand: 1968–1984, Wellington, Victorian University Press for the Institute of Policy Studies David Dery , Problem Definition in Policy Analysis     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
I da R. H oos . Systems Analysis in Public Policy: A Critique.
K enneth W. K night and K enneth W. W iltshire . The Growth of Public Services in Australia.
F. A. L arcombe . A History of Local Government in New South Wales: I. The Origin of Local Government in New South Wales 1831–58.     

Assets and welfare

He is author of Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this articles:
Timothy Conlan. 1988. New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform from Nixon to Reagan .
Phoebe H. Cottingham and David T. Ellwood (eds.) 1989. Welfare Policy for the 1990s.
Robert E. Goodin and Julian LeGrand . 1987. Not Only the Poor The Middle Classes and the Welfare State
B. Guy Peters . 1988. Comparing Public Bureaucracies: Problems of Theory and Method
Alice Sardell. 1988. The U.S. Experiment in Social Medicine: The Community Health Center Program, 1965-1986
Robert Jacobson . 1989. An "Open" Approach to Information Policy Making: A Case Study of the Moore Universal Telephone Service Act
Mimi Abramovitz . 1989. Regulating the Lives of Women
Daniel A. Mazmanian, et al. 1988. Breaking Political Gridlock: California's Experiment in Public-Private Cooperation for Hazardous Waste Policy     

In Modernism's Wake: Public Administration and Policy in the 21st Century

Hugh T. Miller, Postmodern Public Policy
Goktug Morcol, A New Mind for Policy Analysis: Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Epistemology and Methodology
Michael W. Spicer, Public Administration and the State: A Postmodern Perspective     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A dam G raycar (ed.), Retreat from the Welfare State
K. S. I nglis , This is the ABC , Melbourne
C. B urns (ed.), The Path to Reform , Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Public Administration/Government Printer, 1982. Pp. 219. $NZ15.75. R. S. M ascarenhas , Public Enterprise in New Zealand , Wellington
P eter S elf , Planning the Urban Region: A Comparative Study of Policies and Organisations , London
K rishna K. T ummala (ed.), Administrative Systems Abroad , Washington D.C.
E dward P.W olfers , D iana C onyers , P eter L armour and Y ash P. G hai , Decentralisation: Options and Issues. A Manual for Policy Makers , London
W illiam C. L outhan , The Politics of Managerial Morality: A Value-Critical Approach to Political Corruption and Ethics Policy , Washington, D.C.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Administrative Vocation. By RS Parker State, Economy and Public Policy in Australia. Edited by Stephen Bell and Brian Head Work for All: Full Employment in the Nineties. By John Langmore and John Quiggin Australian Mandarins: Perceptions of the Role of Departmental Secretaries. By Robert Hyslop Westminster Inc.: A Survey of Three States in the 1980s. Edited by Allan Peachment Environmental Impact Assessment: Cutting Edge for the 21st Century. By Alan Gilpin Inside Bureaucratic Power: The Wilenski Review of NSW Government. By Richard Alaba Australian Political Ideas. Edited by Geoff Stokes Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and The New Politics in Australia. By Laura Tingle Justice and Identity: Antipodean Practices. Edited by Margaret Wilson and Anna Yeatman Parties and Federalism in Australia and Canada. Edited by Campbell Sharman Welfare and Inequality: National and International Perspectives on the Australian Welfare State. By Peter Saunders Social Security in Australia. By Terry Carney and Peter Hanks Research in Public Administration, Vol. 1 (1991) and Vol. 2 (1993). Edited by James L Perry New Agendas in the Study of the Policy Process. Edited by Michael Hill The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning. Edited by Frank Fischer and John Forester Drought, Policy and Politics in India: The Need for a Long-term Perspective. By Kuldeep Mathur and Niraja G Jayal     

Squaring Circles? Funding the Provision of Public Services

Reports reviewed in this article:
Institute for Public Policy Research, Building Better Partnerships: Final Report of the Commission on Public—Private Partnerships
Fabian Society, Paying for Progress: A New Politic of Tax for Public Spending     

Book Reviews

The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite. By JAMES ALLEN SMITH.
The Political Failure of Employment Policy 1945–1982. By GARY MUCCIARONI.
The Politics of Public Spending in Canada. By DONALD J. SAVOIE.
The Organization of Hypocrisy. Talk, Decisions and Actions in Organizations. By NILS BRUNSSON.
Conflict and Rhetoric in French Policymaking. By FRANK R. BAUMGARTNER.
Affirmative Talk, Affirmative Action: A Comparative Study of the Politics of Affirmative Action. By AUGUSTUS J. JONES, JR.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Governance, Politics, and the State. Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters. The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Robert E. Goodin, Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, and Henk‐Jan Dirven. Local Voices, National Issues: The Impact of Local Initiative in Japanese Policy‐Making. Sheila A. Smith, ed. Two Tiers or Two Speeds? The European Security Order and the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO. James Sperling, ed. Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia: Engendering Transition. Valerie Sperling. Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Policy Communities. Shaun Goldfinch.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The State Under Contract JONATHON BOSTON
The Greens BOB BROWN and PETER SINGER
An Unsentimental Union: The NSW Nurses Association MARY DICKENSON
The Menzies Era: A Reappraisal of Government, Politics and Policy SCOTT PRASSER, JR NETHERCOTE and JOHN WARHURST
A Government of Routines: Executive Coordination in an Australian State GLYN DAVIS
Strikes: Causes, Conduct and Consequences DOUGLAS BLACKMUR
The New Public Management     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Alan Fenna, Introduction to Australian Public Policy
Jonathan Boston et al. , Public Management: The New Zealand Model
Bryan Horrigan (ed.), Government Law and Policy – Commercial Aspects
Robert Hyslop, An Australian Memoir: A Very Civil Servant
Robert Reich, Locked in the Cabinet
Delmer Dunn, Politics and Administration at the Top: Lessons from Down Under
Robert McChesney et al. , Capitalism and the Information Age     

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 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