Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Charles T. Clotfelter and Philip J. Cook, Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America Richard D. Bingham, Edward W. Hill, and Sammis B. White, (eds.) Financing Economic Development Joseph White and Aaron Wildavsky, The Deficit and the Public Interest Howard Elcock, Grant Jordan, and Arthur Midwinter, Budgeting in Local Governments: Managing the Margins     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
RICHARD A. CHAPMAN and MICHAEL HUNT eds., Open Government: A Study of the Prospects of Open Government Within the Limitations of the British Political System
PETER A. HALL, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France.
DONALD F. KETTL, Government By Proxy .
JOHN A. ROHR, To Run a Constitution: the Legitimacy of the Administrative State .
FOREST CHISMAN and ALAN PIFER, Government for the People: The Federal Social Role. What It Is. What It Should Be .
JOHN HART The Presidential Branch .     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins Peter Edwards Australian Social Attitudes. The First Report Shaun Wilson, Gabrielle Meagher, David Denemark and Mark Western (eds) Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Government John Uhr Making Public Policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies Mark Considine The Life and Death of Harold Holt Tom Frame Head of State: the Governor‐General, the Monarchy, the Republic and the Dismissal David Smith Westminster Legacies: Democracy and Responsible Government in Asia and the Pacific Haig Patapan, John Wanna and Patrick Weller (eds) The Governance of Public and Non‐Profit Organisations: What do boards do? Chris Cornforth (ed) Australia Unsettled: The Legacy of ‘Neo‐liberalism’ Dennis Woodward Challenges to State Policy Capacity: Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives Martin Painter and Jon Pierre (eds)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Peter J. Williamson: Corporatism in Perspective .
Norman M. Bradburn & Seymour Sudman: Polls and Surveys. Understanding What They Tell Us.
Erik Damgaard, Peter Gerlich & J. J. Richardson (eds.): The Politics of Economic Crisis.
Risto Alapuro: State and Revolution in Finland .
Cranford Pratt (ed.): Internationalism under Strain: The North-South Politics of Canada, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden .
Leif Lewin: Det gemensamma bästa. Om egenintresset och allmänintresset i västerländsk politik .
Brian Girvin (ed.): The Transformation of Contemporary Conservatism .     

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 reviews in this article:
Richard J. Arneson (ed.), Liberalism
Jyrki Käkönen (ed.), Perspectives on Environmental Conflict and International Politics
Ian H. Rowlands and Malory Greene (eds), Global Environmental Change and International Relations
W. W. Bartley III and Stephen Kresge (eds), The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume III. The Trend of Economic Thinking: Essays on Political Economists and Economic History
James DeFronzo, Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements
Jack A. Goldstone, Ted Robert Gurr and Farrokh Moshiri (eds), Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century
Guy Sorman, The Unborn Revolution
David Fischer, Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: the Past and the Prospects
Carlo Schaerf and David Carlton (eds), Reducing Nuclear Arsenals
Robin Jeffrey, Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became 'A Model'
Richard W. Franke and Barbara H. Chasin, Kerala: Radical Reform as Development in an Indian State
Bill Jones and Lynton Robins (eds), Two Decades in British Politics: Essays to Mark Twenty-one Years of the Politics Association
Terry Nardin and David R. Mapel (eds), Traditions of International Ethics     

Another UK General Election: More Books!

Kavanagh, D. and Butler, D. (2005 ) The British General Election of 2005. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bartle, J. and King, A. (eds) (2005 ) Britain at the Polls 2005. Washington DC: CQ Press.
Geddes, A. and Tonge, J. (eds) (2005 ) Britain Decides: The UK General Election 2005. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Worcester, R., Mortimer, R. and Baines, P. (2005 ) Explaining Labour's Landslip: The 2005 General Election. London: Methuen.     

Civil Service Reform

Books reviewed:
Stephen E. Condrey and Robert Maranto (eds.), Radical Reform of the CivilService
James P. Pfiffner and Douglas A. Brook (eds.), The Future of Merit: Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act
A.T. Rafiqur Rahman, Reforming the Civil Service for Government Performance: A Partnership Perspective     

Book Reviews

Books review in this article:
Gianfranco Pasquino and Patrick McCarthy (eds), The End of Post-War Politics in Italy: the Landmark 1992 Elections
Canan Balkir and Allan W. Williams (eds), Turkey and Europe
Michael A. Genovese (ed.), Women as National Leaders
Richard Swedberg, Joseph A. Schumpeter: his Life and Work
David Selbourne, The Spirit of the Age     

Humanitarian Intervention: Past, Present and Future

Bellamy, A. (2006) Just Wars: From Cicero to Iraq . London: Polity Press.
Weiss, T. (2007) Humanitarian Intervention . London: Polity Press.
Reed, C. and Ryall, D. (eds) (2007) The Price of Peace: Just Wars in the Twenty-First Century . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Seybolt, T. B. (2007) Humanitarian Military Intervention: The Conditions for Success and Failure . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Heazle, M. and Islam, I. (eds) (2007) Beyond the Iraq War: The Promises, Pitfalls and Perils of External Interventionism . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.     

Is Privatization Passé? The Case for Competition and the Emergence of Intersectoral Administration

Books reviewed:
Graeme A. Hodge, Privatization: An International Review of Performance
Jeffrey D. Greene, Cities and Privatization: Prospects for the New Century
Paul Seidenstat, (ed.) Contracting Out Government Services
Robin A. Johnson and Norman Walzer, (eds.) Local Government Innovation: Issues and Trends in Privatization and Managed Competition
C. Eugene Steuerle, Van Doorn Ooms, George Peterson, and Robert D. Reischauer, (eds.) Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
R onald M endelsohn , Australian Social Welfare Finance
C hristopher H odgkinson , The Philosophy of Leadership
J ohn S tewart , Local Government: The Conditions of Local Choice
G reg H ancock , M ichael W. K irst and D avid G rossman (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy: Perspectives from Australia and USA
A. P arkin and J. W arhurst (eds.), Machine Politics in the Australian Labor Party
M ark F indlay , S andra E gger and J eff S utton (eds.). Issues In Criminal Justice Administration
E va E tzioni -H alevy , Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Political Dilemma     

COMPARATIVE

Books Reviewed
Tsebelis George, VETO PLAYERS: how political institutions work , (FRANK VIBERT), 440
Biezen Ingrid van, POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW DEMOCRACIES: party organization in Southern and East-Central Europe , (SERGEY KHRYCHIKOV), 441
Layton-Henry Zig and Wilpert Czarina (eds), CHALLENGING RACISM IN BRITAIN AND GERMANY , (ALESSANDRA BUONFINO), 442
Wilensky Harold L., RICH DEMOCRACIES: political economy, public policy, and performance , (LORI THORLAKSON), 442
Glodstone Jack A. (ed.), STATES, PARTIES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS , (JEFFREY ROBERTS), 443
Ibarra Pedro (ed.), SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRACY , (SUJAY GHOSH), 444
Stasavage David, PUBLIC DEBT AND THE BIRTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE: FRANCE & GREAT BRITAIN, 1688–1789 , (AGUSTÍN JOSÉ MENÉNDEZ), 445
Walker Robert and Wiseman Michael (eds), THE WELFARE WE WANT? The British challenge for American reform , (EDWIN GRIGGS), 446
Merkl Peter H. and Weinberg Leonard (eds), RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY , (KARIN A. BOTTOM), 446
Dobrowolsky Alexandra and Hart Vivien (eds), WOMEN MAKING CONSTITUTIONS: new politics and comparative perspectives , (JOHANNA KANTOLA), 447
Puri Jyoti, ENCOUNTERING NATIONALISM , (JORGEN KUHL), 448
Mahoney James and Rueschemeyer Dietrich (eds), COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL ANALYSIS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES , (HANS PETER OLSEN), 449
Thompson Mark R., DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONS: Asia and Eastern Europe , (SEÁN HANLEY), 449
Pickerill Jenny, CYBERPROTEST: environmental activism online , (LEE SALTER), 450
Schweickart David, AFTER CAPITALISM , (BOB JESSOP), 451
Coates David (ed.), MODELS OF CAPITALISM: debating strengths and weaknesses , (BOB JESSOP), 452
Minow Martha (ed.), BREAKING THE CYCLES OF HATRED: memory, law, and repair , (STEPHEN WINTER), 454     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice Noel Preston, Understanding Ethics (2nd edn) Rod Rhodes and Patrick Weller (eds.), The Changing World of Top Officials: Mandarins or Valets? Sandford Berg, Michael Pollitt and Masatsugu Tsuji (eds.), Private Initiatives in Infrastructure Jenny Fleming and Ian Holland (eds.), Motivating Ministers to Morality Heather Strang and John Braithwaite (eds.), Restorative Justice and Civil Society Xu Yi‐chong, Powering China, Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China Greg McCarthy, Things Fall Apart: A History of the State Bank of South Australia Peter Loveday, Dean Jaensch and Baiba Berzins, Labor's Win: The Northern Territory Election 2001     

COMPARATIVE

Books Reviewed
Tony Fitzpatrick, AFTER THE NEW SOCIAL DEMOCRACY: social welfare for the twenty-first century , (EDWIN GRIGGS), 151
Paul Gready, POLITICAL TRANSITION: politics and culture , (DAVID J. GALBREATH), 151
Steve John and Stuart Thomson (eds), NEW ACTIVISM AND THE CORPORATE RESPONSE , (WILLIAM DINAN), 152
Bruno Coppieters and Richard Sakwa (eds), CONTEXTUALISING SECESSION: normative studies in comparative perspective , (COSTAS LAOUTIDES), 153
John J. Czaplicka and Blair A. Ruble (eds), COMPOSING URBAN HISTORY AND THE CONSTITUTION OF CIVIC IDENTITIES , (JAMES G. MELLON), 154
Russell J. Dalton, DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE, DEMOCRATIC CHOICES: the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies , (MARC HOOGHE), 155
Pippa Norris, Montague Kern and Marion Just (eds), FRAMING TERRORISM: the news media, the government, and the public , (SIMON DALFERTH), 155
Diane Stone and Andrew Denham (eds), THINK TANK TRADITIONS: policy research and the politics of ideas , (RACHEL TURNER), 156
Robert H. Blank and Viloa Burau, COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY , (EDWIN GRIGGS), 157
Bruce E. Cain, Russell J. Dalton and Susan E. Scarrow, DEMOCRACY TRANSFORMED? Expanding political opportunities in advanced industrial democracies , (MAREK RYBAR), 158
Erik Bleich, RACE POLITICS IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE: ideas and policymaking since the 1960s , (ACHIM GOERRES), 159
Duncan Watts, UNDERSTANDING US/UK GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: a comparative guide , (TERRENCE CASEY), 159     

Book Reviews

Klingemann, Hans-Dieter and Fuchs, Dieter (eds). Beliefs in Government, Volume 1: Citizens and the State
Niedermayer, Oskar and Sinnott, Richard (eds). Beliefs in Government, Volume 2: Public Opinion and Internationalized Governance
Borre, Ole and Scarbrough, Elinor (eds). Beliefs in Government, Volume 3: the Scope of Government
Van Deth, Jan W. and Scarbrough, Elinor (eds). Beliefs in Government, Volume 4: the Impact of Values
Kaase, Max and Newton, Kenneth. Beliefs in Government, Volume 5: Beliefs in Government
Bogdanor, Vernon. The Monarchy and the Constitution
Anderson, Leslie E. The Political Ecology of the Modern Peasant: Calculation and Community
Stueck, William. The Korean War: an International History
Fischel, William A. Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics
Friedman, Barry D. Regulation in the Reagan–Bush Era: the Eruption of Presidential Influence
Hannaford, Ivan (foreword by Bernard Crick). Race: the History of an Idea in the West
Guéhenno, Jean-Marie (transl. Victoria Eliott). The End of the Nation-State
Kupchan, Charles A. (ed.). Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe
Smith, Anthony D. Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era
Viroli, Maurizio. For Love of Country: an Essay on Patriotism and Nationalism
Schuerman, William E. Between the Norm and the Exception: the Frankfurt School and the Rule of Law     

Books: International Relations

D. Allen and A. Pijpers (eds), European Foreign Policy-Making and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff, 1984)
Sydney D. Bailey (ed.), The Making of Resolution 242 (Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff, 1985
David Howard Bain, Sitting in Darkness, Americans in the Philippines (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984
C. Coker, The Future of the Atlantic Alliance (London, Macmillan, with the Royal United Services Institute, 1985)
C. Rose, Campaigns Against Western Defence (London, Macmillan, with the Royal United Services Institute, 1985)
G. R. Berridge and A. Jennings (eds), Diplomacy at the UN (London, Macmillan, 1958)
John Burton, Global Conflict: The Domestic Sources of International Crisis (Brighton, Wheatsheaf Books for The Center for International Development, University of Maryland, 1984)
B. J. C. Kercher and D. J. Moss (eds), Shadow and Substance in British Foreign Policy 1895–1939 (Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1984)
D. Holloway and J. M. 0. Sharp (eds), The Warsaw Pact (London, Macmillan, 1984)
W. R. Louis, The British Empire in the Middle East 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, The United States, and Postwar Imperialism (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984)
Brian Murphy, The World Wired Up: Unscrambling the New Communications Puzzle (London, Comedia, 1983)
Steve Smith (ed.), International Relations: British and American Perspectives (Oxford, Basil Blackwell, in association with the British International Studies Association, 1985)
I. Wallerstein, The Politics of the World Economy (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1984)     

Book Reviews: The Balance between Forgetting and Remembering

Books reviewed Gary Jonathan Bass, Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Trials Richard Goldstone, For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator Joanna Van Selm, (ed) Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union Peter Shore, Separate Ways: The Heart of Europe Tommaso Padoa‐Schioppa, The Road to Monetary Union in Europe: The Emperor, the Kings and the Genies Kenneth Dyson, The Politics of the Euro‐Zone: Stability or Breakdown? Stefano Bartolini, The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860–1980: The Class Cleavage Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States Richard Little and Mark Wickham‐Jones, (eds) New Labour's Foreign Policy: A New Moral Crusade? Thomas Frank, One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) From Vulnerability to Competitiveness Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds)Diverse Responses to Common Challenges Andrew Samuels, Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life John B. Thompson, Political Scandal: Power and Visibility in the Media Age Andrew Thorpe, The British Communist Party and Moscow 1920–43     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Mark Baldassare, When Government Fails: The Orange Country Bankruptcy Bruce A. Walllin, From Revenue Sharing to Deficit Sharing: General Revenue Sharing and Cities     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Rohan Gunaratna, Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror
John L. Campbell and Ove K. Pedersen (eds.), The Rise of Neoliberalism and Institutional Analysis
George Tsebelis, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work
Sarah E. Mendelson and John K. Glenn (eds.), The Power and Limits of NGOs: A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform
Neta C. Crawford, Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention