Book Notes

Book review in this article Local Government Reorganization Stockport Position Statement Local Government in Britain Town and Country Planning in Britain. Local Government Manual and Directory Town and County Planning in Britain J.B.Cullingworth Public Administration Bulletin Public Administration Committee Local Administration in West Africa Ronald Wraith State-Municipal Relations: A Functional Analysis Mohit Bhattacharya Municipal Administration in India A.Avasthi Anti-Politics, Consensus, Reform and Protest in Britain Trevor Smith assisted by Alison Thomson. Charles Knight, 1972. Pp. 200. £1·50. Westminster Workshop: A Student's Guide to the British Constitution R.K.Mosley Treasury Officials 1660–1870 J.C.Sainty Adaptation of Public Personnel Administration to Changes in Society, Aryeh Attir Cost Benefit Analysis: Theory and Practice Ajit K.Dasgupta and D.W.Pearce Handbook for Managers Chief Editor: Bote Folkertsma The Evaluation of Management Training - A Review Matt Whitelaw Trends in British Society since 1900: A Guide to the Changing Social Structure of Britain A.H.Halsey Social Indicators and Social Policy Andrew Shonfield and Stella Shaw The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1971 Kathleen Jones Information and Advice Centres Rosalind Brooke. Occasional Papers on Social Administration. Introduction to Administrative Law David Foulkes The Role and Accountability of Nationalized Industries Richard Marsh White Collar Unions: A Review Institute of Personnel Management     

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Book review in this article
Guide to Government Data Compiled by A.F.Comfort and C.Loveless for the British Library of Political and Economic Science.
Local Government: Management and Corporate Planning Tony Eddison.
Local Authorities and Central Control J.A.G.Griffith.
British Members of Parliament: A Self-portrait Anthony King.
The Government of France Jean Blondel.
The New Zealand Bureaucrat Thomas B.Smith.
A Study of Public Administration in India Shriram Maheshwari.
Indian Administration Shriram Maheshwari.
The Management of Water Resources in England and Wales B.M.Funnell and R.D.Hay (eds.).
Elites in the Policy Process Robert Presthus.
Electoral Behaviour A Comparative Handbook Richard Rose (ed.).
The International Almanac of Electoral History Thomas T.Mackie and Richard Rose.
Planning Inquiry Practice Foreword by Sir Desmond Heap.
Training and Development in Government A.P.Saxena.
Employment Policies in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis J.Mouly and E.Costa.
Employee Participation in the Enterprise Institute of Personnel Management, 1975.
Charitable Organizations Christine D.McKee.
Housing: The Great British Failure Fred Berry.
Community Work One David Jones and Marjorie Mayo (eds.).
Community Work: Theory and Practice Philip Evens (ed.).
The Poverty of Education: A Study in the Politics of Opportunity David Byrne, Bill Williamson and Barbara Fletcher.
Communication: A Book for Students C.S.Deverell.
Urban Government Politics and Planning: A Study of the Administration of the Brisbane Town Plan K.N.Toms.
Politics and Administration in Queensland: A Select Bibliography Compiled by Kenneth W.Knight and Jill Adams.
Fiscal Equalization in a Federal System R.L.Matthews (ed.).
Management Science and Urban Problems Michael J.C.Martin.
Airports and the Environment Alan Stratford.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Experiences of an Optimist John Redcliffe-Maud. Implementing Public Policy Ruth Levitt. Organization Theory and Local Government Robert J. Haynes Patterns of Management in Local Government Royston Greenwood, Kieron Walsh, C.R. Hinings and Stewart Ranson. The Nationalized Industries: Policies and Performance Since 1968 Richard Pryke. British Industry and the North Sea: State Intervention in a Developing Industrial Sector Michael Jenkin. Public Policy & Administration in the Soviet Union Gordon B. Smith (ed.). Federal Reorganization: What Have We Learned? Peter Szanton (Ed). Paris and the Provinces: The Politics of Local Government Reform in France Peter Alexis Gourevitch. The Division in British Medicine: A History of the Separation of General Practice from Hospital Care 1911–1968 Frank Honigsbaum. A History of English Prison Administration, vol. I, 1750–1877 Sean McConville. Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp. Supplementary Benefits and the Consumer Eric Briggs and Anthony M. Rees. Fifty Years of Political and Economic Planning: Looking Forward 1931–1981 John Pinder (ed.).     

Book Reviews

Boo reviews in this article: British Public Administration J.A.Cross. The Administrative Process in Britain R.G.S.Brown. The Government of Greater London S.K.Ruck and Gerald Rhodes. The Government of London Gerald Rhodes. People and Planning: the Sociology of Housing in Sunderland Norman Dennis. Politics and Government of Urban Canada Edited by Lionel D. Feldman and Michael D. Goldrick. Decision in Government Jeremy Bray. Public Policy Making Re-examined Yehezkel Dror. People in Politics: Observations Across the Atlantic Richard Rose.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this articles: The Member of Parliament and the Administration: The Case of the Select Committee on Nationalized Industries By David Coombes. Greater London: The Politics of Metropolitan Reform By Frank Smallwood. Local Government in Crisis By William A. Robson. Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective By Ferrel Heady. Approach to Public Administration By E.N. Gladden. Introduction à la Science Administrative By Bernard Gournay. The Assistant Secretaries By Dean E. Mann with J.W. Doig. Changing Administrations By D.T. Stanley. Guide to Decision: The Royal Commission By Charles J. Hanser. Corruption: Control of Maladministration By John B. Monteiro. Cases and Materials on Constitutional and Administrative Law By Geoffrey Wilson. Pensions and Public Servants: A Study of the Origins of the British System By Marios Raphael. Social Casework and Administration By Anthony Forder.     

Book Reviews

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Local Government and Education D. E. Regan.
The Confederation of British Industry Wyn Grant and David Marsh.
The Prefect in French Public Administration Howard Machin.
Organisational Work David Silverman and Jill Jones.
The Model Ombudsman: Institutionalizing New Zealand's Democratic Experiment Larry B. Hill.
Managing Presidential Objectives Richard Rose.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Essays on Reform 1967 Edited by Bernard Crick. Organizational Intelligence By Harold I. Wilensky. Politics and Government at Home and Abroad By William A. Robson. The British System of Government By A. H. Birch. Field Administration: An Aspect of Decentralization By B.C. Smith. Public Administration in Northern Ireland Edited by Edwin Rhodes. The Power of Parliament By Ronald Butt. Data Processing Managers By R.J. Harper. Computer Dynamics in Public Administration By B.G. Schumacher. The Committee System of the United States Congress By John D. Lees. Colonial Development and Good Government By J.M. Lee. Management in Hospitals By J.A. Spencer. French Pensions By Tony Lynes. The City Government of Calcutta: A Study of Inertia By Ali Ashraf.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth By R.L. Watts. Central Departments and Local Authorities By J.A.G. Griffith. Husing and Local Government By J.B. Cullingworth. The Organization and Practice of Local Government By Geoffrey Drain. Policies and Politics in Secondary Education By David Peschek and J. Brand. Decisions: Case Studies in Australian Administration Edited by B.B. Schaffer and D.C. Corbett. The Process of Planning: A Study of India's Five-Year Plans 1950–1964 By A.H. Hanson. Development Planning in Ireland By Loraine Donaldson. Nationalization in British Industry By Leonard Tivey. A History of Income Tax By B.E.V. Sabine. Doctors and the State: The British Medical Profession and Government Action in Public Health, 1870–1912 By Jeanne L. Brand. Career Service: An Introduction to the History of Personnel Administration in the Commonwealth Public Service 1960–1961 By G.E. Caiden.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Modern British Government J.A. Cross London Review of Public Administration London Regional Group, Royal Institute of Public Administration. Twice yearly Public Administration: Policy Making in Government Agencies Ira Sharkansky The Art and Practice of Public Administration: Papers by Louis J. Kroeger Harriet Nathan The British Prices and Incomes Board Allan Fels The Case for Regional Reform William Thornhill The Urban Future John N. Jackson Rates or Prices? Alan K. Maynard and David N. King The Administration of Publicly-Aided Housing Charles S. Ascher A Management System for the Seventies John Argenti Current Contents in Management Manchester Business School Library Planning Programming Budgeting: A Systems Approach to Management Fremont J. Lyden and Ernest G. Miller The Game of Budget Control G. H. Hofstede Care of the Elderly: An Exercise in Cost Benefit Analysis R. Wager Brain of the Firm: The Managerial Cybernetics of Organization Stafford Beer Salary Structures for Management Careers Arthur Bowley Payment Systems: Selected Readings Tom Lupton Trade Unions: Selected Readings Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises Ralph Turvey. George Allen & The Administrative History of India 1834–1947: General Administration B. B. Misra Ghana under Military Rule 1966–1969 Robert Pinkney Facts in Focus The Health Services of Ireland Brendan Hensey Values and the Active Community International Studies of Values in Politics     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Public Administration Teaching in Further and Higher Education Roy Lewis and Chris Himsworth.
The Superbureaucrats: Structure and Behaviour in Central Agencies Colin Campbell and George J. Szablowski.
The Reorganization of British Local Government: Orthodoxies and a Political Perspective John Dearlove.
The British New Towns: A Programme Without Policy Meryl Aldridge.
The Study of Social Policy: A comparative Approach Barbara Rodgers, Abraham Doron and Michael Jones.
The Changing Image of the Magistracy Sir Thomas Skyrme.
Public Sector Bargaining: A Study of Relative Gain A. W. J. Thomson and P. B. Beaumont.
The Postal Business 1969–79: A Case Study in Public Sector Management Michael E. Corby.
Reorganizing the National Health Service: A Case Study of Administrative Change R. G. S. Brown.
Government Administration in Australia R. N. Spann.
An Idea and Its Servants: UNESCO From Within Richard Hoggart.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Prisoners of Professionalism: On the Construction and Responsibility of Political Studies. A Review Article Mark Bevir Reply to Mark Bevir: ‘Prisoners of Professionalism’ Jack Hayward Paradigm Politics Hugh T. Miller Additional Comments on Modernist Empiricism Mark Bevir The History of Government from the Earliest Times (Vols 1 to 3) S.E. Finer Administering the Summit: Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries B. Guy Peters, R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (eds) Regulation Inside Government: Waste Watchers, Quality Policy and Sleaze Busters Christopher Hood, Oliver James, George Jones, Colin Stott and Tony Travers Unfinished Business: Reforming the House of Lords Ivor Richard and Damien Welfare The Politics and Policy of Local Taxation in Britain Allan McConnell Social Science in Government: The Role of Policy Researchers Richard P. Nathan Critical Issues in Cross‐National Public Administration: Privatization, Democratization, Decentralization Stuart S. Nagel (ed.)     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Moran, Transforming British Government Richard J. Stillman II, Public Service, Ethics and Constitutional Practice Henrik Plaschke, The Road To Maastricht. Negotiating Economic and Monetary Union Josephine Kelly, Renewing Local Democracy? The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article Teaching Policy Studies: What and How William D. Coplin (ed.) Training in Public Administration: A Directory of Commonwealth Resources Commonwealth Secretariat Britain 1979: An Official Handbook Central Office of Information, HMSO British Government and Politics F. Randall. Public Administration Michael P. Barber. Local Government Michael P. Barber. What is Governing? Purpose and Policy in Washington Richard Rose. People and Agencies Bernard Schaffer and Elizabeth O'Keefe. Ombudsmen Around the World: A Comparative Chart Kent M. Weeks. Referendums: A Comparative Study of Practice and Theory David Butler and Austin Ranney (editors) Political Corruption in America George C. S. Benson. The New American Political System Anthony King (ed.). The Politics of the Firm Leonard Tivey. Government and Administration Series. Martin Robertson Guidelines for a Local Employment Study Barrie Needham. The BGA Guide to Business Schools Roger Frost (compiler). Choosing and Managing Information Systems for Public Administration Graeme Norris and Wallace Ewart. The Effective University: A Management by Objectives Approach Graeme Norris and Wallace Ewart.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Britain's Developing Constitution Peter Bromhead. The House of Commons: Services and Facilities Michael Rush and Malcolm Shaw (eds). British Politics and Government 1951–1970: A Study of an Affluent Society Mary Proudfoot. Northern Ireland: Crisis and Conflict John Magee. The Development of the Government of Jersy 1771–1972 R. How Democracies Vote: A Study of Electoral Systems Enid Lakeman. Organizing for Science in Britain: A Case Study Ian Varcoe. City Politics and the Press Harvey Cox and David Morgan. The Local Government Act 1974 David Foulkes. Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi Herbert H. Local Government in Southern Africa W.B.Vosloo, D.A.Kotzé and W.J.O.Jeppe. Social Policy: An Introduction Richard M.Titmuss. Management in the Social and Safe & Services W.D.Reekie and Norman C.Hunt (eds.). A Management Game for the Social Services Anthony S.Hall and Jimmy Algie. Advisory Councils and Committees in Education Maurice Kogan and Tim Packwood. NHS Reorganization: Issues and Prospects Keith Barnard and Kenneth Lee (eds.). Regional Policy and Planning for Europe Morgan Sant (ed.). Saxon House D.C.Health Ltd., 1974. The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning Brenda White. Inverclyde: A Social and Economic Survey A.J.M.Sykes, J.M.Livingstone and C.S.Greensted. Campaigning for the Environment Richard Kimber and J.J.Richardson (eds.). Citizens Conflict: The Sociology of Town Planning J.M.Simmie. Education for General Management: The Staf College Approach M.B.Brodie and E.A.Life (eds.). Issues in Canadian Public Policy Edited by Bruce Doern and V.Seymour Wilson. The Nebraska Ombudsman: Innovation in State Government Alan J.Wyner. Barriers to Establishing Urban Ombudsmen: The Case of Newark William B.Gwyn. Between State and Nation: Regional Organizations of the United States Martha Derthick assisted by Gary Bombardier. Fiscal Federalism in India B.S.Grewal. Development Administration in Rural Government for Agricultural Production M.A.Muttalib. Taxing a Peasant Society Kenneth Davey. Social Cost/Benefit Study of Two Suburban Surface Rail Passenger Services - Part I C.D.Foster. Systems and Management Annual 1974 Russell A.Ackoff.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article Administrative Theories and Politics Peter Self. George Allen & Unwin A History of Public Administration E.N.Gladden. The Role of Commissions in Policy Making Richard A.Chapman (ed.). George Allen & Unwin The New Government of London: The First Five Years G.Rhodes (ed.). Weidenfeld & Nicholson Computers in the Public Service G.M.Lamb. George Allen Cost-Benefit Analysis in Administration Trevor Newton. Legal Control of Government: Administrative Law in Britain and the United States Bernard Schwartz and H.W.R.Wade. The Backbezchers Peter G.Richards. Participation in Urban Planning: The Barnsbuv Case John Ferris. Man and the Social Sciences William A.Robson The European Parliament: Structure, Procedure and Practice Sir Barnett Cocks. Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States Stanley V.Anderson and John E.Moore s Governing the London Region: Reorganization and Planning in the 1960′s Donald L.Foley. Crisis for Democracy? An Essay on the State of Policy-Making in Scottish Local Government Ronald G.Young. Corporate Planning: Revolution through Evolution New Towns: the British Experience Hazel Evans (ed.). Governmental and Administrative Organization in the Field of Scientific Research Antonio de Juan Abad. New Integrated Systems for Planning and Budgeting Tomas O'Cofaigh The Participation of Users or Directly Interested Persons in National Education The Administration of Hospital Wards Dynamics of Medical Care R.F.L.Logan and others. London School of Hygiene and TropicaI Public Expectations and Health Care: Essays on the Changing Organization of Health Services David Mechanic. The Economics of Medical Care M.M.Hauser (ed.) Taxation Policy Bernard Crick and William A.Robson (eds.) Comparative Budgetary Systems Anwar Hussain Siddiqui. Output Measurement Papers Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants Management Development for the Education Profession Ron Glatter. George G.Harrap Teachers’Unions and Interest Group Politics R.D.Coates. Perspectives on Organizations: An Introduction to Organization Theory R.A.W.Rhodes.‘Telescope New Thinking in Management: A Guide for Managers F.de P.Hanika. The Right to Manage? W.W.Danie1 and Neil McIntosh. Human Asset Accounting Institute of Personnel Management and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants Some Approaches to Job Evaluation E.H.Phelps Brown On Thinking Statistically: A Short Introduction Morris Brodie. An Introduction to British Government Publications J.G.Ollé The Practice and Procedure of the National Industrial Relations Court Roger W.Rideout.     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Public Administration: Government in Action Ivan L. Richardson and Sydney Baldwin.
Basic Documents of American Public Administration 1776–1950 Frederick C. Mosher (ed.).
Public Administration and Legislatures: Examination and Exploration John A. Worthley.
Introduction to British Politics P. J. Madgwick. 2nd ed.
Political Behaviour Howard Elcock.
Harvard Business Review on Management Heinemann.
A Critical Introduction to Organization Theory Bruno Lussato.
Contrasts in Management Rosemary Stewart.
Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession M. Kubr (ed.).
Computers in Public Administration: An International Perspective Samuel J. Bernstein.
Tomorrow's Men Today Andrew Stewart and Valerie Stewart. Institute of Personnel Management and Institute of Manpower Studies.
Cost Effective Recruitment John Courtis.
Town and Country Planning in Britain J. B. Cullingworth.
Need and the National Health Service: Economics and Social Choice A. J. Culyer.
Essays on the Welfare State Richard M. Titmuss.
Cases and Materials on Constitutional and Administrative Law Geoffrey Wilson.
Demands for Social Knowledge: The Role of Research Organizations Elizabeth Crawford and Norman Perry (eds.).
The I975 Referendum David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger.     

Reviews

Diana Woodhouse, In Pursuit Of Good Administration, Ministers, Civil Servants and Judges Mungo Deans, Scots Public Law J. Clark and J. Newman, The Managerial State David Farnham and Sylvia Horton, Managing People in the Public Services Walter J. M. Kickert, Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop F. M. Koppenjan (eds.), Managing Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector Chris Skelcher, The Appointed State: Quasi-governmental Organizations and Democracy Richard Rose, What is Europe?     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Behavioral Approaches to Public Administration By Robert Presthus. Modern British Politics By Samuel Beer. Politics in England By Richard Rose. The Ombudsman: Citizen's Defender Edited by Donald C. Rowat. Development Finance: Planning and Control By Ursula K. Hicks. Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice By Joan Woodward. An Introduction to the Study of Social Administration Edited by David C. Marsh. Medicine in Modern Society By Thomas McKeown. Interstate Relations in Australia By Richard H.Leach.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article Asian Bureaucratic Systems Emergent from the British Imperial Tradiation Edited by Ralph Braibanti. Party Politics in English Local Government By J.G. Bulpitt. When Americans Complain: Governmental Grievance Procedures By Walter Gellhorn. Parliament and Administration: The Estimates Committee 1945–65 By Nevil Johnson. Financial Committees of the Indian Parliament: A Study in Parliamentary Control over Public Expenditure By R.N. Aggarwala. Fayol on Administration By M.B. Brodie. Emerging Synthesis in American Public Administration By Keith M. Henderson. Organization for the Public Service By John D. Millett. D. van Nostrand Handbook of Training in the Public Service New York: United Nations, 1966. Private Interests and Public Policy: The Experience of the French Economic and Social Council By J.E.S. Hayward.     

Books received (I)

The Computer Revolution in Public Administration, D.C. Pitt and B.C. Smith (eds), Wheatsheaf, 1984, pp. 214, £16.95.

The Development of Planning Thought: A Critical Perspective, Cliff Hague, Hutchinson, 1985, pp. 345, £25.00.

Housing Defects in Manchester, Manchester City Council, 1985, pp. 36, no price given.

Public Policy Studies: The North East of England, Richard A. Chapman (ed.), Edinburgh University Press, 1985, pp. 186, £10.00.

A Workbook in Program Design for Public Managers, Leonard I. Ruchelman, State University of New York Press, 1985, pp. 123, $10.95.

Wychavon: The First Ten Years, Wychavon District Council, 1985, pp. 40, no charge.