Books reviewed,Comptes rendus

The Constitutional Process in Canada By b.i. cheffins , andr.n. tucker . Canada in Question: Federalism in the Seventies Second edition. Byd.v. smiley . Managing the Water Environment Edited by neil a. swainson . Recueil d'études en hommage à Charles Eisenmann The Home of Man By barbara ward . Comment animer un groupe Par andbé beauchamp, roger graveline, clatlde quiviger . Contact: les quatre premières minutes d'une rencontre Par léonard et nathalie zunin . Policy Analysis: What Governments Do, Why They Do It and What Difference It Makes By thomas r. dye . Career Patterns in the Higher Civil Service By peta shebiff . Representative Bureaucracy By samuel khislov .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Public Service of South Australia : ADELAIDE, S.A. Public Choice and Federalism in Australia and Canada : By M.H. SPROULE-JONES. Traité de droit administratif: canadien et québécois. : Par R. DUSSAULT. Divided Loyalties: Canadian Concepts of Federalism : By EDWIN R. BLACK. An Approach to Social Reporting in the Canadian North : By K. SCOTT WOOD. Culture et Management: Le cas de l'entreprise québécoise : Par GEORGES MAURICE HENAULT. Policing in Canada : By WILLIAM and NORA KELLY. Cabinet Studies: A Reader : Edited by VALENTINE HERMAN and JAMES E. ALT. American Public Administration: Past, Present, Future : Edited by FREDERICK C. MOSHER.     

Book Reviews Comptes Rendus

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     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Program Evaluation:Edited by DENNIS j. palumbo Equality and Access: A New Social Contract:By BONNIE DIAMOND and FRANCINE FOURNIER Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Aenda: The Case of the East Coast FBsheries:By A. Paul pross and susan mccorquodale Uneasy Lies the Head: The Wuth about Canada's Crown Corporations:By WALTER Stewart Haven's Gate: Canada's Immigration Fiasco:By victor malarek. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada Open Government: A Study of the Prospects of Open Government within the Limitation of the British Political System:Edited by Richard a. chapman and michael HUNT Strategies for Policy Making:By GROVER STARLING Who's in Charge?: The Mixed Ownership Corporation in Canada:By STEPHEN BROOKS.     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Values in Conflict: The University, the Marketplace, and the Trials of Liberal Education: By Paul Axelrod Public Policy and Local Governance: Institutions in Postmodern Society: By Peter Bogason Citizenship in Transformation in Canada: Edited by Yvonne M. Hébert Canadian Forest Policy: Adapting to Change: Edited by Michael Howlett In Search of Sustainability: British Columbia Forest Policy in the 1990s: By BENJAMIN CASHORE, GEORGE HOBERG, MICHAEL Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy Wilson Social Policy in Canada: By Ernie S. Lightman. Don Mill Biotechnology & Food for Canadians. Risk Controversy Series No. 2: By Alan Mc Hughen The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops: By Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellon     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Déontologie: Rapport du Groupe consultatif du Conseil des Arts du Canada : Ottawa. Managing Canada's Renewable Resources : Edited byralph b. kruger andbruce mitchell. Urban Canada: Its Government and Politics : Bydonald j. h. higgins. . Monetarism and Controls: The Inflation Fighters : Bythomas j. courchene. . A Theory of Public Bureaucracy: Politics, Personality and Organization in the State Department : Bydonald p. warwick . Canada's Salesman to the World: The Department of Trade and Commerce 1892–1939. : Byo. maby hill. . La theorie du système général-théorie de la modélisation : Parjean-louis le moigne. . Les élites politiques, les bas-salariés et la politique du logement à Hull .     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Demain la république: le projet du Québec profound; De JEAN-LOUIS BOURQUE. Sainte-Foy: Éditions La Liberté. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Canada; By ROBIN W. BOADWAY and PAUL A.R. HOBSON. Corporate Autonomy and Institutional Control: The Crown Corporation as a Problem in Organization Design; By DOUGLAS F. STEVENS. The Tacit Organization; By Virginia HILL and GUY B. ADAMS. Which Reminds Me … A Memoir; By MITCHELL SHARP. The Making of Canadian Food Aid Policy; By MARK W. CHARLTON. Language and the State: The Law and Politics of Identity; Edited by D. SCHNEIDERMAN. Towards Reconciliation? The Language Issue in Canada in the 1990s; Edited by D. BONIN.     

Books Reviews

Droit administrative canadien et québecois Edité par RAOUL BARBE. Le pouvoir déclaratoire du parlement, augmentation discretionnaire de la compétence fédérale au Canada Par ANDRÉE LAJOIE The Right to Housing Publié sous la direction de MICHAEL WHEELER. Environment: A Challenge for Modem Society By LYNTON KEITH CALDWELL. Consumers and the Economy By F. KNOX. George G. Harrap Coping with Public Employee Strikes By CARMEN D. SASO. The Administrative Process in Britain By R.G.S. BROWN. The Higher Civil Service in Britain By RICHARD A. CHAPMAN. Human Engineering By LORD ALFRED ROBENS. Urban Policy Making: The Council-Manager Partnership By ARTHUR W. BROMAGE. The Influence of Federal Grants By MARTHA DERTHICK. Bureaucracy, Politics, and Public Policy By FRANCIS E. ROURKE. L'individu et le droit de la Communauté européenne Par MAURICE TORRELLI. Montréal: Les presses de l'Université de Montréal Municipal Refuse Disposal By the INSTITUTE OF SOLID WASTES.     

Book Reviewed: Comptes Rendus

The Crown in Canada : By FRANK MACKINNON. Money, Inflation, and the Bank of Canada : An Analysis of Canadian Monetary Policy from 1970 to early 1975: By THMAS J. COUBCHENE. Government in Canada : By T.A. HOCKIN. The Illusion of Wage and Price Control : Edited by MICHAEL WALKEB. Canadian Perspectives on Wage-Price Guidelines: A Book of Readings : Edited by W.D. WOOD and PRADEEP KUMAR. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet : By W.A. MATHESON. Planning and Development: A Case of Two Nova Scotia Communities : By A. PAUL PROSS. Savoir organiser, Savoir décider : Par GERALD LEFEBVBE. Public Policy-Making : By JAMES E. ANDERSON. Prospective de I'Etat : Par ALAIN PLANTEY.     

Meech Lake and free trade: studies in Canadian federalism

Canada: Its Framework, Its Foibles, Its Future. By Allan E. Blakeney . 1988 Kenneth R. MacGregor Lecture. Navigating Meech Lake. Edited by Clive Thomson . Federal Leadership in Social and Economic Policy. By Peter M. Leslie . National Citizenships and Provincial Communities: A Review of Canadian Fiscal Federalism and Ethnonationalism in a Federal State: The Case of Canada. By Peter M. Leslie . Research Papers 23 and 24. Canada: The State of the Federation 1987–88. Edited by Peter M. Leslie and Ronald L. Watts .     

Books Reviewed Comptes Rendus

L'Etat du Québec en devenir Par G. BERGERON et R. PELLETIER, Montréal, Edition Boréal Express, 1980 président de la Commission de la fonction publique, Québec Canadian Public Administration Bibliography. Supplement III By W.E. GRASHAM The Master Manager By R.G.H. SIU, Parliament, Policy and Representation By HAROLD D. CLARKE, COLIN CAMPBELL, F.Q. QUO, ARTHUR GODDARD Patterns of Management in Local Government By ROYSTON GREENWOOD, KIERON WALSH Managing Fiscal Stress: The Crisis in the Public Sector By CHARLES H. LEVINE. How to Limit Government Spending By AARON WILDAVSKY Why Disunity? An Analysis of Linguistic and Regional Cleavages in Canada By ALBERT BRETON and RAYMOND BRETON The Points System for Australian Television Content: A Study in Symbolic Policy By KATE HABBISON Southeast Asian Exodus: From Tradition to Resettlement By ELLIOT L. TEPPER     

Women's activism and women's voices in society and the state

Poverty, Social Assistance, and the Employability of Mothers: Restructuring Welfare States. By maureen baker and david tippin. The Politics of Pragmatism: Women, Representation, and Constitutionalism in Canada. By alexandra dobrowolsky. Black Eyes All of the Time: Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System. By anne mcgillivray and brenda comaskey. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?By susan moller okin.     

Books reviewed: Comptes rendus

Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1976 La politique au Canada et au Québec :Parandre bernard . L'Urbanisation au Québec : rapport du groupe de travail sur l'urbanization . Brinco: The Story of Churchill Falls : Byphilip smith . Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867–1900 : Byolga b. bishop . Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956–1971 : Byhazel i. mactaggart with the assistance ofkenneth e. sundquist . Informatique et information : Parrolland hurtubise . Political and Administrative Federalism : Byr. m. burns et al. The Econocrats and the Policy Process: The Politics and Philosophy of Cost-Benefit Analysis : Bypeter self . Participative Management: Concepts, Theories and Implementation : Edited byervin williams . UNESCO and World Politics: Engaging in International Relations : Byjames p . sewell .     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Legitimacy in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis By O. C. Mcswite Politics, Polic, and Government in British Columbia Edited by R. K. Carty A Stake in the Future: Redefining the Canadian Mineral Industry By MARY LOUISE MCALLISTER and CYNTHIA JACQUELINE Alexander Reform in the Australian Public Service 1983–1996 By J.W. Holmes and T. A. wileman Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local CommunitiesBy Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield Performance et secteur public: Réalités, enjeux et paradoxes Par Marie-Michèle guay Poverty Reform in Canada 1958–1978: State and Class Influence on Policy Making By Rodney S. Haddow Reforming the Canadian Financial Sector: Canada in Global Perspective Edited by Thomas J. Courchene and Edwin H. Neave     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Guide méthodologique de la recherche Par ROBERT J. GRAVEL. Political Choice in Canada By HAROLD D. CLARKE, JANE JENSON, LAWRENCE LEDUC and JON H. PAMMETT. The Conserver Solution: A Blueprint for the Conserver Society By LAWBENCE SOLOMON. Understanding Intergovernmental Relations By DEIL s. WBIGHT. Confrontation and Collaboration — Intergovernmental Relations in Canada Today Edited by RICHABD SIMEON. Local Government in Canada By C.R. TINDAL and S. NOBES TINDAL. Shaping the Canadian City: Essays on Urban Politics and Policy, 1890–1920 By JOHN C. WEAVES. Structural Changes in Local Government: Government for Urban Regions By C.R. TINDAL. The Politics of Urban Development: Canadian Urban Expressway Disputes By CHRISTOPHER LEO. Community Development: Learning And Action By HAYDEN ROBERTS. The Australian Federal System By JEAN HOLMES Innovation and Implementation in Public Organizations By RICHABD H. NELSON and DOUGLAS YATES Policy Analysis: A Political and Organisational Perspective By W.I. JENKINS. Perspectives on the Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration By P.K. GOPECKI and W.T. STANBUBY Ombudsmen Around the World: A Comparative Chart By KENT M. WEEKS.     

From systems analysis to policy analysis

How Much is Enough?By alain c. enthoven and k. wayne smith. New York: Harper and Row Systematic Thinking for Social Action. By alice rivlin. Washington: The Brookings Institution Eighth Annual Review: Design for Decision-Making. An Application to Human Resources Policies. By economic council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Criminal Justice in Canada. An Introductory Text; Par C.T. GRIFFITHS, J.F. KLEIN, et S.N. VERDUN-JONES Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings, fourth edition; LIONEL D. FELDMAN Water: The Emerging Crisis in Canada; By HAROLD D. FOSTER and W.R. DERRICK SEWELL Class Inequality and Health Care: The Origins and Impact of the National Health Service; By VIVIENNE WALTERS Traité de droit de la santé et des services sociaux.; Par ANDRÉE LAJOIE, PATRICK A. MOLINARI et JEAN -MARIE AUBY The Way Out: A More Revenue Dependent Public Sector and How It Might Revitalize the Process of Governing; By A. R. BAILEY and D. G. HULL . Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy The Art of Administration; By KENNETH E. EBLE . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass The Effective Administrator; By DONALD E. WALKER . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass     

Book reviews: Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: The Study of Government: Political Science and Public Administration : By F.F. RIDLEY. Techniques and Public Administration: A Contextual Evaluation : By MAURICE SPIERS. Main Street: Windsor to Quebec City : Par MAURICE YEATES. Intergovernmental Relations in Australia : Edited by H.L. MATHEWS. Canada: Strategy for International Development Cooperation 1975–1980 : By THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. L'administrateur et la prise de decision : Par PIERRE FULIATRAULT et YVON G. PEHREAULT. Interest Arbitration in the Federal Public Service of Canada : By L.W.C.S. BARNES and L.A. KELLY. Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America : By ARNOD J. HEIDENHEIMER, HUGH HECLO and CAROLYN TEICH ADAMS.     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

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 .     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Nuclear Energy: The Unforgiving Technology : Byfeed h. knelman . Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes : Byaaron wildavsky . Influence in Parliament: Canada : Byallan kornbeeg andwilliam mishler . The Canadian House of Commons: Procedure and Reform : Byjohn b. stewart . L'intégration de l'informatique dans l'administration publique : Taraimé françois . Reforming Australian Government: The Coombs Report and Beyond : Edited bycameron hazlehurst andj.r. nethercote . Exhortation and Controls: The Search for a Wage-Price Policy, 1945–71 : Edited bycrauford d. goodwin .