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Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration : By William Thornhill Governing Nova Scotia: Policies, Priorities and the 1984.1985 Budget : Edited by Barbara Jamieson Bureaucrats and Policy Making Edited by Ezra N. Suleiman . Social Impact Assessment and Monitoring: A Guide to the Literature By Michael J. Carley and Eduardo S. Bustelo     

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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: ProFile Index: Canadian Provincial and Municipal Publications 1974 / Index ProFile: Publications provinciales et municipales canadiennes 1974 Une économie à libérer By Par maurice saint-germain. Police, culture et société Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics Edited by A. PAUL PROSS. Ethical Conduct: Guidelines for Government Employees / Comportement Professionnel: Directives à l'Intention des Fonctionnaires By Kenneth kernaghan. How to Manage by Objectives By JOHN W. HUMBLE. Report of the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations By James D. McNiven. Governing Greater Stockholm: a Study of Policy Development and System Change By THOMAS J. ANTON. Public Sector Employment Selection: A Manual for The Personnel Generalist Edited by GRACE H. WRIGHT. The New Zealand Bureaucrat By THOMAS B. SMITH. Accounting Income Models: an application and evaluation By JOHN R. HANNA. Incomes Policy and Inflation Edited by Michael parkin and MICHAEL T. SUMNER. Man vs the Welfare State By HENRY HAZLITT. Understanding Public Policy By THOMAS R. DYE. Canadian Public Land Use in Perspective Edited by J.G. NELSON, R.C. SCACE, and R. KOURI. Les Systèmes d'information aux fins de gestion PAR ROLLAND HURTUBISE.     

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The Sociology of Natural Resources By john elliot. Technology versus Democracy: The Comparative Politics of International Airports By ELLIOT J. FELDMAN and JEROME MILCH. A Choice of Futures: Politics in the Canadian North By gurston dacks. Comprendre I'organisation: approches de recherche Par YVAN BORDELEAU, LUC BRUNET, ROBERT R. HACCOUN Analyse économique de la bureaucratie Par xavier greffe. Project Progress: A Study of Canadian Public Libraries Prepared for the Canadian Library Association by URBAN DIMENSIONS GROUP INC. Inequality: Essays on the Political Economy of Social Welfare Edited by allan moscovitch and glenn drover.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Inside the Firm: The inefficiencies of Hierarchy:Edited by HARVEY LEIBENSTEIN. Cambridge Managing Public Organizations: Lessons from Contemporary European Experience:Edited by JAN KOOIMANM and KJELL A. ELIASSEN Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction:Edited by LESLIE A. PAL The Canadian Political madition: Basic Readings:Edited by R.S. BLAIR and J.T. McLEOD New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism: Canada in a Comparative Perspective:Edited by GREGORY S. MAHLER A Public Purpose: An Experience of Liberal Opposition and Canadian Government:By TOM KENT     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration: History and Theory in Contemporary Perspective ; Edited by Joseph A. Uveces Jr . No Fault of Their Own: Unemployment and the Canadian Welfare State 1914–1941 ; By James Struthers . When Freedom is Lost: The Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band ; By Paul Driben and Robert S. Trudeau . Local Government: Politicians, Professionals and the Public in Local Authorities ; By Howard Elcock . City Politics in Canada ; Edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton . Parliament and Bureaucracy, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Administration: Prospects and Problems in the 1980s ; Edited by J.R. Nethercote . The Executive Challenge ; By Michael B. Mc Caskey . The Politics of Canadian Airport Development: Lessons for Federalism ; By Elliot J. Feldman and Jerome Milch . Organisation Theory and Management ; Edited by Thomas D. Lynch . The Politics of Canadian Public Policy ; Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler     

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Value for Many: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1947–1997/ D'une grande valeur pour beaucoup: L'lnstitut d'administration publique du Canada, 1947–1997. Monographs in Canadian Public Administration -No. 21. By Don Seymour Wilson T he Federal Court of Canada: A History, 1875–1992 Byian bushnell . Public Management and Administrative Reform in Western Europe Edited by Walter J. M. kickert . Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain, and France By ANDRE BLAIS, DONALD E. BLAKE and ST#EABPHANE DION. Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development: Issues in Theory and Practice Edited by richard d. bingham and Robert mier     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Nationalism in Canada: Cultural Conflict since 1760 is a faculty member, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia. By DAVID CHENNELLS. Law as a Gendering Practice Karine Levasseur is a doctoral student, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University.Edited by DOROTHY E. CHUNN and DANY LACOMBE. Restraining Equality. Human Rights Commissions in Canada By R. BRIAN HOWE and DAVID JOHNSON. The Rights Revolution Rosemary Proctor, consultant and writer on public policy and governance, was formerly a deputy minister with the Ontario government and recently director of the South Africa/Canada Program on Governance. By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF. Agricultural Policy, Volumes I and II (Part 14 of the International Library of Comparative Public Policy) Edited by WYN P. GRANT AND JOHN T.S. KEELER. Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities Edited by ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN. Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada By PATRICK MACKLEM. Greed, Chaos and Governance: Using Public Choice to Improve Public Law By JERRY L. MASHAW. The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta By ALLISON TAYLOR. The Public Employment Service in a Changing Labour Market By PHAN THUY, ELLEN HANSON and DAVDI PRICE.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Multinationals and Technology Transfer: The Canadian Experience; Edited by Alan M. Rugman . Financing Canadian Unemployment Insurance; Canadian Tax Paper No. 73. By Jonathan R. Kesselman . Le français dans les airs: le conflit du bilinguisme dans le contrdle de la circulation aerienne au Canada; Par SANDFORD F. BORINS. Qualitative Methodology; By John van Maamen Public Management Research in the United States; By c. David Garson and E. Samuel Overman . Pipeline Regulation and Inflation; Editrd by R.N. Morrison and R.J. Schultz . Public Budgeting and Finance: Behavioral, Theoretical, and Technical Perspectives; Edited by Robert Golembiewski and Jack Rabin . The Manitoba Commercial Freshwater Fisheries: an Economic Analysis; By Gordon S. Gislason , James A. Macmillan and Jack w. Craven .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Contradictions of the Welfare State By Claw Offe . Edited by John Keane Why Governments Grow: Measuring Public Sector Size : By Charles Lewis Taylor , ed Concepts of Federalism By William H. Stewart , Lanham: Government, Limited : By John Calvert Pathways to Self-Determination: Canadian Indians and the Canadian State : By Leroy Little Bear , Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long . Science in Government : By Jarlath Ronayne . Citizen Participation in Library Decision-Making: the Toronto Experience : Edited by John Marshall . Ethics in the Public Service: Comparative Perspectives : Edited by Kenneth Kernaghan and O.P. Dwivedi . Pensions Today and Tomorrow: Background Studies : Edited by David W. Conklin , Jalynn H. Bennett and Thomas J. Courchene . Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies, Volume 1, Switzerland : By Kenneth D. Mcrae .     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Quangos, Accountability and Reform: The Politics of Quasi‐Government:Edited by M. V. Flinders and M. J. Smith From Hope to Harris: The Reshaping of Ontario's Schools: By R. D. Gidney Public Attitudes towards Education in Ontario 1998: The Twelfth OISE/UT Survey: By D. W. Livingstone, D. Hart and L. E. Davie A Handbook of Economic Indicators: By John Grant Restructuring Societies: Insights from the Social Sciences: Edited by David B. Knight and Alun E. Joseph Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States: United Germany in Perspective: By Lutz Leisering and Stephan Leibfried Canada: The State of the Federation, 1998/99. How Canadians Connect: Edited by Harvey Lazar and Tom Mcintosh     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: Administration publique Québécoise The Structure of Canadian Government By J. R. mallory. The Report on Maritime Union By the governments of new Brunswick, nova SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. Les tribunaux administratifs et la Constitution Par gilles pépin. Economic Evaluation of Municipal Expenditures — PPBS By a. J. robinson. Economic Consultative Bodies: Their Origins and Institutional Characteristics By paul malles. The Commons in Transition Edited by a. h. hanson and bernard crick. Public Administration in the Second United Nations Development Decade: Report of the Second Meeting of Experts Toward a New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective Edited by frank marini.     

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Book reviewed in this article: A Government Reinvented: A Study of Alberta's Deficit Elimination Program Edited by Christopher j. bruce, ronald d. kneebone and kenneth J. mckenzie. Don Mills The Future of Governing: Four Emerging ModelsPar b. guy peters The Maltese Public Service, 1800–1940: The Administrative Politics of a Micro–StateBy Codfrey a. PIROTTA Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics >Edited by Christopher dunn In Pursuit of the Public Good: Essays in Honour of Allan J. MacEachen Edited by tom kent Globalization and Marketization of Government Services: Comparing Contemporary Public–Sector Developments Edited by Andrew massey Organizational Performance and Measurement in the Public Sector: Toward Service, Effort and Accomplishment Reporting Edited by arie halachmi Monitoring Performance in the Public Sector: Future Directions from International Experience Edited by john mayne     

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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: One Country or Two Edited by r. m. burns. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press Federal-Provincial Diplomacy: The Making of Present Policy in Canada By richard simeon. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Schools for Ontario: Policy Making, Administration, and Finance in the 1960s By david m. Cameron. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Regional Government in Ontario Edited by trevor price. Windsor: University of Windsor Press Comparative Federalism: The Territorial Dimension of Politics By IVO d. duchacek. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston The ‘Open’ Commonwealth By M. MARGARET BALL Durham, NC: Duke University Press Planning-Programming-Budgeting: A systems Approach to Management Edited by fremont j. lyden and ernest g. mlm. Second Edition. Chicago: Markham Publishing Company The Financial System of Canada By e. P. neufeld. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada New Approaches to Public Decision-Making By alice m. rivlin. Special Study no. 18 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada Why Distribution is Important: An Examination of Equity and Efficiency Criteria in Benefit-Cost Analysis By Walter heWch. Special Study no. 19 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada The Assault on Privacy By arthur r. miller. Bergenfeld, NJ: Signet The Limits of Organizational Change By Herbert kaufman. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press     

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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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Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution By Michael D. Behiels The Economic Ideal in British Government Calculating Costs and Benefits in the 1970s: By Phyllis Colvin The Canadian House of Commons: Essays in Honour of Norman Ward Edited by John C. Courtney Redesigning the State: The Politics of Constitutional Change in Industrial Nations Edited by Keith G. Banting and Richard Simeon The Canadian Public Sector By Douglas J. Mc Cready     

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Healthfulness of Life By R. Wilkins and O. Adams . Rebels, Rascals and Royally: The Colourful North of LAC0 Hunt Edited by Barbara Hunt Broadcasting Policy and Copyright Law: An Analysis of a Cable Rediffusion Right By Robeiit E. Babe and Conrad Winn . Social Democracy in Manitoba: A History of the CCF-NDP By Nelson Wiseman . Policy Advice and Organizational Survival By Michael J. Prince . The False Promise of the Japanese Miracle By S.P. Sethi , N. Namiki and C.L. Swanson. Ethnic Pluralism and Public Policy: Achieving Equality in the United States and Britain By Nathan Glazier and Ken Young , eds. Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution By Morley Gunderson . National Health Insurance in Canada and Australia: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis Par Malcolm C. Brown