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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.     

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Book reviews in this article: New Trends In Government Sir Richard Clarke. Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by Richard A.Chapman and A.Dunsire. Management in Local Government: A Viewpoint J.D.Stewart. Urban Policy-Making: Influences on Country Boroughs in England and Wales Noel Boaden. Public Enterprise in Practice Richard Pryke. State Enterprise: Business or Politics? David Coombes. The British Ombudsman Frank Stacey. L'Administration Prospective LSfez. Preface G.Vedel. Federal Organization and Administrative Management Herbert Emmerich. The Administration of Health and Welfare Services B.Scammells. The Administration of Technical Colleges D.Charlton. W.Gent and B.Scammells.     

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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.     

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Book reviews in this article: The Price of Amenity: Five Studies in Conservation and Government By Roy Gregory. Mertropolitan Planning: The Planning astern of Greater London By Peter Self. Government by Community By loan Bowen Rees. Public Inquiries as an Instrument of Government By R.E.Wraith and G.B.Lamb. Essays in Economic Management By Sir Alec Cairncross. Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Informal Introduction By E. J.Mishan. Mid-Career Development By Robert N.Rapoport.     

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Book review in this article Administrative Theory and Public Administration R. J. S. Baker Central Government Administration: A Student's Guide to Public Administration. Vol. 1. E. N. Gladden Local, Corporational and International Administration: A Student's Guide to Public Administration. Vol.2. E. N. Gladden Studies in the Growth of Nineteenth-Century Government G. Sutherland The Limits of Organizational Change Herbert Kaufman The Managerial Class of India V. Subramaniam Social Background of India's Administrators V.Subramaniam Bureaucracy and Politics in India C.P.Bhambhri Politics, Finance and the Role of Economics: An Essay on the Control of Public Enterprise Christopher Foster Government Contracts Colin Turpin     

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Book reviews in this article: Federal Britain? The Case for Regionalism By J.C.Banks. Planning for Service: An Examination of the Organization and Administration of Local Authority Social Service Departments By Robert Foren and Malcolm J.Brown. Modern Management in Local Government By Raymond S.B.Knowles. The Motor Car and Politics, 1896–1970 By William Plowden. Studies in Nigerian Administration Edited by D.J.Murray. The Rise of a Central Authority for English Education By A.S.Bishop.     

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Book Reviews in this articles: The Accountability and Audit of Governments By E. L. Normanton New Techniques of Budget Preparation and Management By Hendrik J. Hofstra Program Budgeting: Program Analysis and the Federal Government Edited by David Novick. Local Finance in Perspective By K. Venkataraman. Casebook: Studies in Administration By Stuart MacRae and Stuart Page. Management and the Social Sciences By Tom Lupton. Who's Running this Town? By Ritchie P. Lowry. Papers on Regional Development Edited by Thomas Wilson. Business Report Writing By Elizabeth Sidney. Ascertaining Entitlement to Compensation for an Industrial Injury Cases in Comparative Public Administration.     

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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     

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Book reviews in this article: Local Government in South East England Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science. The Lessons of the London Government Reforms Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science Governing the Commune of Veyrier: Politics in Swiss Local Government By George A. Codding, Jr. The System By Max Nicholson. The Commonwealth Bureaucracy By Gerald E. Caiden. Men Who Govern: A Biographical Profile of Federal Political Executives By David T. Stanley, Dean E. Mann and Jameson W. Doig. The President as Chief Administrator: A Study of Franklin D. Roosevelt By A.J. Wann. The French Parliament 1958–67 By Philip M. Williams. Le Gouvernement et l'Administration de la France By Gérard Belorgey. Broadcasting and Public Policy By E.G. Wedell. Science and Technology in British Politics By Norman J. Vig. The Comprehensive Development Area By T. Hart. Man and Environment: Crisis and the Strategy of Choice By Robert Arvill.     

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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.     

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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.).     

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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.     

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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.     

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Book reviews in this article: Ombudsmen and Others: Citizens' Protectors in Nine Countries By Walter Gellhorn. Pressure Groups and Political Culture: A Comparative Study By F.G. Castles. The Thai Bureaucracy: Institutional Change and Development By William J. Siffin. Thailand: the Modernization of a Bureaucratic Polity By Fred W. Riggs. The Economic Impact of TVA Edited by John R. Moore. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900–1966 By T. A. Critchley. Local Government at Work: A Case Study of a County Borough By H. Victor Wiseman. County Government in England and Wales By Jeffrey Stanyer. Public Investment in Australia: A Study of Australian Public Authority Investment and Development By Russell Mathews. The Craft of Diplomacy: Mechanics and Development of National Representation Overseas By Douglas Busk. Whitehall and the Commonwealth By J. A. Cross. The NATO International Staff/Secretariat 1952–1957: A Study in International Administration By Robert S. Jordan.     

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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 reviews in this article: Towards a European Civil Service By D. Coombes. European Unity: Co-operation and Integration—A Survey of the European Organizations By Michael Palmer, John Lambert et. al. The Power of the Prime Minister By Humphrey Berkeley. Public Enterprises in India: A Study of Public Relations and Annual Reports By Laxmi Narain. The Nationalized Industries: An Introduction By W. Thornhill. The Claim of Scotland By H. J. Paton. The Union Public Services Commission By M. A. Muttalib. Public Service Commissions of India: A Study By C. N. Bhalerao. Treasury Control and Social Administration: A Study of Establishment Growth at the Local Government Board 1871–1905 By Roy M. MacLeod. Resources for Education By John Vaizey and John Sheehan.     

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Book Reviewed in this Articles Value Systems and Social Process By Sir Geoffrey Vickers. Democracy and the Public Service By Frederick C.Mosher. Specialists and Generalists: A Comparative Study of the Professional Civil Servant at Home and Abroad Edited by F.F.Ridley. British Government and Politics By R.M.Punnett. The Government of Modern Britain By F.Stacey. The Legislative Process in Great Britain By S.A. Walkland. Ombudsmen for American Government Edited by Stanley V.Anderson. The Politics of Science: Readings in Science, Technology and Government Edited by William R.Nelson. Geography and Regional Planning By T.W.Freeman. Comparative Social Administration By Barbara Rodgers and others.     

Katherine Tonkiss,Migration and Identity in a Post-National World

Theories of Local Economic Development. Edited by Richard D. Bingham and Robert Meir. Newbury Park CA, Sage, 1993. Pp. 319. £20.50 pb.

Policy and Change. Edited by Randall Smith and Jane Raistrick. Saus Publications. 1994, Pp.442, £14.95 pb.

Economic Development Work Book ‐ Briefings on Key Economic Development Topics. National Development Project, Employment Department. Researched and Produced by Mersyside TEC and West London TEC, and edited by Andrew Coulson and Paul Lovejoy, 1994. Pp.220. £58.75 (£35.25 for TECs). Available from Nicholas Johnson, West London TEC, Sovereign Court, 15–21 Staines Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3HA. Tel. 0181–577–1010. Fax 0181–570–9969)

Resolving Conflict: Strategies for Local Government. Edited by Margaret S. Herrman. International City Management Association (P.O. Box 2011, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, USA), 1994. $29.95.

Local Government in the United Kingdom. By David Wilson and Chris Game (with Steve Leach and Gerry Stoker). Macmillan, 1994. Pp.377. £12.99 pb.

International Handbook of Local and Regional Government: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Democracies. By Alan Norton. Aldershot, Hants: Edward Elgar, 1994. Pp.559 + xx. £85.00 hb.

Management Innovations in Urban Policy: Lessons from France. By Patrick Le Gales and John Mawson. Local Government Management Board, 1994. Pp.123. Free.

Urban Policy in Britain: The City, the State and the Market. By Rob Atkinson and Graham Moon. Macmillan, 1994. Pp.306. £35.00 hb, £11.99 pb.

Healthy Cities: Research and Practice. Edited by John K. Davies and Michael P. Kelly. Routledge, 1993. Pp.188. £35.00 Hb, £11.99 pb.

Normality is Hard Work—Trade Unions and the Politics of Community Care. By Mick Carpenter. London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1994 (published in association with UNISON). Pp.162. £14.99 pb.

Local Government in Britain (Sixth Edition). By TONY BYRNE. Penguin Books, 1994. Pp.665. £10.00 pb.

The Size and Efficiency Debate: Public Library Authorities in a Time of Change (British Library R &; D Report 6143). By Arthur Midwinter and Murray McVicar. Library Association Publishing Limited, 1994. Pp.106. £25.00. (Available from Bookpoint Limited, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD.)

Managing Your City or Town: A Reference Guide for the New Public Official. By Kenton G. Griffin. University Press of America, 1994. Pp.282 including appendices. $57.50 hb, $36.50 pb.

Community Profiling: Auditing Social Needs. By Murray Hawtin, Geraint Hughes and Janie Percy‐Smith. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.194. £12.00 pb.

Management of Quality in Local Government. Edited by Ian Sanderson. Longman, 1992. Pp.180. £21.00 hb.

Competing for Quality: A Manager's Guide to Market Testing. By Lynton Barker. Longman, 1993. Pp.217. £35.00 pb.

The Valuation of Changes in Quality in the Public Services: A Report prepared for HM Treasury by Brunei University. By Martin Cave and Others. HMSO, 1994. £19.00.

Research in Public Administration: Reflections on Theory and Practice. Edited by Jay D. White and Guy B. Adams. Sage, 1994. Pp.280. £26.95 hb, £12.95 pb.

Gender Audit 1994. Engender, Scotland. Pp.81, A4 loose‐leaf format. £7.00 (individuals), £15 (institutions).(Available from Scottish Women's Aid, Edinburgh)

Cassell Multilingual Dictionary of Local Government and Business. Edited by Clive Leo McNeir. Cassell, London, 1993. Pp.xv + 222. £50.

A la Recherche du ‘local’. Edited by Albert Mabileau. Paris, L'Harmattan, 1993. Pp.232.

Le système local en France (2nd edition). By Albert Mabileau. Paris, Monchrestien, 1994. Pp.157. FF60.

Gouvernement local et politique urbaines: Actes du colloque international, Grenoble, 2–3 février 1993, Edited by Sylvie Biarez and Jean‐Yves Nevers. Cerat, Paris, 1993. Pp.557.

Ombudsmen in the Public Sector. By Mary Seneviratne. Open University Press, 1994. Pp.148. £15.23 pb, £40.00 hb.

The New American Political (Dis)order. By Robert A. Dahl et al. Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Pp.xii + 102. $10.95.

Entwicklungschancen deutscher Stadte ‐ Die Folgen der Vereinigung. D. Henckel, B. Grabow, B. Hollbach, Hartmut Usbeck, Heinz Niemann. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne/Deutsche Ver‐meinde Verlag, 1993. Pp.567. DM78.

French Politics Today. By Peter Morris. Manchester University Press, 1994. Pp.182. £29.99 hb, £8.99 pb.

Lobbying in the European Community. Edited by Sonia Mazey and J. Richardson. Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp.263. £30.00.

Single Market to Social Europe: European Community in the 1990s. By M. Wise and R. Gibb. Longman, 1993. Pp.356. £13.99.     

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Implementation: The Problem of Achieving Results Edited by Gabriel U. Iglesias.
New Thinking for Malaysian Public Administration: Some Social Science and Behavioural Concepts, Theories and Operational Questions . Latheef N. Ahmed.
In Search of the Constitution Nevil Johnson.
Public Administration: Values, Policy and Change Robert H. Simmons and Eugene P. Dvorin.
L'Acteur et le Systeme Michel Crozier and Erhard Friedberg.
Open Government: The British Interpretation Ronald Wraith
Education and Politics: Policy Making in Local Education Authorities Robert E, Jennings
Treasury Control in Australia: A Study in Bureaucratic Politics Patrick Weller and James Cutt.
An Open Case: The Organizational Context of Social Work Joyce Warham.
Parliament arid the Public Libraries R. J. B. Morris.
Education and Training for Public Sector Management in Developing Countries Edited by Laurence D. Stifel, James S. Coleman and Joseph E. Black.     

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Constitutional Bureaucracy: The Development of British Central Administration Since the Eighteenth Century An Introduction to Comparative Government Changing Patterns of Local Government Regional Development Policy and Administration in Italy Les projets de rerorme administrative en France. Company Organization: Theory and Practice Politics and Government in Turky Planning Local Authority Services for the Elderly Caring for People in Trouble