BOOK NOTES

KENNETH KERNAGHAN AND O.P. DWIVEDI, Ethics in the Public Service: Comparative Perspectives, Brussels, International Institute of Administrative Sciences
MARK W. HUDDLESTON, Comparative Public Administration: An Annotated Bibliography
G. S. BAIN (ed.), Industrial Relations in Britain
GILL PALMER, British Industrial Relations
EVERETT M. JACOBS (Ed.), Soviet Local Politics and Government
ALEXANDER KOUZMIN (ed.), Public Sector Administration: New Perspectives     

BOOK NOTES

T. H. KEWLEY, Australian Social Security Today .
RUSSELL MATHEWS, Australian Federalism 1979 .
ALAN THOMAS, Broadcast and Be Damned .
RALPH PER VAN and CAMPBELL SHARMAN, Essays on Western Australian Politics .
DAVID DONNISON with PAUL SOTO, The Good City: A Study of Urban Development and Policy in Britain .
ROBERT ALBON (ed.), Rent Control, Costs and Consequences .
MICHAEL E. CORBY, The Postal Business, 1969-79: A Study in Public Sector Management .
Efficiency in Government Expenditure .
H. SADDLER and others, Public Choice in Tasmania .
ROBERT J. HAYNES, Organisation Theory and Local Government .
D. J. WALMSLEY, Social Justice and Australian Federalism
PETER RYAN, Redmond Barry, A Colonial Life 1813–1880 .
Directory to Commonwealth and State Government Services in South Australia .
Administrative Review Council , Fourth Annual Report.
RUTH ATKINS, Albany to Zeehan: A New Look at Local Governments .
Relations between Levels of Government .
Endowed Lectures, 1974–1979 .
Proceedings of the National Government Accounting Convention .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
CAMERON HAZLEHURST and J. R. NETHERCOTE (eds.), Reforming Australian Government: The Coombs Report and Beyond
R. F. I. SMITH and PATRICK WELLER (eds.), Public Service Inquiries in Australia
R. L. MATHEWS (ed.), State and Local Taxation
J. S. HUNTER, Federalism and Fiscal Balance: A Comparative Study
V. SUBRAMANIAM, Transplanted Indo-British Administration
NORMAN LEWIS and BERNARD GATESHILL, The Commission for Local Administration: a preliminary appraisal
MALCOLM BAINS, Management Reform in English Local Government
M. A. JONES, Organisational and Social Planning in Australian Local Government
J. J. MACKEN, C. MOLONEY and G. J. McCARRY, The Common Law of Employment
PATRICK KEATINGE, A Place Among The Nations: Issues of Irish Foreign Policy
JOHN D. ROCHE, Planning in the ESB
C. V. BROWN and P. M. JACKSON, Public Sector Economics     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A dam G raycar (ed.), Retreat from the Welfare State
K. S. I nglis , This is the ABC , Melbourne
C. B urns (ed.), The Path to Reform , Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Public Administration/Government Printer, 1982. Pp. 219. $NZ15.75. R. S. M ascarenhas , Public Enterprise in New Zealand , Wellington
P eter S elf , Planning the Urban Region: A Comparative Study of Policies and Organisations , London
K rishna K. T ummala (ed.), Administrative Systems Abroad , Washington D.C.
E dward P.W olfers , D iana C onyers , P eter L armour and Y ash P. G hai , Decentralisation: Options and Issues. A Manual for Policy Makers , London
W illiam C. L outhan , The Politics of Managerial Morality: A Value-Critical Approach to Political Corruption and Ethics Policy , Washington, D.C.     

Book reviews

Jill Steans, Gender and International Relations: An Introduction, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998, 224 pp.

José Trías Monge, Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, xii + 228 pp.

Mark Cowling (ed.), The Communist Manifesto: New Interpretations, New York: New York University Press, 1988, xii + 209 pp.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1998, xi + 112 pp.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition, London and New York: Verso, 1998, 84 pp.

Kevin Mattson, Creating A Democratic Public, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998, 208 pp.     

BOOK NOTES

JANEK RATNATUNGA, Financial Controls in Marketing, Monograph No. 6, 1983
NORMAN FISHER (ed.), Change and Public Sector Industrial Relations, Proceedings of the ACT Group, AIPA, Autumn Seminar 1981
DAVID SHAND (ed.), Making Government Budgets Work: Canberra and the States, Proceedings of the ACT Group, AIPA, Autumn Seminar 1982
ANN HODGKINSON (ed.), Towards Territorial Government, Proceedings of the Seminar on Self-Government for the ACT conducted by the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, July 1982
JOHN DIXON AND D. L. JAYASURIYA (eds), Social Policy in the 1980s, Papers presented at the 1982 conference of the Australasian Social Policy and Administration Association, 1983
MERYL STANTON (ed.), Employment of Disabled People, Seminar Proceedings No. 5, 1981
M. WATERS, Strikes in Australia: a Sociological Analysis of Industrial Conflict
Commonwealth Secretariat, Training of Trainers: A Select Annotated Bibliography, (compiled by A. P. Saxana, Asian and Pacific Development Centre, Kuala Lumpur)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: A National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report, Harvey S. Rosen, (ed.) Studies in State and Local Public Finance Steven D. Gold, (ed.) Reforming State Tax Systems Daniel Bell and Lester Thurow, The Deficits: How Big? How Long? How Dangerous?     

BOOKS

Books reviewed in this article:
John Lovell, British Trade Unions, 1875-1933
Asa Briggs and John Saville (eds.), Essays in Labour History 1918-1939, Vol. 3
David Marquand, Ramsay MacDonald
Nevil Johnson, In Search of the Constitution: Reflections on State and Society in Britain
Martin Minogue (ed.), Documents on Contemporary British Government, Vol. I: British Government and Constitutional Change , xii + 413 pp., Vol. 2: Local Government in Britain
William A. Robson, Welfare State and Welfare Society, Illusion and Reality
Wyn Grant and David Marsh, The CBI
Gabriele Ganz, Government and Industry . Professional Books, Abingdon, 1977, xii + 112 pp., £5.80.
Keith Barnard and Kenneth Lee (eds.), Conflicts in the National Health Service
The Citizen and the Public Agencies: a Report by Justice
Sir Leslie Scarman, English Law and Social Policy: A Symposium based on Sir Leslie Scarman's 1974 Hamlyn Lectures
Muriel Brown, An Introduction to Social Administration
David M. Clark, Battle for the Counties: Guide to the County Council Elections 1977
F. W. S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results
P. H. J. H. Gosden, Education in the Second World War: A Study in Policy and Administration
Chris Harlow, Innovation and Productivity under Nationalisation: The First Thirty Years
S. Jacobs, The Right to a Decent House
Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Diplomats: The Foreign Office Today
Ian Sellers, Nineteenth-Century Nonconformity
S. A. Walkland & Michael Ryle (eds.), The Commons in the Seventies
C. W. Cassinelli, Total Revolution     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Vernon Bogdanor (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Institutions .
David Held, Models of Democracy .
David Held and Christopher Pollitt (eds), New Forms of Democracy .
David Miller, Janet Coleman, William Connolly and Alan Ryan (eds), The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought .
A. J. M. Milne, Human Rights and Human Diversity .
R. J. Vincent, Human Rights and International Relations .
Stephen Padgett and Tony Burkett, Political Parties and Elections in West Germany: The Search for a New Stability .
Marshall Shulman (ed.), East-West Tensions in the Third World .
Caroline Thomas, In Search of Security: the Third World in International Relations .     

Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century

Books reviewed in this article:
Donald F. Kettl, The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century America
Lester M. Salamon (ed.), The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance
H. George Frederickson and Kevin B. Smith, The Public Administration Theory Primer     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Steven D. Gold, (ed.) The Unfinished Agenda for State Tax Reform Andrew Dunsire and Christopher Hood, Cutback Management in Public Bureaucracies: Popular Theories and Observed Out-comes in Whitehall The Auditor General's Report to the Legislative Assembly, Province of British Columbia, Canada, April 10, 1989 Charles K. Coe, (ed.) Public Financial Management for Public Budgeting & Finance     

Book Notes

R oy F orward (ed.). Public Policy in Australia
T homas B. S mith . The New Zealand Bureaucrat.
R. and V. R outley . The Fight for the Forests.
W.K. H ancock . The Battle of Black Mountain: An Episode of Canberra's Environmental History.
J.D. T ucker . Aspects of the Brisbane City Council's Administrative Organization.
H enry P arris . Staff Relations in the Civil Service: Fifty Years of Whitleyism.
G.S. H arman . The Politics of Education: A Bibliographical Guide.
J.E. R ichardson . Patterns of Australian Federalism.
J.S.H. H unter . Revenue Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany.
B.S. G rewal . Fiscal Federalism in India.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Equalisation in a Federal System.
R.L. M athews and W.R.C. J ay . Measures of Fiscal Effort and Fiscal Capacity in Relation to Australian State Road Finance.
R.S. G ilbert . The Future of the Australian Loan Council.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Federalism: Retrospect and Prospect.
D onal D e B uitleir . Problems of Irish Local Finance.
E ugene F. B righam (ed.). Readings in Managerial Finance.
O scar K raines . The World and Ideas of Ernst Freund.
Administrative Change.
The Journal of Educational Administration.
Newsletter of the R.I.P.A. (A.C.T. Group).
R.I.P.A. Bulletin (South Australian Group).
Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
E.N. S cott (ed.), International Perspectives in Public Administration
Towards Adaptive Federalism , Advisory Council for Inter-government Relations
B ill A llan and K eith H inchliffe , Planning, Policy Analysis and Public Spending: Theory and the Papua New Guinea Practice
S éan R éamonn , History of the Revenue Commissioners     

On Diplomacy

Johnston, D. (ed.) (2003) Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jönsson, C. and Hall, M. (2005) Essence of Diplomacy . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Melissen, J. (ed.) (2005) The New Public Diplomacy: Soft Power in International Relations . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector. By D avid O sborne and T ed G aebler
Public Policy in Australia. By G. D avis , J. W anna , J. W arhurst & P. W eller
Microeconomic Reform in Australia. By P eter F orsyth (ed.)
The Invisible State: The Formation of the Australian State 1788–1901. By A lastair D avidson
The Political Impact of the High Court. By D avid S olomon
News Not Views: The ABC, the Press and Politics 1932–1947. By N eville P etersen
Corporatization and Privatization: Lessons from New Zealand. By I an D uncan and A lan B ollard
Public Administration and Management in Small States: Pacific Experiences. By Y ash G hai (ed.)
Australian Public Sector Management. By D avid C orbett     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Alan Fenna, Introduction to Australian Public Policy
Jonathan Boston et al. , Public Management: The New Zealand Model
Bryan Horrigan (ed.), Government Law and Policy – Commercial Aspects
Robert Hyslop, An Australian Memoir: A Very Civil Servant
Robert Reich, Locked in the Cabinet
Delmer Dunn, Politics and Administration at the Top: Lessons from Down Under
Robert McChesney et al. , Capitalism and the Information Age     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Howard A Frank, Budgetary Forecasting in Local Government: New Tools and Techniques John E. Anderson, (ed.) Fiscal Equalization for State and Local Government Finance National Commission on the State and Local Public Service, Frustrated Federalism: RX for State and Local Health Care Reform     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Patrick Weller, Dodging Raindrops – John Button: A Labor Life
W. Funnell and K. Cooper, Public Sector Accounting and Accountability in Australia
Mark Latham, Civilising Global Capital: New Thinking for Australian Labor
G.B. Adams and D.L. Balfour, Unmasking Administrative Evil
G Terrill, Secrecy and Openness: The Federal Government from Menzies to Whitlam and Beyond
L.R. Jones and F. Thompson, Public Management: Institutional Renewal for the Twenty-First Century
Productivity Commission, Inquiry Report, Report No. 5, Implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development by Commonwealth Departments and Agencies
Randal G. Stewart, Public Policy: Strategy and Accountability     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome . Yehzkel Dror. London: Frank Cass Publishers, 2001. 264 pp. $67.00 (hardback).
Government's Greatest Achievements: From Civil Rights to Homeland Security. Paul C. Light. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002. 200 pp. $19.95 (hardcover).
The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for Twenty-First Century America. Donald F. Kettl. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 240 pp. $17.95 (paperback). Reviewed by MARK CARL ROM, Georgetown University
Politics and the Russian Army: Civil–Military Relations, 1689–2000. Brian D. Taylor. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 355 pp. $25.00 (paperback), $75.00 (hardback). Reviewed by DONALD ABENHEIM, Naval Postgraduate School
Defending Europe: The EU, NATO and the Quest for European Autonomy . Jolyon Howorth and John T. S. Keeler, eds. New York: Palgrave, 2003. 247 pp. $55.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by MICHAEL BAUN, Valdosta State University
Migration and the Externalities of European Integration . Sandra Lavenex and Emek M. Uçarer. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 240 pp. $24.95 (paperback), $75.00 (hardback). Reviewed by SEBASTIEN GAGNON-MESSIER, University of Maryland
Government: A Public Administration Perspective . Jos C. N. Raadschelders. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003. 464 pp. $39.95 (paperback), $ 79.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by MARGARET F. REID, University of Arkansas
Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the 21^st Century. Lisa Anderson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 158 pp. $27.50 (cloth). Reviewed by ROBERT W. RYCROFT, George Washington University     

Book Notes

Why People Don't Trust Government J.S. Nye, P.D. Zelikow and D.C. King.
Canberra 1912: Plans and Planners of the Australian Capital Competition J.W. Reps.
Issues in Accrual Output Budgeting Financial Reform Division, WA Treasury.
Unlocking the Infrastructure: The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia Stephen King and Rodney Maddock.
The Spirit of Reform: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change Allen Schick (Report prepared for the State Services Commission and the Treasury.