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NATIONAL STYLES OF REGULATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES David Vogel THE ADMINISTRATION OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A RESEARCH REPORT Alan Parker, Aidan Rose and John Taylor REGIONALISM IN EUROPEAN POLITICS Roger Morgan (ed.) PROMOTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Colin Mellors (ed.) THE NATIONAL WORLD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. A. W. Rhodes URBAN POLITICAL THEORY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISCAL STRESS Michael Goldsmith and Søren Vinadsen (eds) THE EVOLUTION OF SPATIAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF INNER-URBAN POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1968–1981 Paul Lawless Pion HOUSING LAND POLICY Yvonne Rydin A PRICE WORTH PAYING? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT GRANT AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Diana Leat, Sue Tester BRITISH STEEL: AN INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Heidrun Abromeit PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND THE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE COMMONS Vilma Flegmann Gower THE NATURE OF UNITED NATIONS BUREAUCRACIES David Pitt and Thomas Weiss (eds.) MAKING THE MANAGERIAL PRESIDENCY: COMPREHENSIVE REORGANIZATION PLANNING 1905–1980 Peri E Arnold POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HUNGARY Gy. Szoboszlai (ed). POLICY MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ASSESSMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Proceedings of a Seminar organized by Peat-Marwick and the RIPA Royal Institute of Public Administration     

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Book reviews in this article:
ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICS IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Andrew Gray and William Jenkins.
POLITICAL THEORIES OF MODERN GOVERNMENT, ITS ROLE, AND REFORM Peter Self.
THE PATHOLOGY OF PUBLIC POLICY B. W. Hogwood and B. G. Peters.
PAYING & CHOOSING: THE INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE MIXED ECONOMY Leo Pliatzky.
PARLIAMENT IN THE 1980s Philip Norton (ed.).
THE NEW SELECT COMMITTEES Gavin Drewry (ed.).
HALF CENTURY OF MUNICIPAL DECLINE 1935–1985 Martin Loughlin, M. David Gelfand and Ken Young (eds.).
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL EXPENDITURE K. Newton and T. J. Karran.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY Alan Norton (ed).
REGULATING THE AIRLINES: ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND AGENCY DISCRETION Robert Baldwin.
THE THISTLE AND THE CROWN: A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH OFFICE John S. Gibson.
THE MIDDLE OF WHITEHALL: SOME ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS Dorothy Johnstone.
PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND Richard Chapman (ed.).
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UK: POLITICS AND POLICIES Jeremy Moon and Jeremy Richardson.
THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN SOCIAL WELFARE Hugh Mellor.
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Philip L. Lloyd
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION W. Thornhill     

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Book reviewed in this article:
GETTING AND SPENDING: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION Leo Pliatzky
THE ENGLISH ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 1780–1870 Sir Norman Chester
POLICY AND ACTION: ESSAYS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY S. Barrett and C. Fudge (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF MASS HOUSING IN BRITAIN 1945–1975: A STUDY OF CORPORATE POWER AND PROFESSIONAL INFLUENCE IN THE WELFARE STATE Patrick Dunleavy
POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE MULTI-RACIAL CITY Ken Young and Naomi Connelly
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY David Donnison
POVERTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-POVERTY POLICY IN THE UK Richard Berthoud, Joan C. Brown and Steven Cooper
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY Susanne MacGregor
THE ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES Norman J. Ornstein (ed.)
OMBUDSMAN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY P. Cook
THE FUTURE OF COUNCIL HOUSING John English (ed.)
THE WASHINGTON REPORTERS Stephen Hess
NUCLEAR POWER HAZARD CONTROL POLICY John C. Chicken     

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THE LIMITS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Nevil Johnson
DEMOCRACY AND MARKET SYSTEM Charles E. Lindblom
DECISIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS James G. March
CUTBACK MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES: POPULAR THEORIES AND OBSERVED OUTCOMES IN WHITEHALL Andrew Dunsire and Christopher Hood
HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE – A STUDY OF SIR WARREN FISHER Eunan O'Halpin
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY Geoffrey Marshall (ed.)
PRIVATE GAIN AND PUBLIC SERVICE – THE ASSOCIATION OF FIRST DIVISION CIVIL SERVANTS Barry J. O'Toole
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT: SELF-INSTRUCTION PACKAGE Cabinet Office and HM Treasury
THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY 1982–1986: A CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT Cornelius O'Leary, Sydney Elliott and R. A. Wilford
MANAGING THE ENABLING AUTHORITY Rodney Brooke
ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC POLICY: POWER, PROFESSIONALS AND POLITICS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT David Rosenberg
AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT Ian Taylor and George Popham (eds.)
TESTING THE LIMITS OF SOCIAL WELFARE – INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY CHANGES IN NINE COUNTRIES Robert Morris (ed.)
GOVERNMENT AND THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY Wyn Grant, William Paterson and Colin Whitston
THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AS POLICE OFFICERS John Carrier
A HISTORY OF DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL 1888–1989 Jeffrey Stanyer
THE TREASURY UNDER MRS THATCHER Leo Pliatzky
CHARITIES AND GOVERNMENT Alan Ware
GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE US, CANADA AND THE UK Wyn Grant     

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ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO RULES, ENFORCEMENT AND ORGANISATION Christopher Hood THE NOBLE LIE: THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW Ian Harden and Norman Lewis THE MANAGEMENT OF HUNG AUTHORITIES Local Government Training Board THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart THE CHANGING GOVERNMENT OF EDUCATION S. Ranson and J. Tomlinson (eds.) PLANNING, NEED AND SCARCITY: ESSAYS ON THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Adrian Webb & Gerald Wistow IN DEFENCE OF THE WELFARE STATE Paul Wilding (ed.) WHAT PRICE COMMUNITY MEDICINE? THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES: FAMILY PRACTITIONER COMMITTEES IN THE 1980s PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN THE INNER CITIES AFTER ACHESON Gerald Rhodes, Usha Prashar and Ken Young THE DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITY: TASKS, ORGANISATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GOVERNING BODY Warren Kinston THE STATE, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY Andrew Cox (ed.) NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC CONTROL: LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES Tony Prosser THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY: 1946–82, THE NATIONALIZED INDUSTRY William Ashworth THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BRITISH REGIONAL POLICY D. W. Parsons GOVERNING THE ECONOMY: THE POLITICS OF STATE INTERVENTION IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Peter A. Hall DECENTRALISATION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE Michael Keating and Paul Hainsworth Gower CENTRALISATION AND DECENTRALISATION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE Stephen Garrish THE SQUARE MILE: A GUIDE TO THE CITY REVOLUTION John Plender and Paul Wallace ADJUSTING TO DEMOCRACY: THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR IN BRITISH POLITICS 1916–1939 Rodney Lowe POLICY ANALYSIS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES Sir Douglas Was, Michael Elliott, Anthony Barker (eds.) HOUSING A DIVIDED SOCIETY C. E. B. Brett     

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BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE: MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT Timothy W. Plumptre
ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS Mary Daly
BEYOND WESTMINSTER AND WHITEHALL: THE SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS OF BRITAIN R. A. W. Rhodes
MANAGING THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: SHIFTING THE FRONTIER Stephen Harrison
JOINT PLANNING AND JOINT MANAGEMENT Gerald Wistow and Tessa Brooks (eds.)
EVALUATING POLICE WORK: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT Christine Horton and David Smith
INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT: STUDIES IN THE DYNAMICS OF POLICY-MAKING Roger Davidson and Phil White (eds.)
GOVERNING EDUCATION: A SOCIOLOGY OF POLICY SINCE 1945 A. McPherson and C. Raab
FREEDOM AND EDUCATION: WAYS OF INCREASING OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY John Tomlinson, Peter Mortimore and Pamela Sammons
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT G. Stoker
THE REFORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE IN BRITAIN S. J. Bailey and R. Paddison (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF THE URBAN CRISIS A. Sills, G. Taylor and P. Golding Hutchinson
REVERSING INDUSTRIAL DECLINE Paul Hirst and Jonathan Zeitlin (eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND Brian W. Hogwood and Michael Keating (eds.) LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN SINCE REORGANISATION Alan Alexander LOCAL GOVERNMENT: POLITICIANS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES Howard Elcock (with a chapter by Michael Wheaton) THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY Wyn Grant ACCOUNTING FOR BRITISH STEEL: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF THE BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION 1967–80, AND WHO WAS TO BLAME R.A. Bryer, T.J. Brignall and A.R. Maunders NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES L. E. Grayson THE OTHER PRICE OF BRITAIN'S OIL: SAFETY AND CONTROL IN THE NORTH SEA W. G. Carson METROPOLITAN LONDON: POLITICS AND URBAN CHANGE 1837–1981 Ken Young and Patricia L. Garside PUBLIC SECRETS: A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT SECRECY K. C. Robertson QUANGOS IN BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT AND THE NETWORKS OF PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Anthony Barker (ed.) RUNNING IN THE RED: THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN FISCAL STRESS Irene S. Rubin WHO'S MASTER, WHO'S SERVANT?: REFORMING BUREAUCRACY Geoffrey Hawker THE USES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: SOCIAL INVESTIGATION IN PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Martin Bulmer     

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CABINET Peter Hennessy
WHITEHALL: TRAGEDY AND FARCE Clive Ponting
POLICY CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT: THREE CASE STUDIES Nicholas Deakin (ed.)
JOB AT THE TOP Sir John Boynton
ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
NEW RESEARCH IN CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TRADING STANDARDS SERVICES Gerald Rhodes
PROFESSIONALISM AND POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONS IN THE CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP M. Laffin Gower
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATISM Wyn Grant (ed.)
PUBLIC PERSONNEL POLICY: THE POLITICS OF CIVIL SERVICE David H. Rosenbloom (ed.)
THE PRIVATE EXERCISE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONS Denis L. Thompson (ed.)
MEASURING UP: CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY SERVICES National Consumer Council
PUBLIC HOUSING AND PRIVATE PROPERTY 1970–1984 Stephanie Cooper Gower
WOMEN AND EUROPEAN POLITICS: COMTEMPORARY FEMINISM AND PUBLIC POLICY Joni Lovenduski
FUTURE WORK: JOBS, SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL AGE James Robertson Gower
THE COMPLETE PLAIN WORDS Sir Ernest Gowers     

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Book reviewed in this article:
SOLVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS — PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN CITIES AND REGIONS Charles E. Pinkus and Anne Dixson
PUBLIC DUTIES: THE MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS J. L. Fleishman, L. Liebman and M. H. Moore (eds.).
THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE John E. Pater
VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICES Norman Johnson
THE ADMINISTRATIVE 'REVOLUTION' IN WHITEHALL: A STUDY OF THE POLITICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN BRITISH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 1950s G. K. Fry
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN: EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO HOW IT ALL WORKS Tony Byrne
MODERN POLICING David Watts Pope and Norman L. Weiner (eds.)
SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE FAILURE OF THE STATE: CENTRALISED SOCIAL SERVICES AND PARTICIPATORY ALTERNATIVES R. Hadley and S. Hatch
WOMEN IN TOP JOBS 1968–1979 Michael Fogarty, Isobel Allen and Patricia Walters
INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND INNOVATION Charles Carter (ed.)
PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN Michael Rush
BACKBENCH SPECIALISATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS David Judge
CASH LIMITS AND EXTERNAL FINANCING LIMITS Andrew Likierman
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE UK G. Wilkinson and P. M. Jackson
THE POLICY PROCESS IN COMMUNIST STATES: POLITICS AND INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION Leslie Holmes
HEALTH AND WEALTH: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF HEALTH-CARE SPENDING Robert J. Maxwell
THE HOME OFFICE 1848–1914: FROM CLERKS TO BUREAUCRATS Jill Pellew
CULTURE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES Andrew Kakabadse     

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WHITEHALL Peter Hennessy
INSIDE THE THINK TANK: ADVISING THE CABINET 1971–1983 Tessa Blackstone and William Plowden William Heinemann
ORGANISING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT – A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY John Barratt and John Downs
UNDERSTANDING THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Alan Fowler
LOCAL LABOUR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A STUDY OF CHANGING INTERESTS, POLITICS AND POLICY IN SOUTHWARK, 1919–1982 Sue Goss
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: WHO REALLY CONTROLS IT AND HOW Andrew Likierman
THE COMMONS UNDER SCRUTINY Michael Ryle and Peter Richards (eds.)
THE HOUSE OF LORDS Donald Shell
THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: THE JOB OF THE BACKBENCHER Lisanne Radice, Elizabeth Vallance and Virginia Willis
PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN A PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE: THE CASE OF THE CAREERS SERVICE Michael Carley
MAKING EUROPEAN POLICIES WORK: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION EN THE MEMBER STATES: VOLUME I COMPARATIVE SYNTHESES AND VOLUME II NATIONAL REPORTS Heinrich Siedentopf and Jacques Ziller (eds.)
GOVERNMENTS, MANAGERS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Anthony Ferner
THE MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT: FROM MACMILLAN TO HESELTINE Sir Ewen Broadbent
GOVERNMENT AND EXPERTISE: SPECIALISTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PROFESSIONALS, 1860–1919 Roy MacLeod (ed.)
THE CORPORATE STATE: CORPORATISM AND THE STATE TRADITION IN WESTERN EUROPE Andrew Cox and Noel O'Sullivan (eds) .
THE FREE ECONOMY AND THE STRONG STATE: THE POLITICS OF THATCHERISM Andrew Gamble     

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THE CIVIL SERVICE TODAY Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher FUTURE SHAPE OF REFORM IN WHITEHALL ETHICS IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Richard A. Chapman BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICAL POWER B. C. Smith TENSIONS IN THE TERRITORIAL POLITICS OF WESTERN EUROPE R. A. W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (eds.) LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE Clive Martlew ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE: SOME NECESSARY REFORMS Report of the Committee of the JUSTICE-All Souls Review of Administrative Law in the United Kingdom NEW DIRECTIONS IN JUDICIAL REVIEW J. L. Jowell and D. Oliver (eds.) DELIVERING PUBLIC SERVICES IN WESTERN EUROPE: SHARING WESTERN EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF PARA-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION C. Hood and G. F. Schuppert (eds.) FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE: SURVEYING THE PUBLIC IN FOUR HEALTH DISTRICTS Patricia Prescott-Clarke, Tessa Brooks and Caroline Machray NATIONAL BROADCASTING UNDER SIEGE Eva Etzioni Halevy ADMINISTERING CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS, 1871–1919: THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD IN ITS FISCAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT Christine Bellamy THE USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPING PRACTICE Martin Cave, Stephen Hanney, Maurice Kogan and Gillian Trevett PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAINING IN THE 1980s Rene Saran and John Sheldrake (eds.) THE REASONABLE ARM OF THE LAW? THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS Bridget M. Hutter LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ECONOMIC POLICY: COMPARATIVE AND CRITICAL APPROACHES Terence Daintith (ed.)     

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POLITICS, ETHICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE Royal Institute of Public Administration THE CHANGING CONSTITUTION Jeffrey Jowell and Dawn Oliver (eds) LAW, LEGITIMACY AND THE CONSTITUTION Patrick MacAuslan and John F. McEldowney (eds) PLANNING THE BRITISH ECONOMY Paul Hare Macmillan Political Innovation in America: The Politics of Policy Initiation Nelson W. Polsby CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS OF DEFENSE Martin Edmonds (ed) WHITEHALL AND WESTMINSTER. GOVERNMENT INFORMS PARLIAMENT: THE CHANGING SCENE Dermot Englefield MANAGING EDUCATION: THE SYSTEM AND THE INSTITUTION Meredydd Hughes, Peter Ribbins and Hywel Thomas (eds) THE POLITICS BEHIND BURNHAM: A STUDY OF TEACHERS' SALARY NEGOTIATIONS Rene Saran Sheffield WHATEVER HAPPENED TO URBAN POLICY? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN POLICY IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES Richard H. Leach LOCAL AUTHORITY BORROWING: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Sir Harry Page George IN DEFENCE OF WELFARE Philip Bean, John Ferris and David Whynes (eds) THE FUTURE OF WELFARE Rudolf Klein and Michael O'Higgins (eds) REVIEW OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN BRITAIN. 1885–1985 Rex Pope, Alan Pratt and Bernard Hoyle (eds) CONTROLLING CHEMICALS: THE POLITICS OF REGULATION IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Ronald Brickman, Sheila Jasanoff and Thomas Ilgen     

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Book reviews in this article:
UNDERSTANDING BIG GOVERNMENT: THE PROGRAMME APPROACH Richard Rose.
PLANNING THE URBAN REGION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLICIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Peter Self.
BUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY: A POLITICAL DILEMMA E. Etzioni-Halevy.
COMPONENTS OF WELFARE Stephen Hatch and Ian Mocroft.
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL SPENDING Arthur Midwinter.
THE POLITICS OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM David Judge (ed.).
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Clive Archer.
GOVERNMENT AND RESEARCH – THE ROTHSCHILD EXPERIMENT IN A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT M. Kogan and M. Henkel.
POLICY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins (eds.).
THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Keith M. Henderson.
PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS Michael J. Earl (ed.).
LES NATIONALISATIONS 1982 André G. Delion and Michael Durupty.
QUANGOS: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE G. R. Curnow and C. A. Saunders (eds.).
BY WORD OF MOUTH: ELITE ORAL HISTORY Anthony Seldon and Joanna Papworth.
OH, CAPTAIN SHAW Ronald Cox.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE David Heald.     

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PRIME MINISTER, CABINET AND CORE EXECUTIVE R.A.W. Rhodes and Patrick Dunleavy THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Robert Pyper QUALITY IN PUBLIC SERVICES Lucy Gaster QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN EUROPEAN PUBLIC SERVICES: CONCEPTS, CASES AND COMMENTARY Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert (eds.) LEADERSHIP OF PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES Larry D. Terry THEORY AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE David Marsh'and Gerry Stoker JUDICIAL REVIEW: LAW AND PROCEDURE Richard Gordon THEORIES OF URBAN POLITICS D. Judge, G. Stoker and H. Wolman (eds.) UNDERSTANDING POLICY FIASCOS Mark Bovens and Paul‘tHart BRITISH SOCIAL POLICY SINCE 1945 Howard Glennerster DISMANTLING THE WELFARE STATE? REAGAN, THATCHER, AND THE POLITICS OF RETRENCHMENT Paul Pierson THE FOUNDATION OF MERIT: PUBLIC SERVICE IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Patricia Wallace Ingraham THE REGIONAL IMPERATIVE: REGIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Urlan A. Wannop PERPETUATING THE PORK BARREL: POLICY SUBSYSTEMS AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Robert M. Stein and Kenneth N. Bickers FROM ARM'S LENGTH TO HANDS-ON: THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF ONTARIO'S PUBLIC SERVICE 1867–1940 J. E. Hodgetts THE ROAD TO BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: PROGRESS AND CONSTRAINTS IN FIVE CANADIAN FEDERAL AGENCIES G. Bruce Doern LES RÉSEAUX DE POLITIQUE PUBLIQUE: DÉBAT AUTOUR DES POLICY NETWORKS Patrick Le Galès and Mark Thatcher (eds.) THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF SPAIN Paul Heywood ADENAUER TO KOHL: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CHANCELLORSHIP Stephen Padgett POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES Robert Elgie     

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RULES AND GOVERNMENT Robert Baldwin THE END OF WHITEHALL: DEATH OF A PARADIGM? Colin Campbell and Graham K. Wilson THE CIVIL SERVICE SINCE 1945 Kevin Theakston THE CIVIL SERVICE Keith Dowding THE BRITISH CABINET SYSTEM Martin Burch and Ian Holliday Governing the UK in the 1990s Robert Pyper and Linton Robins POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Geoffrey Fry THE CHANGING-ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Steve Leach, John Stewart and Kieron Walsh EXPLAINING ECONOMIC POLICY REVERSALS Christopher Hood MEASURING OUTCOME IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Peter Smith (ed.) PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, VOLS I AND II John Bourn MANAGING POLICY CHANGE IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS OF WATER William Maloney and Jeremy Richardson     

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OPEN GOVERNMENT: A STUDY OF THE PROSPECTS OF OPEN GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEM Richard A. Chapman and Michael Hunt (eds.)
RE-THINKING POLICY PLANNING Robin Hambleton School for Advanced Urban Studies
NEW PRIORITIES IN PUBLIC SPENDING M. S. Levitt (ed.) Gower, 1987. Joint Studies in Public Policy 13. 129pp. £17.50.
RE-MAKING URBAN SCOTLAND: STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Michael Keating and Robin Boyle
A THEORY OF PLANNING John Since
LOCAL PLANNING IN PRACTICE Michael Bruton and David Nicholson
DEREGULATING TELECOMS: COMPETITION AND CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES. JAPAN AND BRITAIN Jill Hills Frances Pinter
THE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO SOCIAL POLICY S. T. Charles and A. L. Webb Wheatsheaf Books
PARLIAMENT – AND TERRITORIALITY J. Barry Jones and R. A. Wilford
PATTERNS OF PARLIAMENTARY LEGISLATION Denis van Mechelen and Richard Rose Gower     

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THE TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT Christopher C. Hood
GOVERNMENTS UNDER STRESS: POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND KEY BUREAUCRATS IN WASHINGTON, LONDON AND OTTAWA Colin Campbell.
NATIONAL PARTIES AND LOCAL POLITICS John Gyford and Mari James.
NATIONAL INTERESTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ken Young (ed.)
PARLIAMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE Royal Institute of Public Administration.
PARLIAMENT AND BUREAUCRACY. PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF ADMINISTRATION PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS IN THE 1980s. J. R. Nethercote (ed.).
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN POLITICS Philip Lowe and Jane Goyder.
THE NATION'S OIL: A STORY OF CONTROL Gerry Corti and Frank Frazer.
PARTICIPATION Anne Richardson.
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STATE AND INDUSTRY Kenneth Dyson and Stephen Wilks (eds.).
STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: THE EXECUTIVE AT WORK Ned Johnson.
BOTH ENDS OF THE AVENUE: THE PRESIDENCY, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRESS IN THE 1980s Anthony King (ed.).
LE NOUVEL ORDRE ÉCONOMIQUE INTERNATIONAL ET L'ADMIMSTRATION PUBLIQUE Gérard Timsit (ed.).
COMMUNITY AGAINST GOVERNMENT: THE BRITISH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 1968–78 Martin Loney.
THE CASE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT G. Jones and J. Stewart.     

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THE POLITICS OF HUNG AUTHORITIES Steve Leach and John Stewart.
CO-OPTIVE POLITICS AND STATE LEGITIMACY Michael Saward.
EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW J. Schwarz.
LOCALISM AND CENTRALISM IN EUROPE Edward C. Page.
THE POLITICS OF ANTAGONISM; UNDERSTANDING NORTHERN IRELAND Brendan O'Leary and John McGarry.
ORGANIZED INTERESTS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Justin Greenwood, Jurgen R. Grote and Karsten Ronit (eds.).
INFLUENCING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Cecilia Andersen.
MANAGING CHANGE: IMPLEMENTING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE POLICY Patricia Day (ed.)
THE NEW POLITICS OF BRITISH TRADE UNIONISM David Marsh.
BUREAUCRATS, TECHNOCRATS, FEMOCRATS: ESSAYS ON THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN STATE Anna Yeatman.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FEDERALISM: THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL POWER Joseph Zimmerman.     

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DEMOCRACY, BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC CHOICE Patrick Dunleavy.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM COMES OF AGE Gerald E. Caiden.
EDINBURGH ESSAYS IN PUBLIC LAW W. Fie, C. Himsworth and N. Walker (eds.)
CRITICISM AND PUBLIC RATIONALITY: PROFESSIONAL RIGIDITY AND THE SEARCH FOR CARING G0VERNMENT Harry Smart.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE: TREMDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker (eds.)
STATE RESTRUCTURING AND LOCAL POWER - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE C. Pickvance and E. Preteceille (eds.)
GOVERNING BIG CITIES: THE MANAGEMENT OF DECENTRALIZATION Graham Bush.
THE POLITICS OF THE IRISH CONSTITLITION Basil Chubb.
POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING IN NORTHERN IRELAND M. Connolly.
INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK Lewis Roberts and Albert Weale (eds.)
CONTROLLING POLLUTION IN THE ROUND: CHANGE AND CHOICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN BRITAIN AND GERMANY A. Weale, T. O'Riordan and L. Kramme.
WASTE LOCATION: SPATIAL ASPECTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, HAZARDS AND DISPOSAL M. Clark, D. Smith and A. Blowers (eds.)
THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF NUCLEAR WASTE A. Blowers, D. Lowry and B. Solomon.
PUBLIC ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: SEVEN COUNTRY STUDIES Roger Wettenhall and Colm O'Nuallain.
ESPIONAGE AND SECRECY: THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACTS 1911–1989 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Rosamund M. Thomas.
A VOICE FOR CHILDREN: SPEAKING OUT AS THEIR OMBUDSMAN Målfrid Grude Flekkøy Jessica.
UNRAVELLING HOUSING FINANCE: SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS, AND TAXATION John Hills Alan Murie.
DILEMMAS OF PLANNING PRACTICE Huw Thomas and Patsy Healey (eds.)     

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THE BRITISH POLITICAL TRADITION VOLUME 3: A MUCH GOVERNED NATION – PARTS 1 AND 2 W. H. Greenleaf Methuen
MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES: A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS Richard Rose
RULING PERFORMANCE: BRITISH GOVERNMENTS FROM ATTLEE TO THATCHER Peter Hennessy and Anthony Seldon (eds.)
RESHAPING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: RESHAPING OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR. VOL 1 John Gretton and Anthony Harrison (eds.)
DON AND MANDARIN: MEMOIRS OF AN ECONOMIST Donald MacDougall John Murray
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