Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Statesmen in Disguise: The Changing Role of the Administrative Class of the British Home Civil Service, 1853–1966 Geoffrey K.Fry. Macmillan. The Higher Civil Service in Britain By Richard A.Chapman. Governing Britain By A.H.Hanson and Malcolm Walles. Government in France: An Introduction to the Executive Power By Malcolm Anderson. Government in Sweden: The Executive at Work By Neil Elder. Local Government in England 1958–1969 By H.Victor Wiseman (ed.). Democracy and Community By William Hampton. Going Comprehensive: Educational Policy-making in Two County Boroughs By R.Batley, O.O'Brien and H.Parris. American City Politics By P.J.Madgwick. Government Patronage of the Arts in Great Britain By J.S.Harris.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this Article White Collar Union: 60 years of NALGO By Alec Spoor. Town Government in South East England A Comparative Study of Six Local Authorities. By Gerald Rhodes. Civil Services of the United Kingdom 1853–1970 By E.N. Gladden. Local Government Finance in Nigeria By G. Oka Orewa. Men Near the Top By J.J. Corson and R. Shale Paul. Towards a Sociology of Management By Sir Geoffrey Vickers. The Government of Housing By D.V. Donnison. Flow Charts, Logical Trees and Algorithms By B.N. Lewis, I.S. Horabin and C.P. Gane. Network Analysis in Forming a New Organization By W.S. Ryan. Caring for People: Staffing Residential Homes Report of a committee of enquiry set up by the National Council of Social Service. Continuously under Review By Rosemary Stewart and Janet Sleeman.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Moran, Transforming British Government Richard J. Stillman II, Public Service, Ethics and Constitutional Practice Henrik Plaschke, The Road To Maastricht. Negotiating Economic and Monetary Union Josephine Kelly, Renewing Local Democracy? The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this Article The Scientific Estate By Don K. Price. The Government of Northern Ireland: Public Finance and Public Services 1921–1964 By R. L. Lawrence. The Inland Revenue By Sir Alexander Johnston. The Metropolis By John C. Bollens and Henry J. Schmandt. An Anatomy of Social Welfare Services By Margot Jefferys. Local Health and Welfare Services By Julia Parker. I Was There: The Memoirs of H. S. Tremenheere Compiled and edited with critical commentary by E. L. and O. P. Edmonds. Tribunals and Inquiries By N. D. Vandyk. Introducing Computers By F. J. M. Laver. Management: A Subject Listing of Recommended Books, Pamphlets and Journals By Betsy Ann Olive.     

Book Reviews

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     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
The Reformed Local Government System Peter G. Richards.
The Finance of Local Government N. P. Hepworth.
Local Authority Revenues R. E. Lake and others.
The Individual Citizen and Public Participation William Hampton and Raymond Walker.
The Law and Practice Relating to Local Authority Meetings Raymond S. B. Knowles.
The Government and Politics of France Vincent Wright.
The Irish Department of Finance 1922–58 Ronan Fanning.
The Management of Canadian Urban Government T. J. Plunkett and G. M. Betts.
The Australian Development Assistance Agency: A Post-Mortem Report Nancy Viviani and Peter Wilenski.
The Political Economy of Fiscal Federalism Wallace E. Oates (ed.)
Transplanted Indo-British Administration V. Subramaniam.
Public Enterprise and the Public Interest: Proceedings of an International Seminar Andre Gelinas (ed.)
The Public's Business: The Politics and Practices of Government Corporations Annmarie Hauck Walsh.
Planning in the ESB John Roche.
The British Tax System J. A. Kay and M. A. King.
Housing Rents, Costs and Subsidies: A Discussion Document Alexander Grey, Noel P. Hepworth and John Odling-Smee.
Welfare Rights: The Local Authority's Role Anne Howard.
Essays on planning Theory and Education Andreas Faludi.
Town Planning and the Practice of Politics John Gyford.
An Outline of Planning Law Sir Desmond Heap.
Health Care in Big Cities Leslie H. W. Paine (ed.)
We are Richer than We Think Community Affairs Department, Conservative Central Office
The Changing Faces of Juvenile Justice V. Lorne Stewart (ed.)
Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Practical Guide Lee G. Anderson and F. Settle.
Privacy J. B. Young (ed.)
Management in the Police Service D. Wainwright and N. A. Smith.     

Editorial: Evaluating the Local Government Modernisation Agenda: Impacts,Obstacles and Outcomes

The Appointed State: Quasi‐Governmental Organizations and Democracy. By Chris Skelcher. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.205. £55 hb; £19.99 pb.

Trust and Contracts: Relationships in Local Government, Health and Public Services. Edited by Andrew Coulson. Policy Press, 1998, Pp.309. £16.99 pb.

Ethical Management for the Public Services. By Alan Lawton. Managing the Public Services Series, Open University Press, 1998. £50 hb; £16.99 pb.

The Ethics Edge. Edited by Evan M. Benman, Jonathan P. West and Stephen J. Bonczek. International City/County Management Association, 1998. Pp.346. $23.95.

The Anonymous Leader: Appointed CEOs in Western Local Government. Edited by Kurt Klaudi Klausen and Annick Magnier. Odense University Press, 1998. 3,000 DKK.

Local Councils’ Use of Section 137: A Financial Review of Parish and Town Councils in England and their discretion to spend under Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972. By Sheila Ellwood, Mike Tricker and Julie Green. Detr, Oct. 1998. Pp.86. £11.

Whitewash: Racialized Politics and the Media. By John Gabriel. Routledge, 1998. Pp.219. £14.99 pb.

The Chief Constables of England and Wales. The Sociolegal History of a Criminal Justice Elite. By David S. Wall. Ashgate, Dartmouth, 1998. Pp.341. £37.50 hb.

Private Security and Public Policing. By Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Pp.288. £40 hb.

Equality in Managing Service Delivery. By Rohan Collier. Open University Press, 1998. Pp.159. £50 hb; £16.99 pb.

Sociable Cities: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard. By Peter Hall and Colin Ward. Wiley, 1998. Pp.229. £45 hb; £15.99 pb.

Transport Networks in Europe — Concepts, Analysis and Policies. Edited by Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp and Hugo Priemus. Edward Elgar. Pp.362 (many taken up by (obscure) diagrams and by referencss and other notes). £59.95 hb.

The New Regionalism in Western Europe, Territorial Restructuring and Political Change. By Michael Keating. Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.242 + xi. £49.95 hb.

Remaking the Union: Devolution and British Politics in the 1990s, edited by Howard Elcock and Michael Keating. Frank Cass, 1998. Pp.216. £32.50 hb; £16.50 pb.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article The Local Government Act Creating the New Local Government Local Government in Denmark Erik Harder. Inflation and Local Government Finance Political Stratification and Democracy An Experiment in Social Policy Formulation in Greenock and Port Glasgow S.Graham, R.Winter and R.Young. The Evolution of the British Welfare State Derek Fraser. The Welfare State: Its Aim, Benefits and Costs J.F.Sleeman. Health Care: Can there be Equity? Odin W.Anderson. Health Economics Michael H.Cooper and Anthony J.Culyer (eds.). Blueprint for Health: Medical Care Tomorrow D.Stark Murray. Estimating Local Housing Needs: A Case Study and Discussion of Methods C.J.Watson The Public Sector in the Mixed Economy Merlyn Rees. Bibliography of Public Enterprise R.P.Marsden. Developing Resourceful Managers John Morris and John G. Burgoyne. Management Training for Real Hawdon Hague. The Earnings Conflict Wilfred Brown. Principles and Practice of Job Evaluation J. Walker Moms. The Statistician and the Manager Ken Williams Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness: Studies and Analysis J.N.Wolfe White-Collar Unionism in Britain Roger Lumley. Federal Finance R.L.Matthews and W.R.C. Jay. The Communication Gap Lawrence Evans. Europe: Journey to an Unknown Destination Andrew Shonfield. Society and the Policeman's Role Maureen E.Cain. Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems Raoul Berger. Bureaucracy: The Marshall Plan and the National Interest Hadley Arkes.     

The rejection of corporate management in Birmingham in theoretical perspective

Local Electoral Behaviour, William L. Miller (from Research Volume III, the Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business).

The 1985 County Council Election Results in England, Colin Railings and Michael Thrasher (Plymouth Polytechnic).     

Citizenship and choice

Citizenship: Rights, Community and Participation. By David Prior, John Stewart and Kieron Walsh. Pitman Publishing, 1995. Pp.194. £20.

Markets, Service and Choice. By Kieron Walsh and John Stewart. Belgrave Paper No.12. Local Government Management Board, 1995. Pp.24.

Public Services and Market Mechanisms. By Kieron Walsh. Macmillan, 1995. Pp.284. £40 hb, £12.99 pb.     

Book reviews

Policy Evaluation in the Public Sector: Approaches and Methods. By Colin Palfrey, Ceri Phillips, Paul Thomas and David Edwards. Avebury, 1992. Pp. 176. £32.50 hb.

Managing for Service Quality. By Chris Skelcher. Managing Local Government series, Longman, 1992. Pp. 125. £16.95 pb.

Working Together for Better Community Care. By Randall Smith, Lucy Gaster, Lyn Harrison, Linda Martin, Robin Means and Peter Thistlethwaite. School of Urban Advanced Studies, University of Bristol, 1993. Pp. 228. £11.95 pb.

Citizen Involvement: A Practical Guide for Change. By Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft. Practical Social Work series edited by Jo Campling. Macmillan, 1993. Pp. 240. £32.50 hb, £9.50 pb.

Implementing Housing Policy. Edited by Peter Malpass and Robin Means. Buckingham, Open University Press, 1993. Pp. 199. £37.50 hb, £12.99 pb.

In Support of Education: The Functioning of Local Government. By Philippa Cordingley and Maurice Kogan. London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1993. Pp. 122. £11.50 pb.

Tourism, Museums and the Local Economy: The Economic Impact of the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish. By Peter Johnson and Barry Thomas. Edward Elgar, 1992. Pp. 160. £29.50 hb.

The A‐Z of Council Tax and Council Tax Benefit: A Citizen's Guide. Association of District Councils, December 1992. £8.00.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article
Local Government in Britain Central Office of Information, 10th ed HMSO, 1975.
The Essex Reference Index: British Journals on Politics and Sociology , 1950–73 K.
Mayors in Action: Five Approaches to Urban Governance John P.
Contemporary Soviet Government L.
Social Policy in the Twentieth Century T.
Local Authority Housing Policy and Practice—A Case Study Approach Pat Niner.
Rural Housing: The Agricultural Tied Cottage Alwyn Jones.
Public and Local Authority Accounts L.
Monitoring Revenue Sharing Richard P.
Social Security in the European Community Roger Lawson and Bruce Reed.
Work and Industrial Relations in the European Community Michael Fogarty.
The European Community's Policy towards Eastern Europe John and Pauline Pinder.
French Hospitals and Medical Care Services and European Health and Hospital Care W.
The Health Service: Past, Present and Future Sir George Godber.
Progress in Penal Reform Louis Blom-Cooper (ed.).
How to Take Minutes H.
English Land Law Michael Harwood.
The Industrial Relations Act: A Review and Analysis A.
The Administration of Ghana's Foreign Relations , 1957–65: A Personal Memoir Michael Dei-Anang.
Cost-Benefit Analysis E. J. Mishan     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Women and Public Policy: The Shifting Boundaries Between the Public and Private Spheres. Edited by S. Baker and A. Van Doorne‐Huiskes. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1999. Pp.234.

Environmental Movements: Local, National and Global. Edited by Christopher Rootes. Frank Cass. 1999. Pp 316. £39.50 hb; £17.50 pb.

Driving Forces ‐ The Automobile, its Enemies and the Politics of Mobility. By James A. Dunn JR. Brookings Institution Press, 1998. Pp.230. $18.95 pb; $44.95 hb.

Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994–97. By Andrew Gilg. Ashgate, 1999. Pp.154. £35 hb.

Power to the Parishes. Special issue of Local Governance. Edited by A. Coulson. Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, 2000. £10.

The Changing Nature of Local Government in Developing Countries. Edited by Patricia L. McCarney. Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 1996. Pp.314.

Planning Beyond 2000. Edited by P. Allmendinger and M. Chapman. John Wiley &; Sons, 1999. £22.50 pb.

Regional Policy and Planning in Europe. By P. Balchin, L. Sykora and G. Bull. Routledge, 1999. £15.99 pb.

Urban Policy and Politics in Britain. By Dilys M. Hill. Macmillan, 2000. Pp.254. £.14.99 pb.

Local Statesmen: The Story of Politics in Nottinghamshire County Council. By Peter Housden. The Local Government Centre, University of Warwick and Nottinghamshire County Council, 2000. Pp.219. £9.99 plus £2 postage and packaging.

County Borough Elections in England and Wales 1919–1938: A Comparative Analysis: Volume 1: Barnsley ‐ Bournemouth. By Sam Davies and Bob Morley. Ashgate, 1999. Pp.708. £80.

The British Police. Police Forces and Chief Officers 1829–2000. By Martin Stallion and David S. Wall. Police History Society, 1999. Pp.256. £15 pb.

Policing Provincial England 1829–1856: The Politics of Reform. By David Philips and Robert D. Storch. Leicester University Press, 1999. Pp.342. £55 hb.