Book Reviews

Thain, Colin and Wright, Maurice, The Treasury and Whitehall: the Planning and Control of Public Expenditure, 1976–1993 Thompson, Helen, The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism 1979–1994 Chandler, J.A. (Ed.), The Citizen’s Charter Smith, T.A. and Young, A.M.M., Th Fixers: Crisis Management in British Politics Tindale, Stephen (ed.), The State and the Nations, the Politics of Devolution McLaverty, Peter, The Politics of Empowerment? Boston, Jonathan, Martin, John, Pallot, June, Walsh, Pat, Public Management: The New Zealand Model Schick, Allen, The Spirit of Reform: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change – A Report Prepared for the State Services Commission and the Treasury, New Zealand McLeay, Elizabeth, The Cabinet and Political Power in New Zealand Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Governance in Transition: Public Management Reforms in OECD Countries Kettl, Donald and Milward, Brinton (eds), The State of Public Management Lynn, Laurence E., Public Management as Art, Science and Profession Gummett, Philip (ed.), Globalization and Public Policy Fitzmaurice, John, The Politics of Belgium, a Unique Federalism Handler, Joel F., Down from Bureaucracy: The Ambiguity of Privatization and Empowerment Nagel, Stuart S., Crotty, William and Scarritt, James (eds), Political Reforms and Developing Nations Cherry, Steven, Medical Services and the Hospitals in Britain, 1860–1939 Surrey, John (ed.), The British Electricity Experiment. Privatization: the Record, the Issues, the Lessons Ledwith, Sue and Colgan, Fiona (eds), Women in Organisations Challenging Gender Politics Grayson, Leslie and Davies, Howard (eds) Inlogov Informs on Quangos     

The Pacific Rim

Korea: Managing the Industrial Transition, Vol. 1: The Conduct of Industrial Policy. By D.M. Leipziger and others (World Bank Country Study). Washington: World Bank, 1987. Pp.xiv + 182. US$10. ISBN 0 8312 0887 4.

Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and the Republic of Korea. By Amiya Kumar Bagchi. New Delhi: International Labour Organization (Asian Employment Programme, ARTEP), 1987. Pp.xii + 162. US$8. ISBN 92 2 105774 7.

Policy Options for the Singapore Economy. By Lim Chong Wan and Associates. Singapore: McGraw Hill, 1988. Pp.xv + 499. US$29.95. ISBN 0 07 099133 2.

The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism. Edited by Frederic C. Deyo. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1987. Pp.252. US$32.95 + $14.25. ISBN 0 8014 9449 4.

Financing East Asia's Success: Comparative Financial Development in Eight East Asian Countries. By Michael T. Skully and George J. Viksnins. London: Macmillan Press in association with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1987. Pp.xii + 242. £29.50. ISBN 0 333 42655 X.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article
The Private Government of Public Money Hugh Heclo and Aaron Wildavsky.
Front-Bench Opposition: The Role of the Leader of Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British Politics R.M.Punnett.
The Scope for Local Initiative: A Study of the Cheshire County Council 1961–1974 J.M.Lee and Bruce Wood, Barbara W.Solomon and Peter Walters.
Public Planning: The Inter-Corporate Dimension J.K.Friend, J.M.Power and C.J.L.Yewlett.
Governing Soviet Cities: Bureaucratic Politics and Urban Development in the USSR William Taubman.
Local Government in India Shriram Maheshwari.
British Nationalization 1945–1973 R.Kelf-Cohen.
Political Responsibility and Industry Edmund Dell.
Managing the Health Service S.C.Haywood.     

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 Notes

Book review in this article Local Government Richard Buxton. Hart's Introduction to the Law of Local Government and Administration Sir William O.Hart and J.F.Garner. A New Bill of Rights for Britain Frank Stacey. The Ombudsman Plan Donald C.Rowat. French Administrative Law L.Neville Brown and J.F.Garner. An Outline of Planning Law Sir Desmond Heap. Elite Accommodation in Canadian Politics Robert Presthus. The United Nations System: An Analysis Mahdi Elmandjra. The Research System. Vol. II G.Caty and others. Accounting for Health King Edward's The Institute's Recommendations on Accounting J.R.Pearse. Program Budgeting for Urban Police Service: With Special Reference to Los Angels Donald C. Shoup and Stephen L. Mehay Program Budgeting for Primary and Secondary Public Education: Current Status and Prospects In Los Angels Werner Z.Hirsch, Morton J. Marcus and Robert M. Gay The New Inflation: The Politics of Prices and Incomes Aubrey Jones The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1972 Kathleen Jones (ed.) Introduction to the Social Services W.E. Baugh. Public Assistance in France Cindy Stevens. Exeter University and the City F.M.M. Lewes and Anne Kirkness. Heading for Change: The Management of Innovation in the Large Secondary School William Taylor. Job Involvement and Communications Paul I.Slee Smith. Top Team Planning: A Study of the Power of Individual Motivation in Management Pamela Ramsden. Motivating Managers Financially Michael White. The Evaluation Interview Richard A. Fear. Handbook of Management Development Derek P. Torrington and David Sutton (eds.). Effective Company Training A.W. Dickinson. International Manual on Collective Bargaining for Public Employees Seymour P. Kaye and Arthur Marsh (eds.) Management by Agreement: An Alternative to the Industrial Relations Act W.E.J.McCarthy and N.D.Ellis. The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain Design of Personnel Systems and Records Compiled by the Industrial Society. 2nd ed. by Gerard Tavernier. Women in Management Douglas C.Basil. Industrial Tribunals: A Practical Guide Roger M. Greenhalgh. Canada and Immigration: Public Policy and Public Concern Freda Hawkins.     

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 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

Book reviews in this article: Essays on Reform 1967 Edited by Bernard Crick. Organizational Intelligence By Harold I. Wilensky. Politics and Government at Home and Abroad By William A. Robson. The British System of Government By A. H. Birch. Field Administration: An Aspect of Decentralization By B.C. Smith. Public Administration in Northern Ireland Edited by Edwin Rhodes. The Power of Parliament By Ronald Butt. Data Processing Managers By R.J. Harper. Computer Dynamics in Public Administration By B.G. Schumacher. The Committee System of the United States Congress By John D. Lees. Colonial Development and Good Government By J.M. Lee. Management in Hospitals By J.A. Spencer. French Pensions By Tony Lynes. The City Government of Calcutta: A Study of Inertia By Ali Ashraf.     

The US presidential election of 1992 and its impact on Asia

Andrew Mack, (ed.), Asian Flashpoint: Security and the Korean Peninsula (Canberra and St. Leonards: ANU and Allen and Unwin, 1993), 175 pp.

Toh Mun Heng and Linda Low, (eds.), Regional Cooperation and Growth Triangles in ASEAN (Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1993), 256 pp.

Kent E. Calder, Strategic Capitalism: Private Business and Public Purpose in Japanese Industrial Finance (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993), 373 pp.

Garry Rodan, (ed.), Singapore Changes Guard: Social, Political and Economic Directions in the 1990s (Melbourne, Australia: Longman Cheshire Pty Limited and New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1993), xxii + 209 pp.

J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan's Political Marketplace, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993) 262 pp.

Roger Goodman and Kirsten Refsing, (ed.), Ideology and Practice in Modern Japan (Routledge: London, 1992) 243 pp.

John Bresnan, Managing Indonesia: The Modern Political Economy (New York, Columbia University Press, 1993), 375 pp.     

In search of the new public management

Managing the New Public Services. Edited by David Farnham and Sylvia Horton. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1993. Pp. 282. £35 hb, £11.99 pb.

Rediscovering Public Services Management. Edited by Leslie Willcocks and Jenny Harrow. McGraw‐Hill, London, 1992. Pp. 341. £18.95 pb.

Not For Profit, Not For Sale ‐ The Challenge of Public Sector Management. By Michael Starks. Policy Journals, Newbury, 1991. Pp. 168. £25 hb, £9.95 pb.

Public Sector Management. By Norman Flynn. 2nd edition, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead, 1993. Pp. 203. £29.95 hb, £10.95 pb.     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article Matrix Management: A Cross-Functional Approach to Organization Kenneth Knight (ed). Public Administration and Public Policy H. George Frederickson and Charles R. Wise. Councils, Committees and Boards J. G. Anderson (ed). Sources of European Economic Information Compiled by Cambridge Information and Research Services Ltd. Public Expenditure: Allocation between Competing Ends M. V. Posner (ed). Can Personnel Management meet the Challenge? John Stewart. Practical Performance Appraisal Valerie and Andrew Stewart. Creative Conflict: The Politics of Welsh Devolution John Osmond. The Scottish Government Yearbook 1978 H. M. Drucker and M. G. Clarke (eds). Metropolitan Development and Change: The West Midlands - A Policy Review Frank Joyce (ed). The 1981 Census: A Local Authority Viewpoint R. W. Black. Neighbourhood Councils in England: A Report to the Department of the Environment Stephen Humble and Jennifer Talbot. INLOGOV Register of Research and Intelligence Units A. G. Bovaid (ed). The Press and Publicity for Public Participation Peter Stringer. The Economics of Housing D. C. Stafford. Towards the Comprehensive University Robin Pedley. The Reorganized National Health Service Ruth Levitt. Claim in Time: A Study of the Time Limit Rules for Claiming Social Security Benefits Martin Partington. Justice for Juveniles: The 1969 Children and Young Persons Act—A Case for Reform? Philip Priestley, Denise Fears and Roger Fuller. Open Prisons Howard Jones and Paul Comes, assisted by Richard Stockford. Constitutional and Administrative Law E. C. S. Wade and G. Godfrey Phillips. The Court of Justice of the European Communities L. Nelville Brown and Francis G. Labour and the Law Sir Otto Kahn-Freund. Aid and Development in Southern Africa David Jones, Croom Helm in association with Overseas Development Institute Christian Democracy in Western Germany Geoffrey Pridham     

Book Notes

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     

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 Notes

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.     

Book Reviews

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     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: Stephen P. Osborne (ed.), Public–private partnerships. Theory and practice in international perspective Neill Nugent, The European Commission Anne Stevens with Handley Stevens, Brussels bureaucrats? The administration of the European Union Michelle Egan, Constructing a European market – standards, regulation and governance R.A.W. Rhodes, Control and power in central–local government relations Steve Ludlam and Martin J. Smith (eds), New Labour in government Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith (eds), What works? Evidence–based policy and practice in public services     

Reviews

John Stewart, Modernising British Local Government: an Assessment of Labour's Reform Programme Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot (eds), Unbundled Government: a Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos and Contractualisation Paul Maltby, In the Public Interest? Assessing the Potential for Public Interest Companies Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters with Grace O.M. Lee (eds), Reward for High Public Office. Asian and Pacific‐Rim States Stephen B. Johnson, The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programmes Michael Hill and Peter Hupe, Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and Practice Peter John, Local Governance in Western Europe Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire, Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments Martin Lodge, On Different Tracks: Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany Anthony B.L. Cheung and Ian Scott (eds), Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shifts or Business as Usual?     

Joint boards for police in the Metropolitan areas: A preliminary assessment

Local Government, The Law and the Constitution, Martin Loughlin, Local Government Legal Society Trust, March 1983, pp. 143, £3.50.

Financing Regional Government: International Practices and their Relevance to the Third World, K.J. Davey, John Wiley, 1983, pp. 193, £12.95.

Housing Law, A. Arden and M. Partington, Sweet and Maxwell, 1983, pp. 1184, £55 (hardback).

The Government of Scotland: Patterns of Influence In Public Policy Making, Michael Keating and Arthur Midwinter, Mainstream Publishing, 1983, pp. 214, £9.95.

From Policy to Practice, Martin Rein, Macmillan, 1983, pp. xv + 250, £18.00 hardback, £6.95 paperback.

Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America, 2nd ed., A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C. T. Adams, Macmillan, 1983, pp. 367, £15.00 hardback, £5.95 paperback.

Policy and Politics in France: Living with Uncertainty, Douglas E. Ashford, Temple University Press, 1982, pp. 345, $29.95 hardback, $12.95 paperback.

Policy Advice and Organizational Survival, Michael J. Prince, Gower, 1983, pp. 256, £13.50.     

Public Administration in Belgium,the UK and Eire: a Review Symposium

Teaching Public Administration in Belgium, Jan Beyers and Yves Plees The Teaching of Public Administration in the UK, Chris Bellamy Teaching Public Administration in Ireland, Bernadette Connaughton Regionalism: a Review Article, Martin Rhodes Shrinking the State. The Political Underpinnings of Privatization , Harvey Feigenbaum, Jeffrey Henig and Chris Hamnett Public Policy Instruments. Evaluating the Tools of Public Administration, B. Guy Peters and Frans K.M. van Nispen Carrots, Sticks and Sermons. Policy Instruments and their Evaluation, Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc, Ray C. Rist and Evert Vedung Community Organizing. Building Social Capital as a Development Strategy , Ross Gittell and Avis Vidall Deregulation in the European Union: Environmental Perspectives , Ute Collier New Instruments for Environmental Policy, Jonathan Golub Re-imagining Political Community, Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Köhler     

Book Reviews

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.).