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Book reviewed in this article: Guide méthodologique de la recherche Par ROBERT J. GRAVEL. Political Choice in Canada By HAROLD D. CLARKE, JANE JENSON, LAWRENCE LEDUC and JON H. PAMMETT. The Conserver Solution: A Blueprint for the Conserver Society By LAWBENCE SOLOMON. Understanding Intergovernmental Relations By DEIL s. WBIGHT. Confrontation and Collaboration — Intergovernmental Relations in Canada Today Edited by RICHABD SIMEON. Local Government in Canada By C.R. TINDAL and S. NOBES TINDAL. Shaping the Canadian City: Essays on Urban Politics and Policy, 1890–1920 By JOHN C. WEAVES. Structural Changes in Local Government: Government for Urban Regions By C.R. TINDAL. The Politics of Urban Development: Canadian Urban Expressway Disputes By CHRISTOPHER LEO. Community Development: Learning And Action By HAYDEN ROBERTS. The Australian Federal System By JEAN HOLMES Innovation and Implementation in Public Organizations By RICHABD H. NELSON and DOUGLAS YATES Policy Analysis: A Political and Organisational Perspective By W.I. JENKINS. Perspectives on the Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration By P.K. GOPECKI and W.T. STANBUBY Ombudsmen Around the World: A Comparative Chart By KENT M. WEEKS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Urban Canada By JAMES and BOBERT SIMMONS. Politics and Government of Urban Canada Edited by LIONEL D. FELDMAN and MICHAEL D. GOLDBICK. The Canadian Municipal System By DONALD C. BOWAT. Politics: Canada Edited by PAUL FOX. 3rd edition. Contemporary Issues in Canadian Politics Edited by FREDERICK VAUGHAN, PATRICK KYBA and O.P. DWIVEDI. The Canadian Political Process Edited by OREST KRUHLAK, RICHARD SCHULTZ and SINEY POBIHUSHCHY. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Manpower Policies Edited by G.C. SOMEBS and W.D. WOOD. Temporal Dimensions of Development Administration Edited by DWIGHT WALDO. Durham, N.C. Policy Sciences: An International Journal Foreign Policy for Canadians Published by authority of the Honourable Mitchell Sharp, Secretary of State for External Affairs. Social Science and Social Purpose By T.S. SIMEY. The Structure of Local Government A Comparative Survey of 81 Countries By SAMUEL HUMES and EILEEN MABTIN. Changing Patterns of Local Government By A.F. LEEMANS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Legitimacy in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis By O. C. Mcswite Politics, Polic, and Government in British Columbia Edited by R. K. Carty A Stake in the Future: Redefining the Canadian Mineral Industry By MARY LOUISE MCALLISTER and CYNTHIA JACQUELINE Alexander Reform in the Australian Public Service 1983–1996 By J.W. Holmes and T. A. wileman Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local CommunitiesBy Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield Performance et secteur public: Réalités, enjeux et paradoxes Par Marie-Michèle guay Poverty Reform in Canada 1958–1978: State and Class Influence on Policy Making By Rodney S. Haddow Reforming the Canadian Financial Sector: Canada in Global Perspective Edited by Thomas J. Courchene and Edwin H. Neave     

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Book reviewed in this article: Conflict over the Columbia: The Canadian Background to an Historic Treaty : Byneil a. swainson Constitutional Law of Canada : Bypeter w. hogg The British Philosophy of Administration : Byrosamund m. thomas A Century of Canadian Grain: Government Policy to 1951 : Byc.f. wilson Urban Housing Markets: Recent Directions in Research and Policy : Edited bylarry s. bourne andjohn r. hitchcock Issues and Alternatives 1978: Government Regulation : Toronto: By the Ontario Economic Council. Environmental Assessment Law : Byd. paul emond Comparing Public Policies: New Concepts and Methods : Ed. bydouglas e. ashford The LGMP Experience: Phase I—Assessing Readiness for Organizational Change in Local Government : Byj.r. nininger andv.n. macdonald The LGMP Experience: Phase II—The Implementation of Organizational Change in Local Government : Byv.n. macdonald andp.j. lawton The LGMP Experience: Phase III—An Overview of an Experiment in Organizational Change in Local Government : Byv.n. macdonald andp.j. lawton Formulating Government Budgets: Aspects of Australian and North American Experience : Bykenneth w. knight andkenneth w. wiltshire Perspectives on Canadian Airline Regulation : Edited byg.b. reschenthaler andb. roberts     

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The Crown in Canada : By FRANK MACKINNON. Money, Inflation, and the Bank of Canada : An Analysis of Canadian Monetary Policy from 1970 to early 1975: By THMAS J. COUBCHENE. Government in Canada : By T.A. HOCKIN. The Illusion of Wage and Price Control : Edited by MICHAEL WALKEB. Canadian Perspectives on Wage-Price Guidelines: A Book of Readings : Edited by W.D. WOOD and PRADEEP KUMAR. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet : By W.A. MATHESON. Planning and Development: A Case of Two Nova Scotia Communities : By A. PAUL PROSS. Savoir organiser, Savoir décider : Par GERALD LEFEBVBE. Public Policy-Making : By JAMES E. ANDERSON. Prospective de I'Etat : Par ALAIN PLANTEY.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Values in Conflict: The University, the Marketplace, and the Trials of Liberal Education: By Paul Axelrod Public Policy and Local Governance: Institutions in Postmodern Society: By Peter Bogason Citizenship in Transformation in Canada: Edited by Yvonne M. Hébert Canadian Forest Policy: Adapting to Change: Edited by Michael Howlett In Search of Sustainability: British Columbia Forest Policy in the 1990s: By BENJAMIN CASHORE, GEORGE HOBERG, MICHAEL Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy Wilson Social Policy in Canada: By Ernie S. Lightman. Don Mill Biotechnology & Food for Canadians. Risk Controversy Series No. 2: By Alan Mc Hughen The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops: By Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellon     

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L'Etat du Québec en devenir Par G. BERGERON et R. PELLETIER, Montréal, Edition Boréal Express, 1980 président de la Commission de la fonction publique, Québec Canadian Public Administration Bibliography. Supplement III By W.E. GRASHAM The Master Manager By R.G.H. SIU, Parliament, Policy and Representation By HAROLD D. CLARKE, COLIN CAMPBELL, F.Q. QUO, ARTHUR GODDARD Patterns of Management in Local Government By ROYSTON GREENWOOD, KIERON WALSH Managing Fiscal Stress: The Crisis in the Public Sector By CHARLES H. LEVINE. How to Limit Government Spending By AARON WILDAVSKY Why Disunity? An Analysis of Linguistic and Regional Cleavages in Canada By ALBERT BRETON and RAYMOND BRETON The Points System for Australian Television Content: A Study in Symbolic Policy By KATE HABBISON Southeast Asian Exodus: From Tradition to Resettlement By ELLIOT L. TEPPER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rationality in Public Policy: Retrospect and Prospect. A Tribute to Douglas G. Hartle. Canadian Tax Paper No. 104 Edited by RICHARD M. BIRD, MICHAEL J. TREILBOCK and THOMAS A. WILSON. Precarious Values: Organizations, Politics and Labour Market Policy in Ontario By THOMAS R. KLASSEN. Les relations du travail au Québec de michel leclerc et michel QUIMPER The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification By MICAHEL POWER Bureaucratic Language In Government and Business ROGER W. SHUY. From Bureaucracy to Public Management: The Administrative Culture of the Government of Canada By O.P. DWIEDI and JAMES IAIN GOW.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Study of Government: Political Science and Public Administration : By F.F. RIDLEY. Techniques and Public Administration: A Contextual Evaluation : By MAURICE SPIERS. Main Street: Windsor to Quebec City : Par MAURICE YEATES. Intergovernmental Relations in Australia : Edited by H.L. MATHEWS. Canada: Strategy for International Development Cooperation 1975–1980 : By THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. L'administrateur et la prise de decision : Par PIERRE FULIATRAULT et YVON G. PEHREAULT. Interest Arbitration in the Federal Public Service of Canada : By L.W.C.S. BARNES and L.A. KELLY. Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America : By ARNOD J. HEIDENHEIMER, HUGH HECLO and CAROLYN TEICH ADAMS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Nationalism in Canada: Cultural Conflict since 1760 is a faculty member, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia. By DAVID CHENNELLS. Law as a Gendering Practice Karine Levasseur is a doctoral student, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University.Edited by DOROTHY E. CHUNN and DANY LACOMBE. Restraining Equality. Human Rights Commissions in Canada By R. BRIAN HOWE and DAVID JOHNSON. The Rights Revolution Rosemary Proctor, consultant and writer on public policy and governance, was formerly a deputy minister with the Ontario government and recently director of the South Africa/Canada Program on Governance. By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF. Agricultural Policy, Volumes I and II (Part 14 of the International Library of Comparative Public Policy) Edited by WYN P. GRANT AND JOHN T.S. KEELER. Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities Edited by ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN. Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada By PATRICK MACKLEM. Greed, Chaos and Governance: Using Public Choice to Improve Public Law By JERRY L. MASHAW. The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta By ALLISON TAYLOR. The Public Employment Service in a Changing Labour Market By PHAN THUY, ELLEN HANSON and DAVDI PRICE.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Patron State: Government and the Arts in Europe, North America and Japan:Edited by Milton C. Cummings, Jr. and Richard S. Katz Culture, Governments and Markets: Public Policy and the Culture Industries:By Steven Globerman Report of the Task Force on Broadcarting Policy:Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services The Politics of Canada's Airlines: From Diefenbaker to Mulroney:By Garth Stevenson. Medicare, at Maturity:R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart The High Price of Health:By G. York Politics and the Constitution: Federalism and the Supreme Court of Canada:By Patrick Monahan. The Insiders: Government, Business and the Lobbyists:By John Sawatsky Management Policies in Local Government Finance:Edited by J. Richard Aronson Managing the Presidency: Carter, Reagan and the Search for Executive Harmony:By Colin Campbell The Higher Civil Service in Japan:By S. R. Maheshwari     

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Book reviewed in this article: Innovation Systems in a Global Context: The North American Experience: Edited by Robert Anderson, Theodore Cohn, Chad Day, Michael Howlett and Catherine Murry Managing the Environmental Union: Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Policy in Canada: Edited by Patrick C. Fafard and Kathryn Harrison Ethics in the Public Service: The Moral Mind at Work: By Charles Carofalo and Dean Ceuras Democracy Beyond the State? The European Dilemma and the Emerging Global Order: Edited by Michael Th. Greven and Louis W. Pauly The New Public Service: By Paul C. Light Public Service: Callings, Commitments and Contributions: Edited by Mark Houen The Republican Option in Canada, Past and Present: By David E. Smith Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services: Edited by C. Eugene Steuerle, Van Doorn Ooms, George Peterson and Robert D. Reischauer Digital Mythologies: The Hidden Complexities of the Internet: By Thomas S. Valovic Cinderella's Slippers? The Role of Charitable Tax Status in Financing Canadian Interest Groups: By Kernaghan Webb     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Program Evaluation:Edited by DENNIS j. palumbo Equality and Access: A New Social Contract:By BONNIE DIAMOND and FRANCINE FOURNIER Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Aenda: The Case of the East Coast FBsheries:By A. Paul pross and susan mccorquodale Uneasy Lies the Head: The Wuth about Canada's Crown Corporations:By WALTER Stewart Haven's Gate: Canada's Immigration Fiasco:By victor malarek. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada Open Government: A Study of the Prospects of Open Government within the Limitation of the British Political System:Edited by Richard a. chapman and michael HUNT Strategies for Policy Making:By GROVER STARLING Who's in Charge?: The Mixed Ownership Corporation in Canada:By STEPHEN BROOKS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Philosophy and Public Policy; By SIDNEY HOOK. The New Science of Organizations: A Reconceptualization of the Wealth of Nations; By ALBERTO GUERREIRO RAMOS. Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Canada; By H.W. ARTHURS. D.D. CARTER and H.J. GLASBEEX. Canada's Urban Past: A Bibliography to 1980 and Guide to Canadian Urban Studies; By ALAN F.J. ARTIBISE and GILBERT A. STELTER La fonction publique en Europe: la politique de choix des fonctionnaires; Par CHARLES DEBBASCH.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Innovating with Integrity: How local heroes are transforming American government:Bysandford Borins Women's Organizing and Public Policy in Canada and Sweden:Edited by Linda Briskin and Mona Eliasson Le processus budgétaire au Québec:de GUY LACHAPELLE, LUC BERNIER et PIERRE P. TREMBLAY (sous la direction de) Governance through Social Learning: By Cues Paquet Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality‐Seeking, 1971–1995: By Miriam Smith Local Government in Canada: By C. Richard Tindal and Susan Nobes Tindal Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament: By John Uhr Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning: By Keith K     

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Opting Out of Medicare: Private Medical Markets in OntarioBy A.D. WOLFSON and CABOLYN J. TUOHY Canadian Public Policy and Administration: Theory and EnvironmentBy V. SEYMOUR WILSON Nowhere To Go By NICOLE S. MORGAN Evaluation Research and Practice: Comparative and International Perspectives By BOBERT A. LEVINE, MABIAN S. SOLOMON, GERD-MICHAEL HELLSTEIN, HELLMUT WOLLMAN In the Shadow of Organization By ROBERT B. DENHARDT. Lawrence, Kan State Manufacturing Enterprise in a Mixed Economy: The Turkish CaseBy BERTIL WALSTEDT Privacy and Government Data Banks: An International Perspective By DAVID H. FLAHERTY Toward Reform of Program Evaluation: Aims, Methods and Institutional Arrangements By LEE J. CRONBACH AND ASSOCIATES. (SUEANN ROBINSON AMBRON, SANFORD M. DORNBUSCH, ROBERT D. HESS, ROBERT C. HORNIK, D.C. PHILLIPS, DECKER F. WALKER AND STEPHEN S. WEINER) Unions and the Public Interest: Collective Bargaining in the Government Sector By SANDRA CHRISTENSEN     

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Book reviewed in this article: Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy:Edited by rita mae kelly and jane bayes Canadian Legislatures: 1987–1988:Edited by Robert J. Fleming From Sissons to Meer: The Administrative Development of the Yukon Government 1948–1979:By janet moodie Michael The Canadian Welfare State, Evolution and Transition:By Jacqueline s. ismael (Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press. 1987) The Media Society: Basic Issues and Controversies:By ross A. eaman Telecommunications in Turmoil: Technology and Public Policy:By gerald R. faulhaber Perspectives on Technology and Development:O.P. dwivedi     

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Book reviewed in this article: One Country or Two Edited by r. m. burns. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press Federal-Provincial Diplomacy: The Making of Present Policy in Canada By richard simeon. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Schools for Ontario: Policy Making, Administration, and Finance in the 1960s By david m. Cameron. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Regional Government in Ontario Edited by trevor price. Windsor: University of Windsor Press Comparative Federalism: The Territorial Dimension of Politics By IVO d. duchacek. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston The ‘Open’ Commonwealth By M. MARGARET BALL Durham, NC: Duke University Press Planning-Programming-Budgeting: A systems Approach to Management Edited by fremont j. lyden and ernest g. mlm. Second Edition. Chicago: Markham Publishing Company The Financial System of Canada By e. P. neufeld. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada New Approaches to Public Decision-Making By alice m. rivlin. Special Study no. 18 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada Why Distribution is Important: An Examination of Equity and Efficiency Criteria in Benefit-Cost Analysis By Walter heWch. Special Study no. 19 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada The Assault on Privacy By arthur r. miller. Bergenfeld, NJ: Signet The Limits of Organizational Change By Herbert kaufman. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Economic Constitution of Federal States By ALBERT BRETON and ANTHONY SCOTT 100th Annual Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons, Fiscal Year Ended March 31,1978 Canada's Refugee Policy: Indifference or Opportunism? By GERALD E. DIRKS Improving total productivity: mbo strategies for business, government and not-for-profit organizations Par PAUL MALI. The Public Eye: Television and the Politics of Canadian Broadcasting, 1952–1968 By FRANK W. PEERS Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Canadian and Australian Experiences By R.M. BURNS Small and Large Together: Governing the Metropolis By HOWARD w. HALLMAN Principles of Federal Policy Coordination in the Federal Republic of Germany: Basic Issues and Annotated Legislation Edited by P. BERND SPAHN Public Participation in Planning Edited by W.R. DERRICK SEWELL and J.T. COPPOCK For a Common Future: A Study of Canada's Relations with Developing Countries By ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF CANADA     

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Book reviewed in this article: Comparative Urban Politics: Power and the City in the United States, Canada, Britain and France By MICHAEL KEATING Sovereignty or Security? Government Policy in the Canadian North, 1936–1950 By SHELAGH D. GRANT Public Purse, Public Purpose: Autonomy and Accountability in the Groves of Academe By JAMES CUTT and RODNEY DOBEL Governing Canada: Institutions and Public Policy Edited by MICHAEL M. ATKINSON Local Government Reorganization in Canada Since 1975 By ANDREW SANCTON Municipal Consolidation in Canada and its Alternatives By ALLAN O'BRIEN Policy and Politics in Canada: Institutionalized Ambivalence By CAROLYN J. TUOHY