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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: Provincial Governments as Employers: A Survey of Public Personnel Administration in Canada's Provinces By J.E. HODGETTS and O.P. DWIVEDI. The Taxation of Canadian Co-operatives By DANIEL ISH. Cities of Canada. 1/Theoretical, Historical and Planning Perspectives By GEORGE A. NADER. Urban Futures for Central Canada Edited by L.S. BOURNE, K.D. MACKINNON, J. SIEGEL, and J.W. SIMMONS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Urban Transport Problem By D. J. REYNOLDS. The New Town Story By FRANK SCHAFFER. Personnel Dialogue for the Seventies:m By THE PUBLIC PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION. Police Supervision: Theory and Practice By PAUL M. WHISENAND. Planning on Uncertainty By RUTH P. MACK. Design for Development in Ontario: The Initiation of a Regional Planning Program By R. S. THOMAN. Parties to Change By P. SILCOX. The Canadian Political System: Environment, Structure and Process By RICHARD J. VAN LOON and MICHAEL S. WHITTINGton. The Structures of Policy-Making in Canada Edited by G. BRUCE DOERN and PETER AUCOIN. Poverty in Canada. Report of the Special Senate Committee on Poverty By the GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. Ottawa: Information Canada. 1971. Pp. xxxii, 224. $2.00.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Contradictions of the Welfare State By Claw Offe . Edited by John Keane Why Governments Grow: Measuring Public Sector Size : By Charles Lewis Taylor , ed Concepts of Federalism By William H. Stewart , Lanham: Government, Limited : By John Calvert Pathways to Self-Determination: Canadian Indians and the Canadian State : By Leroy Little Bear , Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long . Science in Government : By Jarlath Ronayne . Citizen Participation in Library Decision-Making: the Toronto Experience : Edited by John Marshall . Ethics in the Public Service: Comparative Perspectives : Edited by Kenneth Kernaghan and O.P. Dwivedi . Pensions Today and Tomorrow: Background Studies : Edited by David W. Conklin , Jalynn H. Bennett and Thomas J. Courchene . Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies, Volume 1, Switzerland : By Kenneth D. Mcrae .     

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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     

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Criminal Justice in Canada. An Introductory Text; Par C.T. GRIFFITHS, J.F. KLEIN, et S.N. VERDUN-JONES Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings, fourth edition; LIONEL D. FELDMAN Water: The Emerging Crisis in Canada; By HAROLD D. FOSTER and W.R. DERRICK SEWELL Class Inequality and Health Care: The Origins and Impact of the National Health Service; By VIVIENNE WALTERS Traité de droit de la santé et des services sociaux.; Par ANDRÉE LAJOIE, PATRICK A. MOLINARI et JEAN -MARIE AUBY The Way Out: A More Revenue Dependent Public Sector and How It Might Revitalize the Process of Governing; By A. R. BAILEY and D. G. HULL . Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy The Art of Administration; By KENNETH E. EBLE . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass The Effective Administrator; By DONALD E. WALKER . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass     

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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: 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: Accountability and Control: The Government Expenditure Process : Byh.v. kroeker The Business of Government: An Introduction to Canadian Public Administration : Byt.j. stevens The Regulatory Process in Canada : Edited byg. bruce doern The Management of Canadian Urban Government: A Basic Text for a Course in Urban Management : Byt.j. plunkett andg.m. betts Modern Political Economy : Bynorman frohlich andjoe a. oppenheimer     

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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: Northern Provinces: A Mistaken Goal By GORDON ROBERTSON. The Annual Report for 1984 of the Commissioner of Official Languages Canadian Cases in Business-Government Relations By MARK C. BAETZ and DONALD H. THAIN, eds. Quality of Working Life: Contemporary Cases By J.B. CUNNLNCHAM and T.H. WHITE, eds.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Quangos, Accountability and Reform: The Politics of Quasi‐Government:Edited by M. V. Flinders and M. J. Smith From Hope to Harris: The Reshaping of Ontario's Schools: By R. D. Gidney Public Attitudes towards Education in Ontario 1998: The Twelfth OISE/UT Survey: By D. W. Livingstone, D. Hart and L. E. Davie A Handbook of Economic Indicators: By John Grant Restructuring Societies: Insights from the Social Sciences: Edited by David B. Knight and Alun E. Joseph Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States: United Germany in Perspective: By Lutz Leisering and Stephan Leibfried Canada: The State of the Federation, 1998/99. How Canadians Connect: Edited by Harvey Lazar and Tom Mcintosh     

The consequences of economic growth

Book reviewed in this article: Growth: The Price We Pay. By E. J. MISHAN. Cost-Benefit Analysis. By E. J. MISHAN. The Limits to Growth. By DONELLA H. MEADOWS, DENNIS L. MADOWS, JØRGEN RANDERS, and WILLIAM w. BEHRENS m.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration: History and Theory in Contemporary Perspective ; Edited by Joseph A. Uveces Jr . No Fault of Their Own: Unemployment and the Canadian Welfare State 1914–1941 ; By James Struthers . When Freedom is Lost: The Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band ; By Paul Driben and Robert S. Trudeau . Local Government: Politicians, Professionals and the Public in Local Authorities ; By Howard Elcock . City Politics in Canada ; Edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton . Parliament and Bureaucracy, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Administration: Prospects and Problems in the 1980s ; Edited by J.R. Nethercote . The Executive Challenge ; By Michael B. Mc Caskey . The Politics of Canadian Airport Development: Lessons for Federalism ; By Elliot J. Feldman and Jerome Milch . Organisation Theory and Management ; Edited by Thomas D. Lynch . The Politics of Canadian Public Policy ; Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler     

Book reviews: Comptes rendus

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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Value for Many: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1947–1997/ D'une grande valeur pour beaucoup: L'lnstitut d'administration publique du Canada, 1947–1997. Monographs in Canadian Public Administration -No. 21. By Don Seymour Wilson T he Federal Court of Canada: A History, 1875–1992 Byian bushnell . Public Management and Administrative Reform in Western Europe Edited by Walter J. M. kickert . Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain, and France By ANDRE BLAIS, DONALD E. BLAKE and ST#EABPHANE DION. Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development: Issues in Theory and Practice Edited by richard d. bingham and Robert mier     

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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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Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution By Michael D. Behiels The Economic Ideal in British Government Calculating Costs and Benefits in the 1970s: By Phyllis Colvin The Canadian House of Commons: Essays in Honour of Norman Ward Edited by John C. Courtney Redesigning the State: The Politics of Constitutional Change in Industrial Nations Edited by Keith G. Banting and Richard Simeon The Canadian Public Sector By Douglas J. Mc Cready     

The Crisis of Central-local government relations: The British experience

The Case for Local Government. By G. Jones and J. Stewart eds. The Politics of Local Spending. By A. Midwinter . Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. Abolition or Reform? The GLC and the Metropolitan Counties. By N. Flynn , S. Leach and C. Vielba .