Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ethical Standards and Values in the Australian Public Service A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND ITS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Whose Utility? The Social Impact of Public Utility Privatisation and Regulation in Britain JOHN ERNST Public Management: The New Zealand Model JONATHAN BOSTON, JOHN MARTIN, JUNE PALLOT and PAT WALSH People, Places and Policies: Aspects of Queensland Government 1859–1920 KAY COHEN and KENNETH WILTSHIRE Environmental Politics and Policy Making in Australia TIMOTHY DOYLE and AYNSLEY KELLOW Police Leadership in Australasia BARBARA ETTER and MICK PALMER Transforming Power: The Politics of Electricity Planning AYNSLEY KELLOW     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Regulating the New Financial Services Industry . By CYNTHIA A. CLASSMAN, JAMES L. PIERCE, ROBERTA KARMEL AND JOHN J. LAFALCE.
The Organization-Society Nexus: A Critical Review of Models and Metaphors . By RONALD G. CORWIN.
Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy . By RITA MAE KELLY and JANE BAYES (Eds).
Why Presidents Succeed: A Political Psychology of Leadership . By DEAN KEITH SIMONTON.
Public Utilities and the Poor: Rights and Responsibilities . By DAVID C. SWEET and KATHRYN WERTHEIM HEXTER.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A dam G raycar (ed.), Retreat from the Welfare State
K. S. I nglis , This is the ABC , Melbourne
C. B urns (ed.), The Path to Reform , Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Public Administration/Government Printer, 1982. Pp. 219. $NZ15.75. R. S. M ascarenhas , Public Enterprise in New Zealand , Wellington
P eter S elf , Planning the Urban Region: A Comparative Study of Policies and Organisations , London
K rishna K. T ummala (ed.), Administrative Systems Abroad , Washington D.C.
E dward P.W olfers , D iana C onyers , P eter L armour and Y ash P. G hai , Decentralisation: Options and Issues. A Manual for Policy Makers , London
W illiam C. L outhan , The Politics of Managerial Morality: A Value-Critical Approach to Political Corruption and Ethics Policy , Washington, D.C.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Australia's Seventh State. Edited by PETER LOVEDAY and PETER McNAB
Aspects of Public Sector Employment Law. By G.J. McCARRY
Educational Policy in Australia and America: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by WILLIAM LOWE BOYD and DON SMART
Taxation by Political Inertia: Financing the Growth of Government in Britain. By RICHARD ROSE and TERENCE KARRAN
New Strategies for Executive Development: The Management of Public Accountability. By JOHN UHR
Hawke's Second Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1984–1987. Edited by R. WETTENHALL and J.R. NETHERCOTE     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress , By GEORGE C. EDWARDS III.
The President as Prisoner: A Structural Critique of the Carter and Reagan Years. By WILLIAM F. GROVER.
Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry . By BARBARA R. BARKOVICH.
Private Gain and Public Service: The Association of First Division Civil Servants. By BARRY O'TOOLE.
Ulster: Conflict and Consent. By TOM WILSON.
Guide to the Presidency. Edited by MICHAEL NELSON.
Prime Minister & Premiers: Political Leadership and Public Policy in Canada. Edited by LESLIE A. PAL AND DAVID TARAS.
The Future Of Local Government , Edited by JOHN STEWART and GERRY STOKER.     

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The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. By JOSEPH WHITE AND AARON WILDAVSKY.
The Deregulation of the World Financial Markets: Myths, Realities and Impacts. By SARKIS J. KHOURY.
Government by Moonlight: The Hybrid Parts of the State. By PATRICK BIRKIN-SHAW, IAN HARDEN, NORMAN LEWIS.
Strategies for Managing Intergovernmental Policies and Networks. Edited by ROBERT W. GAGE and MYRNA P. MANDELL.
Strategies for Managing Intergovernmental Policies and Networks. Edited by ROBERT W. GAGE and MYRNA P. MANDELL.
The Silence of Constitutions: Gaps, "Abeyances" and Political Temperament in the Maintenance of Government. By MICHAEL FOLEY.
Demographic Change and the American Future. By R. SCOTT FOSLER, WILLIAM ALONSO, JACK A. MEYER, and ROSEMARY KERN.
The State and Policy Outcomes in Latin America. By LAWRENCE S. GRAHAM.     

Reviews

Winning Ways Through Corporate Governance NEVILLE BAIN and DAVID BAND
The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making SIR GEOFFREY VICKERS
Australian Political Institutions GWYNNETH SINGLETON, DON AITKIN, BRIAN JINKS and JOHN WARHURST
Leadership of Public Bureaucracies: The Administrator as Conservator LARRY D TERRY
Responsibility as Paradox: A Critique of Rational Discourse on Government MICHAEL M HARMON
The Wik Case: Issues and Implications GRAHAM HILEY
Working the System: A Guide for Citizens, Consumers and Communities PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE     

Book Notes

The Political Economy of Public Administration MURRAY J. HORN
Raising the Standard: Benchmarking for Better Government MAB/MIAC REPORT No. 21 (Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, June 1996)
Queensland Policy Handbook OFFICE OF THE CABINET
Evaluating Policy Advice: Learning from Commonwealth Experience JOHN UHR and KEITH MACKAY
The Serious Business of Governing PETER J. CRAWFORD (Sydney, Hale and Iremonger in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Private Pay for Public Work: Performance-Related Pay for Public Sector Managers. By R obert W ood and M aria M aguire
Reforming the Public Service: Lessons from Recent Experiences. Edited by P atrick W eller , J ohn F orster and G lyn D avis
Program Evaluation and Performance Monitoring: An Australian Perspective. Edited by C iaron O'F aircheallaigh and B ill R yan
Beyond the Protective State: The Political Economy of Australia's Industry Policy. By A nn C apling and B rian G alligan
Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy. Edited by B rian G alligan , O wen H ughes and C liff W alsh
In Reserve: Central Banking in Australia, 1945-75. By B oris S chedvin
Comparative Political Studies: Australia and Canada. Edited by M alcolm A lexander and B rian G alligan
Public Administration in Small and Island States. Edited by R andall B aker
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives. By A lan B ullock
Natural Hazards and Reinsurance. Edited by J ohn O liver and N eil R. B ritton
Natural and Technological Hazards: Implications for the Insurance Industry. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver
Catastrophe Insurance for Tomorrow: Planning for Future Adversities. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Administrative Vocation. By RS Parker State, Economy and Public Policy in Australia. Edited by Stephen Bell and Brian Head Work for All: Full Employment in the Nineties. By John Langmore and John Quiggin Australian Mandarins: Perceptions of the Role of Departmental Secretaries. By Robert Hyslop Westminster Inc.: A Survey of Three States in the 1980s. Edited by Allan Peachment Environmental Impact Assessment: Cutting Edge for the 21st Century. By Alan Gilpin Inside Bureaucratic Power: The Wilenski Review of NSW Government. By Richard Alaba Australian Political Ideas. Edited by Geoff Stokes Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and The New Politics in Australia. By Laura Tingle Justice and Identity: Antipodean Practices. Edited by Margaret Wilson and Anna Yeatman Parties and Federalism in Australia and Canada. Edited by Campbell Sharman Welfare and Inequality: National and International Perspectives on the Australian Welfare State. By Peter Saunders Social Security in Australia. By Terry Carney and Peter Hanks Research in Public Administration, Vol. 1 (1991) and Vol. 2 (1993). Edited by James L Perry New Agendas in the Study of the Policy Process. Edited by Michael Hill The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning. Edited by Frank Fischer and John Forester Drought, Policy and Politics in India: The Need for a Long-term Perspective. By Kuldeep Mathur and Niraja G Jayal     

BOOK REVIEWS

Tage Erlander: Serving the Welfare State. By OLOF RUIN (translated by Michael E. Metcalf).
Ethics for Policymaking: A Methodological Analysis. By EUGENE J. MEEHAN.
Ethics for Public Managers. By HAROLD F. GORTNER.
The Responsible Public Servant. By KENNETH KERNAGHAN and JOHN W. LANGFORD.
The Environmental Contexts of AIDS. By MARIE A. MUIR.
The Catastrophe Ahead: AIDS and the Case for a New Public Policy. By WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON and KEVIN R. HOPKINS.
Hostile Brothers: Competition and Closure in the European Electronks Industry. By ALAN CAWSON, KEVIN MORGAN, DOUGLAS WEBBER, PETER HOLMES and ANNE STEVENS.
Politics, Markets and America's Schools. By JOHN E. CHUBB and TERRY M. MOE.
The Symbolic Presidency: How Presidents Portray Themselves. By BARBARA HINCK-LEY.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Public Service Personnel Management in Victoria, Report to the Honourable J.E. Kirner MP, Premier of Victoria. By JOHN ALFORD, FAY MARLES and JOHN POWER
Review of The Auditor-General: Ally of the People and Parliament — Reform of the Australian Audit Office, Report 296
Sisters in Suits: Women and Public Policy in Australia, by MARIAN SAWER
Bureaucrats, Technocrats, Femocrats: Essays on the Contemporary Australian State, by ANNA YEATMAN
Decisions and Organizations. By J.G. MARCH     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Politics of Public Budgeting. By I.S. RUBIN (New Jersey: Chatham House, 1990, 248pp). Budgeting In the Provinces: Leadership and the Premiers. Edited by A. MASLOVE
Aboriginal Employment Equity by the Year 2000. Edited by J.C. ALTMAN
Making Equity Planning Work. By NORMAN KRUMHOLZ and JOHN FORESTER     

Book Notes

Public Administration in Britain Today. By JOHN GREENWOOD and DAVID WILSON
Understanding Voluntary Organisations. By CHARLES HANDY
Education Regions in Queensland: Towards a Philosophy and Practice, 1937–1988. By GREG LOGAN
Australian Political Facts. By IAN McALLISTER, MALCOLM MACKERRAS, ALVARO ASCUI and SUSAN MOSS
Civil Service Pay In Africa. By DEREK ROBINSON     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Reform and Reversal: Lessons from the Coalition Government in NSW 1988—1995 MARTIN LAFFIN and MARTIN PAINTER November 1975: The Inside Story of Australia's Greatest Political Crisis. PAUL KELLY A Howard Government? Inside the Coalition. GERARD HENDERSON A Radical Tory. SIR GARFIELD BARWICK Flying the Kite — Travels of an Australian Politician Whatever It Takes. GRAHAM RICHARDSON Straight Left. TOM UREN Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister. PETER WALSH The Politics of Australian Child Care: From Philanthropy to Feminism. DEBORAH BRENNAN Power and Politics in the City: Brisbane in Transition. JANICE CAULFIELD and JOHN WANNA The Making of Medibank. R.B. SCOTTON and C.R. MACDONALD Aboriginal Self-Determination in Australia. CHRISTINE FLETCHER Australia's Cities: Issues, Strategies and Policies for Urban Australia in the 1990s. PATRICK TROY Equity and Citizenship Under Keating. MICHAEL HOGAN and KATHY DEMPSEY     

Book Reviews

Advice and Consent: The Development of the Policy Sciences. By PETER DE LEON.
The Reach and Grasp of Policy Analysis: Comparative Views of the Craft. By RICHARD HOFFERBERT.
Governing Education: A Sociology of Policy Since 1945. By ANDREW McPHERSON and CHARLES D. RAAB.
Privatising the World. By OLIVER LETWIN.
La France Face au Sud: Le Miroir Brise. By JACQUES ADDA and MARIE-CLAUDE SMOUTS.
The President and Civil Rights Policy: Leadership and Change. By STEVEN A. SHULL
The Political Limits of Environmental Regulation: Tracking the Unicorn. By BRUCE YANDLE.
L'Etat en Amerique. Edited by MARIE-FRANCE TOINET.     

God, Mammon and the Rise of Nationalism

Books reviewed in this article:
David A. Bell, The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680–1800
Liah Greenfeld, The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth
Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
Tariq Ali, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity
Maurizio Ferrera and Martin Rhodes (eds.), Recasting European Welfare States
Evelyn Huber and John Stephens, Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global Markets
Paul Pierson (ed.), The New Politics of the Welfare State
Duane Swank, Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States
John Ramsden (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century British Politics
Nicholas J. Wheeler, Saving Strangers: Humanitarian Intervention in International Society
Giles Radice, Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey
Michael McManus, Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: Jinnah of Pakistan . By Stanley Wolpert . Weakness and Deceit . US Policy and El Salvador . By Raymond Bonner . Revival and Reaction . The Right in Contemporary America . By Gillian Peele . Citiesin Recession . Critical Reactions to the Urban Policies of the new right. Edited by Ivan Szelenyi. Neville Chamberlain . Volume One : Pioneering and Reform , 1869–1929. By David Dilks . Garvin of the Observer. By David Ayerst . Ordinary Vices . By Judith N. Shklar . Science , Technology and Society Today . Edited by Michael Gibbons and Philip Gummett . New Technology and the Future of Work and Skills . Edited by Pauline Marstrand. Understanding Systems Failures . By Victor Bignell and Joyce Fortune . The Cold and the Dark : The World After Nuclear War . By Paul Ehrlich , Carl Sagan , Donald Kennedy and Walter Roberts . Social Constraints on Technological Progress . By Rob Coppock . Commons Select Committees : Catalysts for Progress ? Edited by Dermot Englefield . Sport and Political Ideology . By John M. Hoberman .     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Automatic Government: The Politics of Indexation . By KENT WEAVER
Judges and Legislators: Toward Institutional Comity . Edited by ROBERT A. KATZMANN
Kyoninka-Cyosei to Kanryousei (Social Control of the Government Bureaucracy) . By AKIRA MORITA
Chihojichi (Local Government) . By MICHIO MURAMATSU
The Political Hand: Policy Implementation and Youth Employment Programs . By MARTIN A. LEVIN and BARBARA FERMAN     

Book Reviews

The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite. By JAMES ALLEN SMITH.
The Political Failure of Employment Policy 1945–1982. By GARY MUCCIARONI.
The Politics of Public Spending in Canada. By DONALD J. SAVOIE.
The Organization of Hypocrisy. Talk, Decisions and Actions in Organizations. By NILS BRUNSSON.
Conflict and Rhetoric in French Policymaking. By FRANK R. BAUMGARTNER.
Affirmative Talk, Affirmative Action: A Comparative Study of the Politics of Affirmative Action. By AUGUSTUS J. JONES, JR.