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NATIONAL STYLES OF REGULATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES David Vogel THE ADMINISTRATION OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A RESEARCH REPORT Alan Parker, Aidan Rose and John Taylor REGIONALISM IN EUROPEAN POLITICS Roger Morgan (ed.) PROMOTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Colin Mellors (ed.) THE NATIONAL WORLD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. A. W. Rhodes URBAN POLITICAL THEORY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISCAL STRESS Michael Goldsmith and Søren Vinadsen (eds) THE EVOLUTION OF SPATIAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF INNER-URBAN POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1968–1981 Paul Lawless Pion HOUSING LAND POLICY Yvonne Rydin A PRICE WORTH PAYING? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT GRANT AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Diana Leat, Sue Tester BRITISH STEEL: AN INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Heidrun Abromeit PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND THE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE COMMONS Vilma Flegmann Gower THE NATURE OF UNITED NATIONS BUREAUCRACIES David Pitt and Thomas Weiss (eds.) MAKING THE MANAGERIAL PRESIDENCY: COMPREHENSIVE REORGANIZATION PLANNING 1905–1980 Peri E Arnold POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HUNGARY Gy. Szoboszlai (ed). POLICY MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ASSESSMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Proceedings of a Seminar organized by Peat-Marwick and the RIPA Royal Institute of Public Administration     

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Book reviews in this article: POLICY STYLES IN WESTERN EUROPE Jeremy Richardson (ed.). POLITICS, POLICY AND THE EUROPEAN RECESSION Andrew Cox (ed.). BRITISH DOGMATISM AND FRENCH PRAGMATISM: CENTRAL-LOCAL POLICYMAKING IN THE WELFARE STATE Douglas E. Ashford. CENTRAL GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. J. Bennett. HOW MUCH ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS WORTH? John Gretton and Anthony Harrison (eds.) EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS: A PRIMER Michael E. Borus, C. Gregory Bunk and William R. Trash. HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: ITS ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT N. W. Chaplin (ed.). HEALTH POLICY IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS AND ORGANISATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Christopher Ham. POLICY-MAKING AND PLANNING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Kenneth Lee and Anne Mills. CONSUMING SECRETS: HOW OFFICIAL SECRECY AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE IN BRITAIN Rosemary Delbridge and Martin Smith (eds.). THE POLITICS OF SECRECY: CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW James Michael. WAR AND THE STATE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT, 1914–1919 Kathleen Burk (ed.). THE POLITICS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL ROBERT HUTCHISON. THE PROMOTION OF INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE: THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN THE NHS Chris Ham and Laurie McMahon CRITICAL READINGS IN PLANNING THEORY Chris Paris (ed.). MANAGEMENT REFORM IN SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT Arthur Midwinter.     

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Institute for Public Policy Research. PUBLIC LAW AND DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P. P. Craig. THE PUBLIC SECTOR: CHALLENGE FOR CO-ORDINATION AND LEARNING Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (ed.) WHAT NEXT?: AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE Anne Davies and John Willman. BRITISH GOVERNMENT: THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE TERRITORY Peter Madgwick. LEARNING FROM PRECEDENT IN WHITEHALL Peter Nailor. A HARD POUNDING: POLITICS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS 1974–76 Edmund Dell. PARLIAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Charles Carstairs and Richard Ware (eds.) CITIZENS, CONSUMERS AND COUNCILS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC John Gyford. COUNCILLORS IN CRISIS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORLDS OF LOCAL COUNCILLORS Jacqueline Barron, Gerald Crawley and Tony Wood. LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POWER Samuel Humes IV. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN John Kingdom. PUBLIC SECTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS P. B. Beaumont. IN THE WAY OF WOMEN: MEN'S RESISTANCE TO SEX EQUALITY IN ORGANIZATIONS C. Cockburn. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENTS FOR WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: AN ANGLO-GERMAN PERSPECTIVE Margery Povall and Monika Langkau-Herrmann (eds.) DEMOCRATIZING FRANCE: THE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF DECENTRALISATION Vim A. Schmidt. LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND INNOVATION: EVENTS AND CHANGES: THE FIRST STEPS OF LOCAL TTANSITION IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE G. Peteri (ed.) THE CHANNEL TUNNEL: PUBLIC POLICY, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Ian Holliday, Gerard Marcou and Roger Vickerman. RESHAPING THE STATE: NEW ZEALAND'S BUREAUCRATIC REVOLUTION J. Boston, J. Martin, J. Pallot and P. Walsh (eds.) REINVENTING RATIONALiTY: THE ROLE OF REGULATORY ANALYSIS IN THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY Thomas O. McGarity.     

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WHITEHALL Peter Hennessy
INSIDE THE THINK TANK: ADVISING THE CABINET 1971–1983 Tessa Blackstone and William Plowden William Heinemann
ORGANISING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT – A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY John Barratt and John Downs
UNDERSTANDING THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Alan Fowler
LOCAL LABOUR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A STUDY OF CHANGING INTERESTS, POLITICS AND POLICY IN SOUTHWARK, 1919–1982 Sue Goss
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: WHO REALLY CONTROLS IT AND HOW Andrew Likierman
THE COMMONS UNDER SCRUTINY Michael Ryle and Peter Richards (eds.)
THE HOUSE OF LORDS Donald Shell
THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: THE JOB OF THE BACKBENCHER Lisanne Radice, Elizabeth Vallance and Virginia Willis
PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN A PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE: THE CASE OF THE CAREERS SERVICE Michael Carley
MAKING EUROPEAN POLICIES WORK: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION EN THE MEMBER STATES: VOLUME I COMPARATIVE SYNTHESES AND VOLUME II NATIONAL REPORTS Heinrich Siedentopf and Jacques Ziller (eds.)
GOVERNMENTS, MANAGERS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Anthony Ferner
THE MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT: FROM MACMILLAN TO HESELTINE Sir Ewen Broadbent
GOVERNMENT AND EXPERTISE: SPECIALISTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PROFESSIONALS, 1860–1919 Roy MacLeod (ed.)
THE CORPORATE STATE: CORPORATISM AND THE STATE TRADITION IN WESTERN EUROPE Andrew Cox and Noel O'Sullivan (eds) .
THE FREE ECONOMY AND THE STRONG STATE: THE POLITICS OF THATCHERISM Andrew Gamble     

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Book reviewed in this article:
SOLVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS — PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN CITIES AND REGIONS Charles E. Pinkus and Anne Dixson
PUBLIC DUTIES: THE MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS J. L. Fleishman, L. Liebman and M. H. Moore (eds.).
THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE John E. Pater
VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICES Norman Johnson
THE ADMINISTRATIVE 'REVOLUTION' IN WHITEHALL: A STUDY OF THE POLITICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN BRITISH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 1950s G. K. Fry
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN: EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO HOW IT ALL WORKS Tony Byrne
MODERN POLICING David Watts Pope and Norman L. Weiner (eds.)
SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE FAILURE OF THE STATE: CENTRALISED SOCIAL SERVICES AND PARTICIPATORY ALTERNATIVES R. Hadley and S. Hatch
WOMEN IN TOP JOBS 1968–1979 Michael Fogarty, Isobel Allen and Patricia Walters
INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND INNOVATION Charles Carter (ed.)
PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN Michael Rush
BACKBENCH SPECIALISATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS David Judge
CASH LIMITS AND EXTERNAL FINANCING LIMITS Andrew Likierman
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE UK G. Wilkinson and P. M. Jackson
THE POLICY PROCESS IN COMMUNIST STATES: POLITICS AND INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION Leslie Holmes
HEALTH AND WEALTH: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF HEALTH-CARE SPENDING Robert J. Maxwell
THE HOME OFFICE 1848–1914: FROM CLERKS TO BUREAUCRATS Jill Pellew
CULTURE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES Andrew Kakabadse     

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THE CIVIL SERVICE TODAY Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher FUTURE SHAPE OF REFORM IN WHITEHALL ETHICS IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Richard A. Chapman BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICAL POWER B. C. Smith TENSIONS IN THE TERRITORIAL POLITICS OF WESTERN EUROPE R. A. W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (eds.) LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE Clive Martlew ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE: SOME NECESSARY REFORMS Report of the Committee of the JUSTICE-All Souls Review of Administrative Law in the United Kingdom NEW DIRECTIONS IN JUDICIAL REVIEW J. L. Jowell and D. Oliver (eds.) DELIVERING PUBLIC SERVICES IN WESTERN EUROPE: SHARING WESTERN EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF PARA-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION C. Hood and G. F. Schuppert (eds.) FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE: SURVEYING THE PUBLIC IN FOUR HEALTH DISTRICTS Patricia Prescott-Clarke, Tessa Brooks and Caroline Machray NATIONAL BROADCASTING UNDER SIEGE Eva Etzioni Halevy ADMINISTERING CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS, 1871–1919: THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD IN ITS FISCAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT Christine Bellamy THE USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPING PRACTICE Martin Cave, Stephen Hanney, Maurice Kogan and Gillian Trevett PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAINING IN THE 1980s Rene Saran and John Sheldrake (eds.) THE REASONABLE ARM OF THE LAW? THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS Bridget M. Hutter LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ECONOMIC POLICY: COMPARATIVE AND CRITICAL APPROACHES Terence Daintith (ed.)     

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MINISTERS AND PARLIAMENT: ACCOUNTABILITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Diana Woodhouse A CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION? THE THATCHER-REAGAN DECADE IN PERSPECTIVE Andrew Adonis and Tim Hames (eds.) TEACHING ETHICS – VOLUME ONE: GOVERNMENT ETHICS Rosamund M. Thomas (ed.) PRIVATISATION AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: THE CASE OF THE WATER INDUSTRY Julia O'Connell Davidson AN INDEPENDENT COUNCILLOR Ronald Brown URBAN POLITICS AND POLICY Harold Wolman and Michael Goldsmith PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA John Wanna, Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh and Patrick Weller     

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GETTING CLOSER TO THE PUBLIC Local Government Training Board
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THE TOWN HALLS RESPOND David Blunkett and Keith Jackson
LEGALITY AND LOCAL POLITICS L. Bridges, C. Game, O. Lomas, J. McBride and S. Ranson
JUNIOR MINISTERS IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Kevin Theakston
IMPROVING PUBLIC MANAGEMENT Les Metcalfe and Sue Richards
SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: EXPERIENCE OF A PILOT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
POLICY MAKING UNDER ADVERSITY Yehezkel Dror
BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC CHOICE Jan-Eric Lane (ed.)
ADMINISTRATION AS SERVICE – THE PUBLIC AS CLIENT Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PROCESS: LEARNING BY DOING David Heald and Richard Rose (eds.)
REGULATION AND PUBLIC LAW Robert Baldwin and Christopher McCrudden Weidenfeld and Nicolson
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Tom Rathwell
HEALTH MANPOWER: PLANNING, PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT Andrew F. Long and Geoffrey Mercer
HMI Denis Lawton and Peter Gordon Routledge and Kegan Paul
SCRUTINY OF PROCEDURES FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND A report by Angus Mitchell to the Secretary of State for Education and Science
BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN Wyn Grant with Jane Sargent Macmillan
CHANGING TRAINS: MESSAGES FOR MANAGEMENT FROM THE SCOTRAIL CHALLENGE Valerie Stewart and Vivian Chadwick David & Charles
CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WEST EUROPEAN UNITARY STATES Edward C. Page and Michael J. Goldsmith (eds.)
THE WHITE HOUSE AND CAPITOL HILL: THE POLITICS OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSUASION Nigel Bowles     

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ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO RULES, ENFORCEMENT AND ORGANISATION Christopher Hood THE NOBLE LIE: THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW Ian Harden and Norman Lewis THE MANAGEMENT OF HUNG AUTHORITIES Local Government Training Board THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart THE CHANGING GOVERNMENT OF EDUCATION S. Ranson and J. Tomlinson (eds.) PLANNING, NEED AND SCARCITY: ESSAYS ON THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Adrian Webb & Gerald Wistow IN DEFENCE OF THE WELFARE STATE Paul Wilding (ed.) WHAT PRICE COMMUNITY MEDICINE? THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES: FAMILY PRACTITIONER COMMITTEES IN THE 1980s PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN THE INNER CITIES AFTER ACHESON Gerald Rhodes, Usha Prashar and Ken Young THE DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITY: TASKS, ORGANISATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GOVERNING BODY Warren Kinston THE STATE, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY Andrew Cox (ed.) NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC CONTROL: LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES Tony Prosser THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY: 1946–82, THE NATIONALIZED INDUSTRY William Ashworth THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BRITISH REGIONAL POLICY D. W. Parsons GOVERNING THE ECONOMY: THE POLITICS OF STATE INTERVENTION IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Peter A. Hall DECENTRALISATION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE Michael Keating and Paul Hainsworth Gower CENTRALISATION AND DECENTRALISATION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE Stephen Garrish THE SQUARE MILE: A GUIDE TO THE CITY REVOLUTION John Plender and Paul Wallace ADJUSTING TO DEMOCRACY: THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR IN BRITISH POLITICS 1916–1939 Rodney Lowe POLICY ANALYSIS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES Sir Douglas Was, Michael Elliott, Anthony Barker (eds.) HOUSING A DIVIDED SOCIETY C. E. B. Brett     

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Book reviewed in this article: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND Brian W. Hogwood and Michael Keating (eds.) LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN SINCE REORGANISATION Alan Alexander LOCAL GOVERNMENT: POLITICIANS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES Howard Elcock (with a chapter by Michael Wheaton) THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY Wyn Grant ACCOUNTING FOR BRITISH STEEL: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF THE BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION 1967–80, AND WHO WAS TO BLAME R.A. Bryer, T.J. Brignall and A.R. Maunders NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES L. E. Grayson THE OTHER PRICE OF BRITAIN'S OIL: SAFETY AND CONTROL IN THE NORTH SEA W. G. Carson METROPOLITAN LONDON: POLITICS AND URBAN CHANGE 1837–1981 Ken Young and Patricia L. Garside PUBLIC SECRETS: A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT SECRECY K. C. Robertson QUANGOS IN BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT AND THE NETWORKS OF PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Anthony Barker (ed.) RUNNING IN THE RED: THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN FISCAL STRESS Irene S. Rubin WHO'S MASTER, WHO'S SERVANT?: REFORMING BUREAUCRACY Geoffrey Hawker THE USES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: SOCIAL INVESTIGATION IN PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Martin Bulmer     

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Book reviewed in this Article:
EVIDENCE, ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION IN THE POLICY PROCESS Giandomenico Majone.
MANAGERIALISM AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE C. Pollitt.
PUBLIC POLICY UNDER THATCHER, S. P. Savage, L. Robins.
OUTPUT AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN GOVERNMENT: THE STATE OF THE ART Martin Cave, Maurice Ksgan Robert Smith (eds.)
PARLIAMENT AND PRESSURE POLITICS Michael Rush (ed.)
PARLIAMENT TODAY Andrew Adonis.
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS: THE CONSTITUTION IN TRANSITION Norman Lewis (ed.)
POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN SCOTLAND Arthur Midwinter, Michael Keating James Mitchell.
ENDURING INEQUALITY: REUGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN EMF'LOYMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND Vincent McConnack, Joe O'Hara.
NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS Arthur Aughey, Paul Hainsworth Martin J. Trimbie.
EQUALIZING PEOPLE D. G. Green.
THE STATE OF WELFARE: THE WELFARE STATE IN BRITAIN SINCE 1974 John Hills (ed.), Nicholas Barr et al.
THE DYNAMICS OF BRITISH HEALTH POLICY Steve Harrison, David Hunter Christopher Pollitt.
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY PROGRAMMES N. Cannon (ed.)
RACE AND LOCAL POLITICA Wendy Ball and John Solomos.
MOVING THE HOUSING MARKET R. Forrest, A. Murie.
THE QUALITY OF SERWCE IN HOUSING MANAGEMENT, K. Walsh K. Spencer.
CORPORATE MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, G. Davis, P. Weller C. Lewis (eds.)
BUDGETARY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL: THE PUEILIC SECTOR IN AUSTRALIA J. Forster J. Wanna (eds.)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AUSTRALIA: A WATERSHED J. Power (ed.)     

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AN INDUSTRIALIST IN THE TREASURY – THE POST-WAR YEARS Edwin Plowden
1688–1988: TIME FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION R. Holme and M. Elliott
DEVELOPING POLICY RESEARCH Tim Booth
THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC CHANGE C. R. Hinings and Royston Greenwood
ORGANIZING GOVERNANCE, GOVERNING ORGANIZATIONS Colin Campbell, S. J. and B. Guy Peter (eds.)
THE RETREAT OF THE STATE: DEREGULATION AND PRIVATISATION IN THE UK AND US Dennis Swann
TROUBLED WATER: RIVERS, POLITICS AND POLLUTION David Kinnersley
SIZEWELL 'B': AN ANATOMY OF THE INQUIRY Timothy O'Riordan, Ray Kemp and Michael Purdue
DEFENCE POLICY MAKING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS G. M. Dillon (ed.)
POST-INDUSTRIAL CITIES: POLITICS AND PLANNING IN NEW YORK, PARIS AND LONDON H. V. Savitch
THE POSTMODERN PRESIDENT: THE WHITE HOUSE MEETS THE WORLD Richard Rose
HAWKE'S SECOND GOVERNMENT: AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH ADMINISTRATION 1984–1987 Roger Wettenhall and J. R. Nethercote
MARKETING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Kieron Walsh
THE CHANGING POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT J. Gyford, S. Leach, and C. Game
SOCIAL WORK AND LOCAL POLITICS Paul Daniel and John Wheeler
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR A. P. Kakabadse, P. R. Brovetto, Rainer Holzer (eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this Article:
THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. John Stewart Gerry Stoker (eds.)
COUNCILS IN CONFLICT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUNICIPAL LEFT. Stewart Lansley, Sue Goss Christian Wolmar.
BUDGETING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MANAGING THE MARGINS Howard Elcock, Grant Jordan Arthur Midwinter with George Boyne.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN BRITAIN Chris Moore J. J. Richardson in association. with Jeremy Moon.
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT Ken Young (ed.)
TERRITORY AND ADMINISTRATION IN EUROPE Robert Bennett.
POLICY-MAKING IN FRANCE Paul Godt (ed.)
THE STATE AS EMPLOYER: LABOUR LAW IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES Sandra Fredman Gillian S. Morris.
MANAGING UNDER PRESSURE: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Martin Laffin.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES R. Mailly, S. J. Dimmock A. S. Sethi (eds.).
CIPFA GUIDE TO THE COMMUNITY CHARGE Rita Hale Chris Stewart (eds.)
THE CIVIL SERVICE IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES J. E. Kingdom (ed.)
LOCAL JUSTICE - IDEALS AND REALITIES John W. Raine.     

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PLANNING UNDER PRESSURE: THE STRATEGIC CHOICE APPROACH John Friend and Alan Hickling
POLICYMAKING, COMMUNICATION, AND SOCIAL LEARNING Sir Geoffrey Vickers, (eds.): Guy B. Adams, John Forester, and Bayard L. Catron
RESHAPING LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1979–1987 Michael Parkinson (ed.)
RESHAPING THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 1979–87 Robert Maxwell (ed.)
JOINT APPROACHES TO SOCIAL POLICY: RATIONALITY AND PRACTICE Linda Challis et al.
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS David Marsh and Melvyn Read
POLITICAL ECONOMY: PUBLIC POLICIES DM THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN Jerold L. Waltman and Donley T. Studlar (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF STEEL: WESTERN EUROPE AND THE STEEL INDUSTRY IN THE CRISIS YEARS (1974–1984) Yves Meny and Vincent Wright (eds.)
THE STATE AND THE CITY Ted Robert Gurr and Desmond S. King
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES. THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION Kenneth Dyson (ed.)
INDICTMENT: POWER AND POLITICS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY D. Morrell
DEUTSCHES BERUFSBEAMTENTUM UND BRITISCHE BESATZUNG: PLANUNG UND POLITIK 1943–1947 Ulrich Reusch Klett-Cotta
PUBLIC SERVICE LABOUR RELATIONS: RECENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS Tiziano Treu et al.     

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GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE SEARCH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFECTIVENESS AND CITIZENSHIP Dawn Oliver.
THE LABOUR PARTY AND WHITEHALL Kevin Theakston.
THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE 1838–1958 John D. Cantwell.
HOW ORGANISATIONS MEASURE SUCCESS N. Carter, R. Klein and P. Day.
CITIZENS, CONSUMERS AND COUNCILS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC. John Gyford.
THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND LOCAL POLITICS: THE INFLUENCE ON COUNCILLORS IN LONDON J. Barry.
A RADICAL AGENDA: AFTER THE NEW RIGHT AND OLD LEFT David Donnison.
DISCRETIONARY POLITICS: INTERGOVERMMENTAL SOCIAL TRANSFERS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES Volume 2 of the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY Douglas E. Ashford (ed.)
NORTHERN IRELAND: POLITICS AND THE CONSTITUTION Brigid Hadfield (ed.)
RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY S. Saggar.     

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ADMINISTRATIVE ARGUMENT Christopher Hood and Michael Jackson.
GOVERNMENT, EVALUATION AND CHANGE Mary Henkel.
CHOICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1990s AND BEYONQ Michael Clarke and John Stewart.
HOLLOW PROMISES: RHETORIC AND REALITY IN THE INNER CITY M. Keith and A. Rogers (eds.)
URBAN PLAMVLVG UNDER THATCHERISM Andy Thornley.
THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE POLL TAX: MRS THATCHER'S DOWNFALL John Gibson.
DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH POLITICS Peter A. Hall, Jack Hayward and Howard Machin (eds.)
GOVERNING FROM THE CENTRE: POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING IN THE NETHERLANDS Ken Gladdish.
PARLIAMENT AND INDUSTRY David Judge.
THE POLITICS OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT IN BRITAIN Martin J. Smith.
BUSINESS AND POLITICS: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION (2nd ed.) Graham K. Wilson.
LEGISLATURES IN THE POLICY PROCESS THE DILEMMAS OF ECONOMIC POLICY David Olson Michael Mezey (eds.).
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MODERN STATES: NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND THEORETICAL CROSSROADS Peter Wagner, Carol Hirschon Weiss, Bjorn Wittrock and Hellmut Wollman (eds.)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE O. P. Dwivedi and Keith M. Henderson (eds.)
RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION VOLUME 1 1991 James L. Perry (ed.)
FROM PROHIBITION TO REGULATION: BOOKMAKING, ANTIGAMBLING AND THE LAW David Dixon.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LEXICON OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES L. J. Sharpe.     

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BETWEEN CENTRE AND LOCALITY Stewart Ranson, George Jones and Kieron Walsh (eds.)
DECENTRALIZATION: THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION OF THE STATE B. C. Smith George Allen and Unwin
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Anthony King (ed)
TODAY'S CIVIL SERVICE Dermot Englefield (ed.)
BOROUGH GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: READING 1835–1985 Alan Alexander George Allen and Unwin
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT J. A. Chandler and Paul Lawless Gower
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT IN WESTERN NATIONS R. Rose et al
SECRET SERVICE: THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Christopher Andrew Heinemann
CONCORDE AND DISSENT: EXPLAINING HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROJECT FAILURES IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Elliot J. Feldman
THE POLICY OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS: A REVIEW Calum Paton
HOW ADOLF HITLER REFORMED WHITEHALL Peter Hennessy and Sir Douglas Hague Strathclyde
DEVELOPING THE FMI PRINCIPLES: CHANGES IN PROCESS AND CULTURE Proceedings of a Seminar organized by Peat Marwick and the RIPA RIPA 1985
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING: SELF INSTRUCTION PACKAGE Cabinet Office (Management and Personnel Office) and HM Treasury
YEARS OF RECOVERY: BRITISH ECONOMIC POLICY 1945–51 Alec Cairncross Methuen
LIFE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Leo Klinkers (ed.)
LIVERPOOL ON THE BRINK: ONE CITY'S STRUGGLE AGAINST GOVERNMENT CUTS Michael Parkinson
THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN BRITISH SOCIAL SERVICES Maria Brenton Longman     

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RULES AND GOVERNMENT Robert Baldwin THE END OF WHITEHALL: DEATH OF A PARADIGM? Colin Campbell and Graham K. Wilson THE CIVIL SERVICE SINCE 1945 Kevin Theakston THE CIVIL SERVICE Keith Dowding THE BRITISH CABINET SYSTEM Martin Burch and Ian Holliday Governing the UK in the 1990s Robert Pyper and Linton Robins POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Geoffrey Fry THE CHANGING-ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Steve Leach, John Stewart and Kieron Walsh EXPLAINING ECONOMIC POLICY REVERSALS Christopher Hood MEASURING OUTCOME IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Peter Smith (ed.) PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, VOLS I AND II John Bourn MANAGING POLICY CHANGE IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS OF WATER William Maloney and Jeremy Richardson     

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Book reviewed in this article:
BUREAUMETRICS Christopher Hood and Andrew Dunsire
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS: AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE D. C. Pitt and B. C. Smith
Open University Course D336 : People, Policies and Administration
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTEXT (Block 1): L. Lewis, C. Pollitt and K. Rowen.
MAKING POLICY (Block 2); J. Mitchell, J. Patten, C. Pollitt and M. Shackleton
IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND CHANGE (Block 3): A. Blowers, J. Brown, A. Dunsire and C. Pollitt.
PARTICIPATION (Block 4): M. Macartney, J. Mesher and D. Murray.
BIG GOVERNMENT IN HARD TIMES Christopher Hood and Maurice Wright (eds.)
CONTROL AND POWER IN CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS R.A.W. Rhodes
POLICY AND GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND: LESSONS OF DEVEOLUTION Derek Birrell and Alan Murie
THE GEOGRAPHY OF PUBLIC FINANCE: WELFARE UNDER FISCAL FEDERALISM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE R. J. Bennett
URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY Kenneth Newton (ed.)
THE LOCAL FISCAL CRISIS IN WESTERN EUROPE: MYTHS AND REALITIES L. J. Sharpe (ed.)
INSPECTORATES IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STANDARDS OF EFFICIENCY Gerald Rhodes
POLICY-MAKING IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Christopher Ham
THE WORKLESS STATE: STUDIES IN UNEMPLOYMENT Brian Showler and Adrian Sinfield (eds.)
WHAT UNEMPLOYMENT MEANS Adrian Sinfield
RURAL HOUSING: COMPETITION AND CHOICE M. Dunn, M. Rawson, A. Rogers
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM S.E. Finer and Anthony King
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dilys M. Hill and Peter Richards
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 1855–1975 K.M. Reader     

REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: THE POLICY PROCESS IN THE MODERN CAPITALIST STATE Christopher Ham and Michael Hill. LAW AND ADMINISTRATION Carol Harlow and Richard Rawlings. DOES POLITICS MATTER? THE DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC POLICY L. J. Sharpe K. Newton. GOING FOR BROKE GAMBLING WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY John Redwood. ENVIRONMENT AND ENFORCEMENT: REGULATION AND THE SOCIAL DEFINITION OF POLLUTION Keith Hawkins. EEC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND BRITAIN: AN ESSAY AND A HANDBOOK Nigel Haigh. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BRITAIN John Greenwood and David Wilson. PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Andrew Kirby, Paul Know Steven Pinch (eds.). INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY Jill Hills. POLITICAL INNOVATION IN AMERICA: THE POLITICS OF POLICY INITIATION Nelson W. Polsby. ETHNIC PLURALISM AND PUBLIC POLICY Nathan Glazer Ken Young (eds.). THE CRISIS OF THE UNIVERSITY Peter Scott. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1960–82 Stephen Young