Book Reviews

Book review in this article
Inside View Richard Crossman
Whitehall and the Colonial Service: An Administrative Memoir, 1939–1956 Charles Jeffries.
The Government and Politics of France: Volume I. Institutions and Parties Dorothy Pickles.
The Administrative Functions of the French Conseil d'Etat Margherita Rendel
Finanzplanung und Bundeshaushalt Albrecht Zunker.
Zentrale Wirtschaftspolitische Beratungsgremien in der Parlamentarischen Verfassungsordnung Brun-Otto Bryde.     

Reviews: Teaching Public Administration in the Nordic Countries: A Review Symposium

Books reviewed:
Christopher Hodgkinson, Administrative Philosophy – Values and Motivations in Administrative Life
Paul Heywood, Political Corruption
D. Farnham, S. Horton, J. Barlow and A. Hondeghem, New Public Managers in Europe: Public Servants in Transition
Lawrence D. Longley and Roger H. Davidson, The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
Kenneth Armstrong and Simon Bulmer, The Governance of the Single European Market
Gerda Falkner, EU Social Policy in the 1990s. Towards a Corporatist Policy Community
Wyn Grant, The Common Agricultural Policy
Robin Means and Randall Smith, Community Care: Policy and Practice
Peter Bogason, PUMA – The Management Service of the OECD     

Citizen Satisfaction: A Multicriteria Satisfaction Analysis

Governments across Europe face the challenge of responding to public demand for more valuable, responsive, and efficient and effective services. In this article we will evaluate the public services in Greece. More specifically, this article refers to a citizen's satisfaction web survey for Citizens’ Service Centers. The analysis of the data is based on the MUSA (Multicriteria Satisfaction Analysis) method. MUSA is an ordinal regression model which is based on the principles of multicriteria decision analysis. The method is an instrument to evaluate quantitative global and partial satisfaction levels and to determine the weak and strong points of citizens Service Centers. Furthermore the results of this study will help the Citizens Service Centers to develop more effective services.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Dynamics of Administrative Reform Richard A. Chapman and J.R. Greenaway.
Managing the Civil Service John Garrett.
Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government Royal Institute of Public Administration.
Presidents and Prime Ministers Richard Rose and Ezra Suleiman (eds.).
The Machinery of Change in Local Government 1888–1974: A Study of Central Involvement Clifford J. Pearce.
The Reorganization of Secondary Education P. R. James.
Social Need: Policy, Practice and Research Gilbert Smith.
Social Work in Conflict Bryan Glastonbury, David M. Cooper and Pearl Hawkins (eds.).
The International Civil Service: Changing Role and Concepts Norman A. Graham and Robert S. Jordan (eds.).
Foreign Affairs for New States P. Boyce.
The Parliamentary Agents: A History D. L. Rydz.
Scottish County Government in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Ann E. Whetstone.     

Book Reviews

Vickers, Geoffrey Sir The Art of Judgement: A Study of Policy Making
Blunden, Margaret and Dando, Malcolm (eds.) Rethinking Public Policy-making: Questioning Assumptions, Challenging Beliefs.Essays in Honour of Sir Geoffrey Vickers on his Centenary
Hay, Colin Re-stating Social and Political Change
Barberis, Peter (ed.) The Whitehall Reader. The UK's Administrative Machine in Action
Bekke, Hans, Perry, James and Toonen, Theo (eds.) Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective
The Constitution Unit, University College London Delivering Constitutional Reform
Nagel, Stuart S. (ed.) Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 7
Kirkpatrick, Ian, Lucio, Miguel Martinez (eds.) The Politics of quality in the Public Sector
Peters, B. Guy and Rockman, Bert A. (eds.) Agenda for Excellence 2: Administering the State
Heyen, E.V. (ed.) Yearbook of European Administrative History, Volume 5: Bureaucratisation et Professionalisation de la Politique Sociale en Europe (1870–1918)
Caulfield, Janice and Wanna, John (eds.) Power and Politics in the City: Brisbane in Transition
Kickert, W. and Van Vught, F. (eds.) Public Policy and Administration Sciences in the Netherlands     

Role Stress: A Career Stage Comparison

Based on the premise that the individual's perception of the work roles differs across career stages, several studies have shown that role stress also differs. The main purpose of this study is to investigate if moderating variables like motivation, locus of control, and self-efficacy would also impact stress-outcome relationships differently across career stages. Multiple moderator regression analysis was used to analyze the data collected from respondents belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Tamil Nadu Cadre. The findings of the study indicated a significant difference in the moderating role of the personality variables across career stages. The main implication is that organizations may have to design specific stress intervention programs based on the nature of role stressors experienced in each of the career stages. An effort to strengthen personality variables that act as positive moderators must also be made an integral part of the stress intervention programs.     

Patterns of Enterpreneurship: A Study of Gender Training Frameworks for Officers of the Indian Administrative Service

Abstract

The awareness of women as a category of development promoted the establishment of Women in Development (WID) organizations but these remain on the peripheries of mainstream development concerns. This research examines the entrepreneurial roles of Indian Administrative officers for gender aware planning and implementation of gender aware development planning. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is a critical stakeholder in the innovation process for gender aware development planning. This article reviews the introductory training program of all IAS candidates to establish the institutional culture and organizational procedures describing the audience of the IAS organization. The institutional culture and procedures of the IAS perpetuate a gender bias for WID and not Gender and Development (GAD) programs. Bureaucratic advocates for this type of development planning hold conflicting roles within government agencies as system maintainers and policy advocates. This study reviews the content and implications of three different gender-training frameworks dominate in the field: gender analysis, gender-planning, and social relations. Comparing these frameworks provides insights into the positioning of IAS officers and departments as possible agents of innovation for gender aware planning and policy. The range of innovations vary from acquiring skills for job performance, or creating separate agencies and new institutions to assessment of entrenched attitudes and procedures reinforcing gender inequity within the agency. Implicit in each framework are different views about IAS officers as planners and administrators.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Statesmen in Disguise: The Changing Role of the Administrative Class of the British Home Civil Service, 1853–1966 Geoffrey K.Fry. Macmillan. The Higher Civil Service in Britain By Richard A.Chapman. Governing Britain By A.H.Hanson and Malcolm Walles. Government in France: An Introduction to the Executive Power By Malcolm Anderson. Government in Sweden: The Executive at Work By Neil Elder. Local Government in England 1958–1969 By H.Victor Wiseman (ed.). Democracy and Community By William Hampton. Going Comprehensive: Educational Policy-making in Two County Boroughs By R.Batley, O.O'Brien and H.Parris. American City Politics By P.J.Madgwick. Government Patronage of the Arts in Great Britain By J.S.Harris.     

Book Reviews

Book Reveiwed in this article
Towards a Philosophy of Administration Christopher Hodgkinson.
The British Philosophy of Administration Rosamund Thomas.
Working at Stormont John A. Oliver
Parliament and Public Spending: The Expenditure Committee of the House of Commons, 1970–76 Ann Robinson.
Ombudsmen Compared Frank Stacey.
Public Service Inquiries in Australia Edited by R. F. I. Smith and Patrick Weller
Organizational Effectiveness in a Multi-National Bureaucracy Hans J. Michelmann.
Health Services: Their Nature and Organization and the Role of Patients, Doctors and the Health Professions Edited by Elliott Jaques.
Strategy and Conflict in Metropolitan Housing K. Young and J. Kramer.
Representation and Administrative Tribunals Anne Frost and Coral Howard.
Cumulative Index to Public Administration Vols. 1–55: 1923–1977 Mohinder Singh and R. N. Sharma.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article
The Government and Politics of France: Vol. II Politics Dorothy Pickles.
Industry and the Civil Service Nicholas Ridley.
Urban Government for Rio de Janeiro Ivan L. Richardson.
Urban Government for Valencia, Venezuela Mark W.Cannon
Judicial Review of Administrative Action S.A.de Smith.
Constitutional and Administrative Law O.Hood Phillips.
Cases and Statutes on Constitutional and Administrative Law H.W.Clarke.
The English Legal System A.K.R.Kiralfy.
Cases and Materials on the English Legal System Geoffrey Wilson.
Social Security and Society Victor George.
Poverty and Equality in Britain: A Study of Social Security and Taxation J.C.Kincaid.
Present and Future in Higher Education Edited by R.E.Bell and A. J.Youngson.
An Accessions Tax C.T.Sandford, J.K.Willis and D. J.Ironside.
Hidden Costs of Taxation C.T.Sandford.
Handbook of O & M Analysis W.A.R.Webster.
Current Practice in Program Budgeting (PPBS) David Novick
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Expenditure G.H.Peters.
Building Permits: A Comparative Study General Rapporteur: Jaques Stassen.
Transportation Planning and Public Policy D.N.M.Starkie.
Policy in Transport in New Zealand M.R.Palmer (ed.)
Implementation Jeffrey L.Pressman and Aaron B. Wildavsky.
A Practical Guide to Flexible Working Hours Stephen J.Baum and W.McEwan Young.
The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions Theodore L.Becker and Malcolm M.Feeley.
Opening up the Suburbs: An Urban Strategy for America Anthony Downs.
Training for Communication John Adair.
Collective Bargaining in the Public Service
Councils, Committees and Boards Edited by I.G.Anderson.     

Book Notes

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Making Devolution Work David Heald
Chrysler and the Cabinet: How the Deal was Done Granada Television
Developing Research on African Administration: Same Methodological Issues Adebayo Adedeji and Goran Hyden (eds.)
Development of the Welfare Rights Service in Manchester 7972–7976 City of Manchester Social Services Department
A Guide to the New Children Act 7975 Jennifer Terry.
Fuel Debts: Social Problems in Centrally Heated Council Housing, J. L. Hesketh.
Leisure and Culture in Local Government F. M.M. Lewes and S. J. Mennell.
Community Action versus Pollution Irene M. Hall.
Staff Working Groups Ivan Brown.
From Summit to Council: Evolution in the EEC Annette Morgan.
Northern Ireland: A Time of Choice Richard Rose.
Patterns of Administrative Development in Independent India E.N. Mangat Rai.
Benefit - Cost Analysis Guide Treasury Board
Appointment as a Magistrate D.M. Davies.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Executive Process: Volume I: Implementation in a Bureaucracy. Volume II: Control in a Bureaucracy. Andrew Dunsire. Martin Robertson
Public Expenditure, Management and Control: The Development of the Expenditure Survey Committee (PESC) Sir Richard Clarke, edited by Sir Alec Cairncross.
Making Budgets: Public Resource Allocation James N. Danziger.
Political Leadership in Local Authorities Edited by G.W. Jones and Alan Norton.
British Rearmament and the Treasury, 1932–1939 G. C. Peden
The Commonwealth Office 1925–1968 Joe Garner.
The Development of an Education Service: The West Riding 1889–1974 P.H.J.H. Gosden and P. R. Sharp.
Professionals and Management Russell D. Lansbury.
State Shareholding: The Role of Local and Regional Authorities R. Minns and J. Thornley.
Administrative Justice and the Unemployed Julian Fullbrook.     

Local Chairs vs International Networks: the Beginning of the Scholarly Career in a Peripheral Academic Field

Sensitive to the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production, this article explores how scholars in peripheral fields use knowledge from central fields to structure their academic careers. The article presents the findings of a case study of career choices of political scientists in Argentina. In order to understand the interplay between foreign knowledge and local strategies of enacting networks, this article focuses on the beginning of academic careers. At this early stage, political scientists in Argentina usually have to make a decision whether to stay in the country or go abroad for postgraduate education. Relying on positioning theory and recent developments in Science and Technology Studies, we identified two alternative positioning strategies. Those who stay in Argentina tend to hoard as many scholarly positions as possible, enacting local networks oriented towards teaching. Scholars who go abroad enact networks with international dimensions, in the process enrolling persons and objects, though not always successfully. Scholars with international experience tend to be research oriented, and they mention the working conditions abroad as particularly attractive. We show the extent to which these findings challenge some views of centers and periphery and highlight the active role of scholars in peripheral scientific fields.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Public Administration Teaching in Further and Higher Education Roy Lewis and Chris Himsworth.
The Superbureaucrats: Structure and Behaviour in Central Agencies Colin Campbell and George J. Szablowski.
The Reorganization of British Local Government: Orthodoxies and a Political Perspective John Dearlove.
The British New Towns: A Programme Without Policy Meryl Aldridge.
The Study of Social Policy: A comparative Approach Barbara Rodgers, Abraham Doron and Michael Jones.
The Changing Image of the Magistracy Sir Thomas Skyrme.
Public Sector Bargaining: A Study of Relative Gain A. W. J. Thomson and P. B. Beaumont.
The Postal Business 1969–79: A Case Study in Public Sector Management Michael E. Corby.
Reorganizing the National Health Service: A Case Study of Administrative Change R. G. S. Brown.
Government Administration in Australia R. N. Spann.
An Idea and Its Servants: UNESCO From Within Richard Hoggart.     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader R. N. Spann and G. R. Curnow.
Europa Administration Munchen: Verlag Dokumentation
Outlines of Public Administration R. E. C. Jewell.
Policy Analysis Thomas R.
The Dynamics of Publíc Policy: A Comparative Analysis Richard Rose (ed.).
The Civil Service in Great Britain S. R. Maheshwari.
Sample Surveys and Public Participation Noel Boaden and Raymond Walker.
Methods of Approaching Groups in South Yorkshire William Hampton and Wendy Beale.
Labour and Local Politics John Gyford and Richard Baker.
Parliaments of the World: A Reference Compendium Prepared by Valentine Herman with the collaboration of Françoise Mendel.
A Textbook of Personnel Management George Thomason.
Face to Face: A Practical Guide to Interactive Skills Peter Honey.
Employment Law B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins.
Management and Productivity: An International Directory of Institutions and Information Sources Geneva: International Labour Office.
Project Appraisal in Practice M. F. G. Scott
The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1975 Kathleen Jones (ed.).
Control of the Curriculum: Issues and Trends in Britain and Europe Ron Glatter (ed.).
Adolescence and Community: The Youth Service in Britain John Eggleston.
Mental Health Brenda M. Hoggett.
Kent County Council Publications Research and Intelligence Unit
Rural Settlement Policies and Plans Brian J. Woodruffe.
Planning, Development and the Community Land Scheme Geoffrey Parsons and Barry Redding.
Political Culture in Ireland: The Views of Two Generations John Raven
Political and Administrative Federalism R. M. Burns et al .
Victoria Park, Manchester: A nineteenth century suburb in its social and administrative context Maurice Spiers     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Public Administration: Government in Action Ivan L. Richardson and Sydney Baldwin.
Basic Documents of American Public Administration 1776–1950 Frederick C. Mosher (ed.).
Public Administration and Legislatures: Examination and Exploration John A. Worthley.
Introduction to British Politics P. J. Madgwick. 2nd ed.
Political Behaviour Howard Elcock.
Harvard Business Review on Management Heinemann.
A Critical Introduction to Organization Theory Bruno Lussato.
Contrasts in Management Rosemary Stewart.
Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession M. Kubr (ed.).
Computers in Public Administration: An International Perspective Samuel J. Bernstein.
Tomorrow's Men Today Andrew Stewart and Valerie Stewart. Institute of Personnel Management and Institute of Manpower Studies.
Cost Effective Recruitment John Courtis.
Town and Country Planning in Britain J. B. Cullingworth.
Need and the National Health Service: Economics and Social Choice A. J. Culyer.
Essays on the Welfare State Richard M. Titmuss.
Cases and Materials on Constitutional and Administrative Law Geoffrey Wilson.
Demands for Social Knowledge: The Role of Research Organizations Elizabeth Crawford and Norman Perry (eds.).
The I975 Referendum David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article
Environmental Planning: A Political and Philosophical Analysis Lincoln Allison.
Without Sympathy or Enthusiasm: The Problem of Administrative Compassion Victor A.Thompson.
The Parliamentary Ombudsman: A Study in the Control of Administrative Action Roy Gregory and Peter Hutchesson.
Committees of Inquiry Gerald Rhoda.
The Failure of the State: On the Distribution of Political and Economic Power in Europe James Cornford (ed).
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Government Bills J.A.G.Griffith.     

Bureaucratic Elitism in Bangladesh: The Predominance of Generalist Administrators

This article briefly examines bureaucratic elitism in Bangladesh, which basically inherited a transformed version of the British colonial administrative legacy. With its distinctiveness as a special social group, the bureaucracy maintains itself as a subsystem with pronounced autonomy. The Administrative Cadre of the civil service preserves the elitist tradition in supportive political conditions. It virtually shields itself from other functional groups and its members occupy key positions in the governmental structure and wield tremendous power and authority over policy making. Indoctrination and training is its own preserve and highly politicised groups within it regulate civil service recruitment and placements. Within the Administrative Cadre, elite integration is strong, while there is wide differentiation between this group and other cadres. Reform attempts failed to make inroads into changing bureaucratic behaviour mainly due to resistance from the elitist cadre, which remains the dominant instrument of the political executive.     

Book Reviews

Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays Steering the Economy: the Role of the Treasury The Politics and Economics of Public Spending Democracy in the Administrative State The Policy-Making Process The Story of the Cabinet Office The Politics of Legislation: The Rent Act, 1957 Die Interministeriellen AusschÜsse der Bundesministerien Kooperativer FÖderalismus in der Bundesrepublik Von der Reichskanzlei zum Bundeskanzleramt Political and Administrative Development Personnel Management in Context Performance and Progress in Working Life Modern Hospital Management Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India and Pakistan: A Comparative Study of Principles and Remedies     

Administrative Styles in the OECD: Bureaucratic Policy-Making beyond Formal Rules

As we know from comparative public policy, bureaucracies contribute to a considerable degree to the contents and the ways of policy-making. One important driver of administrative policy-making are their specific “styles” or “cultures”. “Administrative styles” are understood here as the standard operating procedures and routines that characterize the behavior and activities of administrative bodies in initiating, drafting and implementing policy. In this article, we convey the concept of Administrative Styles to the level of International Organizations (IOs) and apply it to the Organization for Economic Development and Co-Operation (OECD). The article proceeds in three steps: First, the concept of administrative styles is introduced and refined. Drawing on expert interviews with OECD staff, we secondly show that consideration of OECD administrative styles significantly advances the literature’s understanding of the organization. Finally, we give an outlook on new research avenues and the relevance of our findings for the study of International Public Administrations (IPAs) more generally.