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Book reviews in this article:
ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICS IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Andrew Gray and William Jenkins.
POLITICAL THEORIES OF MODERN GOVERNMENT, ITS ROLE, AND REFORM Peter Self.
THE PATHOLOGY OF PUBLIC POLICY B. W. Hogwood and B. G. Peters.
PAYING & CHOOSING: THE INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE MIXED ECONOMY Leo Pliatzky.
PARLIAMENT IN THE 1980s Philip Norton (ed.).
THE NEW SELECT COMMITTEES Gavin Drewry (ed.).
HALF CENTURY OF MUNICIPAL DECLINE 1935–1985 Martin Loughlin, M. David Gelfand and Ken Young (eds.).
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL EXPENDITURE K. Newton and T. J. Karran.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY Alan Norton (ed).
REGULATING THE AIRLINES: ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND AGENCY DISCRETION Robert Baldwin.
THE THISTLE AND THE CROWN: A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH OFFICE John S. Gibson.
THE MIDDLE OF WHITEHALL: SOME ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS Dorothy Johnstone.
PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND Richard Chapman (ed.).
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UK: POLITICS AND POLICIES Jeremy Moon and Jeremy Richardson.
THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN SOCIAL WELFARE Hugh Mellor.
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Philip L. Lloyd
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION W. Thornhill     

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Book reviews in this article:
POLICY EVALUATION: MAKING OPTIMUM DECISIONS Stuart S. Nagel.
POLICY DYNAMICS Brian Hogwood and B. Guy Peters.
PLANNING THEORY: PROSPECTS FOR THE 1980s Patsy Healey, Glen McDougall and Michael J. Thomas (eds.).
BRITONS IN BRUSSELS: OFFICIALS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT Virginia Willis.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL SERVICES N. Boaden, M. Goldsmith and P. Stringer.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: HISTORY AND THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE Joseph A. Uveges Jr. (ed.)
THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION IN UNITED KINGDOM POLITICS Peter Madgwick and Richard Rose (eds.).
DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION Tony Bush and Maurice Kogan.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND CONTROL IN WHITEHALL Proceedings of a seminar organized by the Royal Institute of Public Administration in association with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
POLICY AND POLITICS IN FRANCE: LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY Douglas E. Ashford.
THE HOME OFFICE: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION Home Office Bicentenary Lectures 1982.
COMMUNITY CARE - THE FAMILY, THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY Alan Walker (ed.).
TACKLING THE TOWN HALL: A LOCAL AUTHORITY HANDBOOK Roger Jefferies.     

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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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Book Reviewed in this article:
THE WELFARE STATE IN BRITAIN SINCE 1945 Rodney Lowe.
UNRAVELLING HOUSING FINANCE John Hills.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES. AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY J.A. Chandler (ed.)
RESEARCHING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR Susan K. E. Saxon-Harold and Jeremy Kendall (eds.)
ADVISING WEST EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS: INQUIRIES, EXPERTISE AND PUBLIC POLICY B. Guy Peters and Anthony Barker (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF EXPERT ADVICE: CREATING, USING AND MANIPULATING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Anthony Barker and B. Guy Peters (eds.)
THE USES OF DISCRETION Keith Hawkins (ed.)
THE REGIONS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Robert Leonardi (ed.)     

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CABINET Peter Hennessy
WHITEHALL: TRAGEDY AND FARCE Clive Ponting
POLICY CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT: THREE CASE STUDIES Nicholas Deakin (ed.)
JOB AT THE TOP Sir John Boynton
ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
NEW RESEARCH IN CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TRADING STANDARDS SERVICES Gerald Rhodes
PROFESSIONALISM AND POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONS IN THE CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP M. Laffin Gower
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATISM Wyn Grant (ed.)
PUBLIC PERSONNEL POLICY: THE POLITICS OF CIVIL SERVICE David H. Rosenbloom (ed.)
THE PRIVATE EXERCISE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONS Denis L. Thompson (ed.)
MEASURING UP: CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY SERVICES National Consumer Council
PUBLIC HOUSING AND PRIVATE PROPERTY 1970–1984 Stephanie Cooper Gower
WOMEN AND EUROPEAN POLITICS: COMTEMPORARY FEMINISM AND PUBLIC POLICY Joni Lovenduski
FUTURE WORK: JOBS, SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL AGE James Robertson Gower
THE COMPLETE PLAIN WORDS Sir Ernest Gowers     

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DEMOCRACY, BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC CHOICE Patrick Dunleavy.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM COMES OF AGE Gerald E. Caiden.
EDINBURGH ESSAYS IN PUBLIC LAW W. Fie, C. Himsworth and N. Walker (eds.)
CRITICISM AND PUBLIC RATIONALITY: PROFESSIONAL RIGIDITY AND THE SEARCH FOR CARING G0VERNMENT Harry Smart.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE: TREMDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker (eds.)
STATE RESTRUCTURING AND LOCAL POWER - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE C. Pickvance and E. Preteceille (eds.)
GOVERNING BIG CITIES: THE MANAGEMENT OF DECENTRALIZATION Graham Bush.
THE POLITICS OF THE IRISH CONSTITLITION Basil Chubb.
POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING IN NORTHERN IRELAND M. Connolly.
INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK Lewis Roberts and Albert Weale (eds.)
CONTROLLING POLLUTION IN THE ROUND: CHANGE AND CHOICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN BRITAIN AND GERMANY A. Weale, T. O'Riordan and L. Kramme.
WASTE LOCATION: SPATIAL ASPECTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, HAZARDS AND DISPOSAL M. Clark, D. Smith and A. Blowers (eds.)
THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF NUCLEAR WASTE A. Blowers, D. Lowry and B. Solomon.
PUBLIC ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: SEVEN COUNTRY STUDIES Roger Wettenhall and Colm O'Nuallain.
ESPIONAGE AND SECRECY: THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACTS 1911–1989 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Rosamund M. Thomas.
A VOICE FOR CHILDREN: SPEAKING OUT AS THEIR OMBUDSMAN Målfrid Grude Flekkøy Jessica.
UNRAVELLING HOUSING FINANCE: SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS, AND TAXATION John Hills Alan Murie.
DILEMMAS OF PLANNING PRACTICE Huw Thomas and Patsy Healey (eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
GETTING AND SPENDING: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION Leo Pliatzky
THE ENGLISH ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 1780–1870 Sir Norman Chester
POLICY AND ACTION: ESSAYS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY S. Barrett and C. Fudge (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF MASS HOUSING IN BRITAIN 1945–1975: A STUDY OF CORPORATE POWER AND PROFESSIONAL INFLUENCE IN THE WELFARE STATE Patrick Dunleavy
POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE MULTI-RACIAL CITY Ken Young and Naomi Connelly
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY David Donnison
POVERTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-POVERTY POLICY IN THE UK Richard Berthoud, Joan C. Brown and Steven Cooper
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY Susanne MacGregor
THE ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES Norman J. Ornstein (ed.)
OMBUDSMAN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY P. Cook
THE FUTURE OF COUNCIL HOUSING John English (ed.)
THE WASHINGTON REPORTERS Stephen Hess
NUCLEAR POWER HAZARD CONTROL POLICY John C. Chicken     

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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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PUBLIC POWER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Peter Wilenski
PUBLIC LAW AND POLITICS Carol Harlow (ed.)
PUBLIC LAW AND POLITICS Carol Harlow (ed.)
TOP JOBS IN WHITEHALL: APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS IN THE SENIOR CML SERVICE
GIVING DIRECTION TO CML SERVANTS: SIGNALS FROM THE LAW, EXPERTISE, THE MARKET, AND THE ELECTORATE Richard Rose
PRIVATISATION AND REGULATION: THE UK EXPERIENCE John Kay, Colin Mayer and David Thompson (eds.)
PUBLIC ENTERPRISE IN WESTERN EUROPE Henry Parris, Pierre Pestieau and Peter Saynor
BRITISH RAILWAYS 1948–1973: A BUSINESS HISTORY T. R. Gourvish
THE EMERGENCE OF THE WELFARE STATES Douglas E. Ashford
MANAGING HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH AUTHORITY MEMBERS IN SEARCH OF A ROLE Christopher Ham
GOVERNMENT AND THE UNIVERSITIES IN BRITAIN: PROGRAMME AND PERFORMANCE 1960–1980 John Carswell
DISASTER POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: MANAGING PROGRAMS UNDER SHARED GOVERNANCE Peter J. May Walter
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION Cameron Ross     

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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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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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PRIME MINISTER, CABINET AND CORE EXECUTIVE R.A.W. Rhodes and Patrick Dunleavy THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Robert Pyper QUALITY IN PUBLIC SERVICES Lucy Gaster QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN EUROPEAN PUBLIC SERVICES: CONCEPTS, CASES AND COMMENTARY Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert (eds.) LEADERSHIP OF PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES Larry D. Terry THEORY AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE David Marsh'and Gerry Stoker JUDICIAL REVIEW: LAW AND PROCEDURE Richard Gordon THEORIES OF URBAN POLITICS D. Judge, G. Stoker and H. Wolman (eds.) UNDERSTANDING POLICY FIASCOS Mark Bovens and Paul‘tHart BRITISH SOCIAL POLICY SINCE 1945 Howard Glennerster DISMANTLING THE WELFARE STATE? REAGAN, THATCHER, AND THE POLITICS OF RETRENCHMENT Paul Pierson THE FOUNDATION OF MERIT: PUBLIC SERVICE IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Patricia Wallace Ingraham THE REGIONAL IMPERATIVE: REGIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Urlan A. Wannop PERPETUATING THE PORK BARREL: POLICY SUBSYSTEMS AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Robert M. Stein and Kenneth N. Bickers FROM ARM'S LENGTH TO HANDS-ON: THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF ONTARIO'S PUBLIC SERVICE 1867–1940 J. E. Hodgetts THE ROAD TO BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: PROGRESS AND CONSTRAINTS IN FIVE CANADIAN FEDERAL AGENCIES G. Bruce Doern LES RÉSEAUX DE POLITIQUE PUBLIQUE: DÉBAT AUTOUR DES POLICY NETWORKS Patrick Le Galès and Mark Thatcher (eds.) THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF SPAIN Paul Heywood ADENAUER TO KOHL: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CHANCELLORSHIP Stephen Padgett POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES Robert Elgie     

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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:
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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BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE: MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT Timothy W. Plumptre
ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS Mary Daly
BEYOND WESTMINSTER AND WHITEHALL: THE SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS OF BRITAIN R. A. W. Rhodes
MANAGING THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: SHIFTING THE FRONTIER Stephen Harrison
JOINT PLANNING AND JOINT MANAGEMENT Gerald Wistow and Tessa Brooks (eds.)
EVALUATING POLICE WORK: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT Christine Horton and David Smith
INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT: STUDIES IN THE DYNAMICS OF POLICY-MAKING Roger Davidson and Phil White (eds.)
GOVERNING EDUCATION: A SOCIOLOGY OF POLICY SINCE 1945 A. McPherson and C. Raab
FREEDOM AND EDUCATION: WAYS OF INCREASING OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY John Tomlinson, Peter Mortimore and Pamela Sammons
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT G. Stoker
THE REFORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE IN BRITAIN S. J. Bailey and R. Paddison (eds.)
THE POLITICS OF THE URBAN CRISIS A. Sills, G. Taylor and P. Golding Hutchinson
REVERSING INDUSTRIAL DECLINE Paul Hirst and Jonathan Zeitlin (eds.)     

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Book reviews in this article:
PUBLIC POLICY IN BRITAIN Martin Burch and Bruce Wood.
POLICY ADVICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SURVIVAL Michael J. Prince.
TAX POLICY-MAKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Ann Robinson and Cedric Sandford.
THE FRAGMENTED STATE: THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF POWER Ronan Paddison.
TERRITORY AND POWER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM J. Bulpitt.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY K. Koenig, H-J. von Oertzen and F. Wagener (eds.).
GOVERNMENT AND URBAN POVERTY: INSIDE THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS Joan Higgins et al.
PLANNING FOR PRIORITY GROUPS Howard Glennerster, Nancy Korman and Francis Marslen-Wilson.
POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND DISADVANTAGE: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE Roger Fuller and Olive Stevenson.
SOVIET LOCAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Everett M. Jacobs (ed.).
THE POLITICS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Rudolf Klein.
BRITISH POLICY AND THE IRISH ADMINISTRATION 1920–22 John McColgan.     

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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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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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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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Book reviews in this article:
APPROACHES IN PUBLIC POLICY Steve Leach and John Stewart (eds.).
PROFESSIONAL POWER AND SOCIAL WELFARE Paul Wilding Routledge and Kegan Paul.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC POWER David Coombes.
REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM Samuel Krislov and David H. Rosenbloom.
ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND POLITICIANS: THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS OF NATIONALISED ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN BRITAIN Leslie Hannah.
VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITS Seminar proceedings, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. with RIPA.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND Desmond Roche.
INNER CITY REGENERATION Robert K. Home.
THE MOTORWAY AGE — ROAD AND TRAFFIC POLICIES IN POST-WAR BRITAIN David Starkie.
FAMILY ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY Edward Craven, Lesley Rimmer and Malcolm Wicks.
WHITHER STATE WELFARE: POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES, 1979–80 Adrian Webb and Gerald Wistow.
INSTITUTIONS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION Conference Proceedings, Policy Studies Institute with RIPA.