BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Report of the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Toronto. By Carl H. Goldenberg. La responsabilité extra-contractuelle de la couronne au Canada. Far Mme Henriette Immarigeon. Business Data Processing. By Elias M. Awad. The Analysis of Organizations. By Joseph A. Litterer. Report of the Royal Commission on Health Services: Provision, Distribution and Cost of Drugs in Canada.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: One Country or Two Edited by r. m. burns. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press Federal-Provincial Diplomacy: The Making of Present Policy in Canada By richard simeon. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Schools for Ontario: Policy Making, Administration, and Finance in the 1960s By david m. Cameron. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Regional Government in Ontario Edited by trevor price. Windsor: University of Windsor Press Comparative Federalism: The Territorial Dimension of Politics By IVO d. duchacek. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston The ‘Open’ Commonwealth By M. MARGARET BALL Durham, NC: Duke University Press Planning-Programming-Budgeting: A systems Approach to Management Edited by fremont j. lyden and ernest g. mlm. Second Edition. Chicago: Markham Publishing Company The Financial System of Canada By e. P. neufeld. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada New Approaches to Public Decision-Making By alice m. rivlin. Special Study no. 18 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada Why Distribution is Important: An Examination of Equity and Efficiency Criteria in Benefit-Cost Analysis By Walter heWch. Special Study no. 19 prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada The Assault on Privacy By arthur r. miller. Bergenfeld, NJ: Signet The Limits of Organizational Change By Herbert kaufman. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration : By William Thornhill Governing Nova Scotia: Policies, Priorities and the 1984.1985 Budget : Edited by Barbara Jamieson Bureaucrats and Policy Making Edited by Ezra N. Suleiman . Social Impact Assessment and Monitoring: A Guide to the Literature By Michael J. Carley and Eduardo S. Bustelo     

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Rapport de l'enquête de la Commission royal sur la fiscalité. Financial Committees of the Indian Parliament: A Study in Parliamentary Control over Public Expenditure. By R. N. Agawam . The Financing of Canadian Federation: The First Hundred Years. By A. Milton Moore , J. Harvey Perry , and Donald I. Beach . The British and Their Successors: A Study in the Development of the Government Services in the New States. By R. Symonds .     

From systems analysis to policy analysis

How Much is Enough?By alain c. enthoven and k. wayne smith. New York: Harper and Row Systematic Thinking for Social Action. By alice rivlin. Washington: The Brookings Institution Eighth Annual Review: Design for Decision-Making. An Application to Human Resources Policies. By economic council of Canada. Ottawa: Information Canada     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Canadinn Crown Corporations. By C. A. Ashley and R. G. H. Smails. The United Nations Administrative Tribunal. By Byung Chul Koh. Public Sector Pensions. By Gerald Rhodes. Urban Transportation and Public Policy. By Lyle C. Fitch and Associates.     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State By Stephen Clarkson . Building Consensus for a Sustainable Future: Putting Principles into Practice By Gerald Cormick , Norman Dale , Paul Emond , S. Glenn Si Curdson and Barry D. Stuart . The Trouble with Democracy: A Citizen Speaks Out By William D. Gairdner . State Work: Public Administratfon and Mass Intellectuality By Stefano Harney . Improving Governance: A New Logic for Empirical Research By Laurence E. Lynn , Jr ., Carolyn J. Heinrich and Carolyn J. Hill . Agenda‐Setting Dynamics in Canada By Stuart N. Soroka .     

Books Reviewed Comptes Rendus

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.     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Program Evaluation:Edited by DENNIS j. palumbo Equality and Access: A New Social Contract:By BONNIE DIAMOND and FRANCINE FOURNIER Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Aenda: The Case of the East Coast FBsheries:By A. Paul pross and susan mccorquodale Uneasy Lies the Head: The Wuth about Canada's Crown Corporations:By WALTER Stewart Haven's Gate: Canada's Immigration Fiasco:By victor malarek. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada Open Government: A Study of the Prospects of Open Government within the Limitation of the British Political System:Edited by Richard a. chapman and michael HUNT Strategies for Policy Making:By GROVER STARLING Who's in Charge?: The Mixed Ownership Corporation in Canada:By STEPHEN BROOKS.     

Books Reviewed Comptes rendus

Prairie Politics and Society: Regionalism in Decline; By ROGER GIBBINS Cultural Boundaries and the Cohesion of Canada; By RAYMOND BRETON, JEFFREY G. REITZ, VICTOR VALENTINE Women and the Constitution; Edited by AUDREY DOERR and MICHELINE CARRIER New Public Administration; By H. GEORGE FREDERICKSON. University, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press Federalism, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy: The Politics of Highway Transport Regulation; By RICHARD J. SCHULTZ . Toronto: University of Toronto Press for the Institute of Public Administration of Canada The Politics of Federalism: Ontario's Relations with the Federal Government, 1867–1942; By CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG . Ontario Historical Studies Series, Toronto: University of Toronto Press Organizational Effectiveness in a Multinational Bureaucracy; By HANS J. MICHELMANN Welfare, Justice, and Freedom; By SCOTT GORDON Women and the Chip: Case Studies of the Effects of Informatics on Employment in Canada; By HEATHER MENZIES Wealth and Poverty; By GEORGE GILDER     

Book reviews Comptes rendus

Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in Civic American Life By THEDA SKOCPOL. Noram, OK: University of Oklalioma Press. Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations By BARRY DYM and HARRY HUSTON. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing. P17. Psychologie du travail et comportement organisationnel, 2^eédition Dr SHIMON L. DOLAN, ERIC GOSSELIN, JULES CARRIERE, gérald lamoureux. Current Directions in Financial Regulation: Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University Edited by FRANK MILNE and EDWIN N. NEAVE. Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press. Almost Home: Reforming Home and Community Care in Ontario By PATRICIA M. BARANEK, RAISA B. DEBER, and A. PAUI. Williams. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Sisyphe et le financement de l'État Dr PIERRE P. TREMBLAY. Suinte‐Foy (Québec): Presses de I'University du Québec Governing Education By BENJAMIN LEVIN. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2005.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Judicial Committee and The British North America Ad. By G. P. Browne. Public Relations in Administration. II: The Influence of the Public on the Operation of Public Administration, excluding Electoral Rights. By Mumtaz Soysal. The Process of Government. By Arthur F. Bentley.     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

L'administration publique De CAROLLE SIMARD et LUC BERNIER. Le management public: comprendre et gérer les institutions de I'État Québec Résumé de I'ouvrage Whose North? Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories By MARK O. DICKERSON. Breaking the Shackles: Deregulating Canadian Industry By WALTER BLOCK and GEORGE LERMER, eds. L'éthique et la politique au Canada¹ De JANET HIEBERT Les relations de pouvoir dans les lois. Comparaison entre les gouvernements du Québec de 1944 à 1985 De VINCENT LEMIEUX. Public Employee Compensation and its Role in Public Sector Strategic Management By GILBERT B. SIEGAL. City Management in Canada: The Role of the Chief Administrative Officer By T. J. PLUNKETT. Managing Local Government: Public Administration in Practice By RICHARD D. BINGHAM. Why Meech Failed: Lessons for Canadian Constitution-Making By RAYMOND BRETON Exemplary Public Administrators: Character and Leadership in Government Edited by TERRY L. COOPER and N. DALE WRIGHT.     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Strategic Design and Organizational Change: Pacific Rim Seaports in Transition:By Herman L. Boschken. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 1988. Pp. xvi, 234; Index. $29.95 (cloth) Leadership, Organizations and Culture:By Peter B. Smith and Mark F. Peterson. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. 1988. Pp. 208 When Public Sector Workers Unionize:Edited by Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1988. Pg. 419 Spolls of Power: The Politics of Patronage:By Jeffrey Simpson. Toronto: Collins Publishers. 1988. Pp. 406. $27.95 (cloth)     

Bureaucracy and governance

Bureaucracy and Political Power. By B. C. Smith . Sussex and New York: Wheatsheaf Books and St. Martin's Press, 1988. Pp. 237. Bibliography and index. £12.95 (cloth) Organizing Governance: Governing Organizations. By Colin Campbell and B. Guy Peters , eds. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1988. Pp. 388. $34.95 (cloth)     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Canada's Video Revolution: Pay-TV, Home Video and Beyond: By Peter Lyman The Introduction of Pay-TV in Canada: Issues and Implications: Edited by R. Brian Woodrow and Kenneth B. Woodside Aquaculture: The Legal Frame Work : By Bruce H. Wildsmith Marketing Canada's Energy: A Strategy for Security in Oil and Gas: By I.A. Mcdougall Offshore Oil: Opportunities for Industrial Development and Job Creation : By Roger Voyer Traité de droit administratif : 2^eédition, tome 1 par René Dussault et Louis Borceat     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Urban General Plan. By T. J. Kent, Jr. The Future of Development Plans: A Report by the Planning Advisory Group. Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Ministry of Transport and Scottish Development Department.     

Book Notes/Résumés de livres

Donald F. Kettl and John J. Dilulio Jr. Inside the Reinvention Machine: Appraising Governmental Reform. Arie Halachmi and Geert Bouckaert, eds. Public Productivity Through Quality and Strategic Management. David D. Chrislip and Carl E. Larson. Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference. Paul C. Nutt and Robert W. Backoff. Strategic Management of Public and Third Sector Organizations William A. Band. Touchstones: Ten New Ideas Revolutionizing Business.     

Aboriginal self-government

Aboriginal Self-Government Arrangements in Canada. By Evelyn J. Peters , Background Paper 15, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University: Kingston, Ontario. 1987. Pp. 66 (paper) Completing Canada: Inuit Approaches to Self-Government. Inuit Committee on National Issues . Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University: Kingston, Ontario. 1987. Pp. 44 (paper) Future Issues of Jurisdiction and Cooperation between Aboriginal and Non-aboriginal Governments. By Ian B. Cowie . Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University: Kingston, Ontario. 1987. Pp. 75 (paper)