Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Explaining Policy Reversals. By Christopher Hood. The President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American Party System Since the New Deal. By Sidney M. Milkis. Values and Public Policy. Edited by Henry J. Aaron, Thomas E. Mann, and Timothy Taylor. The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adam to George Bush. By Stephen Skowronek. International Handbook of Local and Regional Government. By Alan Norton. Rethinking School Choice: Limits of the Market Metaphor. By Jeffrey R. Henig.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Pressure Groups. By Jeremy Richardson, ed. Lobbying in the EC. By Sonia P. Mazey and Jeremy Richardson, eds. Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad. By R. Kent Weaver and Bert A. Rockman, eds. Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States and the Federal Government. By Alice M. Rivlin. The Rebirth of Urban Democracy. By Jeffrey M. Berry, Kent E. Portney and Ken Thomson. Regulating Covert Action: Practices, Contexts, and Policies of Covert Coercion Abroad in International and American Law. By W. Michael Reisman and James E. Baker.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. By Robert D. Putnam, with Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti. Regulating Unfair Trade. By Pietro Nivola. Trends in Public Sector Pay: A Study of Nine OECD Countries 1985-1990. Public Management Occasional Papers The Rebirth of Federalism: Slouching Toward Washington. By David B. Walker. Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-1990. By Chandler Davidson and Bernard Grofman eds.     

The rise of Pasok: The Greek election of 1981

Presidents and Prime Ministers. Edited by Richard Rose and Ezra N. Suleiman. Washington: American Enterprise Institute, 1980. Pp. 347. £4.75.

Western European Party Systems. Edited by Peter H. Merkl. New York: Collier Macmillan, 1980. Pp. 676. £25.95.

Government and Administration in Western Europe. Edited by F. F. Ridley. Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1979. Pp. 244. £15 (hardback), £4.95 (paperback).

The Politics of Grandeur: Ideological Aspects of de Gaulle's Foreign Policy. By Philip G. Cerny Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980 Pp. 319. £1250.

Contemporary France. Politics and Society Since 1945. By D. L. Hanley, A. P. Kerr and N. H. Waites. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1979. Pp. ix + 325. £8.50.

Social Change in France. By M. Vaughan, M. Kolinsky and P. Sheriff. Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1980. Pp. vii + 216. £9.95.

French Politics and Public Policy. Edited by Philip G. Cerny and Martin A. Schain. London: Frances Pinter, 1980. Pp. xxii + 300. £12.50.

The Unexpected Rebellion: Ethnic Activism in Contemporary France. By William B. Beer. Foreword by Nicolas Wahl. New York and London: New York University Press, 1980. Pp. 150.

La Décadence: 1932–1939. By J.‐B. Duroselle. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, ‘Politique Etrangère de la France’ Collection, 1979. Pp. 568.

French Conservatism in Crisis. The Republican Federation of France in 1930s. By William D. Irvine. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Pp. xx + 256. Bibliography. Index. $17.50.

Vichy et La Corporation Paysanne. By Isabel Boussard. Paris: Presses de la fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1980. Pp. 415.

L'aventure algérienne, 1940–1944: Pétain, Giraud, de Gaulle. By Lucien Adès. Paris: Pierre Belfond, 1979. Pp. 258.

France and the United States. By Jean‐Baptiste Duroselle. The University of Chicago Press, 1978. Translation. Pp. 276. £12.60.

Dualism and Discontinuity in Industrial Societies. By Suzanne Berger and Michael J. Piore. Cambridge: CUP, 1980. Pp. xi + 159. £10.50.

Mobilità senza movimento: Le elezioni del 3 giugno 1979. Edited by Arturo Parisi. Bologna: II Mulino, 1980. Pp. 160. 29 tables. L.8,000.

Eminenza Rossa. By Giancarlo Galli. Milan: Sugar Co Edizioni, 1976. Pp. 232. L.3,200

Maurizio Valenzi—Sindaco a Napoli. Interview by Massimo Ghiara. Rome: Editori Riuniti, 1978. Pp. 190. L. 2,000.

L'Albero in Piazza: storia, cronaca e leggenda delle feste dell ‘Unità. By Claudio Bernieri. Milan: Gabrielle Mazzotta editore, 1977. Pp. 167. L. 2,000.

Le origini dello stalinismo nel PCI: storia della ‘svolta’ comunista degli anni trenta. By Ferdinando ORMEA. Milan: Feltrinelli Editore, 1978. Pp. 344. L.9,000.

Berlinguer. By Vittorio Gorresio. Milan: Feltrinelli Editore, 1976. Pp. 200. L.2,500.

Capital Markets and Industrial Investment in Germany and France. By B. T. Bayliss and A. A. S. Butt Philip. London: Saxon House, 1980. Pp. xiii + 198. £10.50.

Britain in Europe. Edited, by William Wallace. London: Heinemann, 1980. Pp. x + 213. £4.95 (paperback) £10.50 (hardback).

British Foreign Policy and the Atlantic Area. By ARTHUR Cyr. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1979. Pp. 172. £10.00.

The Reluctant Party: Labour and the EEC, 1961–1975. By L.J. Robins. Ormskirk: G. W. and A. Hesketh, 1979. Pp. 155.

Budgetary Politics: The Finances of the European Communities. By Helen Wallace. London: George Allen &; Unwin, 1980. Pp. 120. £6.95 (hardback), £2.95 (paperback).

The Economics of International Integration. By Peter Robson. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1980. Pp. ix + 197. £12.50. £4.95 (paperback).

Agriculture and the European Community. By John S. Marsh and Pamela J. Swanney. London: George Allen &; Unwin, 1980. Pp. 98. £6.95 (hardback), £2.95 (paperback).

The European Community and the Third World: The Lome Convention and its Impact. By Ellen Frey‐Wouters. Eastbourne: Hall‐Saunders Ltd., Praeger Special Studies, 1980. Pp. xii+290. £15.50.

The International Division of Labour and Multinational Companies. A study by P. K. M. Tharakan and a symposium at ECSIM. Farnborough: Saxon House, 1979. Pp. 152.

Regional Policy: Past Experience and New Directions. Edited by Duncan Macklennan and John B. Parr. Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1979. Pp. xviii + 334. £17.50 (hardback), £6.95 (paperback).

Regional Policy in the European Community. Edited by D. Yuill, K. Allen and C. Hull. London: Croom Helm, 1980. Pp. 251. £12.95.

A Political and Electoral Handbook for Wales. By Denis Balsom and Martin Burch. Farnborough: Gower, 1980. Pp. x + 195. £12.50.

Western European Cities in Crisis. Edited by Michael C. Romanos. Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, 1979. Pp. xviii + 243.

A Tale of Five Cities: Life in Provincial Europe Today. By John Ardagh, London: Secker and Warburg, 1979. Pp. 457. £8.95.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Thickening Government, Federal Hierarchy and the Diffusion of Accountability. By Paul C. Light. Taxation and Democracy: Swedish, Brifish, and American Approaches to Financing the Modern State. By Sven Steinmo. Ideology and Political Choice: The Search for Freedom, Justice, and Virtue. By Vernon Van Dyke. Next Steps: Improving Management in Government? By Barry J. O'Toole and Grant Jordan, eds.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries. By Merilee S. Grindle and John W. Thomas. Delivering Health Care Comprehensively. By Richard Brotman, David Hutson, Irving Silverman, and Frederic Suffet. History and Context in Comparative Public Policy. By Douglas E. Ashford, ed. The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? by Gerald N. Rosenberg.     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: The New Wars. By Herfried Münkler. (Cambridge: Polity, 2005). Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire. By Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. (New York: Penguin Press, 2004). Sovereignty and its Discontents: On the Primacy of Conflict and the Structure of the Political. By William Rasch. (London: Birkbeck Law Press, 2004). The State of the Political: Conceptions of Politics and the State in the Thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Franz Neumann. By Duncan Kelly. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.)     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Thatcher, Reagan, Mulroney: In Search of a New Bureaucracy. By Donald Savoie. Administrative Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: Towards Public Sector Reform in Post-Communist Societies. Joachim Jens Hesse, ed. Before the Shooting Begins: Searching for Democracy in America's Culture Wars. By James Davison Hunter. Social Security and Medicare: A Policy Primer. By Eric R. Kingson and Edward D. Berkowitz. The Political Psychology of the Gulf War: Leaders, Publics and the Process of Conflict. Stanley A. Renshon, ed.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations. Edited by Huey-Tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi. A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops. By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. Leadership and the Bush Presidency: Prudence or Drift in an Era of Change? Edited by Ryan J. Barilleaux and Mary E. Stuckey. The Poverty Debate: Politics and the Poor in America. By C. Emory Burton. Economic Rationalism in Canberra — A Nation Building State Changes Its Mind. By Michael Pusey.     

Neither New nor Right

Vu de Droite. By A. de Benoist. Paris: Copernic, 1977. Pp. 626.

Les idées à l'endroit. By A. de Benoist. Paris: Editions libres, Hallier. 1979. Pp. 298.

La Nouvelle Droite. Edited by J. Brunn. Paris: Oswald. 1979. Pp. 391.     

The crisis of European socialism: Searching for a (really) big idea

After the Fall: The Failure of Communism and the Future of Socialism. Edited by Robin Blackburn. London: Verso, 1991. Pp. xvi + 327. £39.95 (hardback); £11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–360 320–1 and 540–9. (Henceforth, Fall).

Social Democracy in Transition: Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe. Edited by L. Karvonen and J. Sundberg. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1991. Pp. ix + 321. £35 (hardback) ISBN 1–85521–1114. (Henceforth, Transition).

The Left Unraveled: Social Democracy and the New Left Challenge in Britain and West Germany. By Thomas A. Koelble. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1991. Pp. xii + 162. $34.95 (hardback) ISBN 0–8223–1108–9. (Henceforth, Unraveled).

The Crisis of Socialism in Europe. Edited by Christiane Lemke and Gary Marks. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1992. Pp. x + 253. £37.95 (hardback); £12.50 (paperback) ISBN 0–8223–1180–1 and 1197–6. (Henceforth, Crisis).

Socialist Parties in Europe. By José Maravall et al. Barcelona: ICPS (Institut de Ciències Politiques i Socials), 1991. Pp. 222. NP, ISBN 84–7794–172–6.(Henceforth, Parties).

A History of Social Democracy in Postwar Europe. By Stephen Padgett and William E. Paterson. London and New York: Longman, 1991. Pp. xii 4 + 290. £24 (hardback); £9.99 (paperback) ISBN 0–582–49173–8 and 49174–6. (Henceforth, History).

Is Socialism Doomed? The Meaning of Mitterrand. By Daniel Singer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Pp. 295. £19.50 (hardback). ISBN 0–195–04925 x. (Henceforth, Doomed).

Moscow and the Global Left in the Gorbachev Era. Edited by Joan Barth URBAN. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1992. Pp. xii + 204. $32.95 (hardback); $14.25 (paperback). ISBN 0–8014–2726–6 and 8008–6. (Henceforth, Moscow).     

Book Reviews: Big Fears and Some Ideas

Books reviewed: Forrester, Viviane. The Economic Horror. Hirschman, Albert O. Crossing Boundaries: Selected Writings. Young, Jock. The Exclusive Society: Social Exclusion, Crime and Difference in Late Modernity. Worcester, Robert and Mortimer, Roger. Explaining Labour's Landslide. Parker, Noel. Revolutions and History: An Essay in Interpretation. Schneer, Jonathan. London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis. Taylor, Brandon. Art for the Nation: Exhibitions and the London Public 1747–2001. Major, John. The Autobiography. Lamont, Norman. In Office. Crick, Bernard. Tailpeace: Clearing Up After Myself. Montefiore, Alan and Vines, David (eds) Integrity in the Public and Private Domains. Goldsworth, Jeffrey. The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy. Lynch, Philip. The Politics of Nationhood: Sovereignty, Britishness and Conservative Politics. Newsinger, John. Orwell's Politics. Jowell, Roger; Curtice, John; Park, Alison and Thomson, Katarina. British Social Attitudes, 16th Report: Who Shares New Labour Values?.     

Broker Organizations to Facilitate Cross-Sector Collaboration: At the Crossroad of Strengthening and Weakening Effects

Cross-sector collaboration has emerged as an important way for public management to address complex social issues. Given the manifold challenges of governing and implementing such collaborations, scholars emphasize the benefits of using broker organizations to facilitate and strengthen cross-sector collaboration. However, this comparative longitudinal case study of broker organizations that support global health partnerships shows a less straightforward pattern: despite their good intentions, two of the four broker organizations analyzed subtly weakened the collaboration by gradually replacing the partners’ cross-sector tasks and decision-making with unilateral, broker-based ones. By juxtaposing this pattern with the other two broker organizations’ trajectories, this study reveals the processes underlying brokers’ role drift and unintended collaborative weakening and those allowing them to maintain their facilitation role. On this basis, the study exposes overlooked collaboration dynamics to reveal the boundaries of using broker organizations as a mechanism to facilitate cross-sector collaboration.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Robert Presthus . Behavioral Approaches to Public Administration. A. F. Davies . Private Politics: A Study of Five Political Outlooks. Gordon Reid . The Politics of Financial Control: The Role of the House of Commons. David Coombes . The Member of Parliament and the Administration: The Case of the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries. R. N. Aggarwala . Finance Committees of the Indian Parliament. C. D. Rowley . The New Guinea Villager. J. P. Mackintosh and others. Nigerian Government and Politics.     

BOOK NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: Arthur Seldon . The Greave Pensions “Swindle”. N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances in Australia. G. Blainey . The Rush that Never Ended. R. I. Domo . National Income and Social Accounts: An Australian Study. W. M. Corden . Australian Economic Policy Discussion: A Survey. F. G. Dawdson . The Industrialization of Australia. J. H. Bristow and A. A. Tait (Eds.). Economic Policy in Ireland. New South Wales Parliamentary Library. Statutory Bodies in New South Wales: A Checklist. Sir John Crawford . The Development of Trade Policy. B. D. Haig and S. S. Mc Burney . The Interpretation of National Income Estimates. Michael Williams (Ed.). South Australia from the Air. Bertil Wennergren . Protection of the Citizen in Administrative Procedures. David E. Allan (Ed.). Asian Contract Law, A Survey of Current Problems. T. B. Millar . Australia's Defense.     

because they are forbidden but forbidden because they are

Carolyn Merchant: Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World. New York/London: Routledge, 1992.

David Pepper: Eco‐Socialism: From Deep Ecology to Social Justice. New York/London: Routledge, 1993.

Kirkpatrick Sale: The Green Revolution. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993.

Paul Hawken: The Ecology of Commerce. New York: Harper and Row, 1993

Vincente Navarro: Dangerous to Your Health. Capitalism in Health Care. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1993     

Eco‐citles and red green politics

Jay Gould: The Enemy Within: The High Cost of Living Near Nuclear Reactors. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996.

Don Fitz, ed.: Dioxin: The Orange Resource Book (A special issue of Synthesis/Regeneration), 1995.

David Abram: The Spell of the Sensuous. New York: Pantheon Books, 1996.

Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy and Social Issues. Urbana/Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995.

Jeremy Rifkin: The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post‐Market Era. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.

Roy Morrison: Ecological Democracy. Boston: South End Press, 1995.

Andrew Rowell: Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environment Movement. New York, NY: Routledge, 1996.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Henry Mayer (ed.). Australian Politics: A Reader. A. F. Davies and S. Encel (eds.). Australian Society: A Sociological Introduction. E. K. Fisk (ed.). New Guinea on the Threshold. E. L. Normanton . The Accountability and Audit of Governments. Giles Radice . Democratic Socialism: A Short Survey. W. H. C. Eddy , J. D. B. Miller , D. H. Monro and R. N. Spann . Studies in Democracy. Gerald E. Caiden . The A.C.P.T.A.: A Study of White Collar Public Service Ruth Knight . Illiberal Liberal: Robert Lowe in New South Wales T. H. Mc Elligott . Education in Ireland.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ferrel Heady . Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. John J, Corson and R. Shale Paul . Men Near the Top. P. Loveday and A. W. Martin , Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales J. A. La Nauze . Alfred Deakin. Ian G. Sharp and Colin M. Tatz (eds). Aborigines in the Economy. J. P. Sinclair . Behind the Ranges. R. L. Cope (ed.). Library Services to the Legislature: A Symposium. Deborah Paige and Kit Jones . Health and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975. Keith Mc Ewan . Once a Jolly Comrade.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Barry Hughes , Exit Full Employment: Economic Policy in the Stone Age. Peter Sheehan , Crisis in Abundance. Royal Institute of Public Administration, Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government. Clifford Pearce , The Machinery of Change in Local Government 1888–1974. P. B. Beaumont , Government as Employer—Setting an Example?. A.F. Davies , skills, Outlooks and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics. Andrew Parkin and Allan Patience (eds). John Power , Helen Nelson (eds), The Regional Administrator in the Riverina, Roger Scott , Northern Ireland, The Politics of Violence. John Dixon , Australia's Policy Towards the Aged.