Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: New Trends In Government Sir Richard Clarke. Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by Richard A.Chapman and A.Dunsire. Management in Local Government: A Viewpoint J.D.Stewart. Urban Policy-Making: Influences on Country Boroughs in England and Wales Noel Boaden. Public Enterprise in Practice Richard Pryke. State Enterprise: Business or Politics? David Coombes. The British Ombudsman Frank Stacey. L'Administration Prospective LSfez. Preface G.Vedel. Federal Organization and Administrative Management Herbert Emmerich. The Administration of Health and Welfare Services B.Scammells. The Administration of Technical Colleges D.Charlton. W.Gent and B.Scammells.     

Reviews

Diana Woodhouse, In Pursuit Of Good Administration, Ministers, Civil Servants and Judges Mungo Deans, Scots Public Law J. Clark and J. Newman, The Managerial State David Farnham and Sylvia Horton, Managing People in the Public Services Walter J. M. Kickert, Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop F. M. Koppenjan (eds.), Managing Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector Chris Skelcher, The Appointed State: Quasi-governmental Organizations and Democracy Richard Rose, What is Europe?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth By R.L. Watts. Central Departments and Local Authorities By J.A.G. Griffith. Husing and Local Government By J.B. Cullingworth. The Organization and Practice of Local Government By Geoffrey Drain. Policies and Politics in Secondary Education By David Peschek and J. Brand. Decisions: Case Studies in Australian Administration Edited by B.B. Schaffer and D.C. Corbett. The Process of Planning: A Study of India's Five-Year Plans 1950–1964 By A.H. Hanson. Development Planning in Ireland By Loraine Donaldson. Nationalization in British Industry By Leonard Tivey. A History of Income Tax By B.E.V. Sabine. Doctors and the State: The British Medical Profession and Government Action in Public Health, 1870–1912 By Jeanne L. Brand. Career Service: An Introduction to the History of Personnel Administration in the Commonwealth Public Service 1960–1961 By G.E. Caiden.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Local Government Richard Buxton. Hart's Introduction to the Law of Local Government and Administration Sir William O.Hart and J.F.Garner. A New Bill of Rights for Britain Frank Stacey. The Ombudsman Plan Donald C.Rowat. French Administrative Law L.Neville Brown and J.F.Garner. An Outline of Planning Law Sir Desmond Heap. Elite Accommodation in Canadian Politics Robert Presthus. The United Nations System: An Analysis Mahdi Elmandjra. The Research System. Vol. II G.Caty and others. Accounting for Health King Edward's The Institute's Recommendations on Accounting J.R.Pearse. Program Budgeting for Urban Police Service: With Special Reference to Los Angels Donald C. Shoup and Stephen L. Mehay Program Budgeting for Primary and Secondary Public Education: Current Status and Prospects In Los Angels Werner Z.Hirsch, Morton J. Marcus and Robert M. Gay The New Inflation: The Politics of Prices and Incomes Aubrey Jones The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1972 Kathleen Jones (ed.) Introduction to the Social Services W.E. Baugh. Public Assistance in France Cindy Stevens. Exeter University and the City F.M.M. Lewes and Anne Kirkness. Heading for Change: The Management of Innovation in the Large Secondary School William Taylor. Job Involvement and Communications Paul I.Slee Smith. Top Team Planning: A Study of the Power of Individual Motivation in Management Pamela Ramsden. Motivating Managers Financially Michael White. The Evaluation Interview Richard A. Fear. Handbook of Management Development Derek P. Torrington and David Sutton (eds.). Effective Company Training A.W. Dickinson. International Manual on Collective Bargaining for Public Employees Seymour P. Kaye and Arthur Marsh (eds.) Management by Agreement: An Alternative to the Industrial Relations Act W.E.J.McCarthy and N.D.Ellis. The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain Design of Personnel Systems and Records Compiled by the Industrial Society. 2nd ed. by Gerard Tavernier. Women in Management Douglas C.Basil. Industrial Tribunals: A Practical Guide Roger M. Greenhalgh. Canada and Immigration: Public Policy and Public Concern Freda Hawkins.     

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Book review in this article The Local Government Act Creating the New Local Government Local Government in Denmark Erik Harder. Inflation and Local Government Finance Political Stratification and Democracy An Experiment in Social Policy Formulation in Greenock and Port Glasgow S.Graham, R.Winter and R.Young. The Evolution of the British Welfare State Derek Fraser. The Welfare State: Its Aim, Benefits and Costs J.F.Sleeman. Health Care: Can there be Equity? Odin W.Anderson. Health Economics Michael H.Cooper and Anthony J.Culyer (eds.). Blueprint for Health: Medical Care Tomorrow D.Stark Murray. Estimating Local Housing Needs: A Case Study and Discussion of Methods C.J.Watson The Public Sector in the Mixed Economy Merlyn Rees. Bibliography of Public Enterprise R.P.Marsden. Developing Resourceful Managers John Morris and John G. Burgoyne. Management Training for Real Hawdon Hague. The Earnings Conflict Wilfred Brown. Principles and Practice of Job Evaluation J. Walker Moms. The Statistician and the Manager Ken Williams Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness: Studies and Analysis J.N.Wolfe White-Collar Unionism in Britain Roger Lumley. Federal Finance R.L.Matthews and W.R.C. Jay. The Communication Gap Lawrence Evans. Europe: Journey to an Unknown Destination Andrew Shonfield. Society and the Policeman's Role Maureen E.Cain. Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems Raoul Berger. Bureaucracy: The Marshall Plan and the National Interest Hadley Arkes.     

Book Reviews

Urban and Regional Planning: A Systems Approach The Ministry of Housing and Local Government Local Notables and the City Council Modern Capitalist Planning: The French Model Politics and Change in Developing countries: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Development Social Work in Scotland: Report of a Working Party, on the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 The Voluntary Worker in the Social Services Voluntary Work in the Welfare State     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this articles: The Member of Parliament and the Administration: The Case of the Select Committee on Nationalized Industries By David Coombes. Greater London: The Politics of Metropolitan Reform By Frank Smallwood. Local Government in Crisis By William A. Robson. Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective By Ferrel Heady. Approach to Public Administration By E.N. Gladden. Introduction à la Science Administrative By Bernard Gournay. The Assistant Secretaries By Dean E. Mann with J.W. Doig. Changing Administrations By D.T. Stanley. Guide to Decision: The Royal Commission By Charles J. Hanser. Corruption: Control of Maladministration By John B. Monteiro. Cases and Materials on Constitutional and Administrative Law By Geoffrey Wilson. Pensions and Public Servants: A Study of the Origins of the British System By Marios Raphael. Social Casework and Administration By Anthony Forder.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Towards a European Civil Service By D. Coombes. European Unity: Co-operation and Integration—A Survey of the European Organizations By Michael Palmer, John Lambert et. al. The Power of the Prime Minister By Humphrey Berkeley. Public Enterprises in India: A Study of Public Relations and Annual Reports By Laxmi Narain. The Nationalized Industries: An Introduction By W. Thornhill. The Claim of Scotland By H. J. Paton. The Union Public Services Commission By M. A. Muttalib. Public Service Commissions of India: A Study By C. N. Bhalerao. Treasury Control and Social Administration: A Study of Establishment Growth at the Local Government Board 1871–1905 By Roy M. MacLeod. Resources for Education By John Vaizey and John Sheehan.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Essays on Reform 1967 Edited by Bernard Crick. Organizational Intelligence By Harold I. Wilensky. Politics and Government at Home and Abroad By William A. Robson. The British System of Government By A. H. Birch. Field Administration: An Aspect of Decentralization By B.C. Smith. Public Administration in Northern Ireland Edited by Edwin Rhodes. The Power of Parliament By Ronald Butt. Data Processing Managers By R.J. Harper. Computer Dynamics in Public Administration By B.G. Schumacher. The Committee System of the United States Congress By John D. Lees. Colonial Development and Good Government By J.M. Lee. Management in Hospitals By J.A. Spencer. French Pensions By Tony Lynes. The City Government of Calcutta: A Study of Inertia By Ali Ashraf.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: The Reality of Organizations: A Guide for Managers By Rosemary Stewart. Management and the Health Services Edited by A. Gatherer and M. D. Warren. Politics, Position and Power: the Dynamics of Federal Organization By Harold Seidman.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this articles: The Accountability and Audit of Governments By E. L. Normanton New Techniques of Budget Preparation and Management By Hendrik J. Hofstra Program Budgeting: Program Analysis and the Federal Government Edited by David Novick. Local Finance in Perspective By K. Venkataraman. Casebook: Studies in Administration By Stuart MacRae and Stuart Page. Management and the Social Sciences By Tom Lupton. Who's Running this Town? By Ritchie P. Lowry. Papers on Regional Development Edited by Thomas Wilson. Business Report Writing By Elizabeth Sidney. Ascertaining Entitlement to Compensation for an Industrial Injury Cases in Comparative Public Administration.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Ombudsmen and Others: Citizens' Protectors in Nine Countries By Walter Gellhorn. Pressure Groups and Political Culture: A Comparative Study By F.G. Castles. The Thai Bureaucracy: Institutional Change and Development By William J. Siffin. Thailand: the Modernization of a Bureaucratic Polity By Fred W. Riggs. The Economic Impact of TVA Edited by John R. Moore. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900–1966 By T. A. Critchley. Local Government at Work: A Case Study of a County Borough By H. Victor Wiseman. County Government in England and Wales By Jeffrey Stanyer. Public Investment in Australia: A Study of Australian Public Authority Investment and Development By Russell Mathews. The Craft of Diplomacy: Mechanics and Development of National Representation Overseas By Douglas Busk. Whitehall and the Commonwealth By J. A. Cross. The NATO International Staff/Secretariat 1952–1957: A Study in International Administration By Robert S. Jordan.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Britain's Developing Constitution Peter Bromhead. The House of Commons: Services and Facilities Michael Rush and Malcolm Shaw (eds). British Politics and Government 1951–1970: A Study of an Affluent Society Mary Proudfoot. Northern Ireland: Crisis and Conflict John Magee. The Development of the Government of Jersy 1771–1972 R. How Democracies Vote: A Study of Electoral Systems Enid Lakeman. Organizing for Science in Britain: A Case Study Ian Varcoe. City Politics and the Press Harvey Cox and David Morgan. The Local Government Act 1974 David Foulkes. Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi Herbert H. Local Government in Southern Africa W.B.Vosloo, D.A.Kotzé and W.J.O.Jeppe. Social Policy: An Introduction Richard M.Titmuss. Management in the Social and Safe & Services W.D.Reekie and Norman C.Hunt (eds.). A Management Game for the Social Services Anthony S.Hall and Jimmy Algie. Advisory Councils and Committees in Education Maurice Kogan and Tim Packwood. NHS Reorganization: Issues and Prospects Keith Barnard and Kenneth Lee (eds.). Regional Policy and Planning for Europe Morgan Sant (ed.). Saxon House D.C.Health Ltd., 1974. The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning Brenda White. Inverclyde: A Social and Economic Survey A.J.M.Sykes, J.M.Livingstone and C.S.Greensted. Campaigning for the Environment Richard Kimber and J.J.Richardson (eds.). Citizens Conflict: The Sociology of Town Planning J.M.Simmie. Education for General Management: The Staf College Approach M.B.Brodie and E.A.Life (eds.). Issues in Canadian Public Policy Edited by Bruce Doern and V.Seymour Wilson. The Nebraska Ombudsman: Innovation in State Government Alan J.Wyner. Barriers to Establishing Urban Ombudsmen: The Case of Newark William B.Gwyn. Between State and Nation: Regional Organizations of the United States Martha Derthick assisted by Gary Bombardier. Fiscal Federalism in India B.S.Grewal. Development Administration in Rural Government for Agricultural Production M.A.Muttalib. Taxing a Peasant Society Kenneth Davey. Social Cost/Benefit Study of Two Suburban Surface Rail Passenger Services - Part I C.D.Foster. Systems and Management Annual 1974 Russell A.Ackoff.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: The Price of Amenity: Five Studies in Conservation and Government By Roy Gregory. Mertropolitan Planning: The Planning astern of Greater London By Peter Self. Government by Community By loan Bowen Rees. Public Inquiries as an Instrument of Government By R.E.Wraith and G.B.Lamb. Essays in Economic Management By Sir Alec Cairncross. Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Informal Introduction By E. J.Mishan. Mid-Career Development By Robert N.Rapoport.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Local Government in South East England Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science. The Lessons of the London Government Reforms Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science Governing the Commune of Veyrier: Politics in Swiss Local Government By George A. Codding, Jr. The System By Max Nicholson. The Commonwealth Bureaucracy By Gerald E. Caiden. Men Who Govern: A Biographical Profile of Federal Political Executives By David T. Stanley, Dean E. Mann and Jameson W. Doig. The President as Chief Administrator: A Study of Franklin D. Roosevelt By A.J. Wann. The French Parliament 1958–67 By Philip M. Williams. Le Gouvernement et l'Administration de la France By Gérard Belorgey. Broadcasting and Public Policy By E.G. Wedell. Science and Technology in British Politics By Norman J. Vig. The Comprehensive Development Area By T. Hart. Man and Environment: Crisis and the Strategy of Choice By Robert Arvill.     

Reviews

Our Towns: A Close-up By the Hygiene Committee of the Women's Group on Public Welfare. Oxford University Press. b Public Affairs Special issue. Dalhousie Universitys.     

The Pacific Rim

Korea: Managing the Industrial Transition, Vol. 1: The Conduct of Industrial Policy. By D.M. Leipziger and others (World Bank Country Study). Washington: World Bank, 1987. Pp.xiv + 182. US$10. ISBN 0 8312 0887 4.

Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and the Republic of Korea. By Amiya Kumar Bagchi. New Delhi: International Labour Organization (Asian Employment Programme, ARTEP), 1987. Pp.xii + 162. US$8. ISBN 92 2 105774 7.

Policy Options for the Singapore Economy. By Lim Chong Wan and Associates. Singapore: McGraw Hill, 1988. Pp.xv + 499. US$29.95. ISBN 0 07 099133 2.

The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism. Edited by Frederic C. Deyo. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1987. Pp.252. US$32.95 + $14.25. ISBN 0 8014 9449 4.

Financing East Asia's Success: Comparative Financial Development in Eight East Asian Countries. By Michael T. Skully and George J. Viksnins. London: Macmillan Press in association with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1987. Pp.xii + 242. £29.50. ISBN 0 333 42655 X.     

Book Notes

Book review in this article Modern British Government J.A. Cross London Review of Public Administration London Regional Group, Royal Institute of Public Administration. Twice yearly Public Administration: Policy Making in Government Agencies Ira Sharkansky The Art and Practice of Public Administration: Papers by Louis J. Kroeger Harriet Nathan The British Prices and Incomes Board Allan Fels The Case for Regional Reform William Thornhill The Urban Future John N. Jackson Rates or Prices? Alan K. Maynard and David N. King The Administration of Publicly-Aided Housing Charles S. Ascher A Management System for the Seventies John Argenti Current Contents in Management Manchester Business School Library Planning Programming Budgeting: A Systems Approach to Management Fremont J. Lyden and Ernest G. Miller The Game of Budget Control G. H. Hofstede Care of the Elderly: An Exercise in Cost Benefit Analysis R. Wager Brain of the Firm: The Managerial Cybernetics of Organization Stafford Beer Salary Structures for Management Careers Arthur Bowley Payment Systems: Selected Readings Tom Lupton Trade Unions: Selected Readings Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises Ralph Turvey. George Allen & The Administrative History of India 1834–1947: General Administration B. B. Misra Ghana under Military Rule 1966–1969 Robert Pinkney Facts in Focus The Health Services of Ireland Brendan Hensey Values and the Active Community International Studies of Values in Politics     

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 Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Local Government and Politics Martin Cross and David Mallen.
Introduction to British Government S. G. Richards.
People and Parliament John P. Mackintosh.
Directions for Change: Review of New South Wales Government Administration An Interim Report by Peter Wilenski
A History of Police in England and Wales T. A. Critchley.
Companion to Management Studies Harold Lucas.
Zero-Base Budgeting in the Public Sector: A Pragmatic Approach Peter C. Sarant.
An Introduction to Selection Interviewing Dr. E. Anstey.
Understanding Job Evaluation Mike Burns.
Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process Jay M. Shafritz et al.
Computers and Local Government. Vol. 1. A Manager's Guide Kenneth L. Kraemer and John Leslie King.
Socialising Public Ownership Martyn Sloman.
The Development of the British Welfare State 1880–1975 J. R. Hay.
The Origins of British Social Policy Pat Thane (ed.)
Social Policy 1830–1914: Individualism, Collectivism and the Origins of the Welfare State Eric J. Evans (ed.)
The Changing National Health Service R. G. S. Brown.
The Organization of Soviet Medical Care Michael Ryan.
Health Services in Britain 9th ed. HMSO
Social Services in Britain 11th ed. HMSO
Schools in Britain HMSO
Governance of Federal Regulatory Agencies David M. Welborn.
Price Determination and Prices Policy Joan Mitchell.
Workers' Participation in Industry Michael Poole
Inside the System J. L. Hesketh.
Hello, Good Evening and Welcome … John Brand.
Law on Accidents to Health Service Staff and Volunteers W. A. J. Farndale and Susan Russell.