CHARTING A COURSE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE POLICY MAZE

Health Policy: Development, Implementation and Evaluation in Australia. By H eather GARDNER (ed.)
The Price of Health: Australian Governments and Medical Politics 1910–1960. By J ames A G illespie
Federalism and Health Policy: The Development of Health Systems in Canada and Australia. By G wendolyn G ray
The President's Health Security Plan. By W hite H ouse D omestic C ouncil
Hospitals in Transition: The Resource Management Experiment. By T im P ackwood , J ustin K een and M artin B uxton     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations in the Public Sector. Edited by M argaret G ardner
Hawke's Third Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1987–1990. Edited by J ohn H alligan and R oger W ettenhall .
The Lie of the Level Playing Field. By J enny S tewart
Market, Bureaucracy and Community: A Student's Guide to Organisation. By H al C olebatch and P eter L armour
Political Management in Canada. By A llan B lakeney and S andford B orins     

BOOK NOTES

T. H. KEWLEY, Australian Social Security Today .
RUSSELL MATHEWS, Australian Federalism 1979 .
ALAN THOMAS, Broadcast and Be Damned .
RALPH PER VAN and CAMPBELL SHARMAN, Essays on Western Australian Politics .
DAVID DONNISON with PAUL SOTO, The Good City: A Study of Urban Development and Policy in Britain .
ROBERT ALBON (ed.), Rent Control, Costs and Consequences .
MICHAEL E. CORBY, The Postal Business, 1969-79: A Study in Public Sector Management .
Efficiency in Government Expenditure .
H. SADDLER and others, Public Choice in Tasmania .
ROBERT J. HAYNES, Organisation Theory and Local Government .
D. J. WALMSLEY, Social Justice and Australian Federalism
PETER RYAN, Redmond Barry, A Colonial Life 1813–1880 .
Directory to Commonwealth and State Government Services in South Australia .
Administrative Review Council , Fourth Annual Report.
RUTH ATKINS, Albany to Zeehan: A New Look at Local Governments .
Relations between Levels of Government .
Endowed Lectures, 1974–1979 .
Proceedings of the National Government Accounting Convention .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Australia's Seventh State. Edited by PETER LOVEDAY and PETER McNAB
Aspects of Public Sector Employment Law. By G.J. McCARRY
Educational Policy in Australia and America: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by WILLIAM LOWE BOYD and DON SMART
Taxation by Political Inertia: Financing the Growth of Government in Britain. By RICHARD ROSE and TERENCE KARRAN
New Strategies for Executive Development: The Management of Public Accountability. By JOHN UHR
Hawke's Second Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1984–1987. Edited by R. WETTENHALL and J.R. NETHERCOTE     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Private Pay for Public Work: Performance-Related Pay for Public Sector Managers. By R obert W ood and M aria M aguire
Reforming the Public Service: Lessons from Recent Experiences. Edited by P atrick W eller , J ohn F orster and G lyn D avis
Program Evaluation and Performance Monitoring: An Australian Perspective. Edited by C iaron O'F aircheallaigh and B ill R yan
Beyond the Protective State: The Political Economy of Australia's Industry Policy. By A nn C apling and B rian G alligan
Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy. Edited by B rian G alligan , O wen H ughes and C liff W alsh
In Reserve: Central Banking in Australia, 1945-75. By B oris S chedvin
Comparative Political Studies: Australia and Canada. Edited by M alcolm A lexander and B rian G alligan
Public Administration in Small and Island States. Edited by R andall B aker
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives. By A lan B ullock
Natural Hazards and Reinsurance. Edited by J ohn O liver and N eil R. B ritton
Natural and Technological Hazards: Implications for the Insurance Industry. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver
Catastrophe Insurance for Tomorrow: Planning for Future Adversities. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A Framework for Human Resource Management in the Australian Public Service. By C ommonwealth P ublic S ervice C ommission
Managing For Balance: A Public Sector Management Strategy. By G overnment O f W estern A ustralia
Complaints Against the Police: The Trend to External Review. Edited by A ndrew J. G oldsmith
The Responsible Public Servant. By K enneth K ernaghan and J ohn W L angford
France's Overseas Frontier: Départments et Territories D'Outre-Mer. By R obert A ldrich and J ohn C onnell     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
B raham D abscheck and J ohn N iland , Industrial Relations in Australia
J ohn D. H ill , W illiam A. H oward and R ussell D. L ansbury , Industrial Relations: An Australian Introduction
K aye H argreaves , Women at Work , Ringwood, Penguin
J. G. C hanning , The Effects of transition to Confederation on Public Administration in Newfoundland
D avid S tarkie , The Motorway Age — Road and Traffic Policies in Post- War Britain
C. V. B rown and P. M. J ackson , Public Sector Economics     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
CAMERON HAZLEHURST and J. R. NETHERCOTE (eds.), Reforming Australian Government: The Coombs Report and Beyond
R. F. I. SMITH and PATRICK WELLER (eds.), Public Service Inquiries in Australia
R. L. MATHEWS (ed.), State and Local Taxation
J. S. HUNTER, Federalism and Fiscal Balance: A Comparative Study
V. SUBRAMANIAM, Transplanted Indo-British Administration
NORMAN LEWIS and BERNARD GATESHILL, The Commission for Local Administration: a preliminary appraisal
MALCOLM BAINS, Management Reform in English Local Government
M. A. JONES, Organisational and Social Planning in Australian Local Government
J. J. MACKEN, C. MOLONEY and G. J. McCARRY, The Common Law of Employment
PATRICK KEATINGE, A Place Among The Nations: Issues of Irish Foreign Policy
JOHN D. ROCHE, Planning in the ESB
C. V. BROWN and P. M. JACKSON, Public Sector Economics     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Citizen Participation in Government. Edited by MARGARET MUNRO-CLARK
The Business of Government: Western Australia: 1983–1990. Edited by ALLAN PEACHMENT (Leichhardt
Exemplary Public Administrators: Character and Leadership in Government. Edited by TERRY COOPER and N. DALE WRIGHT
Ethics in Public Service. Edited by RICHARD A. CHAPMAN
Public Sector Management in Australia. By JOHN WANNA, CIARAN O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH & PATRICK WELLER
Service Delivery and Public Sector Marketing. Edited by CIARAN O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH, PETER GRAHAM & JENI WARBURTON
The Contracting State. By IAN HARDEN     

MORE VALUABLE CONFERENCE BOOKS

Public Administration in Australia: A Watershed. Edited by JOHN POWER (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, 1990, 168 pp).
Decision Making in Australian Government: The Cabinet and Budget Processes. Edited by BRIAN GALLIGAN, J.R. NETHERCOTE and CLIFF WALSH (Canberra: Centre of Research on Federal Financial Relations and Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, ACT Division 1990, 141 pp).
Budgetary Management and Control: The Public Sector in Australasia. Edited by JOHN FORSTER and JOHN WANNA (Melbourne, Macmillan, 1990, 206 pp).     

Book Notes

Why People Don't Trust Government J.S. Nye, P.D. Zelikow and D.C. King.
Canberra 1912: Plans and Planners of the Australian Capital Competition J.W. Reps.
Issues in Accrual Output Budgeting Financial Reform Division, WA Treasury.
Unlocking the Infrastructure: The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia Stephen King and Rodney Maddock.
The Spirit of Reform: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change Allen Schick (Report prepared for the State Services Commission and the Treasury.     

BOOK NOTES

C.P. H arris , The Classification of Australian Local Authorities.
K.N. T oms , Urban Government Politics and Planning: A Study of the Administration of the Brisbane Town Plan
J ack B rand , Local Government Reform in England 1888–1974
B ruce M itchell , Teachers, Education and Politics: A History of Organisations of Public School Teachers in New South Wales
G rant H arman and R oger S cott (eds), Teaching Politics in Colleges of Advanced Education
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, (Compiler), Directory of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education in the Commonwealth of Nations Offering Qualifications and Courses in Educational Administration
J ohn D. M illett , Politics and Higher Education
R.G.S. B rown , The Management of Welfare: a Study of British Social Service Administration.
R oy B ailey and M ike B rake (eds), Radical Social Work
A lan M aynard , Health Care in the European Community
R aymond N ottage , Financing Public Sector Pensions
F.G. D avidson and B.R. S tewardson , Economics and Australian Industry
D.H. W hitehead , Stagflation and Wages Policy in Australia
L ord D iamond , Public Expenditure in Practice
J.W. L angford (ed.), Administration of Transport Policy: Emerging Problems and Patterns
D.H. B orchardt , (Compiler) with the assistance of J. M onie , Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: Part IV, New South Wales, 1855–1960     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration and Sustainable Development. Edited by Mohammad Ja 'Far Ekram Ja 'Fari , Raul P De Guzman and Mila A Reforma Political Leadership in an Age of Constraint: Bureaucratic Politics Under Hawke and Keating. By Colin Campbell SJ and John Halligan Transforming Australian Local Government. By Michael Jones Public Sector Reform Under the First Goss Government: A Documentary Sourcebook. Edited by Glyn Davis Towards National Administration: Studies in Australian Administrative History. Edited by JJ Eddy and JR Nethercote Documenting a Nation: Australian Archives—The First Fifty Years. By Hilary Golder Ethics for the Public Sector: Education & Training. Edited by Noel Preston Corruption Character & Conduct: Essays on Canadian Government Ethics. Edited by John W Langford and Allan Tupper The Politics of Australia. By Dean Jaensch The Australian Form of Government: Models in Dispute. By Richard Lucy A National Survey of Indigenous Australians: Options and Implications. Edited by J.C. Altman Regional Change in the Economic Status of Indigenous Australians, 1986–1991. By J. Taylor     

Book Reviews

Washington, Westminster and Whitehall. By WALTER WILLIAMS.
Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security. By BRUCE RUSSETT.
Civilian-Based Defense; A Post-Military Weapons System. By GENE SHARP.
Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics. By JAMES G. MARCH and JOHAN P. OLSEN.
Presidential Influence and the Administrative State. By RICHARD W. WATERMAN.
Intergovernmental Relations in the Administrative State: The Johnson Presidency. By DAVID M. WELBORN and JESSE BURKHEAD.
The Human Resource Crisis in the Public Sector. By LARRY M. LANE and JAMES F. WOLF.
Creative Marginality: Innovation at the Intersections of the Social Sciences. By MATTEI DOGAN and ROBERT PAHRE.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Public Service Personnel Management in Victoria, Report to the Honourable J.E. Kirner MP, Premier of Victoria. By JOHN ALFORD, FAY MARLES and JOHN POWER
Review of The Auditor-General: Ally of the People and Parliament — Reform of the Australian Audit Office, Report 296
Sisters in Suits: Women and Public Policy in Australia, by MARIAN SAWER
Bureaucrats, Technocrats, Femocrats: Essays on the Contemporary Australian State, by ANNA YEATMAN
Decisions and Organizations. By J.G. MARCH     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
MAX FRENKEL, Federal Theory , Canberra, Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations
KENNETH WILTSHIRE, Planning and Federalism: Australian and Canadian Experience , St. Lucia
CHRISTOPHER D. GILBERT, Australian and Canadian Federalism 1967–1984: A Study of Judicial Techniques
MARK BIRRELL (ed.), The Australian States: Towards a Renaissance
IVAN BERINGER, GEORGE CHOMIAK, HAMISH RUSSEL, Corporate Management: The Australian Public Sector , Sydney
S.R. MAHESHWARI, The Higher Civil Service in Japan , New Delhi,
O.P. DWIVEDI AND NELSON E. PAULIAS (eds), Ethics in Government     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
The Patron State: Government and the Arts in Europe, North America and Japan . By MILTON C. CUMMINGS JR. and RICHARD S. KATZ (eds.)
Advising The Rulers . By WILLIAM PLOWDEN (ed.)
The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative Perspective . By METIN HEPER (ed.)
Steering the Modern State: Changes in Central Coordination in Three Australian State Governments . By MARTIN PAINTER.
Japan's Civil Service System: Its Structure, Personnel, and Politics . By PAUL S. KIM
Reaganomics: An Insider's Account of the Policies and the People . By WILLIAM A. NISKANEN     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aritcle:
O n H uman C onduct . By M ichael O akeshott .
T he H ouse of L ords and the L abour G overnment 1964–1970. By J anet P. M organ .
D emocracy . By J ack L ively .
S ociology as S ocial C riticism . By T. B. R ottomore .
C ivil L iberties in B ritain . By B arry C ox .
A N ew B ill of R ights for B ritain . By F rank S tacey .
W ar and E conomic D evelopment : E ssays in M emory of D avid J oslin . Edited by J. M. W inter .
P ressure G roups in B ritain : 1720–1970. By G raham W ootton .
T he P rime M inisters . V ol . 2. F rom L ord J ohn R ussell to E dward H eath . Edited by H erbert V an T hai .
I mperialism and the B ritish L abour M ovement 1914–1964. By P artha S arathi G upta .
T he O ccupation of the F actories : I taly 1920. By P aolo S priano . (Trans. by G wyn W illiams .)
P roletarian O rder . By G wyn A. W illiams .
I talian F ascism . By G iampiero C arocci . (Trans. by I sabel Q uigly .)
T he O stpolitik and P olitical C hange in G ermany . Edited by R oger T ilford .
N ational C onsciousness in D ivided G ermany . By G ebhard S chweicler .
T he G overnment and P olitics of E ast G ermany . By K urt S ontheimer and W ilhelm B leek .
T he M odern H istory of I srael . By N oah L ucas .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
T hinking the U nthinkable : T hink T anks and the E conomic C ounter -R evolution , 1931–1982. By R ichard C ockett .
T he A utonomy of M odern S cotland . By L indsay P aterson .
C osmopolitan D emocracy : an A genda for A N ew W orld O rder . Edited by D aniele A rchibugi and D avid H eld .
T he S ecret S tate : B ritish I nternal S ecurity in the T wentieth C entury . By R ichard T hurlow .
T he R evolt of the E lites and the B etrayal of D emocracy . By C hristopher L asch .
aming the A ntichrist : T he H istory of an A merican O bsession . By R obert C. F uller .
T om P aine : A P olitical L ife . By J ohn K eane .
Q uality in P ublic S ervices : M anager's C hoices . By L ucy G aster .
T he R epublic of L etters : T he C orrespondence B etween T homas J efferson and J ames M adison 1776–1826. Edited by J ames M orton S mith .     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: The Ethical Organisation: Ethical Theory and Corporate Behaviour ALAN KITSON and ROBERT CAMPBELL Management Ethics: Theory, Cases and Practice GORDON L CLARK and ELIZABETH PRIOR JONSON (eds) Making Groups Work: Rethinking Practice J FENJAMIN, J BESSANT and R WATTS The Capable Executive PAUL H DAINTY and MOREEN ANDERSON Managing Performance and Goal Achievement IAN LEES Productive Diversity: A New Australian Model for Work and Management BILL COPE and MARY KALANTZIS Markets, the State and the Environment: Towards Integration ROBYN ECKERSLEY (ed.) Commercial Implications of Native Title BRYAN HORRIGAN and SIMON YOUNG (eds) Shooting the Banker: Essays on ATSIC and Self-Determination. PATRICK SULLIVAN (Ed.) The End of Politics? Explorations into Modern Antipolitics ANDREAS SCHEDLER (ed.) Socialism in Contemporary Australia TIM BATTIN and GRAHAM MADDOX (eds) Labor Essays 1997: Renewing and Revitalising Labor GARY JUNGWIRTH (ed.) The Politics of Sex: Prostitution and Pornography in Australia Since 1945 BARBARA SULLIVAN South Australia, Federalism and Public Policy ANDREW PARKIN (ed.) Korean Public Administration: Managing the Uneven Development BUN WOONG KIM and PAN SUK KIM State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Vietnam: Lessons from Asia NG CHEE YUEN, NICK FREEMAN and FRANK H HUYNH (eds)