Reviews

John Stewart, Modernising British Local Government: an Assessment of Labour's Reform Programme Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot (eds), Unbundled Government: a Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos and Contractualisation Paul Maltby, In the Public Interest? Assessing the Potential for Public Interest Companies Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters with Grace O.M. Lee (eds), Reward for High Public Office. Asian and Pacific‐Rim States Stephen B. Johnson, The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programmes Michael Hill and Peter Hupe, Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and Practice Peter John, Local Governance in Western Europe Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire, Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments Martin Lodge, On Different Tracks: Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany Anthony B.L. Cheung and Ian Scott (eds), Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shifts or Business as Usual?     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Camilla Stivers (ed.), Democracy, bureaucracy and the study of administration
Jonathan S. Davies, Partnerships and regimes: the politics of urban regeneration in the UK
Simon James and Virginia Preston (eds.), British politics since 1945. The dynamics of historical change
Jenny Fleming and Ian Holland (eds.), Motivating ministers to morality
David Richards and Martin J. Smith, Governance and public policy in the UK
Mark Bovens, Paul 't Hart and B. Guy Peters (eds.), Success and failure in public governance: a comparative analysis
Alistair Cole and Peter John, Local governance in England and France     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Kevin Theakston, Leadership in Whitehall Cris Shore, Building Europe. The cultural politics of European integration Maureen Mackintosh and Rathin Roy (eds), Economic decentralization and public management reform Christopher Pollitt, Xavier Girre, Jeremy Lonsdale, Robert Mul, Hilkka Summa and Marit Waerness, Performance or compliance? Performance audit and public management in five countries John Loughlin (ed.), Subnational democracy in the European Union. Challenges and opportunities P.H.A. Frissen, (trans.) Chris Emery, Politics, governance and technology: A postmodern narrative on the virtual state (Virtuele staat, politiek, bestuur, technologie) René Torenvlied, Political decisions and agency performance Bent Flyvbjerg, Making social science matter: why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again M. Arnott and C. Raab (eds), The governance of schooling. comparative studies of devolved schooling Walter J.M. Kickert and Richard J. Stillman, II (eds), The modern state and its study. New administrative sciences in a changing Europe and United States Dilys M. Hill, Urban policy and politics in Britain G.C. Peden, The treasury and public policy 1906–1959 June Burnham, Whitehall and the civil service: issues for the Millennium and beyond     

Reviews

David McKay, Designing Europe – comparative lessons from the federal experience Hellmut Wollmann and Eckhard Schröter (eds), Comparing public sector reform in Britain and Germany: key traditions and trends in modernisation Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert, Public management reform – a comparative analysis Michael Moran, Governing the healthcare state: a comparative study of the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany Robert Hazell (ed.), The state and the nations: the first year of devolution in the United Kingdom Luc Rouban (ed.), Citizens and the new governance: beyond new public management Neal D. Finkelstein (ed.), Transparency in public policy: Great Britain and the United States Graeme A. Hodge, Privatization: an international review of performance John Stewart, The nature of British local government Richard A. Chapman (ed.), Ethics in the public service for the new millennium Clive Gray, The politics of the arts in Britain Kenneth Dyson, The politics of the Euro‐Zone: stability or breakdown? Roger Levy, Implementing European Union public policy     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (eds.), Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform
Hugh Atkinson and Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Local government from Thatcher to Blair: the politics of creative autonomy
Alex Wright (ed.), Scotland: the challenge of devolution
Christopher Hood, Henry Rothstein and Robert Baldwin, The government of risk: understanding risk regulation regimes
Alison Young, The politics of regulation: privatized utilities in Britain     

Book reviews

Clay G. Westcott (ed.), Key Governance Issues in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam (Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2001), 71 pages.

Michael Jacobsen and Ole Bruun (eds.), Human Rights and Asian Values: Contesting National Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia (Surrey, Great Britain: Curzon Press, 2000), 330 pages.

Robert H. Taylor (ed.), Burma: Political Economy Under Military Rules (London: Hurst & Company, 2001).

Satu Kahkonen and Anthony Lanyi (eds.), Institutions, Incentives and Economic Reforms in India (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000).

Kyung‐Ae Park and Dalchoong Kim (eds.), Korean Security Dynamics and Transition (New York: Palgrave, 2001), 209 pages.     

International convention against the taking of hostages

Anthony H. Cordesman. After the Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993). 811 pp. $68.50.

Tore Bjoergo and Rob Witte, eds. Racist Violence in Europe (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Hugh Smith and Anthony Bergin, eds. Naval Power in the Pacific: Toward the Year 2000 (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1993), 186 + xiii pp. $35.00.

Max G. Manwaring, ed., Gray Area Phenomena: Confronting the New World Disorder (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993). 198 pp. $19.95.

Samuel M. Makinda. Seeking Peace from Chaos: Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia (Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 1993).     

Book Reviews

Thain, Colin and Wright, Maurice, The Treasury and Whitehall: the Planning and Control of Public Expenditure, 1976–1993 Thompson, Helen, The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism 1979–1994 Chandler, J.A. (Ed.), The Citizen’s Charter Smith, T.A. and Young, A.M.M., Th Fixers: Crisis Management in British Politics Tindale, Stephen (ed.), The State and the Nations, the Politics of Devolution McLaverty, Peter, The Politics of Empowerment? Boston, Jonathan, Martin, John, Pallot, June, Walsh, Pat, Public Management: The New Zealand Model Schick, Allen, The Spirit of Reform: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change – A Report Prepared for the State Services Commission and the Treasury, New Zealand McLeay, Elizabeth, The Cabinet and Political Power in New Zealand Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Governance in Transition: Public Management Reforms in OECD Countries Kettl, Donald and Milward, Brinton (eds), The State of Public Management Lynn, Laurence E., Public Management as Art, Science and Profession Gummett, Philip (ed.), Globalization and Public Policy Fitzmaurice, John, The Politics of Belgium, a Unique Federalism Handler, Joel F., Down from Bureaucracy: The Ambiguity of Privatization and Empowerment Nagel, Stuart S., Crotty, William and Scarritt, James (eds), Political Reforms and Developing Nations Cherry, Steven, Medical Services and the Hospitals in Britain, 1860–1939 Surrey, John (ed.), The British Electricity Experiment. Privatization: the Record, the Issues, the Lessons Ledwith, Sue and Colgan, Fiona (eds), Women in Organisations Challenging Gender Politics Grayson, Leslie and Davies, Howard (eds) Inlogov Informs on Quangos     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: Stephen P. Osborne (ed.), Public–private partnerships. Theory and practice in international perspective Neill Nugent, The European Commission Anne Stevens with Handley Stevens, Brussels bureaucrats? The administration of the European Union Michelle Egan, Constructing a European market – standards, regulation and governance R.A.W. Rhodes, Control and power in central–local government relations Steve Ludlam and Martin J. Smith (eds), New Labour in government Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith (eds), What works? Evidence–based policy and practice in public services     

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.     

Science and technology in the transition: A review article

David A. Dyker (ed.), The Technology of Transition: Science and Technology Policies for Transition Countries. Budapest: Central European University Press, 1997, ix + 292 pp., £37.50.

Mark Steven Frankel & Jane Cave (eds), Evaluating Science and Scientists: An East‐West Dialogue on Research Evaluation in Post‐Communist Europe. Budapest: Central European University Press, 1997, x + 226 pp., £37.50 h/b, £15.99 p/b.

Paul J. J. Welfens & George Yarrow (eds), Telecommunications and Energy in Systemic Transformation: International Dynamics, Deregulation and Adjustment in Network Industries. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer‐Verlag, 1997, xi + 501 pp., DM178.00.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Tom Ling, The British State Since 1945: an Introduction
Robert Pyper (ed.), Aspects of Accountability in the British System of Government
David Richards, The Civil Service under the Conservatives 1979–1997. Whitehall's Political Poodles
Ken Young and Nirmala Rao, Local Government Since 1945
Kieron Walsh, Nicholas Deakin, Paul Smith, Peter Spurgeon and Neil Thomas, Contracting for Change: Contracts in Health, Social Care, and Other Local Government Services
Charles Webster, The National Health Service: A Political History
David Marsh (ed.), Comparing Policy Networks
Neill Nugent (ed.), At The Heart Of The Union. Studies of the European Commission
Kenneth Hanf and Ben Soetendorp (eds), Adapting to European Integration. Small States and the European Union
Fiona Hays-Renshaw and Helen Wallace, The Council of Ministers
Justin Greenwood Representing Interests in the European Union
Erik Albæk, Lawrence Rose, Lars Strømberg and Krister Ståhlberg, Nordic Local Government. Developmental Trends and Reform Activities in the Post-War Period
Mark Considine and Martin Painter (eds.), Managerialism: the Great Debate
Peter DeLeon, Democracy and the Policy Sciences
Business Division of Brunel University, BOLA – The Business Open Learning Archive     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
C. Hood, C. Scott, O. Jones, G. Jones and T. Travers, Regulationinside government
J. Pierre (ed.), Debating governance
R. Pyper, and L. Robins (eds), United Kingdom governance
G. Stoker (ed.), The new management of British local governance
G. Stoker (ed.), The new politics of British local governance
Prue Chamberlayne, Andrew Cooper, Richard Freeman and Michael Rustin (eds.), Welfare And Culture In Europe: Towards A New Paradigm In Social Policy
OECD Report, Trust In Government. Ethics Measures In OECD Countries
Anthony R. Zito, Creating Environmental Policy In The European Union     

Economics of transition: A review article

Milford Bateman et al., Business Cultures in Central & Eastern Europe. Oxford: Butterworth‐Heinemann, 1997, xxii + 238 pp., £18.99.

John L. Campbell & Ove K. Pedersen (eds), Legacies of Change, Transformations of Postcommunist European Economies. Berlin: Aldine De Gruyter, 1996, xii + 258 pp., DM48.00.

Mark Knell (ed.), Economics of Transition, Structural Adjustments and Growth Prospects in Eastern Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996, xii + 246 pp., £45.00.

Martin Myant et al., Successful Transformations? The Creation of Market Economies in Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996 xiii + 267 pp., £49.95.     

The US presidential election of 1992 and its impact on Asia

Andrew Mack, (ed.), Asian Flashpoint: Security and the Korean Peninsula (Canberra and St. Leonards: ANU and Allen and Unwin, 1993), 175 pp.

Toh Mun Heng and Linda Low, (eds.), Regional Cooperation and Growth Triangles in ASEAN (Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1993), 256 pp.

Kent E. Calder, Strategic Capitalism: Private Business and Public Purpose in Japanese Industrial Finance (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993), 373 pp.

Garry Rodan, (ed.), Singapore Changes Guard: Social, Political and Economic Directions in the 1990s (Melbourne, Australia: Longman Cheshire Pty Limited and New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1993), xxii + 209 pp.

J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Japan's Political Marketplace, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993) 262 pp.

Roger Goodman and Kirsten Refsing, (ed.), Ideology and Practice in Modern Japan (Routledge: London, 1992) 243 pp.

John Bresnan, Managing Indonesia: The Modern Political Economy (New York, Columbia University Press, 1993), 375 pp.     

I Eastern Europe: Backwardness and the Challenges of Modern Politics

Roger East and Jolyon Pontin, eds, Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe, rev. edn. London: Pinter, 1997.

Philip Longworth, The Making of Eastern Europe. From Prehistory to Post‐communism, 2nd edn. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Gale Stokes, Three Eras of Political Change in Eastern Europe. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.     

Regeneration,partnerships and communities: Towards an ideology for the third way

Government by Consent: The Principle and Practice of Accountability in Local Government, Margaret Simey, Bedford Square Press, pp. 53, £2.95.

Local Democracies: A Study in Comparative Local Government, Margaret Bowman and William Hampton (eds), Longman, Cheshire, 1983, pp. 207, £6.95 paperback.

Fiscal Tiers: the Economics of Multilevel Government, David King, George Allen and Unwin in association with The Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, The Australian National University, 1984, pp. vii + 326. No price given.

Fiscal Decentralisation, Thomas Wilson (ed.), Anglo‐German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, 1984, pp. vii + 197, £8,80.

Community Action for Change, Ray Lees and Majorie Mayo, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984, pp. 208, £6.95 paperback.

Women's Committees: A Study of Gender and Local Policy Formulation, Working Paper no. 45, S. Button, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, 1984, pp. 110, £4.20 paperback.

The Idea of Neighbourhood, What Local Politics Should be about, J. Seabrook, Pluto Press, 1984, pp. 147, £3.95 paperback.     

Reviews

Victoria E. Bonnell, Ann Cooper & Gregory Friedin (eds), Russia at the Barricades. Armonk, NY and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1994, xx + 371 pp.

A. S. Chernyaev, Shest’ let s Gorbachevym. Po dnevnikovym zapisyam. Moscow: Izdatel'skaya gruppa ‘Progress—Kul'tura’, 1993, 528 pp.

S. Ardittis (ed.), The Politics of East‐West Migration. London and New York: Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1994, 257 pp., £40.00.

Victor Peppard & James Riordan, Playing Politics: Soviet Sport Diplomacy to 1992. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, x + 184 pp., $43.95.

János Kovács (ed.), Transition to Capitalism? The Communist Legacy in Eastern Europe. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers, 1994, xxiii + 323 pp., $34.95.

R. J. Crampton, Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. London and New York: Routledge, 1994. xx + 475 pp., £45.00 h/b., $14.99 p/b.

John O. Norman (ed.), New Perspectives on Russian and Soviet Artistic Culture. Selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990. General Editor: Stephen White. London: Macmillan Press, 1994, xiv + 158 pp., £45.00.

Lynne Attwood (ed.), Red Women on the Silver Screen: Soviet Women and Cinema from the Beginning to the End of the Communist Era. London: Pandora Press, 1993, 260 pp., £12.99

Peter J. Potichnyj, Marc Raeff, Jaroslav Pelenski & Gleb N. Zekulin (eds), Ukraine and Russia in their Historical Encounter. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, University of Alberta, 1992, xv + 346 pp., $24.95.     

Management services and the efficient use of resources—report on a workshop

The Politics of the Urban Crisis, Andrew Sills, Gillian Taylor and Peter Golding, Hutchinson, 1988, pp. 180, £12.95 (paperback).

Providing Public Services that Serve the Public, Joyce Epstein et al. (eds), Anglo‐German Foundation, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP, 1989, pp. 204, £7.50 (paperback).

Human Resource Management in Local Government, Alan Fowler, Longman, 1988, pp. 122, £7.95.

Popular Attitudes to State Welfare Services: A Growing Demand for Alternatives?, P. Saunders and C. Harris, Social Affairs Unit, 9 Chesterfield St., London W1, 1989, pp. 36, £3.00.

Channel Tunnel: Vicious Circle ‐ The Impact of the Channel Tunnel on the North of England, Kerry Hamilton and Abigail Gregory, available from CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) Alberton House, St Mary's Parsonage, Manchester M3 2WJ, pp. 111, £10.00.

Millwall in the Community, Chris Lightbown and Chris Schwarz, Millwall FC, 1988, pp. 49, £5.50

Housing and Social Change in Europe and the USA, Michael Ball, Michael Harloe and Maartje Martens, Routledge, 1988, pp. 222, £30 (hardback).

Privatization in Less Developed Countries, P. Cook and C. Kirkpatrick (eds), Wheatsheaf Books, Sussex, 1988, pp. xix + 315, £35.00 (hardback), £9.95 (paperback).

Regional Structural Change and Industrial Policy in International Perspective: United States, Great Britain, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Jens Hesse (ed.), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden‐Baden, 1988, pp. 596, 187 DM.

British Coal Enterprise ‐ A first assessment, Glyn Owen, Special Report No. 3, Coalfield Communities Campaign (Enterprise Centre, 1 Pontefract Road, Barnsley S71 1AJ), 1988, pp. 28, £10.00.

Electricity, Linked Industries and Privatisation, Brian Gladstone and Damien Dewhirst, Special Report No. 4, Coalfield Communities Campaign, 1988, pp. 56, £10.00.