Public Administration in Belgium,the UK and Eire: a Review Symposium

Teaching Public Administration in Belgium, Jan Beyers and Yves Plees The Teaching of Public Administration in the UK, Chris Bellamy Teaching Public Administration in Ireland, Bernadette Connaughton Regionalism: a Review Article, Martin Rhodes Shrinking the State. The Political Underpinnings of Privatization , Harvey Feigenbaum, Jeffrey Henig and Chris Hamnett Public Policy Instruments. Evaluating the Tools of Public Administration, B. Guy Peters and Frans K.M. van Nispen Carrots, Sticks and Sermons. Policy Instruments and their Evaluation, Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc, Ray C. Rist and Evert Vedung Community Organizing. Building Social Capital as a Development Strategy , Ross Gittell and Avis Vidall Deregulation in the European Union: Environmental Perspectives , Ute Collier New Instruments for Environmental Policy, Jonathan Golub Re-imagining Political Community, Daniele Archibugi, David Held and Martin Köhler     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article Teaching Policy Studies: What and How William D. Coplin (ed.) Training in Public Administration: A Directory of Commonwealth Resources Commonwealth Secretariat Britain 1979: An Official Handbook Central Office of Information, HMSO British Government and Politics F. Randall. Public Administration Michael P. Barber. Local Government Michael P. Barber. What is Governing? Purpose and Policy in Washington Richard Rose. People and Agencies Bernard Schaffer and Elizabeth O'Keefe. Ombudsmen Around the World: A Comparative Chart Kent M. Weeks. Referendums: A Comparative Study of Practice and Theory David Butler and Austin Ranney (editors) Political Corruption in America George C. S. Benson. The New American Political System Anthony King (ed.). The Politics of the Firm Leonard Tivey. Government and Administration Series. Martin Robertson Guidelines for a Local Employment Study Barrie Needham. The BGA Guide to Business Schools Roger Frost (compiler). Choosing and Managing Information Systems for Public Administration Graeme Norris and Wallace Ewart. The Effective University: A Management by Objectives Approach Graeme Norris and Wallace Ewart.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Public Administration Teaching in Further and Higher Education Roy Lewis and Chris Himsworth.
The Superbureaucrats: Structure and Behaviour in Central Agencies Colin Campbell and George J. Szablowski.
The Reorganization of British Local Government: Orthodoxies and a Political Perspective John Dearlove.
The British New Towns: A Programme Without Policy Meryl Aldridge.
The Study of Social Policy: A comparative Approach Barbara Rodgers, Abraham Doron and Michael Jones.
The Changing Image of the Magistracy Sir Thomas Skyrme.
Public Sector Bargaining: A Study of Relative Gain A. W. J. Thomson and P. B. Beaumont.
The Postal Business 1969–79: A Case Study in Public Sector Management Michael E. Corby.
Reorganizing the National Health Service: A Case Study of Administrative Change R. G. S. Brown.
Government Administration in Australia R. N. Spann.
An Idea and Its Servants: UNESCO From Within Richard Hoggart.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Nicolai Dose And Matthias Finger, Public Administration In Germany And Switzerland: A Review Symposium
Andrew Jordan, The Multi-Level Politics Of European Environmental Governance: A Review Article
Tineke A. Abma, Evaluation For The 21st Century. A Handbook
Lennart Lundquist, Unmasking Administrative Evi
Anne Bergmans, Understanding Policy Fiascoes
Martha Blomqvist, Understanding Gender And Organizations
Lotte Jensen, Rationality And Power. Democracy In Practice
Bill Jenkins, Strategic Planning And Management In Local Government
Susana Borrás, Policy-Making In The Eu. Conceptual Lenses And The Integration Process
Pekka Kettunen , Interaktive Politik In Europa. Regionen Im Netzwerk Der Integration
Tanja A. Börzel, Eu Committees As Influential Policymakers
Torill Nyseth, Government Is Us. Public Administration In An Anti-Government Era
Peter Bogason, Teaching Political Science: Http://Www.Apsanet.Org/Teaching/Teaching On And By The Www     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader R. N. Spann and G. R. Curnow.
Europa Administration Munchen: Verlag Dokumentation
Outlines of Public Administration R. E. C. Jewell.
Policy Analysis Thomas R.
The Dynamics of Publíc Policy: A Comparative Analysis Richard Rose (ed.).
The Civil Service in Great Britain S. R. Maheshwari.
Sample Surveys and Public Participation Noel Boaden and Raymond Walker.
Methods of Approaching Groups in South Yorkshire William Hampton and Wendy Beale.
Labour and Local Politics John Gyford and Richard Baker.
Parliaments of the World: A Reference Compendium Prepared by Valentine Herman with the collaboration of Françoise Mendel.
A Textbook of Personnel Management George Thomason.
Face to Face: A Practical Guide to Interactive Skills Peter Honey.
Employment Law B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins.
Management and Productivity: An International Directory of Institutions and Information Sources Geneva: International Labour Office.
Project Appraisal in Practice M. F. G. Scott
The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1975 Kathleen Jones (ed.).
Control of the Curriculum: Issues and Trends in Britain and Europe Ron Glatter (ed.).
Adolescence and Community: The Youth Service in Britain John Eggleston.
Mental Health Brenda M. Hoggett.
Kent County Council Publications Research and Intelligence Unit
Rural Settlement Policies and Plans Brian J. Woodruffe.
Planning, Development and the Community Land Scheme Geoffrey Parsons and Barry Redding.
Political Culture in Ireland: The Views of Two Generations John Raven
Political and Administrative Federalism R. M. Burns et al .
Victoria Park, Manchester: A nineteenth century suburb in its social and administrative context Maurice Spiers     

REVIEWS

Mark R. Rutgers (ed.), Retracing Public Administration
Lester Salamon (ed.), The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance
Michael Moran, The British Regulatory State: High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation
Maura Adshead and Michelle Millar (eds), Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: Theory and Methods
Colin Seymour-Ure, Prime Ministers and the Media: Issues of Power and Control
Karen Duke, Drugs, Prisons and Policy-Making
Bronwen Morgan, Social Citizenship in the Shadow of Competition: The Bureaucratic Politics of Regulatory Justification
Penny Leonard, Promoting Welfare: Government Information Policy and Social Citizenship
Nikolaos Zahariadis, Ambiguity and Choice in Public Policy: Political Decision Making in Modern Democracies
Bruce Bimber, Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power     

Book Notes

Book review in this article
The Reformed Local Government System Peter G.Richards.
An Introduction to Australian Public Administration Kenneth Wiltshire.
Justice in the Welfare State Harry Street.
Industrial Tribunals Keith Whitesides and Geoffrey Hawker.
Economics and Transport Policy K.M.Gwilliam and P.J.Mackie.
Managing the Computer George W. Radley
Regional Management of the Rhine Papers of a Chatham House Study Group.
Inflation and Priorities: Social Policy and Public Expenditure 1975 Rudolf Klein (ed.).
The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1974 Kathleen Jones (ed.).
Community Work Two David Jones and Marjorie Mayo (ed.).
Opening the Door: A Study of New Policies for the Mentally Handicapped Kathleen Jones and others.
Provision for the Disabled Eda Topliss.
Electoral Politics in an Emergent State: The Ceylon General Election of May 1970 A.Jeyaratnam Wilson.
Environmental Policy and Administration Daniel H.Henning.
British Constitution R.E.C.
Local Government L.Golding.
Rural Recreation in the Industrial World Ian Simmons.
Styles of Advocacy The Roles of Voluntary Organizations in the Birmingham Planning Process Barry S. Fujishin.     

Reviews: Teaching Public Administration in the Nordic Countries: A Review Symposium

Books reviewed:
Christopher Hodgkinson, Administrative Philosophy – Values and Motivations in Administrative Life
Paul Heywood, Political Corruption
D. Farnham, S. Horton, J. Barlow and A. Hondeghem, New Public Managers in Europe: Public Servants in Transition
Lawrence D. Longley and Roger H. Davidson, The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
Kenneth Armstrong and Simon Bulmer, The Governance of the Single European Market
Gerda Falkner, EU Social Policy in the 1990s. Towards a Corporatist Policy Community
Wyn Grant, The Common Agricultural Policy
Robin Means and Randall Smith, Community Care: Policy and Practice
Peter Bogason, PUMA – The Management Service of the OECD     

Book Notes

Book review in this article
Guide to Government Data Compiled by A.F.Comfort and C.Loveless for the British Library of Political and Economic Science.
Local Government: Management and Corporate Planning Tony Eddison.
Local Authorities and Central Control J.A.G.Griffith.
British Members of Parliament: A Self-portrait Anthony King.
The Government of France Jean Blondel.
The New Zealand Bureaucrat Thomas B.Smith.
A Study of Public Administration in India Shriram Maheshwari.
Indian Administration Shriram Maheshwari.
The Management of Water Resources in England and Wales B.M.Funnell and R.D.Hay (eds.).
Elites in the Policy Process Robert Presthus.
Electoral Behaviour A Comparative Handbook Richard Rose (ed.).
The International Almanac of Electoral History Thomas T.Mackie and Richard Rose.
Planning Inquiry Practice Foreword by Sir Desmond Heap.
Training and Development in Government A.P.Saxena.
Employment Policies in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis J.Mouly and E.Costa.
Employee Participation in the Enterprise Institute of Personnel Management, 1975.
Charitable Organizations Christine D.McKee.
Housing: The Great British Failure Fred Berry.
Community Work One David Jones and Marjorie Mayo (eds.).
Community Work: Theory and Practice Philip Evens (ed.).
The Poverty of Education: A Study in the Politics of Opportunity David Byrne, Bill Williamson and Barbara Fletcher.
Communication: A Book for Students C.S.Deverell.
Urban Government Politics and Planning: A Study of the Administration of the Brisbane Town Plan K.N.Toms.
Politics and Administration in Queensland: A Select Bibliography Compiled by Kenneth W.Knight and Jill Adams.
Fiscal Equalization in a Federal System R.L.Matthews (ed.).
Management Science and Urban Problems Michael J.C.Martin.
Airports and the Environment Alan Stratford.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Nigel Forman, Constitutional Change in the UK
David Wilson and Chris Game, Local Government in the United Kingdom
Marilyn Taylor, Public Policy in the Community
Roberta Ann Johnson, Whistleblowing: When it Works and Why
Robert S. Erikson, Michael B. Mackuen and James A. Stimson, The Macro Polity
Ira Sharkansky, Politics and Policy Making: in Search of Simplicity
Bernard Donoughue, The Heat of the Kitchen: an Autobiography
Mark Cassell, How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany
Paul Carmichael and Arthur Midwinter (eds), Regulating Local Authorities: Emerging Patterns of Central Control
George Pagoulatos, Greece's New Political Economy. State, Finance and Growth from Postwar to EMU
Terry McNulty and Ewan Ferlie, Reengineering Health Care: the Complexities of Organizational Transformation     

Book Reviews

Book Reveiwed in this article
The Limits of Administration Christopher C. Hood.
Policy Making in British Government: An Analysis of Power and Rationality Brian Smith.
The State, Administration and the Individual Michael Hill.
Understanding Local Government Jeffery Stanyer.
The Process of Local Government Reform 1966–74 Bruce Wood.
Second City Politics: Democratic Processes and Decision-Making in Birmingham Kenneth Newton.
The Politics Of Consumer Representation: A Study of Community Health Councils Rudolf Klein and Janet Lewis.
The European Communities: The Social Policy of the First Phase . Doreen Collins. Martin Robertson     

Book Notes

Book review in this article
Public Administration: A Bibliography Howard E.McCurdy.
The Administrative Reform Commission Shriram Maheshwari.
A Guide to Parliamentary Papers P. and G.Ford.
Personnel Management in Hospitals Graham Millard.
Design of Form in Government Departments
Staff Appraisal G.A.Randell
Industrial Relations in the Common Market Campbell Balfour. Routledge & Kegan Paul
Administrative Justice and Supplementary Benefits Melvin Herman. Occasional Papers on Social Administration No.
Incomes Policy and the Public Sector Campbell Balfour. Routledge & Kegan Paul
Plans and Provisions for the Mentally Handicapped M.Bone, B.Spain and F.M.Martin. National Institute for Social Work Training Series No. 23. George Allen & Unwin, 1972.
Planning and Education Derek Birley. Routledge & Kegan Paul
The Evolution of a Profession: A Study of the Contribution of Teachers'Associations to the Development of School Teaching as a Professional Occupation P.H.J.H.Gosden.
National Economic Planning C.T.Sandford.
Regional Planning and Regional Government in Europe E.Kalk (ed.). The Hague: International Union of Local Authorities
Ballina: A Local Study in Regional Economic Development J.W.Chadwick, J.B.Houston and J.R.W.Mason. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration
The City: Problems of Planning Murray Stewart
The State of Britain Colin Buchanan.
Federal-Provincial Diplomacy: The Making of Recent Policy in Canada Richard Simeon.
Local Government Finance in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects Adebayo Adedeji and L.Rowland
Local Income Taxes: Economic Effects and Equip R.Stafford Smith. Berkeley
Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis E.J.Mishan.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Prisoners of Professionalism: On the Construction and Responsibility of Political Studies. A Review Article Mark Bevir
Reply to Mark Bevir: 'Prisoners of Professionalism' Jack Hayward
Paradigm Politics Hugh T. Miller
Additional Comments on Modernist Empiricism Mark Bevir
The History of Government from the Earliest Times (Vols 1 to 3) S.E. Finer
Administering the Summit: Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries B. Guy Peters, R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (eds)
Regulation Inside Government: Waste Watchers, Quality Policy and Sleaze Busters Christopher Hood, Oliver James, George Jones, Colin Stott and Tony Travers
Unfinished Business: Reforming the House of Lords Ivor Richard and Damien Welfare
The Politics and Policy of Local Taxation in Britain Allan McConnell
Social Science in Government: The Role of Policy Researchers Richard P. Nathan
Critical Issues in Cross-National Public Administration: Privatization, Democratization, Decentralization Stuart S. Nagel (ed.)     

Book Reviews

Vickers, Geoffrey Sir The Art of Judgement: A Study of Policy Making
Blunden, Margaret and Dando, Malcolm (eds.) Rethinking Public Policy-making: Questioning Assumptions, Challenging Beliefs.Essays in Honour of Sir Geoffrey Vickers on his Centenary
Hay, Colin Re-stating Social and Political Change
Barberis, Peter (ed.) The Whitehall Reader. The UK's Administrative Machine in Action
Bekke, Hans, Perry, James and Toonen, Theo (eds.) Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective
The Constitution Unit, University College London Delivering Constitutional Reform
Nagel, Stuart S. (ed.) Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 7
Kirkpatrick, Ian, Lucio, Miguel Martinez (eds.) The Politics of quality in the Public Sector
Peters, B. Guy and Rockman, Bert A. (eds.) Agenda for Excellence 2: Administering the State
Heyen, E.V. (ed.) Yearbook of European Administrative History, Volume 5: Bureaucratisation et Professionalisation de la Politique Sociale en Europe (1870–1918)
Caulfield, Janice and Wanna, John (eds.) Power and Politics in the City: Brisbane in Transition
Kickert, W. and Van Vught, F. (eds.) Public Policy and Administration Sciences in the Netherlands     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Public Policy Evaluation Kenneth M. Dolbeare (ed.)
Perspectives on Public Policy Making William B. Gwyn and George C. Edwards, III (eds.)
Ife Essays in Administration Colin Baker and M.J. Balogun (eds.)
Local Government Councillors-Their Motives and Manners Sir George Mallaby
Developing Personnel Skills Local Government Training Board
The Employment Protection Act 1975 Annotations by Brain Bercusson.
The Staffing of Public Libraries Department of Education and Science, 2 vols, HMSO
Work and Welfare in Britain and the USA Bruno Stein, Macmillan
The New Poor Law in the Nineteenth Century Derek Fraser (ed.)
The Children Act 1975 M.D.A. Freeman
Community Land: The New Act Victor Moore
Law and Bureaucracy: Administrative Discretion and the Limits of Legal Action Jeffrey L. Jowell
Incentives and Productivity in Public Enterprises J. Satyanarayana.
Airport Strategy and Planning Kenneth R. Sealy
The History and Practice of the Political Police in Britain Tony Bunyan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Public Administration: An Introduction Stuart MacRae and Douglas Pitt. Pitman Business Education, 1980. Pp. 226. £4.50.
The Government of the United Kingdom: Political Authority in a Changing Society Max Beloff and Gillian Peele.
Public Spending Decisions: Growth and Restraint in the 1970s Maurice Wright (ed.).
The House of Commons in the Twentieth Century S. A. Walkland (ed.).
Party Politics in Local Government: Officers and Members Policy Studies Institute and Royal Institute of Public Administration.
The Reports and Accounts of Nationalized Industries: a User's Guide Andrew Likierman.
The Telecommunications Function in the British Post Office: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Adaptation Douglas C. Pitt.
Government and Shipbuilding: The Politics of Industrial Change B. W. Hogwood.
Outside the State: Voluntary Organizations in Three English Towns Stephen Hatch.
Poverty in the United Kingdom: A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living Peter Townsend.
Social Services by Government Contract: A Policy Analysis Kenneth R. Wedel, Arthur J. Katz and Ann Weick (eds.)
Health Care: Priorities and Management Gwyn Bevan, Harold Copeman, John Perrin and Rachel Rosser.
In On the Act: Memoirs of a Lawmaker Sir Harold S. Kent.     

Book Notes

Book Reviewed in this article:
Politics, Position and Power: The Dynamics of Federal 0rganization Harold Seidman. 2nd ed.
Policy Analysis in Public Policymaking Thomas D. Lynch.
A Decade of Public Administration in Africa Anthony H. Rweyemamu and Goran Hyden (eds.).
Management Training for Development: The Asian Experience Inayatullah (ed.).
International Bureaucracy Thomas George Weiss.
Studies in Politics F.F. Ridley (ed).
Social Policy and Citizenship Julia Parker.
A Textbook of Personnel Management George Thomason.
The Child's Generation: Child Care Policy from Curtis to Houghton Jean Packman.
Action-Research in Community Development Ray Lees and George Smith.
Slamming the Door: The Administration of Immigration Control Robert Moore & Tina Wallace.
Local Government Administrative Practice R.E.C. Jewell.
Congress Against The President Harvey C. Mansfield, Sr. (ed).
Managing Change Hugh Marlow.
Management of an Urgent Public Works Project D.Rothwel1 and others.
Bracknell and its Migrants: Twenty-One Years of New Town Growth Audrey A, Ogilvy
Community Action and Local Government Sean Baine.
Inflation, Growth and International Finance Sir Alec Cairncross.
The Art of Anticipation: Values and Methods in Forecasting Solomon Encel and others (eds).
Hours of Work in Industrialized Countries Archibald A. Evans.
Gypsies and Government Policy in England Barbara Adams and others.
Home Help Janet Marks.     

REVIEWS

POLITICS, ETHICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE Royal Institute of Public Administration THE CHANGING CONSTITUTION Jeffrey Jowell and Dawn Oliver (eds) LAW, LEGITIMACY AND THE CONSTITUTION Patrick MacAuslan and John F. McEldowney (eds) PLANNING THE BRITISH ECONOMY Paul Hare Macmillan Political Innovation in America: The Politics of Policy Initiation Nelson W. Polsby CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS OF DEFENSE Martin Edmonds (ed) WHITEHALL AND WESTMINSTER. GOVERNMENT INFORMS PARLIAMENT: THE CHANGING SCENE Dermot Englefield MANAGING EDUCATION: THE SYSTEM AND THE INSTITUTION Meredydd Hughes, Peter Ribbins and Hywel Thomas (eds) THE POLITICS BEHIND BURNHAM: A STUDY OF TEACHERS' SALARY NEGOTIATIONS Rene Saran Sheffield WHATEVER HAPPENED TO URBAN POLICY? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN POLICY IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES Richard H. Leach LOCAL AUTHORITY BORROWING: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Sir Harry Page George IN DEFENCE OF WELFARE Philip Bean, John Ferris and David Whynes (eds) THE FUTURE OF WELFARE Rudolf Klein and Michael O'Higgins (eds) REVIEW OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN BRITAIN. 1885–1985 Rex Pope, Alan Pratt and Bernard Hoyle (eds) CONTROLLING CHEMICALS: THE POLITICS OF REGULATION IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Ronald Brickman, Sheila Jasanoff and Thomas Ilgen     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Experiences of an Optimist John Redcliffe-Maud. Implementing Public Policy Ruth Levitt. Organization Theory and Local Government Robert J. Haynes Patterns of Management in Local Government Royston Greenwood, Kieron Walsh, C.R. Hinings and Stewart Ranson. The Nationalized Industries: Policies and Performance Since 1968 Richard Pryke. British Industry and the North Sea: State Intervention in a Developing Industrial Sector Michael Jenkin. Public Policy & Administration in the Soviet Union Gordon B. Smith (ed.). Federal Reorganization: What Have We Learned? Peter Szanton (Ed). Paris and the Provinces: The Politics of Local Government Reform in France Peter Alexis Gourevitch. The Division in British Medicine: A History of the Separation of General Practice from Hospital Care 1911–1968 Frank Honigsbaum. A History of English Prison Administration, vol. I, 1750–1877 Sean McConville. Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp. Supplementary Benefits and the Consumer Eric Briggs and Anthony M. Rees. Fifty Years of Political and Economic Planning: Looking Forward 1931–1981 John Pinder (ed.).     

Book Notes

Book Reveiwed in this article
Documents on Contemporary British Government: vol. 1. British Government and Constitutional Change Martin Minogue (ed).
Documents on Contemporary British Government: Vol. 2. Local Government in Britain Martin Minogue (ed).
Local Government Administration Alan Griffiths.
The Economic Advisory Council 1930–1939 Susan Howson and Donald Winch.
Index to the Report of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration Helen Dent and others.
Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law Earl Jowitt and Clifford Walsh.
Community Health Councils and Planning in the National Health Service Douglas Weller.
Research and Reform: The Case of the Southwark Community Development Project 1969–1972 Stephen Hatch, Enid Fox and Charles Legg.
Housing and Race in Industrial Society David H. McKay.
Pollution: the Professionals and the Public Compiled by Andrew Porteous, Keith Attenborough
Workers' Participation in Western Europe 1976 Roger Harrison.
The Market and the State: Essays in Honour of Adam Smith Thomas Wilson and Andrew S. Skinner.
The National Insurance Commissioners Sir Robert Micklethwait, Q.C. Stevens
American Legal Processes William P. McLauchlan.
American Legal Processes William P. McLauchlan.
The Place of Criminal Justice in Development Planning Hardy Wick war
Shackleton on the Law and Practice of Meetings A. Harding Boulton.
Social Statistics in Ireland: A Guide to their Sources and Uses James McGilvray.
Community Work: Learning and Supervision Catherine Briscoe and David N. Thomas (eds).
Policing in a Perplexed Society Sir Robert Mark.
Occupiers Liability Act 1957 and the Liability of Hospitals B. Williams.
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