Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Richard Jankowski, Profits, Taxes, and the States
Roy T. Meyers, (ed.) Handbook of Government Budgeting
Gerasimos A. Gianakis and Clifford P. McCue, Local Government Budgeting: A Managerial Approach     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
J. P ower , R. W ettenhall and J. H alligan (eds), Local Government Systems of Australia , Advisory Council for Inter-government Relations Information
R aymond P lant , H arry L esser and P eter T aylor -G ooby , Political Philosophy and Social Welfare: Essays on the Basis of Welfare Provision
C olin A. H ughes , The Government of Queensland     

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

Books reviewed: Howard A Frank, Budgetary Forecasting in Local Government: New Tools and Techniques John E. Anderson, (ed.) Fiscal Equalization for State and Local Government Finance National Commission on the State and Local Public Service, Frustrated Federalism: RX for State and Local Health Care Reform     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Dean Michael Mead, The Quick Guide to Local Government Financial Statements
Dean Michael Mead, What You Should Know about Your Local Government Finances: A Guide to Financial Statements
Dean Michael Mead, What You Should Know about Your School District's Finances: A Guide to Financial Statements
Dean Michael Mead, The Quick Guide to School District Financial Statements     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
I da R. H oos . Systems Analysis in Public Policy: A Critique.
K enneth W. K night and K enneth W. W iltshire . The Growth of Public Services in Australia.
F. A. L arcombe . A History of Local Government in New South Wales: I. The Origin of Local Government in New South Wales 1831–58.     

BOOK NOTES

DENNIS KAVANAGH, Political Science and Political Behaviour
CHRISTOPHER CUNNEEN, Kings' Men. Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs
ROBERT BANKS (ed.), Private Values and Public Policy: The Ethics of Decision-Making in Government Administration
GARRY WOTHERSPOON (ed.), Sydney's Transport. Studies in Urban History
GREGORY P. JONES, The Federal Government 1983 A Chronology of Events and Decisions with References
MARGARET BOWMAN and WILLIAM HAMPTON (eds), Local Democracies. A Study in Comparative Local Government
JAMES JUPP (ed.), Ethnic Politics in Australia     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Automatic Government: The Politics of Indexation . By KENT WEAVER
Judges and Legislators: Toward Institutional Comity . Edited by ROBERT A. KATZMANN
Kyoninka-Cyosei to Kanryousei (Social Control of the Government Bureaucracy) . By AKIRA MORITA
Chihojichi (Local Government) . By MICHIO MURAMATSU
The Political Hand: Policy Implementation and Youth Employment Programs . By MARTIN A. LEVIN and BARBARA FERMAN     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Nalgo Reconstruction Committee : Interim Report on the Reform of Local Government Structure. The Future of Local Government . The Government of Wales . By Alderman Edgar L. Chappell . The Spanish Labyrintyh . By Gerald Brenan . Education for a World Adrift . By Sir Richard Livingstone The New Bellef in the Common Man . By Carl J. Friedrich . The British Empire , Its Structure and Spirit . By Eric A. Walker . The Black Man's Burden . By John Burger . The Labour Party's Post -War Policy for the Areican and Pacific Colonies . Report on the Constitutinal Problem in Iinda . By R. Coupland . Labour on the Land . By W. H. Pedley . The Great Hatred . By Mcaurice Samuel .     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
J. Richard Aronson and Eli Schwartz (eds.), Management Policies in Local Government Finance
H. Clyde Reeves (ed.), The Role of the State in Property Taxation
C. Lowell Harriss (ed.), The Property Tax and Local Finance
Government Finance Research Center, Indicators of Urban Condition     

BOOK NOTES

An Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis. An Introduction to Program Budgeting. F. J. Burrows . Minimum Development Rating. Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances in Australia. Industrialization and the Individual. James Jupp , Australian Party Politics, 2nd ed. J. T. Sutcliffe , A History of Trade Unionism in Australia. S. H. H. Hildersley and Raymond Nottage , Sources of Local Revenue. Management of Local Government. The Maud Committee Report. R. M. and C. H. Berndt . The First Australians. Peter France . The Charter of the Land. Allan Flanders . Trade Unions. John Hirst . A Proposal for an Integrated School Library System for the Public Schools of New South Wales. R. Preston (ed.). Contemporary Australia: Studies in History, Politics, and Economics.     

Preliminary Submission to the House of Representatives Economic, Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry into Cost Shifting by State Governments to Local Governments

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is the peak body for local authorities across Australia. Representing 698 councils, shires and other local governing bodies, ALGA advocates on behalf of local institutions, the local communities they represent and the process through which they interact. Founded in 1947 by the six states, ALGA now represents all states and territories and is a full member of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). This article is an edited version of the ALGA's preliminary submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee inquiry into the Financial Position of, and Cost Shifting onto, Local Government.     

Governance, Management, and Performance: They Matter

Books reviewed in this article:
Carolyn J. Heinrich and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., eds., Governance and Performance: New Perspectives
Patricia W. Ingraham, Philip G. Joyce, and Amy Kneedler Donahue, Government Performance: Why Management Matters
Janet M. Kelly and William C. Rivenbark, Performance Budgeting for State and Local Government     

Book Reviews

Books reviwed:
Irene S. Rubin, Class, Tax & Power
Helen F. Ladd, Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United Sates, Understanding the Links     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this article:
Thomas D. Lynch, Exercises in Public Budgeting
Richard Wagner, Balanced Budgets, Fiscal Responsibility and the Constitution
Edward M. Gramlich, Benefit-Cost Analysis of Government Programs
Richard E. Brown, Meredith C. Williams and Thomas P. Gallagher, Auditing Performance in Government, Concepts and Cases
John L. Mikesell, Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector
Frederick O.R. Hayes, David A. Grossman, Gerry E. Mechling, John S. Thomas, Steven J. Rosenbloom, Linkages: Improving Financial Management in Local Government     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article:
Eleanor P. Wolf, Trial and Error: The Detroit School Segregation Case .
Robert A. Dentler and Marvin B. Scon, Schools on Trial: An Inside Account .
John Brigham and Don W. Brown (eds.) Policy Implementation .
George C. Edwards III, Implementing Public Policy .
Robert T. Nakamura and Frank Smallwood. The Politics of Policy Implementation .
Randall B. Ripley and Grace A. Franklin, Bureaucracy and Policy Implementation .
Laurence Rutter, The Essential Community: Local Government in the Year 2000 .
Hadley Arkes, The Philosopher in the City: The Moral Dimensions of Urban Politics .     

SOME ASPECTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF GOLD COAST

The Administration appointed to take over the Gold Coast City Council was constituted as follows. An Administrator was appointed by the Governor in Council on 4 March 1978. He became Administrator and Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Administrator thus became the Council of the City of Gold Coast. Two Members of the Executive Committee were appointed on the same date by the Minister for Local Government and Main Roads to assist the Administrator. The initial term of appointment was to 30 June 1978, later extended to 30 September 1978, and finally extended to 31 March 1979 to coincide with the Triennial Local Government elections in the State of Queensland. In each case it was the Governor in Council who extended the term of the Administrator and the Minister who extended the terms of the Committee Members.     

Is Privatization Passé? The Case for Competition and the Emergence of Intersectoral Administration

Books reviewed:
Graeme A. Hodge, Privatization: An International Review of Performance
Jeffrey D. Greene, Cities and Privatization: Prospects for the New Century
Paul Seidenstat, (ed.) Contracting Out Government Services
Robin A. Johnson and Norman Walzer, (eds.) Local Government Innovation: Issues and Trends in Privatization and Managed Competition
C. Eugene Steuerle, Van Doorn Ooms, George Peterson, and Robert D. Reischauer, (eds.) Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Edward J. Clyncu and Thomas P. Lauth, (eds.) Governors, Legislatures, and Budget Across the American States C. William Garner, Accounting and Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Manager's Guide Herman B. Leonard, Checks Unbalanced: The Quiet Side of Public Spending David M. Lawrence, Local Government Finance in North Carolina Timpthy J. Conlan, Margaret T. Wrightson, and David R. Beam, Taxing Choices: The Politics of Tax Reform     

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