BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: John D. Montgomery , and William J. Sippin (eds.). Approaches to Development: Politics, Administration and Change. Sanford A. Lakoff (ed.). Knowledge and Power: Essays on Science and Government. James Jupp . Arrivals and Departures. J. E. Isaac arid G. W. Ford (eds.). Australian Labour Relations: Readings and Australian Labour Economics: Readings. E. L. French (ed.). Melbourne Studies in Education, 1965. N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. Payment of Members in New South Wales, Pros and Cons from 1912.     

BOOK NOTES

J. Griffith (Ed.). 1968 Australian and New Zealand Hospitals and Health Services Yearbook. School of Hospital Administration, University of New South Wales, and Hospital Administration Journal, Sydney, 1968 W. J. Penfold (Ed.). The Role of the Hospital Board. School of Hospital Administration, University of New South Wales R. L. Wettenhall . A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration (Foreword by the Hon. Eric Reece, M.H.A., Premier of Tasmania) N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. The Eastern Suburbs Railway: Events from 1946 to 1965. Sydney Thomas Lee Roberts . Judicial Organization and Institutions of Contemporary West Africa: a Profile. New York, 1966, Institute of Public Administration The Records of the Cabinet Office to 1922. Public Records Office Handbook No. 11, London, H.M.S.O., 1966     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
F. A. LARCOMBE, The Advancement of Local Government in New South Wales 1906 to the Present .
HUGH V. EMY, The Politics of Australian Democracy .
BERNARD SCHAFFER and ELIZABETH O'KEEFE, People and Agencies
D. M. FENBURY, Practice Without Policy: genesis of local government in Papua New Guinea .
R. G. S. BROWN, Reorganising the National Health Service: A Case Study of Administrative Change .
HUGH V. EMY, Public Policy: Problems and Paradoxes .
WOLFGANG KASPER, Issues in Economic Policy .
I. K. F. BIRCH, Forming Australia's Education Policy .     

BOOKS TO BE REVIEWED

Book reviewed in this article: ANDERSON et al. Issues of Political Development BROGDEN. Australia's Two-Airline Policy BURROUGHS. Britain and Australia 1831–1855 BURTON. International Relations CHAMBERLAIN. Loyalty and Legislative Action CORDEN. Australian Economic Policy Discussion: A Survey COUNTRYMAN. Un-American Activity in the State of Washington (Ed.) CRICK. Essays on Reform, 1967 DULY. British Land Policy at the Cape, 1795–1844 FOUGERE. Civil Service Systems. International Institute of Administrative Sciences, 1967 HAIG and MCBURNEY. The Interpretation of National Income Estimates HUGHES. Political Stability and Political Behaviour (Ed.) HUGHES. Readings in Australian Government JORDAN. The Nato lnternational Staff Secretariat 1952–1957 (Ed.) LA NAUZE. Federated Australia LASKI. A Grammar of Politics (Ed.) LEACH. Contemporary Canada MEO. Japan's Radio War on Australia 1941–1945 N.S.W. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Rating, Valuation and Local Government Finance PYE. Southeast Asia's Political Systems R.I.P.A. Management of Local Government, 1968 SAWER. Australian Federalism in the Courts SAWER. Ombudsmen (Ed.) SELLECK. Melbourne Studies in Education, 1967 The Indian Journal of Public Administration, “Administration of Food Production”, Special Issue, vol. XIII, No. 3, July–September. 1967 WILLIAMS. The French Parliament     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Henry Mayer (ed.). Australian Politics: A Reader. A. F. Davies and S. Encel (eds.). Australian Society: A Sociological Introduction. E. K. Fisk (ed.). New Guinea on the Threshold. E. L. Normanton . The Accountability and Audit of Governments. Giles Radice . Democratic Socialism: A Short Survey. W. H. C. Eddy , J. D. B. Miller , D. H. Monro and R. N. Spann . Studies in Democracy. Gerald E. Caiden . The A.C.P.T.A.: A Study of White Collar Public Service Ruth Knight . Illiberal Liberal: Robert Lowe in New South Wales T. H. Mc Elligott . Education in Ireland.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Governance, Politics, and the State. Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters. The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Robert E. Goodin, Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, and Henk‐Jan Dirven. Local Voices, National Issues: The Impact of Local Initiative in Japanese Policy‐Making. Sheila A. Smith, ed. Two Tiers or Two Speeds? The European Security Order and the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO. James Sperling, ed. Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia: Engendering Transition. Valerie Sperling. Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Policy Communities. Shaun Goldfinch.     

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ferrel Heady . Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. John J, Corson and R. Shale Paul . Men Near the Top. P. Loveday and A. W. Martin , Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales J. A. La Nauze . Alfred Deakin. Ian G. Sharp and Colin M. Tatz (eds). Aborigines in the Economy. J. P. Sinclair . Behind the Ranges. R. L. Cope (ed.). Library Services to the Legislature: A Symposium. Deborah Paige and Kit Jones . Health and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975. Keith Mc Ewan . Once a Jolly Comrade.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Information and Recreation: A Guide to Periodicals in the New South Wales Parliamentary Library The Vital Adjunct: Parliamentary Libraries and their Role in Australia. Reference Monograph Government Publications in Australia: Papers on their Use and Understanding, edited by R. L. Cope     

BOOK NOTES

J.A.G. G riffith . Parliamentary Scrutiny of Government Bills.
M aurice S piers . Techniques of Public Administration.
E.S. Q uade . Analysis for Public Policy Decisions.
H.J. G ibbney (comp.). Labor in Print: a guide to the people who created a labor press in Australia between 1850 and 1939.
Subject Index to the Acts of the Australian Parliament , compiled by B.M. Wicks.
T homas R. D ye . Understanding Public Policy     

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 NOTES

O. W. POWELL, Medical Research and Public Policy KENNETH WILTSHIRE and CHARLES STOKES, Government Regulation and the Commercial Electronic Media I. K. F. BIRCH, The School and the Law, and E. R. TREYVAUD and JOHN MCLAREN, Equal but Cheaper G. D. McCOLL, The Economics of Electricity Supply in Australia HENRY MAYER, with MARGARET BETTISON and JUDY KEENE, ARGAP: A Research Guide to Australian Politics and Cognate Subjects C. A. BURMESTER, comp., Guide to the Collections ROSEMARY WALTERS, In the Pub: A Guide to the Learning Resources in the Public Service JEREMY J. JOHNSON, comp., Corporate Planning: A Bibliography and Selective Guide to the Sources of Literature Australian Politics: A New Ball Game? J. M. POWER, Cases in Local Government Management E. GRANDJEAN and A. GILGEN, Environmental Factors in Urban Planning AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE, National Alcohol and Drug Dependence Multi-disciplinary Institute, ′75 BRIAN SMITH, Policy Making in British Government SEAN DOONEY, The Irish Civil Service KENNETH KERNAGHAN, Executive Manpower in the Public Service: Make or Buy     

Book Notes

R oy F orward (ed.). Public Policy in Australia
T homas B. S mith . The New Zealand Bureaucrat.
R. and V. R outley . The Fight for the Forests.
W.K. H ancock . The Battle of Black Mountain: An Episode of Canberra's Environmental History.
J.D. T ucker . Aspects of the Brisbane City Council's Administrative Organization.
H enry P arris . Staff Relations in the Civil Service: Fifty Years of Whitleyism.
G.S. H arman . The Politics of Education: A Bibliographical Guide.
J.E. R ichardson . Patterns of Australian Federalism.
J.S.H. H unter . Revenue Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany.
B.S. G rewal . Fiscal Federalism in India.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Equalisation in a Federal System.
R.L. M athews and W.R.C. J ay . Measures of Fiscal Effort and Fiscal Capacity in Relation to Australian State Road Finance.
R.S. G ilbert . The Future of the Australian Loan Council.
R.L. M athews (ed.). Fiscal Federalism: Retrospect and Prospect.
D onal D e B uitleir . Problems of Irish Local Finance.
E ugene F. B righam (ed.). Readings in Managerial Finance.
O scar K raines . The World and Ideas of Ernst Freund.
Administrative Change.
The Journal of Educational Administration.
Newsletter of the R.I.P.A. (A.C.T. Group).
R.I.P.A. Bulletin (South Australian Group).
Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader     

Intelligence writings in Australia

Andrew Moore, The Secret Army and the Premier, Conservative Paramilitary Organisations in NSW 1930–32 (Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1989). Pp.312. $19.00 (paperback).

Michael Cathcart, Defending the National Tuck Shop, Australia's Secret Army Intrigue of 1931 (Melbourne: Penguin, 1988). Pp.216. $14.99 (paperback).

Robert Manne, The Petrov Affair, Politics and Espionage (Sydney: Pergamon, 1987). Pp.310. $43.00 (paperback).

Mark Aarons, Sanctuary, Nazi Fugitives in Australia (Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1989). Pp.365. $24.00

Desmond Ball, Pine Gap, Australia and the US Geostationary Signals Intelligence Satellite Program (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1988). Pp.121. $15.00 (paperback).

Desmond Ball, A Base for Debate, the US Satellite Station at Nurrungar (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1987). Pp.122. $15.00 (paperback).

Desmond Ball, Australia's Secret Space Programs (Canberra: Australian National University, 1988). Pp.86. $15.00 (paperback).

Peter Morton, Fire Across the Desert, Woomera and the Anglo‐Australian Joint Project 1946–1980 (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989). Pp.561. $99.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: G. F. Sawer . Modern Federalism. C. A. Watts and Company Ltd, 1969 Raymond O'Dea . Industrial Relations in Australia. 2nd ed., Sydney, 1970 John Playford . Neo-Capitalism in Australia., Monograph Series, No. 1, Arena Publications Association, Victoria, 1969 Graham Little . The University Experience. Melbourne University Press, 1970 B. R. Davidson . Australia Wet or Dry? The Physical and Economic Limits to the Expansion of Irrigation A. D. Neale . The Antitrust Laws of the U.S.A.: A Study of Competition Enforced by Law. Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 1970 Ronald F. Bunn . German Politics and the Spiegel Affair: A Case Study of the Bonn System. Louisiana State University Press, 1968 R. T. Appleyard , editor. Man and His Environment. Octagon Lectures 1969, University of Western Australia Press, 1970 G. A. Rennison . We Live Among Strangers: A Sociology of the Welfare Slate. Melbourne University Press, 1970     

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 REVEIWS

Book reviewed in this articles: Susan G. Hadden. 1989. A Citizens Right to Know: Risk Communication & Public Policy James L. Regens and Robert W. Rycroft. 1988. The Acid Rain Controversy Lee Clarke . 1989. Acceptable Risk? Making Decision in a Toxic Environment Lance de Haven-Smith. (1988). Philosophical Critiques of Policy Analysis: Lindblom, Habermas, and the Great Society. Arnold Vedlitz . (1988). Conservative Mythology and Public Policy in America Lenore J. Weitzman. 1985. The Divorce Revolution: Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America Stephen H. Schneider. 1989. Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century? Michael D. Laurence, John R. Snortum and Franklin E. Zimring , (eds.). 1988. Social Control of the Drinking Driver     

The Permeability of Urban Cultures

Stephen Dovers (ed.): Australian Environmental History: Essays and Cases . Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Tim Flannery: The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of Australasian Lands and People . Chatswood, NSW: Reed Books, 1994. Distributed in the USA by George Braziller Inc., New York.

Stephen J. Pyne: Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia , New York: Henry Holt, 1991.     

Reviews

THE ROOTS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD LA TIN AMERICA

G. Pope Atkins, Latin America in the International Political System, second edition. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1989. Pp. 421.)

Lars Schoultz: National Security and United States Policy toward Latin America. (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. 377.)

Kevin J. Middlebrook and Carlos Rico, eds.: The United States and Latin America in the 1980s (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986. Pp. 648. Second printing 1988.)

GENEROSITY AND SELF‐INTEREST

Teresa Odendahl: Charity Begins at Home: Generosity and Self‐interest among the Philanthropic Elite. (New York: Basic Books, 1990. Pp. 298.)

HOBBES AMONG THE PATRIARCHS

Arnold A. Rogow: Thomas Hobbes: Radical in the Service of Reaction. (New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1986. Pp. 287.)

STRACHEY AND MACLEAN: BRITISH ALTERNA TIVES

Michael Newman: John Strachey. (Manchester: Manchester Press, 1989. Pp. 201.)

B. J. Ripley and J. McHugh: John Maclean. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989. Pp. 201.)     

STUDYING THE STATES

The Bannon Decade: The Politics of Restraint in South Australia. Edited by Andrew Parkin & Allan Patience Trials in Power: Cain, Kirner and Victoria 1982–1992. Edited by Mark Considine & Brian Costar Keeping them Honest: Democratic Reform in Queensland. Edited by Andrew Hede , Scott Prasser & Mark Neylan The Tasmanian Parliamentary Accord & Public Policy: Accommodating the new politics? Edited by Marcus Haward & Peter Larmour Affairs of State: Politics in the Australian States and Territories. By Scott Bennett