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THE TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT Christopher C. Hood
GOVERNMENTS UNDER STRESS: POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND KEY BUREAUCRATS IN WASHINGTON, LONDON AND OTTAWA Colin Campbell.
NATIONAL PARTIES AND LOCAL POLITICS John Gyford and Mari James.
NATIONAL INTERESTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ken Young (ed.)
PARLIAMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE Royal Institute of Public Administration.
PARLIAMENT AND BUREAUCRACY. PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF ADMINISTRATION PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS IN THE 1980s. J. R. Nethercote (ed.).
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN POLITICS Philip Lowe and Jane Goyder.
THE NATION'S OIL: A STORY OF CONTROL Gerry Corti and Frank Frazer.
PARTICIPATION Anne Richardson.
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STATE AND INDUSTRY Kenneth Dyson and Stephen Wilks (eds.).
STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: THE EXECUTIVE AT WORK Ned Johnson.
BOTH ENDS OF THE AVENUE: THE PRESIDENCY, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRESS IN THE 1980s Anthony King (ed.).
LE NOUVEL ORDRE ÉCONOMIQUE INTERNATIONAL ET L'ADMIMSTRATION PUBLIQUE Gérard Timsit (ed.).
COMMUNITY AGAINST GOVERNMENT: THE BRITISH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 1968–78 Martin Loney.
THE CASE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT G. Jones and J. Stewart.     

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Book reviews in this article: POLICY STYLES IN WESTERN EUROPE Jeremy Richardson (ed.). POLITICS, POLICY AND THE EUROPEAN RECESSION Andrew Cox (ed.). BRITISH DOGMATISM AND FRENCH PRAGMATISM: CENTRAL-LOCAL POLICYMAKING IN THE WELFARE STATE Douglas E. Ashford. CENTRAL GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. J. Bennett. HOW MUCH ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS WORTH? John Gretton and Anthony Harrison (eds.) EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS: A PRIMER Michael E. Borus, C. Gregory Bunk and William R. Trash. HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: ITS ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT N. W. Chaplin (ed.). HEALTH POLICY IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS AND ORGANISATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Christopher Ham. POLICY-MAKING AND PLANNING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Kenneth Lee and Anne Mills. CONSUMING SECRETS: HOW OFFICIAL SECRECY AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE IN BRITAIN Rosemary Delbridge and Martin Smith (eds.). THE POLITICS OF SECRECY: CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW James Michael. WAR AND THE STATE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT, 1914–1919 Kathleen Burk (ed.). THE POLITICS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL ROBERT HUTCHISON. THE PROMOTION OF INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE: THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN THE NHS Chris Ham and Laurie McMahon CRITICAL READINGS IN PLANNING THEORY Chris Paris (ed.). MANAGEMENT REFORM IN SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT Arthur Midwinter.     

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NATIONAL STYLES OF REGULATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES David Vogel THE ADMINISTRATION OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A RESEARCH REPORT Alan Parker, Aidan Rose and John Taylor REGIONALISM IN EUROPEAN POLITICS Roger Morgan (ed.) PROMOTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Colin Mellors (ed.) THE NATIONAL WORLD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. A. W. Rhodes URBAN POLITICAL THEORY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISCAL STRESS Michael Goldsmith and Søren Vinadsen (eds) THE EVOLUTION OF SPATIAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF INNER-URBAN POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1968–1981 Paul Lawless Pion HOUSING LAND POLICY Yvonne Rydin A PRICE WORTH PAYING? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT GRANT AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Diana Leat, Sue Tester BRITISH STEEL: AN INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Heidrun Abromeit PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND THE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE COMMONS Vilma Flegmann Gower THE NATURE OF UNITED NATIONS BUREAUCRACIES David Pitt and Thomas Weiss (eds.) MAKING THE MANAGERIAL PRESIDENCY: COMPREHENSIVE REORGANIZATION PLANNING 1905–1980 Peri E Arnold POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HUNGARY Gy. Szoboszlai (ed). POLICY MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ASSESSMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Proceedings of a Seminar organized by Peat-Marwick and the RIPA Royal Institute of Public Administration     

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Book reviews in this article:
PUBLIC POLICY IN BRITAIN Martin Burch and Bruce Wood.
POLICY ADVICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SURVIVAL Michael J. Prince.
TAX POLICY-MAKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Ann Robinson and Cedric Sandford.
THE FRAGMENTED STATE: THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF POWER Ronan Paddison.
TERRITORY AND POWER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM J. Bulpitt.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY K. Koenig, H-J. von Oertzen and F. Wagener (eds.).
GOVERNMENT AND URBAN POVERTY: INSIDE THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS Joan Higgins et al.
PLANNING FOR PRIORITY GROUPS Howard Glennerster, Nancy Korman and Francis Marslen-Wilson.
POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND DISADVANTAGE: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE Roger Fuller and Olive Stevenson.
SOVIET LOCAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Everett M. Jacobs (ed.).
THE POLITICS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Rudolf Klein.
BRITISH POLICY AND THE IRISH ADMINISTRATION 1920–22 John McColgan.     

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Book reviews in this article:
THE VICKERS PAPERS The Open Systems Group (ed.).
POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND BUREAUCRATIC POWER: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Edward C. Page.
POLICIES INTO PRACTICE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES IN IMPLEMENTATION David Lewis and Helen Wallace (eds.).
THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION D.C. Pitt and B.C. Smith (eds.).
SOMETHING IN THE AIR: CORPORATE POWER AND THE ENVIRONMENT Andrew Blowers.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, POLITICS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST John LI. J. Edwards.
GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL LABOUR MARKET POLICY IMPLEMENTATION Tom Davies, Charlie Mason with Liz Davies.
PRIVATIZING PUBLIC ENTERPRISES D. Steel and D. Heald (eds.).
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE NATIONALIZED INDUSTRIES John Grieve Smith (ed.).
THE REGULATION GAME: HOW BRITISH AND WEST GERMAN COMPANIES BARGAIN WITH GOVERNMENT Alan Peacock (ed.).
ISSUES IN PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING Anthony Hopwood and Cyril Tomkins (eds.).
VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR John J. Glynn.
FISCAL DECENTRALISATION Thomas Wilson and others.
WELFARE BUREAUCRACIES: THEIR DESIGN AND CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS David Billis.
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL BUILDING: ASPECTS OF PUBLIC POLICY 1945–73 Stuart Maclure.
HISTORIA ADMINISTRACJI Hubert Izdebski.
ADMINISTRATION IN PEOPLE'S POLAND Janusz Letowski (ed.).     

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ADMINISTRATIVE ARGUMENT Christopher Hood and Michael Jackson.
GOVERNMENT, EVALUATION AND CHANGE Mary Henkel.
CHOICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1990s AND BEYONQ Michael Clarke and John Stewart.
HOLLOW PROMISES: RHETORIC AND REALITY IN THE INNER CITY M. Keith and A. Rogers (eds.)
URBAN PLAMVLVG UNDER THATCHERISM Andy Thornley.
THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE POLL TAX: MRS THATCHER'S DOWNFALL John Gibson.
DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH POLITICS Peter A. Hall, Jack Hayward and Howard Machin (eds.)
GOVERNING FROM THE CENTRE: POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING IN THE NETHERLANDS Ken Gladdish.
PARLIAMENT AND INDUSTRY David Judge.
THE POLITICS OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT IN BRITAIN Martin J. Smith.
BUSINESS AND POLITICS: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION (2nd ed.) Graham K. Wilson.
LEGISLATURES IN THE POLICY PROCESS THE DILEMMAS OF ECONOMIC POLICY David Olson Michael Mezey (eds.).
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MODERN STATES: NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND THEORETICAL CROSSROADS Peter Wagner, Carol Hirschon Weiss, Bjorn Wittrock and Hellmut Wollman (eds.)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE O. P. Dwivedi and Keith M. Henderson (eds.)
RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION VOLUME 1 1991 James L. Perry (ed.)
FROM PROHIBITION TO REGULATION: BOOKMAKING, ANTIGAMBLING AND THE LAW David Dixon.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LEXICON OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES L. J. Sharpe.     

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Book reviews in this article:
UNDERSTANDING BIG GOVERNMENT: THE PROGRAMME APPROACH Richard Rose.
PLANNING THE URBAN REGION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLICIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Peter Self.
BUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY: A POLITICAL DILEMMA E. Etzioni-Halevy.
COMPONENTS OF WELFARE Stephen Hatch and Ian Mocroft.
THE POLITICS OF LOCAL SPENDING Arthur Midwinter.
THE POLITICS OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM David Judge (ed.).
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Clive Archer.
GOVERNMENT AND RESEARCH – THE ROTHSCHILD EXPERIMENT IN A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT M. Kogan and M. Henkel.
POLICY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins (eds.).
THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Keith M. Henderson.
PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS Michael J. Earl (ed.).
LES NATIONALISATIONS 1982 André G. Delion and Michael Durupty.
QUANGOS: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE G. R. Curnow and C. A. Saunders (eds.).
BY WORD OF MOUTH: ELITE ORAL HISTORY Anthony Seldon and Joanna Papworth.
OH, CAPTAIN SHAW Ronald Cox.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE David Heald.     

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AN INDUSTRIALIST IN THE TREASURY – THE POST-WAR YEARS Edwin Plowden
1688–1988: TIME FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION R. Holme and M. Elliott
DEVELOPING POLICY RESEARCH Tim Booth
THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC CHANGE C. R. Hinings and Royston Greenwood
ORGANIZING GOVERNANCE, GOVERNING ORGANIZATIONS Colin Campbell, S. J. and B. Guy Peter (eds.)
THE RETREAT OF THE STATE: DEREGULATION AND PRIVATISATION IN THE UK AND US Dennis Swann
TROUBLED WATER: RIVERS, POLITICS AND POLLUTION David Kinnersley
SIZEWELL 'B': AN ANATOMY OF THE INQUIRY Timothy O'Riordan, Ray Kemp and Michael Purdue
DEFENCE POLICY MAKING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS G. M. Dillon (ed.)
POST-INDUSTRIAL CITIES: POLITICS AND PLANNING IN NEW YORK, PARIS AND LONDON H. V. Savitch
THE POSTMODERN PRESIDENT: THE WHITE HOUSE MEETS THE WORLD Richard Rose
HAWKE'S SECOND GOVERNMENT: AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH ADMINISTRATION 1984–1987 Roger Wettenhall and J. R. Nethercote
MARKETING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Kieron Walsh
THE CHANGING POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT J. Gyford, S. Leach, and C. Game
SOCIAL WORK AND LOCAL POLITICS Paul Daniel and John Wheeler
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR A. P. Kakabadse, P. R. Brovetto, Rainer Holzer (eds.)     

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CABINET Peter Hennessy
WHITEHALL: TRAGEDY AND FARCE Clive Ponting
POLICY CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT: THREE CASE STUDIES Nicholas Deakin (ed.)
JOB AT THE TOP Sir John Boynton
ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
NEW RESEARCH IN CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS Michael Goldsmith (ed.)
CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TRADING STANDARDS SERVICES Gerald Rhodes
PROFESSIONALISM AND POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONS IN THE CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP M. Laffin Gower
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATISM Wyn Grant (ed.)
PUBLIC PERSONNEL POLICY: THE POLITICS OF CIVIL SERVICE David H. Rosenbloom (ed.)
THE PRIVATE EXERCISE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONS Denis L. Thompson (ed.)
MEASURING UP: CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY SERVICES National Consumer Council
PUBLIC HOUSING AND PRIVATE PROPERTY 1970–1984 Stephanie Cooper Gower
WOMEN AND EUROPEAN POLITICS: COMTEMPORARY FEMINISM AND PUBLIC POLICY Joni Lovenduski
FUTURE WORK: JOBS, SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL AGE James Robertson Gower
THE COMPLETE PLAIN WORDS Sir Ernest Gowers     

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RULES AND GOVERNMENT Robert Baldwin THE END OF WHITEHALL: DEATH OF A PARADIGM? Colin Campbell and Graham K. Wilson THE CIVIL SERVICE SINCE 1945 Kevin Theakston THE CIVIL SERVICE Keith Dowding THE BRITISH CABINET SYSTEM Martin Burch and Ian Holliday Governing the UK in the 1990s Robert Pyper and Linton Robins POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Geoffrey Fry THE CHANGING-ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Steve Leach, John Stewart and Kieron Walsh EXPLAINING ECONOMIC POLICY REVERSALS Christopher Hood MEASURING OUTCOME IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Peter Smith (ed.) PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, VOLS I AND II John Bourn MANAGING POLICY CHANGE IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS OF WATER William Maloney and Jeremy Richardson     

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Book Reviewed in this article: CABINET DECISIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY. THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE OCTOBER 1938–JUNE 1941 Christopher Hill. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS Mark Franklin and Philip Norton (eds.) THE HOUSE OF LORDS AT WORK: A STUDY BASED ON THE 1988–1989 SESSION Donald Shell and David Beamish (eds.) DOES PARLIAMENT MATTER? Philip Norton. THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC POLICY Wyn Grant. STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE 1990s Steven Leach (ed.) FROM RATES TO THE POLL TAX Arthur Midwinter and Claire Monaghan.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
SOLVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS — PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN CITIES AND REGIONS Charles E. Pinkus and Anne Dixson
PUBLIC DUTIES: THE MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS J. L. Fleishman, L. Liebman and M. H. Moore (eds.).
THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE John E. Pater
VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICES Norman Johnson
THE ADMINISTRATIVE 'REVOLUTION' IN WHITEHALL: A STUDY OF THE POLITICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN BRITISH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 1950s G. K. Fry
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN: EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO HOW IT ALL WORKS Tony Byrne
MODERN POLICING David Watts Pope and Norman L. Weiner (eds.)
SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE FAILURE OF THE STATE: CENTRALISED SOCIAL SERVICES AND PARTICIPATORY ALTERNATIVES R. Hadley and S. Hatch
WOMEN IN TOP JOBS 1968–1979 Michael Fogarty, Isobel Allen and Patricia Walters
INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND INNOVATION Charles Carter (ed.)
PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN Michael Rush
BACKBENCH SPECIALISATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS David Judge
CASH LIMITS AND EXTERNAL FINANCING LIMITS Andrew Likierman
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE UK G. Wilkinson and P. M. Jackson
THE POLICY PROCESS IN COMMUNIST STATES: POLITICS AND INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION Leslie Holmes
HEALTH AND WEALTH: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF HEALTH-CARE SPENDING Robert J. Maxwell
THE HOME OFFICE 1848–1914: FROM CLERKS TO BUREAUCRATS Jill Pellew
CULTURE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES Andrew Kakabadse     

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Book reviewed in this Article:
THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. John Stewart Gerry Stoker (eds.)
COUNCILS IN CONFLICT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUNICIPAL LEFT. Stewart Lansley, Sue Goss Christian Wolmar.
BUDGETING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MANAGING THE MARGINS Howard Elcock, Grant Jordan Arthur Midwinter with George Boyne.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN BRITAIN Chris Moore J. J. Richardson in association. with Jeremy Moon.
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT Ken Young (ed.)
TERRITORY AND ADMINISTRATION IN EUROPE Robert Bennett.
POLICY-MAKING IN FRANCE Paul Godt (ed.)
THE STATE AS EMPLOYER: LABOUR LAW IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES Sandra Fredman Gillian S. Morris.
MANAGING UNDER PRESSURE: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Martin Laffin.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES R. Mailly, S. J. Dimmock A. S. Sethi (eds.).
CIPFA GUIDE TO THE COMMUNITY CHARGE Rita Hale Chris Stewart (eds.)
THE CIVIL SERVICE IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES J. E. Kingdom (ed.)
LOCAL JUSTICE - IDEALS AND REALITIES John W. Raine.     

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THE BRITISH POLITICAL TRADITION VOLUME 3: A MUCH GOVERNED NATION – PARTS 1 AND 2 W. H. Greenleaf Methuen
MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES: A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS Richard Rose
RULING PERFORMANCE: BRITISH GOVERNMENTS FROM ATTLEE TO THATCHER Peter Hennessy and Anthony Seldon (eds.)
RESHAPING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: RESHAPING OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR. VOL 1 John Gretton and Anthony Harrison (eds.)
DON AND MANDARIN: MEMOIRS OF AN ECONOMIST Donald MacDougall John Murray
MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: LESSONS FROM CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE Jan Kooiman and Kjell A. Eliassen (eds.)
PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT J. A. Chandler
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE COMMUNITY Colin Mellors and Nigel Copperthwaite
LEARNING FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY BUDGETING Howard Elcock and Grant Jordan (eds.)
THE GROWTH AND EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SPENDING M. S. Levitt and M. A. S. Joyce
DEVELOPING LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES Allan Cochrane (ed.)
POLITICAL ETHICS AND PUBLIC OFFICE Dennis F. Thompson
BUREAUCRATIC DISCRETION: LAW AND POLICY IN FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES Gary C. Bryner
THE WELFARE STATE IN TRANSITION: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WELFARE PLURALISM Norman Johnson
PROPERTY BEFORE PEOPLE: THE MANAGEMENT OF TWENTIETH CENTURY COUNCIL HOUSING Anne Power
ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN PRESIDENCY M. Shaw (ed.)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE Howard E. McCurdy     

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ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO RULES, ENFORCEMENT AND ORGANISATION Christopher Hood THE NOBLE LIE: THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW Ian Harden and Norman Lewis THE MANAGEMENT OF HUNG AUTHORITIES Local Government Training Board THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart THE CHANGING GOVERNMENT OF EDUCATION S. Ranson and J. Tomlinson (eds.) PLANNING, NEED AND SCARCITY: ESSAYS ON THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Adrian Webb & Gerald Wistow IN DEFENCE OF THE WELFARE STATE Paul Wilding (ed.) WHAT PRICE COMMUNITY MEDICINE? THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES: FAMILY PRACTITIONER COMMITTEES IN THE 1980s PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN THE INNER CITIES AFTER ACHESON Gerald Rhodes, Usha Prashar and Ken Young THE DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITY: TASKS, ORGANISATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GOVERNING BODY Warren Kinston THE STATE, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY Andrew Cox (ed.) NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC CONTROL: LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES Tony Prosser THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY: 1946–82, THE NATIONALIZED INDUSTRY William Ashworth THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BRITISH REGIONAL POLICY D. W. Parsons GOVERNING THE ECONOMY: THE POLITICS OF STATE INTERVENTION IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Peter A. Hall DECENTRALISATION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE Michael Keating and Paul Hainsworth Gower CENTRALISATION AND DECENTRALISATION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE Stephen Garrish THE SQUARE MILE: A GUIDE TO THE CITY REVOLUTION John Plender and Paul Wallace ADJUSTING TO DEMOCRACY: THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR IN BRITISH POLITICS 1916–1939 Rodney Lowe POLICY ANALYSIS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES Sir Douglas Was, Michael Elliott, Anthony Barker (eds.) HOUSING A DIVIDED SOCIETY C. E. B. Brett     

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Book reviews in this article:
POLICY EVALUATION: MAKING OPTIMUM DECISIONS Stuart S. Nagel.
POLICY DYNAMICS Brian Hogwood and B. Guy Peters.
PLANNING THEORY: PROSPECTS FOR THE 1980s Patsy Healey, Glen McDougall and Michael J. Thomas (eds.).
BRITONS IN BRUSSELS: OFFICIALS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT Virginia Willis.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL SERVICES N. Boaden, M. Goldsmith and P. Stringer.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: HISTORY AND THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE Joseph A. Uveges Jr. (ed.)
THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION IN UNITED KINGDOM POLITICS Peter Madgwick and Richard Rose (eds.).
DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION Tony Bush and Maurice Kogan.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND CONTROL IN WHITEHALL Proceedings of a seminar organized by the Royal Institute of Public Administration in association with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
POLICY AND POLITICS IN FRANCE: LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY Douglas E. Ashford.
THE HOME OFFICE: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION Home Office Bicentenary Lectures 1982.
COMMUNITY CARE - THE FAMILY, THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY Alan Walker (ed.).
TACKLING THE TOWN HALL: A LOCAL AUTHORITY HANDBOOK Roger Jefferies.     

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Book reviewed in this article: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND Brian W. Hogwood and Michael Keating (eds.) LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN SINCE REORGANISATION Alan Alexander LOCAL GOVERNMENT: POLITICIANS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES Howard Elcock (with a chapter by Michael Wheaton) THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY Wyn Grant ACCOUNTING FOR BRITISH STEEL: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF THE BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION 1967–80, AND WHO WAS TO BLAME R.A. Bryer, T.J. Brignall and A.R. Maunders NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES L. E. Grayson THE OTHER PRICE OF BRITAIN'S OIL: SAFETY AND CONTROL IN THE NORTH SEA W. G. Carson METROPOLITAN LONDON: POLITICS AND URBAN CHANGE 1837–1981 Ken Young and Patricia L. Garside PUBLIC SECRETS: A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT SECRECY K. C. Robertson QUANGOS IN BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT AND THE NETWORKS OF PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Anthony Barker (ed.) RUNNING IN THE RED: THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN FISCAL STRESS Irene S. Rubin WHO'S MASTER, WHO'S SERVANT?: REFORMING BUREAUCRACY Geoffrey Hawker THE USES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: SOCIAL INVESTIGATION IN PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING Martin Bulmer     

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GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE SEARCH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFECTIVENESS AND CITIZENSHIP Dawn Oliver.
THE LABOUR PARTY AND WHITEHALL Kevin Theakston.
THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE 1838–1958 John D. Cantwell.
HOW ORGANISATIONS MEASURE SUCCESS N. Carter, R. Klein and P. Day.
CITIZENS, CONSUMERS AND COUNCILS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC. John Gyford.
THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND LOCAL POLITICS: THE INFLUENCE ON COUNCILLORS IN LONDON J. Barry.
A RADICAL AGENDA: AFTER THE NEW RIGHT AND OLD LEFT David Donnison.
DISCRETIONARY POLITICS: INTERGOVERMMENTAL SOCIAL TRANSFERS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES Volume 2 of the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY Douglas E. Ashford (ed.)
NORTHERN IRELAND: POLITICS AND THE CONSTITUTION Brigid Hadfield (ed.)
RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY S. Saggar.     

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Institute for Public Policy Research. PUBLIC LAW AND DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P. P. Craig. THE PUBLIC SECTOR: CHALLENGE FOR CO-ORDINATION AND LEARNING Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (ed.) WHAT NEXT?: AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE Anne Davies and John Willman. BRITISH GOVERNMENT: THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE TERRITORY Peter Madgwick. LEARNING FROM PRECEDENT IN WHITEHALL Peter Nailor. A HARD POUNDING: POLITICS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS 1974–76 Edmund Dell. PARLIAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Charles Carstairs and Richard Ware (eds.) CITIZENS, CONSUMERS AND COUNCILS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC John Gyford. COUNCILLORS IN CRISIS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORLDS OF LOCAL COUNCILLORS Jacqueline Barron, Gerald Crawley and Tony Wood. LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POWER Samuel Humes IV. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN John Kingdom. PUBLIC SECTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS P. B. Beaumont. IN THE WAY OF WOMEN: MEN'S RESISTANCE TO SEX EQUALITY IN ORGANIZATIONS C. Cockburn. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENTS FOR WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: AN ANGLO-GERMAN PERSPECTIVE Margery Povall and Monika Langkau-Herrmann (eds.) DEMOCRATIZING FRANCE: THE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF DECENTRALISATION Vim A. Schmidt. LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND INNOVATION: EVENTS AND CHANGES: THE FIRST STEPS OF LOCAL TTANSITION IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE G. Peteri (ed.) THE CHANNEL TUNNEL: PUBLIC POLICY, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Ian Holliday, Gerard Marcou and Roger Vickerman. RESHAPING THE STATE: NEW ZEALAND'S BUREAUCRATIC REVOLUTION J. Boston, J. Martin, J. Pallot and P. Walsh (eds.) REINVENTING RATIONALiTY: THE ROLE OF REGULATORY ANALYSIS IN THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY Thomas O. McGarity.     

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WHITEHALL Peter Hennessy
INSIDE THE THINK TANK: ADVISING THE CABINET 1971–1983 Tessa Blackstone and William Plowden William Heinemann
ORGANISING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT – A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY John Barratt and John Downs
UNDERSTANDING THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT John Stewart
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Alan Fowler
LOCAL LABOUR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A STUDY OF CHANGING INTERESTS, POLITICS AND POLICY IN SOUTHWARK, 1919–1982 Sue Goss
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: WHO REALLY CONTROLS IT AND HOW Andrew Likierman
THE COMMONS UNDER SCRUTINY Michael Ryle and Peter Richards (eds.)
THE HOUSE OF LORDS Donald Shell
THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: THE JOB OF THE BACKBENCHER Lisanne Radice, Elizabeth Vallance and Virginia Willis
PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN A PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE: THE CASE OF THE CAREERS SERVICE Michael Carley
MAKING EUROPEAN POLICIES WORK: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION EN THE MEMBER STATES: VOLUME I COMPARATIVE SYNTHESES AND VOLUME II NATIONAL REPORTS Heinrich Siedentopf and Jacques Ziller (eds.)
GOVERNMENTS, MANAGERS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Anthony Ferner
THE MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT: FROM MACMILLAN TO HESELTINE Sir Ewen Broadbent
GOVERNMENT AND EXPERTISE: SPECIALISTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PROFESSIONALS, 1860–1919 Roy MacLeod (ed.)
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