BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration and Sustainable Development. Edited by Mohammad Ja 'Far Ekram Ja 'Fari , Raul P De Guzman and Mila A Reforma Political Leadership in an Age of Constraint: Bureaucratic Politics Under Hawke and Keating. By Colin Campbell SJ and John Halligan Transforming Australian Local Government. By Michael Jones Public Sector Reform Under the First Goss Government: A Documentary Sourcebook. Edited by Glyn Davis Towards National Administration: Studies in Australian Administrative History. Edited by JJ Eddy and JR Nethercote Documenting a Nation: Australian Archives—The First Fifty Years. By Hilary Golder Ethics for the Public Sector: Education & Training. Edited by Noel Preston Corruption Character & Conduct: Essays on Canadian Government Ethics. Edited by John W Langford and Allan Tupper The Politics of Australia. By Dean Jaensch The Australian Form of Government: Models in Dispute. By Richard Lucy A National Survey of Indigenous Australians: Options and Implications. Edited by J.C. Altman Regional Change in the Economic Status of Indigenous Australians, 1986–1991. By J. Taylor     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Australia's Seventh State. Edited by PETER LOVEDAY and PETER McNAB
Aspects of Public Sector Employment Law. By G.J. McCARRY
Educational Policy in Australia and America: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by WILLIAM LOWE BOYD and DON SMART
Taxation by Political Inertia: Financing the Growth of Government in Britain. By RICHARD ROSE and TERENCE KARRAN
New Strategies for Executive Development: The Management of Public Accountability. By JOHN UHR
Hawke's Second Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1984–1987. Edited by R. WETTENHALL and J.R. NETHERCOTE     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations in the Public Sector. Edited by M argaret G ardner
Hawke's Third Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1987–1990. Edited by J ohn H alligan and R oger W ettenhall .
The Lie of the Level Playing Field. By J enny S tewart
Market, Bureaucracy and Community: A Student's Guide to Organisation. By H al C olebatch and P eter L armour
Political Management in Canada. By A llan B lakeney and S andford B orins     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Private Pay for Public Work: Performance-Related Pay for Public Sector Managers. By R obert W ood and M aria M aguire
Reforming the Public Service: Lessons from Recent Experiences. Edited by P atrick W eller , J ohn F orster and G lyn D avis
Program Evaluation and Performance Monitoring: An Australian Perspective. Edited by C iaron O'F aircheallaigh and B ill R yan
Beyond the Protective State: The Political Economy of Australia's Industry Policy. By A nn C apling and B rian G alligan
Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy. Edited by B rian G alligan , O wen H ughes and C liff W alsh
In Reserve: Central Banking in Australia, 1945-75. By B oris S chedvin
Comparative Political Studies: Australia and Canada. Edited by M alcolm A lexander and B rian G alligan
Public Administration in Small and Island States. Edited by R andall B aker
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives. By A lan B ullock
Natural Hazards and Reinsurance. Edited by J ohn O liver and N eil R. B ritton
Natural and Technological Hazards: Implications for the Insurance Industry. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver
Catastrophe Insurance for Tomorrow: Planning for Future Adversities. Edited by N eil R. B ritton and J ohn O liver     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Critical tears in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared. By FREDA HAWKINS (Montreal
Utah and Queensland Coal: A Study in the Micro Political Economy of Modern Capitalism and the State. By BRIAN GALLIGAN
"That Community Government Mob": Local Government in Small Northern Territory Communities. By JACKIE WOLFE
Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian Analysis. By GEORGE PALMER and STEPHANIE SHORT
From Colony to Coloniser: Studies in Australian Administrative History. Edited by J.J. EDDY AND J.R. NETHERCOTE
A Policy Framework for Improving the Performance of Government Trading Enterprises. By the STEERING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT TRADING ENTERPRISES
Engagement of External Consultants by Commonwealth Departments: Report 302. By JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A Framework for Human Resource Management in the Australian Public Service. By C ommonwealth P ublic S ervice C ommission
Managing For Balance: A Public Sector Management Strategy. By G overnment O f W estern A ustralia
Complaints Against the Police: The Trend to External Review. Edited by A ndrew J. G oldsmith
The Responsible Public Servant. By K enneth K ernaghan and J ohn W L angford
France's Overseas Frontier: Départments et Territories D'Outre-Mer. By R obert A ldrich and J ohn C onnell     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Administrative Vocation. By RS Parker State, Economy and Public Policy in Australia. Edited by Stephen Bell and Brian Head Work for All: Full Employment in the Nineties. By John Langmore and John Quiggin Australian Mandarins: Perceptions of the Role of Departmental Secretaries. By Robert Hyslop Westminster Inc.: A Survey of Three States in the 1980s. Edited by Allan Peachment Environmental Impact Assessment: Cutting Edge for the 21st Century. By Alan Gilpin Inside Bureaucratic Power: The Wilenski Review of NSW Government. By Richard Alaba Australian Political Ideas. Edited by Geoff Stokes Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and The New Politics in Australia. By Laura Tingle Justice and Identity: Antipodean Practices. Edited by Margaret Wilson and Anna Yeatman Parties and Federalism in Australia and Canada. Edited by Campbell Sharman Welfare and Inequality: National and International Perspectives on the Australian Welfare State. By Peter Saunders Social Security in Australia. By Terry Carney and Peter Hanks Research in Public Administration, Vol. 1 (1991) and Vol. 2 (1993). Edited by James L Perry New Agendas in the Study of the Policy Process. Edited by Michael Hill The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning. Edited by Frank Fischer and John Forester Drought, Policy and Politics in India: The Need for a Long-term Perspective. By Kuldeep Mathur and Niraja G Jayal     

MORE VALUABLE CONFERENCE BOOKS

Public Administration in Australia: A Watershed. Edited by JOHN POWER (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, 1990, 168 pp).
Decision Making in Australian Government: The Cabinet and Budget Processes. Edited by BRIAN GALLIGAN, J.R. NETHERCOTE and CLIFF WALSH (Canberra: Centre of Research on Federal Financial Relations and Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, ACT Division 1990, 141 pp).
Budgetary Management and Control: The Public Sector in Australasia. Edited by JOHN FORSTER and JOHN WANNA (Melbourne, Macmillan, 1990, 206 pp).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
New York Unbound: the City and the Politics of the Future. Edited by P. SALINS
Ideas for Australian Cities , 3rd Edition. By HUGH STRETTON
Introduction to Australian Administrative Law. By MARGARET ALLARS
Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore. Edited by KERNIAL SINGH SANDHU and PAUL WHEATLEYd     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: Engllishness : Politics and Culture , 1880–1920. Edited by Robert Colls and Philip Dodd . The Scottish Trades Union Congress . The First Eighty Years : 1897–1977. By Angela Tuckett . Scotland : The Case for Optimism . By Jim Sillars . Atrocity and Amnesia : The Political Novel Since 1945. By Robert Boyers . Thinkers of the New Left . By Roger Scruton . Bringing the State Back In . Edited by Peter Evans , Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda Skocpol . The Nation -State and Violence . By Anthony Giddens . The Political Economy of Corporatism . Edited by Wyn Grant . A World in Crisis ? Geographical Perspectives . Edited by R. J. Johnston and P. J. Taylor . The Artful Albanian : The Memoirs of Enver Hoxha . Edited by Jon Halliday . Margaret Cole 1893–1980: A Political Biography . By Betty D. Vernon Duff Cooper : The Authorized Biography . By John Charmley .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Keeping the Peace: Police Accountability and Oversight. Edited by David Moore and Roger Wettenhall What's Right? Free Enterprise versus Government Control: Getting the Balance Right By George Mc Farlane The Australian Public Sector: Pathways to Change. Edited by James Guthrie Can Governments Learn? Comparative Perspectives on Evaluation and Organizational Learning. Edited by Frans L Leeuw , Ray C Rist and Richard C Sonnichsen     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
C ontemporary C hina : Papers presented at the University of Guelph Conference April 1968.
T he C ultural R evolution in C hina . By J oan R obinson .
C ommunism and C hina : Ideology in Flux. By B enjamin S chwartz .
M odern china's search for a political form . Edited by J ack G ray .
P eople's war : The Conditions and the Consequences in China and in South East Asia. By J. L. S. G irling .
S un yat-sen : His life and its meaning. By A. L. S harman .
C ontemporary C hina . Vol. IV 1962-64. Edited by E. S tuart K irby .
C hina in crisis . Vol. II: China's Policies in Asia and America's Alternatives. Edited by T ang T sou .
C apitalism and N ationalism in P rewar J apan : The Ideology of the Business Elite, 1868-1941. By B. K. M arshall .
P olitical D evelopment of M odern J apan . (Studies in the Modernisation of Japan, No. 4.) Edited by R. E. W ard .
Borough Politics. A Study of the Wolverhampton Borough Council 1888-1964. By G. W. Jones.
The S ociology of B ritish C ommunism . By K enneth N ewton .
H ong K ong : A S ociety in T ransition . C ontributions to the S tudy of H ong K ong S ociety . Edited By I. C. J arvie in consultation with J oseph A gassi .
B reach of S ecurity : T he G erman S ecret I ntelligence F ile on E vents L eading to the S econd W orld W ar . Edited By D avid I rving , with an Introduction by D onald C. W att .     

Book Reviews

The President as World Leader. By BARBARA KELLERMAN and RYAN J. BARILLEAUX.
Keeping a Watchful Eye. By JOEL D. ABERBACH.
Economic Decline and Political Change: Canada, Great Britain, the United States. Edited by HAROLD D. CLARKE, MARIANNE C. STEWART, and GARY ZUK.
Business, Ethics, and the Environment: The Public Policy Debate. Edited by W. MICHAEL HOFFMAN, ROBERT FREDERICK, and EDWARD S. PETRY.
Europe 1992: An American Perspective. Edited by GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER.
The Nixon Presidency: Power and Politics in Turbulent Times. By MICHAEL A. GENOVESE.
Criticism and Public Rationality: Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government. By HARRY SMART.
Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development. Edited by ROBERT J. STERNBERG.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article:
T he N eeds of S trangers . By M ichael I gnatieff .
H ayek's "S erfdom " Revisited. By N orman B arry et al.
T he P olitics of S ocialism . By J ohn D unn .
T he F uture of the L. Edited by J. C.
S ocialism in a C old C limate . Edited by J ohn G riffith .
U topia on T rial : V ision and R eality in P lanned H ousing . By A lice C oleman , with the Design Disadvantagement Team of the Land Use Research Unit, King's College, London.
T he D evelopment of P lanning T hought : A C ritical P erspective . By C liff H ague .
T he P olitics of L ocal E xpenditure . By K. N ewton and T. J. K arran .
T he P rivate O ffice . By N icholas H enderson .
W orker C o -O peratives in A merica . Edited by R obert J ackall & H enry M. L evin .
L loyd G eorge : F rom P eace to W ar 1912–1916. By J ohn G rigg .
I ncest , A F amily P attern . By J ean R envoize .
C hild S exual A buse W ithin the F amily . Edited by R uth P orter .
I ncest , F act and M yth , by S arah N elson .     

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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A n I ntroduction TO THE P rinciples OF M orals AND L egislation BY J eremy B entham . Edited by J. H. B urns and H. L. A. H art .
O f L aws in G eneral by J eremy B entham . Edited by H. L. A. H art .
A dministrative R eform 1969. By G erald E. C aiden .
B ritish S ocial P olicy 1914–1939. By B entley B. G ilbert .
P olitics , P osition, and P ower . B y H arold S eidman .
T he A dministrative F unctions of the F rench C onseil d 'E tat . By M argherita R endel .
E uropean P olitical P arties . Edited by S tanley H enig and J ohn P inder
T he D iplomatic D iaries of O liver H arvey 1937–1940. Edited by J ohn H arvey .
A ppeasement of the D ictators : C risis D iplomacy 7quest; Edited by W. L aird K leine -A hlbrandt .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ministers And Mandarins . By William Plowden . Transforming Central Government . By Patricia Greer . Policy And Change . Edited by Randall Smith And Jane Raistick Arguments For a New Left . By Hilary Wainwright . Modern European Socialism . By Lawrence Wilde . Social Democracy in a Post -Communist Europe . Edited by Michael Waller , Bruno Coppieters and Kris Deschouwer . Townscape with Figures : Parnham —Portrait of an English Town . By Richard Hoggart . A. J. P. Taylor : The Traitor within the Gates . By Robert Cole . A. J. P. Taylor . By Adam Sysman . The Return to Incomes Policy . Edited by Ronald Dore , Robert Boyer and Zoe Mars . Making the Peace : Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain . By Charles Townshend . The Ecology of Commerce : How Business Can Save the Planet . By Paul Hawken . Responding to Global Warming : the Technology , Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy . By Peter Read . The Politics of Dispossession : The Struggle for Palestinian Self -Determination 1969–1994. Law , Process and Custody : Prisoners and Patients . By Genevra Richardson . The Politics of Decentralisation : Revitalising Local Democracy . By Danny Burns , Robin Hambleton and Paul Hoggett . Citizens and Cities : Urban Policy in the 1990s. By Dilys M. Hill . Whose Utility? The Social Impact of Public Utility Privatization and Regulation in Britain . By John Ernst . Humour and History . Edited by Keith Cameron .     

BOOK REVIEW

Book reviewed in this article:
P lough M y O wn F urrow . By M artin G ilbert .
T he O mbudsman : C itizen's D efender . Edited by D onald C. R owat .
P ersonalities and P olicies . By D. C. W att .
V ansittart in O ffice . By I an C olvin .
A N ew L ook at B ritain's E conomic P olicy . By J uliet R hys -W illiams .
V ietnam . A D iplomatic T ragedy . By V ictor B ator .
V ietnam and the U nited S tates . By H ans J. M orgenthau .
U ndercurrents in A merican F oreign R elations . By M. S. V enkataramani .
A frican S ocialism . Edited by W illiam F riedland and C arl G. R osberg , Jr.
T he F oreign P olicy of A frican S tates . By D oudou T hiam .
W illiam P ember R eeves . By K eith S inclair .
M odern B ritish P olitics . By S amuel H. B eer .
P olitics in E ngland . By R ichard R ose .
O n J ustice in S ociety . By M orris G insberg .
E conomic 'M iracles '. Published for The Institute of economic Affairs.
T he S ocialist R egister 1965. Edited by R. M iliband and J. S aville .
M iddle E astern A ffairs : N umber F our . (St. Antony's Papers No. 17.) Edited by A lbert H ourani .
P olice and G overnment . By G eoffrey M arshall .
T otalitarian D ictatorship and A utocracy . By C arl J. F riedrich and Z bigniew K. B rzezinski .
T he B ritish P olitical F ringe . By G eorge T hayer .     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article: Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations. Edited by Huey-Tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi. A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops. By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. Leadership and the Bush Presidency: Prudence or Drift in an Era of Change? Edited by Ryan J. Barilleaux and Mary E. Stuckey. The Poverty Debate: Politics and the Poor in America. By C. Emory Burton. Economic Rationalism in Canberra — A Nation Building State Changes Its Mind. By Michael Pusey.     

BOOK NOTES:

Books Reviewed in this article:
Governing Big Cities: The Management of Decentralization. By GRAHAM BUSH.
Corporate Remuneration in the 1990s: Strategies for Decision Makers. Edited by GRAHAM L. O'NEILL.
Public Sector Related Courses in Australian Tertiary Institutions. By PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF VICTORIA/ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
Public Management Developments: Survey 1990. By ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT.