BOOK REVIEWS

Turner's turn with the CIA

Stansfield Turner: Secrecy and Democracy: The CIA in Transition Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1985,304 p., $16.95.

007s Analysis of KAL's Flight 007

Alexander Dallin: Black Box: KAL 00 7 and the Superpowers University of California Press, Berkeley, 1985, 130 p., $14.95

Oliver Clubb: KAL Flight 007: The Hidden Story The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, N.Y., 1985, 132 p., $14.95

Knowing who's who

Ernest May: Knowing One's Enemies Princeton University Press, 1985, 561 p., $29.50

British intelligence from A To Z

Anthony Read and David Fisher: Colonel Z: The Secret Life of a Master of Spies Viking, New York, 1985, 264 p., $17.95

Setting the record straight

Nigel West: A Thread of Deceit: Espionage Myths of World War II Random House, New York, 1985, 285 p., $16.95

Unreliable Witness: Espionage Myths of the Second World War In England: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1984, 275 p., £8.95.

The catcher in the lie

Paul Ekman: Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage W. W. Norton &; Company, N.Y., 1985, 320 p., $17.95

The cat's meow

William M. Leary: Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia. The University of Alabama Press, Birmingham, Ala., 1984, 281 p., $22.50

Proceed with caution

Ernest Volkman: Warriors of the Night William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1985, 434 p., $17.95

Beyond what the facts will bear

Walter Laqueur: A World of Secrets: Uses and Limits of Intelligence New York: Basic Books, 1985, 404 p., $21.95     

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Book review in this Article Asian Bureaucratic Systems Emergent from the British Imperial Tradiation Edited by Ralph Braibanti. Party Politics in English Local Government By J.G. Bulpitt. When Americans Complain: Governmental Grievance Procedures By Walter Gellhorn. Parliament and Administration: The Estimates Committee 1945–65 By Nevil Johnson. Financial Committees of the Indian Parliament: A Study in Parliamentary Control over Public Expenditure By R.N. Aggarwala. Fayol on Administration By M.B. Brodie. Emerging Synthesis in American Public Administration By Keith M. Henderson. Organization for the Public Service By John D. Millett. D. van Nostrand Handbook of Training in the Public Service New York: United Nations, 1966. Private Interests and Public Policy: The Experience of the French Economic and Social Council By J.E.S. Hayward.     

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Book review in this Article New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth By R.L. Watts. Central Departments and Local Authorities By J.A.G. Griffith. Husing and Local Government By J.B. Cullingworth. The Organization and Practice of Local Government By Geoffrey Drain. Policies and Politics in Secondary Education By David Peschek and J. Brand. Decisions: Case Studies in Australian Administration Edited by B.B. Schaffer and D.C. Corbett. The Process of Planning: A Study of India's Five-Year Plans 1950–1964 By A.H. Hanson. Development Planning in Ireland By Loraine Donaldson. Nationalization in British Industry By Leonard Tivey. A History of Income Tax By B.E.V. Sabine. Doctors and the State: The British Medical Profession and Government Action in Public Health, 1870–1912 By Jeanne L. Brand. Career Service: An Introduction to the History of Personnel Administration in the Commonwealth Public Service 1960–1961 By G.E. Caiden.     

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Abstract

SOCIAL WORK ADVOCACY: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION. Robert L. Schneider and Lori Lester. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2001, 372 pp. Reviewed by Sara-Jane Dodd.

BEST PRACTICES FOR SOCIAL WORK WITH REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS. Miriam Potocky-Tripodi. Columbia University Press, 2002, 504 pp., $65.00 cloth. Reviewed by Willie Tolliver.     

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Book reviewed in this Article:
POLITICS AND THE PEOPLE OF LONDON: THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, 1889–1965 Andrew Saint (ed.)
GOVERNMENT BY MOONLIGHT: THE HYBRID PARTS OF THE STATE Patrick Birkinshaw, Ian Harden Norman Lewis.
PRESSURE GROUPS, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN Wyn Grant.
SECRECY IN BRITAIN Clive Ponting.
PRIVATIISATION Richard Parry (ed.)
CONSUMING PUBLIC SERVICES Nicholas Deakin and Anthony Wright (eds.)
THE MAKING OF TORY EDUCATION POLICY IN POST-WAR BRITAIN, 1950–1986 Christopher Knight
DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION FACING REFORM Tony Bush, Maurice Kogan and Tony Lenney.
INSPECTING THE INSPECTORATES: SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein.
THE HEALTH ADVISORY SERVICE M. Henkel, M. Kogan, T. Packwood, T. Whitaker, P. Youll.
LOCAL ECONOMIC POLICY Mike Campbell (ed.)
LOCAL POLITICS AND PARTICIPATION IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Albert Mabileau, George Moyser, Geraint Parry and Patrick Quantin.     

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THE LIMITS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Nevil Johnson
DEMOCRACY AND MARKET SYSTEM Charles E. Lindblom
DECISIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS James G. March
CUTBACK MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES: POPULAR THEORIES AND OBSERVED OUTCOMES IN WHITEHALL Andrew Dunsire and Christopher Hood
HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE – A STUDY OF SIR WARREN FISHER Eunan O'Halpin
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY Geoffrey Marshall (ed.)
PRIVATE GAIN AND PUBLIC SERVICE – THE ASSOCIATION OF FIRST DIVISION CIVIL SERVANTS Barry J. O'Toole
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT: SELF-INSTRUCTION PACKAGE Cabinet Office and HM Treasury
THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY 1982–1986: A CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT Cornelius O'Leary, Sydney Elliott and R. A. Wilford
MANAGING THE ENABLING AUTHORITY Rodney Brooke
ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC POLICY: POWER, PROFESSIONALS AND POLITICS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT David Rosenberg
AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT Ian Taylor and George Popham (eds.)
TESTING THE LIMITS OF SOCIAL WELFARE – INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY CHANGES IN NINE COUNTRIES Robert Morris (ed.)
GOVERNMENT AND THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY Wyn Grant, William Paterson and Colin Whitston
THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AS POLICE OFFICERS John Carrier
A HISTORY OF DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL 1888–1989 Jeffrey Stanyer
THE TREASURY UNDER MRS THATCHER Leo Pliatzky
CHARITIES AND GOVERNMENT Alan Ware
GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE US, CANADA AND THE UK Wyn Grant     

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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.)
THE CORPORATE STATE: CORPORATISM AND THE STATE TRADITION IN WESTERN EUROPE Andrew Cox and Noel O'Sullivan (eds) .
THE FREE ECONOMY AND THE STRONG STATE: THE POLITICS OF THATCHERISM Andrew Gamble     

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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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Book reviews in this article: GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNED (BBC REITH LECTURES 1983) Douglas Wass. MANIPULATING THE MACHINE: CHANGING THE PATTERN OF MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS 1960–83 Christopher Pollitt. BUT, CHANCELLOR: AN INQUIRY INTO THE TREASURY Hugo Young and Anne Sloman. LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE Richard A. Chapman. THE COMMONS' SELECT COMMITTEES: CATALYSTS FOR PROGRESS? Dermot Englefield (ed.). PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEES IN ACTION Dilys Hill (ed.). ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES K. Kernaghan and O. P. Dwivedi. INSIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A CASE FOR RADICAL REFORM Alex Henney. MUNICIPAL EMPIRE: THE TOWN HALLS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES David Walker. PRESSURE GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN G. Alderman. CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH POLITICS Alan Doig. THE POLITICS OF TRANSPORT Enid Witrich. THE OPERATION OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND Doreen Collins.     

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YES, PRIME MINISTER, VOLUME 1 Jonathan Lynn Antony Jay (eds.) ADVISING THE RULERS William Plowden (ed.) THE POLITICAL SCIENCE OF BRITISH POLITICS Jack Hayward Philip Norton (eds.) FROM CRISIS TO COMPLACENCY? SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY IN BRITAIN Brian Hogwood PRIVATISATION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE – AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE Kenneth Wiltshire THE WELFARE STATE EAST AND WEST Richard Rose and Rei Shiratori (eds.) ACCOUNTABILITIES IN FIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein Tavistock MATCHING RESOURCES TO NEEDS IN COMMUNITY CARE Bleddyn Davies David Challis Gower CASE MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY CARE David Challis and Bleddyn Davies Gower RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE HEALTH SERVICE: A REVIEW OF THE METHODS OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION WORKING PARTY (RAWP) Nicholas Mays Gwyn Bevan LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGERS AT WORK: The City and County Manager System of Local Government in the Republic of Ireland Neil Collins Institute of Public Administration (Dublin) 1987 NUCLEAR POWER IN CRISIS Andrew Blowers and David Pepper (eds.) QUASI-LEGISLATION: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECONDARY LEGISLATION Gabriele Ganz Sweet & Maxwell, 1987 PLAYING THE PUBLIC INOUIRY GAME. AN OBIECTOR'S GUIDE Wendy Le Las SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND GOVERNMENT: COMPARATIVE ESSAYS ON BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES M. Bulmer (ed.) ORGANIZATION THEORY AND TECHNOCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS: RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY, AND QUALITY OF WORK Mats Alvesson De Gruyter     

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MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: ENABLING THE LEARNING SOCIETY Stewart Ranson and John Stewart MANAGING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Richard Kerley FAILURE IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT: THE POLITICS OF THE POLL TAX D. Butler, A. Adonis and T. Travers NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN THE 1980s: POLICY MAKING ON THE HOOF? Stephen Harrison MANAGING SOCIAL POLICY John Clarke, Allan Cochrane and Eugene McLaughlin (eds.)