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Decentralist Trends in Western Democracies Les nationalisations 1982 The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism Judicial Administration in Canada The Administrative State in Canada:Essays in Honour of J.E. Hodgetts You and Your Local Government Metropolitan Winnipeg: Politics and Reform of Local Government The Politics of Urban Public Services Where Business Fails: Business Government Relations at the Federal Level in Canada     

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Book reviewed in this article: Déontologie: Rapport du Groupe consultatif du Conseil des Arts du Canada : Ottawa. Managing Canada's Renewable Resources : Edited byralph b. kruger andbruce mitchell. Urban Canada: Its Government and Politics : Bydonald j. h. higgins. . Monetarism and Controls: The Inflation Fighters : Bythomas j. courchene. . A Theory of Public Bureaucracy: Politics, Personality and Organization in the State Department : Bydonald p. warwick . Canada's Salesman to the World: The Department of Trade and Commerce 1892–1939. : Byo. maby hill. . La theorie du système général-théorie de la modélisation : Parjean-louis le moigne. . Les élites politiques, les bas-salariés et la politique du logement à Hull .     

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The Indian Administrative System Bureaucracy and Development: Indian Perspectives Public Enterprises in India State Supervision over Municipal Administration: A Case Study of Rajasthan Eminent Administrative Thinkers The Ecological Dimensions of Development Administration Privatization Theory and Practice: Distributing Shares in Private and Public Enterprises Problems of Change in Urban Government M.O. DICKERSON, S. DRABEK and J.T. WOODS Canadian Industrial Organization and Policy Social Science Research and Decision-Making Environmental Planning, Volume III: New Towns Policy The Idea File of Harold Adams Innis Introduced and edited by William Christian. Toronto: University of Toronto Press     

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Book reviewed in this article: Accountability and Control: The Government Expenditure Process : Byh.v. kroeker The Business of Government: An Introduction to Canadian Public Administration : Byt.j. stevens The Regulatory Process in Canada : Edited byg. bruce doern The Management of Canadian Urban Government: A Basic Text for a Course in Urban Management : Byt.j. plunkett andg.m. betts Modern Political Economy : Bynorman frohlich andjoe a. oppenheimer     

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L'administrateur public: un être “pifométrique” Par ALPHONSE RIVERIN, ANDRÉ GAGNÉ, JEAN TURGEON et JANON HAMEL. The Economic Prerequisite to Democracy By Dan Usher. A Choice of Futures: Politics in the Canadian North By Gurston Dacks. The Atlantic Provinces in Canada: Where do we go from here?/ Les provinces de I'Atlantique dans le Canada: vers quoi nous dirigeons-nous? By J.R. Winter L'administration québécoise: organisation et fonctionnement Par Louis Borgeat, René Dussault et Lionel Ouellet, avec la collaboration de Patrick Moran et Marcel Proulx. Le Duplessisme. Politique économique et rapports de force, 1944–1960 Par Gérrd Boismenu The Politics of Poverty By David Donnison. Inside the Multinationals By Alan M. Rugman. Wage Controls in Canada, 1975–78 By A. Maslove and G. Swimmer Les politiques publiques, élaboration et mise en oeuvre Par George C. Edwards III et Ira Sharkansky.     

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Rapport de la Commission d'enquête sur la santé et le bien-être social. Vol. IV: La SantéTome I: La situation actuelle The Role of the Economist In Government Policymaking By HUGH s. NORTON. Berkeley: McCutchan Publishing Corporation. The Abolition of Poverty By DAVID HOROWITZ. The Politics of Social Change: A Reader for the Seventies The City Manager Profession: Myths and Realities By JOHN c. BOLLENS and JOHN C. EIES. Chicago: Public Administration Service. Toward a National Urban Policy Edited by DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN. The Evolution of Indian Administration By SHRIRAM MAHESHWARI. Decision-Making By R. A. CHAPMAN. Toronto: General Publishing Co. Ltd. 1970. Bureaucracy and Innovation By VICTOR A. THOMPSON. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. The Theory of Organizations By DAVID SILVERMAN. London: Heinemann Educational Books.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Classics of Public Administration : Edited byjay m. shafritz andalbebt c. hyde Comparative Legislative Reforms and Innovations : Edited byabdo i. baaklini andjames j. heaphey Public Policy Statistics in Canada. An Introductory Course : Bywilliam p. irvine L'informatisation de la société : Parsimon nora etalain minc La gestion de I'information : Parholland hurtubise The Regulatory Process of the Canadian Transport Commission : Byh.n. janisch assisted bya.j. pirie     

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Book reviewed in this article: Nuclear Energy: The Unforgiving Technology : Byfeed h. knelman . Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes : Byaaron wildavsky . Influence in Parliament: Canada : Byallan kornbeeg andwilliam mishler . The Canadian House of Commons: Procedure and Reform : Byjohn b. stewart . L'intégration de l'informatique dans l'administration publique : Taraimé françois . Reforming Australian Government: The Coombs Report and Beyond : Edited bycameron hazlehurst andj.r. nethercote . Exhortation and Controls: The Search for a Wage-Price Policy, 1945–71 : Edited bycrauford d. goodwin .     

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book reviewed in this article: Development Administration: Concepts, Goals, Methods By george F. gant . The Politics of Administration: The Malaysian Experience By mavis puthucheary . Fishbowl Management: A Participative Approach to Systematic Management By howard sargent . The Regulatory Agency and the Public Corporation: The Canadian Air Transportation Industry By john H. baldwin . Administrative Secrecy in Developed Countries Edited by donald C. rowat . The State and Enterprise: Canadian Manufacturers and the Federal Government, 1917–1931 By tom traves . Le fait anglais au Québec Par dominique clift and sheila mcleod arnopoulos . Political Participation in Canada By william mishleb . Ombudsmen Compared By FRANK STACEY.     

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Criminal Justice in Canada. An Introductory Text; Par C.T. GRIFFITHS, J.F. KLEIN, et S.N. VERDUN-JONES Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings, fourth edition; LIONEL D. FELDMAN Water: The Emerging Crisis in Canada; By HAROLD D. FOSTER and W.R. DERRICK SEWELL Class Inequality and Health Care: The Origins and Impact of the National Health Service; By VIVIENNE WALTERS Traité de droit de la santé et des services sociaux.; Par ANDRÉE LAJOIE, PATRICK A. MOLINARI et JEAN -MARIE AUBY The Way Out: A More Revenue Dependent Public Sector and How It Might Revitalize the Process of Governing; By A. R. BAILEY and D. G. HULL . Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy The Art of Administration; By KENNETH E. EBLE . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass The Effective Administrator; By DONALD E. WALKER . Sun Francisco: Jossey-Bass     

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Canada's Video Revolution: Pay-TV, Home Video and Beyond: By Peter Lyman The Introduction of Pay-TV in Canada: Issues and Implications: Edited by R. Brian Woodrow and Kenneth B. Woodside Aquaculture: The Legal Frame Work : By Bruce H. Wildsmith Marketing Canada's Energy: A Strategy for Security in Oil and Gas: By I.A. Mcdougall Offshore Oil: Opportunities for Industrial Development and Job Creation : By Roger Voyer Traité de droit administratif : 2^eédition, tome 1 par René Dussault et Louis Borceat     

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Public Administration Education in Transition Democracy in Trade Unions Lawyers and the Consumer Interest: Regulating the Market for Legal Services Regulating the Regulators: Science, Values and Decisions La décentralisation administrative dans le Nord de la France 1790–1793 lntergovernmental Relations in the 1980s The Cult of the Atom: The Secret Papers of the Atomic Energy Commission Managing the Large Organization: Issues, Ideas, Precepts, Innovations None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933–1948     

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Book reviewed in this article: Bureaucratic Justice: Managing Social Security Disability Claims By Jerry L. Mashaw . Theories of Business-Government Relations : Edited by V.V. Murray . The New Practical Guide to Canadian Political Economy : By Daniel Drache and Wallace Clement , Conflict or Compromise - The Future of Public Sector Industrial Relations : Edited by Mark Thompson and Gene Swimmer .     

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Opting Out of Medicare: Private Medical Markets in OntarioBy A.D. WOLFSON and CABOLYN J. TUOHY Canadian Public Policy and Administration: Theory and EnvironmentBy V. SEYMOUR WILSON Nowhere To Go By NICOLE S. MORGAN Evaluation Research and Practice: Comparative and International Perspectives By BOBERT A. LEVINE, MABIAN S. SOLOMON, GERD-MICHAEL HELLSTEIN, HELLMUT WOLLMAN In the Shadow of Organization By ROBERT B. DENHARDT. Lawrence, Kan State Manufacturing Enterprise in a Mixed Economy: The Turkish CaseBy BERTIL WALSTEDT Privacy and Government Data Banks: An International Perspective By DAVID H. FLAHERTY Toward Reform of Program Evaluation: Aims, Methods and Institutional Arrangements By LEE J. CRONBACH AND ASSOCIATES. (SUEANN ROBINSON AMBRON, SANFORD M. DORNBUSCH, ROBERT D. HESS, ROBERT C. HORNIK, D.C. PHILLIPS, DECKER F. WALKER AND STEPHEN S. WEINER) Unions and the Public Interest: Collective Bargaining in the Government Sector By SANDRA CHRISTENSEN     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Government Party: Organizing and Financing the Liberal Party of Canada 1930–58 : Byreginald whitaker. The National Energy Board: Policy, Procedure and Practice : Byalastair r. lucas andtrevor bell. Continental Corporate Power: Economic Linkages Between Canada and the United States: By wallace clement. Crown Corporations: Direction Control Accountability : Bythe privy council office. Le budget de programmes: un outil moderne de gestion : Parjocelyn jacques etmichel paquin Governance of Federal Regulatory Agencies : Bydavid m. welborn. Legislation on Public Access to Government Documents : honourable john roberts . Freedom of Information in Canada: Will the Doors Stay Shut? : t. murray rankin. . Report of the Committee on the Concept of the Ombudsman .