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Book reviewed in this article: The City: Canada's Prospects, Canada's Problems Edited by LLOYD AXWORTHY and JAMES M. GILLIES External Affairs and Canadian Federalism Edited by HOWARD A. LEESON and WILFRIED VAN-DERELST Developing Policies for Public Security and Criminal Justice By ROBERT EVANS, JR. The Form of Cities in Central Canada: Selected Papers Edited by L.S. BOURNE, R.D. MACKINNON, and J.W. SIMMONS The Politics of Progress By RAYMOND E. WOLFINGER Administrative Tribunals By R.E. WRAITH and P.G. HUTCHESSON Current Practice in Program Budgeting (PPBS) Analysis and Case Studies Covering Government and Business By DAVID NOVICK Mobility Behaviour in the Canadian Labour Force By JOHN VANDERKAMP Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered By E.F. SCHUMACHER Oil Pollution as an International Problem: A Study of Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia By WILLIAM M. ROSS An End to Hierarchy! An End to Competition!: Organizing the Politics and Economics of Survival By FREDERICK C. THAYER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hankey: Man of Secrets By STEPHEN ROSKILL Public Administration: Policy-Making in Government Agencies By IRA SHARKANSKY Canada in Question: Federalism in the Seventies By D. v. SMILEY Up Against City Hall By JOHN SEWELL City Lib: Parties and Reform By STEPHEN CLARKSON Programs in Search of a Policy: Low Income Housing in Canada By MICHAEL DENNIS and SUSAN FISH Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings Edited by LIONEL D. FELDMAN and MICHAEL D. GOLDRICG The Financial Structure and the Decision-Making Process of Canadian Municipal Government By THOMAS J. PLUNKETT More Taxes and More Traffic By NANCY BRYAN Inside the Third Reich By ALBERT SPEER The Influence of the United States on Canadian Development: Eleven Case StudiesEdited by RICHARD A. PRESTON Setting National Priorities: the 1973 Budget By C. L. SCHULTZE, E. R. FRIED, A. M. RIVIJN, and N. H. TEETERS Adaptation of Public Personnel Administration to Changes in Society General Report of the 14th International Congress of Administrative Sciences. By ARYEH ATTIR Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States By STANLEY V. ANDERSON and JOHN E. MOORE Administrative Theory and Public Administration By R. J. S. BAKER     

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Book reviewed in this article: The History of City Planning: a survey By Michael Huco-Brunt. Old Age Pensions and Policy-Making in Canada By KENNETH BRYDEN. Front-Bench Opposition: The role of the leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British Politics By R.M. punnett. Land: private property, public control By R.W.G. BRYANT. Elites in the Policy Process By Robert presthus. Public Involvement in Local Government in the 1970's By the MANAGEMENT INFORMATION service. Policy Analysis in Local Government: a systems approach to decision-making By kenneth l. kraemer. Patterns of Australian Federalism By J.E. Richardson. Revenue-Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany By J.S.H. hunter. Power in Britain Edited by JOHN URRY. Economic Analysis and Canadian Policy By DAVID STAGER. Administrative Theories and Politics By PETER SELF.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The City: Attacking Modern Myths Edited by ALAN POWELL Political Science Annual Vol. III (1972)Edited by JAMES A. ROBINSON The Pattern of Taxation in Canada By ALLAN M. MASLOVE The Trade-off Between Inflation and Unemployment: Some Explorations of the Recent Evidence for Canada By S. F. KALISKI The Arctic Imperative: An Overview of the Energy Crisis By RICHARD ROHMER Canadian Hospital Costs and Efficiency By R. D. FRASER The Learning Society. Report of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario By THE COMMISSION Natural Resource Policy in Canada: Issues and Perspectives By THOMAS L. BURTON Administrative Politics and Social Change By LUIS c. GAWTHROP A Guide to Participation By JOHN C. BOLLENS and DALE ROGERS MARSHALL     

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Book reviewed in this article: Comparative Urban Politics: Power and the City in the United States, Canada, Britain and France By MICHAEL KEATING Sovereignty or Security? Government Policy in the Canadian North, 1936–1950 By SHELAGH D. GRANT Public Purse, Public Purpose: Autonomy and Accountability in the Groves of Academe By JAMES CUTT and RODNEY DOBEL Governing Canada: Institutions and Public Policy Edited by MICHAEL M. ATKINSON Local Government Reorganization in Canada Since 1975 By ANDREW SANCTON Municipal Consolidation in Canada and its Alternatives By ALLAN O'BRIEN Policy and Politics in Canada: Institutionalized Ambivalence By CAROLYN J. TUOHY     

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Book reviewed in this article: Guide méthodologique de la recherche Par ROBERT J. GRAVEL. Political Choice in Canada By HAROLD D. CLARKE, JANE JENSON, LAWRENCE LEDUC and JON H. PAMMETT. The Conserver Solution: A Blueprint for the Conserver Society By LAWBENCE SOLOMON. Understanding Intergovernmental Relations By DEIL s. WBIGHT. Confrontation and Collaboration — Intergovernmental Relations in Canada Today Edited by RICHABD SIMEON. Local Government in Canada By C.R. TINDAL and S. NOBES TINDAL. Shaping the Canadian City: Essays on Urban Politics and Policy, 1890–1920 By JOHN C. WEAVES. Structural Changes in Local Government: Government for Urban Regions By C.R. TINDAL. The Politics of Urban Development: Canadian Urban Expressway Disputes By CHRISTOPHER LEO. Community Development: Learning And Action By HAYDEN ROBERTS. The Australian Federal System By JEAN HOLMES Innovation and Implementation in Public Organizations By RICHABD H. NELSON and DOUGLAS YATES Policy Analysis: A Political and Organisational Perspective By W.I. JENKINS. Perspectives on the Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration By P.K. GOPECKI and W.T. STANBUBY Ombudsmen Around the World: A Comparative Chart By KENT M. WEEKS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: ProFile Index: Canadian Provincial and Municipal Publications 1974 / Index ProFile: Publications provinciales et municipales canadiennes 1974 Une économie à libérer By Par maurice saint-germain. Police, culture et société Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics Edited by A. PAUL PROSS. Ethical Conduct: Guidelines for Government Employees / Comportement Professionnel: Directives à l'Intention des Fonctionnaires By Kenneth kernaghan. How to Manage by Objectives By JOHN W. HUMBLE. Report of the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations By James D. McNiven. Governing Greater Stockholm: a Study of Policy Development and System Change By THOMAS J. ANTON. Public Sector Employment Selection: A Manual for The Personnel Generalist Edited by GRACE H. WRIGHT. The New Zealand Bureaucrat By THOMAS B. SMITH. Accounting Income Models: an application and evaluation By JOHN R. HANNA. Incomes Policy and Inflation Edited by Michael parkin and MICHAEL T. SUMNER. Man vs the Welfare State By HENRY HAZLITT. Understanding Public Policy By THOMAS R. DYE. Canadian Public Land Use in Perspective Edited by J.G. NELSON, R.C. SCACE, and R. KOURI. Les Systèmes d'information aux fins de gestion PAR ROLLAND HURTUBISE.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Metropolitan Democracies: Transformation of the State and Urban Policy in Canada, France and Great Britain: De PHILIP BOOTH et BERNARD JOUVE, François Desrochers Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age: Alasdair Roberts , Andrew Graham, Diana Theman Continuity and Change in Canadian Politics: Essays in Honour of David E. Smith: HANS J. MICHELMANN, CRISTINE DE CLERCY, Ken Rasmussen Innovation Strategies in Interdependent States: Smaller Nations, Regions and Cities in a Globalized World: JOHN DE LA MOTHE, Andrei Sulzenko The Limits of Transparency ‐ Ambiguity and the History of International Finance. JACQUELINE BEST, Hart J. Will     

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Histoire de l'administration publique québécoise, 1867–1970 By James Iain Gow . Canadian Public Administration: Problematical Perspectives By Robert F. Adie and Paul G. Thomas. Réflexions sur Tart de se gouverner Par Louis Bernard. The Long Road to Reform: Restructuring Public Education in Quebec By Henry Milner . Regional Economic Development: Canada's Search for Solutions By donald J. savoie . Northern Development: The Canadian Dilemma By Robert Page Grand Illusions: The Politics of the Keynesian Experience in Canada 1945–1975 By Robert m. Campbell .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Conducting the People's Business: The Framework and Functions of Public Administration Edited by WILLIAM G. HILLS, VOYLE C. SCURLOCK, HAROLD D. VIAILLE, and JAMES A. WEST APL et les cadres Par ROLLAND A. HURTUBISE et YVES POULIN The Developing System of Public Expenditure Management and Control By SIR SAMUEL GOLDMAN, KCB La fonction publique:canadienne et québécoise, Par PATRICE GARANT Bureaucratic Careers: Anglophones and Francophobes in the Canadian Public Service By CHRISTOPHER BEATTIE, JACQUES DÉSY, and STEPHEN LONGSTAFF Federalism & Policy Development: the case of adult occupational training in Ontario By J. STETAN DUPRÉ, DAVID M. CAMERON, GRAEME H. MCKECHNIE, and THEODORE B. ROTENBERG Models in Urban and Regional Planning By BENJAMIN REIF Gestion et comptabilité:à la rescousse des systèmes d'information, Par J. E. COOKE et D. H. DRURY The Diplomacy of Constraint: Canada, The Korean War, and The United States By DENIS STAIRS Environment and society: a book of readings on environmental policy, attitudes and values Edited by ROBERT T. ROELOFS, JOSEPH N. CROWLEY, and DONALD L. HARDESTY     

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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: Urban Canada and Its Government; A Study of Municipal Organization. By Thomas J. Plunkett Judicial Review of Legislation in Canada. By B. L. Strayer The Politics of Financial Control: The Role of the House of Commons. By Gordon Reid Comparative Administrative Theory. Le Breton P. The Political Economy of the Canadian North. By Kenneth J. Rea     

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Judges and Judging: Inside the Canadian Judicial System By PETER MC CORMICK and IAN GREENE. La Guerre des Experts: comment la commission royale sur la gestion financière et l'imputabilité a perdu la bataille (The War of the Experts: how the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability lost the battle). By MOHAMED CHARIH. Le ministère des Affaires extérieures du Canada. Volume I. Les années de formation, 1909–1946 DE JOHN HILLIKER. Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume I: The Early Years, 1909–1946 By JOHN HILLIKER. Ethical Frontiers in Public Management: Seeking New Strategies for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Edited by JAMES S. BOWMAN. The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States By MICHAEL O'NEILL. Strategic Management of Public and Third Sector Organizations: A Handbook for Leaders By PAUL G. NUTT and ROBERT W. BACKOFF. Administrative Argument By CHRISTOPHER HOOD and MICHAEL JACKSON.     

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The Responsible Public Servant By KENNETH KERNAGHAN and JOHN W. LANGFORD. Getting the Pink Slip: Severances and Firings in the Senior Public Service Toronto. Privatisation and Deregulation in Canada and Britain De J. RICHARDSON. Public Enterprise Performance Evaluation: Seven Country Studies De R. WETTENHALL et C. O'NUALLAIN, éditeurs. Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It By JAMES Q. WILSON. Two Nations, One Money? By DAVID E. W. LAIDLER and WILLIAM P. ROBSON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Les relations intergouvernementales au Canada, 1867–1967, Par gérard VEILLEUX Recovering Canada's Nationhood By D. W. CARR Independence: The Canadian Challenge Edited by ABRAHAM ROTSTEIN and GARY LAX Canadian Federalism: Myth or Reality? Edited by J. PETER MEEKISON Labour Economics in Canada By SYLVIA OSTRY and MAHMOOD A. ZAIDI State Enterprise: Business or Politics? By DAVID COOMBES Politics, Finance and the Role of Economics: An Essay on the Control of Public Enterprise By c. D. FOSTER Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises By RALPH TURVEY International Community Power Structures By DELBERT c. MILLER Papers Relating to the President's Departmental Reorganization Program — A Reference Compilation By the OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by RICHARD A. CHAPMAN and A. DUNSIRE     

A view from the tower: approaches to urban studies

Reform, Planning, and City Politics: Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto . By Harold Kaplan . The Urban Kaleidoscope: Canadian Perspectives . By Leslie W. Kennedy . Planning The Urban Region: A Comparative Study of Policies and Organizations . By Peter Self .     

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The Sociology of Natural Resources By john elliot. Technology versus Democracy: The Comparative Politics of International Airports By ELLIOT J. FELDMAN and JEROME MILCH. A Choice of Futures: Politics in the Canadian North By gurston dacks. Comprendre I'organisation: approches de recherche Par YVAN BORDELEAU, LUC BRUNET, ROBERT R. HACCOUN Analyse économique de la bureaucratie Par xavier greffe. Project Progress: A Study of Canadian Public Libraries Prepared for the Canadian Library Association by URBAN DIMENSIONS GROUP INC. Inequality: Essays on the Political Economy of Social Welfare Edited by allan moscovitch and glenn drover.     

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Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution By Michael D. Behiels The Economic Ideal in British Government Calculating Costs and Benefits in the 1970s: By Phyllis Colvin The Canadian House of Commons: Essays in Honour of Norman Ward Edited by John C. Courtney Redesigning the State: The Politics of Constitutional Change in Industrial Nations Edited by Keith G. Banting and Richard Simeon The Canadian Public Sector By Douglas J. Mc Cready     

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Book reviewed in this article: Provincial Governments as Employers: A Survey of Public Personnel Administration in Canada's Provinces By J.E. HODGETTS and O.P. DWIVEDI. The Taxation of Canadian Co-operatives By DANIEL ISH. Cities of Canada. 1/Theoretical, Historical and Planning Perspectives By GEORGE A. NADER. Urban Futures for Central Canada Edited by L.S. BOURNE, K.D. MACKINNON, J. SIEGEL, and J.W. SIMMONS.     

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The Crown in Canada : By FRANK MACKINNON. Money, Inflation, and the Bank of Canada : An Analysis of Canadian Monetary Policy from 1970 to early 1975: By THMAS J. COUBCHENE. Government in Canada : By T.A. HOCKIN. The Illusion of Wage and Price Control : Edited by MICHAEL WALKEB. Canadian Perspectives on Wage-Price Guidelines: A Book of Readings : Edited by W.D. WOOD and PRADEEP KUMAR. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet : By W.A. MATHESON. Planning and Development: A Case of Two Nova Scotia Communities : By A. PAUL PROSS. Savoir organiser, Savoir décider : Par GERALD LEFEBVBE. Public Policy-Making : By JAMES E. ANDERSON. Prospective de I'Etat : Par ALAIN PLANTEY.