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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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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: New Players, Partners and Processes: A Public Sector without Boundaries?:MEREDITH EDWARDS AND JOHN LANGPORD The Trouble with Government:By DEREK BOK. Cambridge, Mass. Workfare: Why Good Social Policy Ideas Go Bad:By MAEVE QUAID Federalism, Democracy and Health Policy in Canada:Edited by DUANE ADAMS Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power:By C. FRED ALFORD Décentralisation, politiques publiques et relations de pouvoir:De VINCENT LEMIEUX Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian‐White Relations in Canada:By J.R. MILLER World Public Sector Report: Globalization and the State 2001:By UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS     

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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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Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1976 La politique au Canada et au Québec :Parandre bernard . L'Urbanisation au Québec : rapport du groupe de travail sur l'urbanization . Brinco: The Story of Churchill Falls : Byphilip smith . Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867–1900 : Byolga b. bishop . Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956–1971 : Byhazel i. mactaggart with the assistance ofkenneth e. sundquist . Informatique et information : Parrolland hurtubise . Political and Administrative Federalism : Byr. m. burns et al. The Econocrats and the Policy Process: The Politics and Philosophy of Cost-Benefit Analysis : Bypeter self . Participative Management: Concepts, Theories and Implementation : Edited byervin williams . UNESCO and World Politics: Engaging in International Relations : Byjames p . sewell .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Innovating with Integrity: How local heroes are transforming American government:Bysandford Borins Women's Organizing and Public Policy in Canada and Sweden:Edited by Linda Briskin and Mona Eliasson Le processus budgétaire au Québec:de GUY LACHAPELLE, LUC BERNIER et PIERRE P. TREMBLAY (sous la direction de) Governance through Social Learning: By Cues Paquet Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality‐Seeking, 1971–1995: By Miriam Smith Local Government in Canada: By C. Richard Tindal and Susan Nobes Tindal Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament: By John Uhr Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning: By Keith K     

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L'Etat du Québec en devenir Par G. BERGERON et R. PELLETIER, Montréal, Edition Boréal Express, 1980 président de la Commission de la fonction publique, Québec Canadian Public Administration Bibliography. Supplement III By W.E. GRASHAM The Master Manager By R.G.H. SIU, Parliament, Policy and Representation By HAROLD D. CLARKE, COLIN CAMPBELL, F.Q. QUO, ARTHUR GODDARD Patterns of Management in Local Government By ROYSTON GREENWOOD, KIERON WALSH Managing Fiscal Stress: The Crisis in the Public Sector By CHARLES H. LEVINE. How to Limit Government Spending By AARON WILDAVSKY Why Disunity? An Analysis of Linguistic and Regional Cleavages in Canada By ALBERT BRETON and RAYMOND BRETON The Points System for Australian Television Content: A Study in Symbolic Policy By KATE HABBISON Southeast Asian Exodus: From Tradition to Resettlement By ELLIOT L. TEPPER     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: The Study of Government: Political Science and Public Administration : By F.F. RIDLEY. Techniques and Public Administration: A Contextual Evaluation : By MAURICE SPIERS. Main Street: Windsor to Quebec City : Par MAURICE YEATES. Intergovernmental Relations in Australia : Edited by H.L. MATHEWS. Canada: Strategy for International Development Cooperation 1975–1980 : By THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. L'administrateur et la prise de decision : Par PIERRE FULIATRAULT et YVON G. PEHREAULT. Interest Arbitration in the Federal Public Service of Canada : By L.W.C.S. BARNES and L.A. KELLY. Comparative Public Policy: The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America : By ARNOD J. HEIDENHEIMER, HUGH HECLO and CAROLYN TEICH ADAMS.     

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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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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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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: Conflict over the Columbia: The Canadian Background to an Historic Treaty : Byneil a. swainson Constitutional Law of Canada : Bypeter w. hogg The British Philosophy of Administration : Byrosamund m. thomas A Century of Canadian Grain: Government Policy to 1951 : Byc.f. wilson Urban Housing Markets: Recent Directions in Research and Policy : Edited bylarry s. bourne andjohn r. hitchcock Issues and Alternatives 1978: Government Regulation : Toronto: By the Ontario Economic Council. Environmental Assessment Law : Byd. paul emond Comparing Public Policies: New Concepts and Methods : Ed. bydouglas e. ashford The LGMP Experience: Phase I—Assessing Readiness for Organizational Change in Local Government : Byj.r. nininger andv.n. macdonald The LGMP Experience: Phase II—The Implementation of Organizational Change in Local Government : Byv.n. macdonald andp.j. lawton The LGMP Experience: Phase III—An Overview of an Experiment in Organizational Change in Local Government : Byv.n. macdonald andp.j. lawton Formulating Government Budgets: Aspects of Australian and North American Experience : Bykenneth w. knight andkenneth w. wiltshire Perspectives on Canadian Airline Regulation : Edited byg.b. reschenthaler andb. roberts     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Patron State: Government and the Arts in Europe, North America and Japan:Edited by Milton C. Cummings, Jr. and Richard S. Katz Culture, Governments and Markets: Public Policy and the Culture Industries:By Steven Globerman Report of the Task Force on Broadcarting Policy:Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services The Politics of Canada's Airlines: From Diefenbaker to Mulroney:By Garth Stevenson. Medicare, at Maturity:R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart The High Price of Health:By G. York Politics and the Constitution: Federalism and the Supreme Court of Canada:By Patrick Monahan. The Insiders: Government, Business and the Lobbyists:By John Sawatsky Management Policies in Local Government Finance:Edited by J. Richard Aronson Managing the Presidency: Carter, Reagan and the Search for Executive Harmony:By Colin Campbell The Higher Civil Service in Japan:By S. R. Maheshwari     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Canadian State: Political Economy and Political Power : Edited byleo panitch Apex of Power: The Prime Minister and Political Leadership in Canada : Edited bythomas a. hockin The Prime Minister in Canadian Government and Politics : Byr.m. punnett Auditing in the Public Sector : Byf. pomeranz, a.j. cancellieri, j.b. stevens andj.l. savage Le contrôle politique des tribunaux administratifs : Parp. kenniff, d. carrier, p. garant etd. lemieux The Strathcona Sound Mining Project: A Case Study of Decision Making : Byrobert b. gibson Provincial Public Finance in Ontario: An Empirical Analysis of the Last Twenty-five Years : Byd.k. foot The Politics of Bureaucracy: A Comparative Perspective : Byb. guy peters Training in the Civil Service : Edited byr.a.w. rhodes The Expenditure Budget Process in the Government of Canada : Bydouglas g. hartle     

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Book reviewed in this article: Patchworks of Purpose: The Development of Provincial Social Assistance Regimes in Canada By Gerard William Boychuk Le ‘ management public ’: discours et fonction Par Caroline Vayrou Service in the Field: The World of Front-Line Public Servants. Canadian Public Administration Series.By Barbara Wake Carroll and David Siegel How Ottawa Spends 1988–99. Balancing Act: The Post-Deficit Mandate. Carleton Public Policy Series No. 19 Edited by Leslie Pal A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak out By Maureen Mancuso The Second Keating Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1993–1996 Edited by Gwynneth Singleton Performance Review in Local Government By Rob Ball     

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Book reviewed in this article: Urban Canada By JAMES and BOBERT SIMMONS. Politics and Government of Urban Canada Edited by LIONEL D. FELDMAN and MICHAEL D. GOLDBICK. The Canadian Municipal System By DONALD C. BOWAT. Politics: Canada Edited by PAUL FOX. 3rd edition. Contemporary Issues in Canadian Politics Edited by FREDERICK VAUGHAN, PATRICK KYBA and O.P. DWIVEDI. The Canadian Political Process Edited by OREST KRUHLAK, RICHARD SCHULTZ and SINEY POBIHUSHCHY. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Manpower Policies Edited by G.C. SOMEBS and W.D. WOOD. Temporal Dimensions of Development Administration Edited by DWIGHT WALDO. Durham, N.C. Policy Sciences: An International Journal Foreign Policy for Canadians Published by authority of the Honourable Mitchell Sharp, Secretary of State for External Affairs. Social Science and Social Purpose By T.S. SIMEY. The Structure of Local Government A Comparative Survey of 81 Countries By SAMUEL HUMES and EILEEN MABTIN. Changing Patterns of Local Government By A.F. LEEMANS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Program Evaluation:Edited by DENNIS j. palumbo Equality and Access: A New Social Contract:By BONNIE DIAMOND and FRANCINE FOURNIER Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Aenda: The Case of the East Coast FBsheries:By A. Paul pross and susan mccorquodale Uneasy Lies the Head: The Wuth about Canada's Crown Corporations:By WALTER Stewart Haven's Gate: Canada's Immigration Fiasco:By victor malarek. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada Open Government: A Study of the Prospects of Open Government within the Limitation of the British Political System:Edited by Richard a. chapman and michael HUNT Strategies for Policy Making:By GROVER STARLING Who's in Charge?: The Mixed Ownership Corporation in Canada:By STEPHEN BROOKS.     

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Prairie Politics and Society: Regionalism in Decline; By ROGER GIBBINS Cultural Boundaries and the Cohesion of Canada; By RAYMOND BRETON, JEFFREY G. REITZ, VICTOR VALENTINE Women and the Constitution; Edited by AUDREY DOERR and MICHELINE CARRIER New Public Administration; By H. GEORGE FREDERICKSON. University, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press Federalism, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy: The Politics of Highway Transport Regulation; By RICHARD J. SCHULTZ . Toronto: University of Toronto Press for the Institute of Public Administration of Canada The Politics of Federalism: Ontario's Relations with the Federal Government, 1867–1942; By CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG . Ontario Historical Studies Series, Toronto: University of Toronto Press Organizational Effectiveness in a Multinational Bureaucracy; By HANS J. MICHELMANN Welfare, Justice, and Freedom; By SCOTT GORDON Women and the Chip: Case Studies of the Effects of Informatics on Employment in Canada; By HEATHER MENZIES Wealth and Poverty; By GEORGE GILDER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Management in a Borderless Economy; By Rodney Dobell and Philip Steenkamp Memoirs; By Pierre Elliot Trudeau . The Downing Street Years; By MARGARET THATCHER. The Legal Framework of Government; Dr Gregory Tardi . Taking Power: Managing Transitions/Prendre le Pouvoir: La gestion des transitions gouvernementales; Edited by Donald J. Savoie . Getting It Right: Regional Development in Canada; By R. Harley Mcgee . Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State; By Camilla Stivers .