REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
BUREAUMETRICS Christopher Hood and Andrew Dunsire
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS: AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE D. C. Pitt and B. C. Smith
Open University Course D336 : People, Policies and Administration
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTEXT (Block 1): L. Lewis, C. Pollitt and K. Rowen.
MAKING POLICY (Block 2); J. Mitchell, J. Patten, C. Pollitt and M. Shackleton
IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND CHANGE (Block 3): A. Blowers, J. Brown, A. Dunsire and C. Pollitt.
PARTICIPATION (Block 4): M. Macartney, J. Mesher and D. Murray.
BIG GOVERNMENT IN HARD TIMES Christopher Hood and Maurice Wright (eds.)
CONTROL AND POWER IN CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS R.A.W. Rhodes
POLICY AND GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND: LESSONS OF DEVEOLUTION Derek Birrell and Alan Murie
THE GEOGRAPHY OF PUBLIC FINANCE: WELFARE UNDER FISCAL FEDERALISM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE R. J. Bennett
URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY Kenneth Newton (ed.)
THE LOCAL FISCAL CRISIS IN WESTERN EUROPE: MYTHS AND REALITIES L. J. Sharpe (ed.)
INSPECTORATES IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STANDARDS OF EFFICIENCY Gerald Rhodes
POLICY-MAKING IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Christopher Ham
THE WORKLESS STATE: STUDIES IN UNEMPLOYMENT Brian Showler and Adrian Sinfield (eds.)
WHAT UNEMPLOYMENT MEANS Adrian Sinfield
RURAL HOUSING: COMPETITION AND CHOICE M. Dunn, M. Rawson, A. Rogers
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM S.E. Finer and Anthony King
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dilys M. Hill and Peter Richards
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 1855–1975 K.M. Reader