Reviews

Books reviewed: Kevin Theakston, Leadership in Whitehall Cris Shore, Building Europe. The cultural politics of European integration Maureen Mackintosh and Rathin Roy (eds), Economic decentralization and public management reform Christopher Pollitt, Xavier Girre, Jeremy Lonsdale, Robert Mul, Hilkka Summa and Marit Waerness, Performance or compliance? Performance audit and public management in five countries John Loughlin (ed.), Subnational democracy in the European Union. Challenges and opportunities P.H.A. Frissen, (trans.) Chris Emery, Politics, governance and technology: A postmodern narrative on the virtual state (Virtuele staat, politiek, bestuur, technologie) René Torenvlied, Political decisions and agency performance Bent Flyvbjerg, Making social science matter: why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again M. Arnott and C. Raab (eds), The governance of schooling. comparative studies of devolved schooling Walter J.M. Kickert and Richard J. Stillman, II (eds), The modern state and its study. New administrative sciences in a changing Europe and United States Dilys M. Hill, Urban policy and politics in Britain G.C. Peden, The treasury and public policy 1906–1959 June Burnham, Whitehall and the civil service: issues for the Millennium and beyond