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Reviews books on public management. 'Public Management Reform and Innovation: Research, Theory, and Application,' edited by H. George Frederickson and Jocelyn M. Johnston; 'The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization,' by Richard N. Haass; 'The Managerial Presidency,' second edition, edited by James P. Pfiffner.

Reviews several books about public administration in the U.S. "The Politics of Taxing and Spending," by Ira Sharkansky; "The City Manager Profession: Myths and Realities," by John C. Bollens and John C. Ries; "Guide for Development: Institution Building and Reform," by Hiram S. Phillips; "Bureaucracy and Innovation," by Victor A. Thompson.

The article discusses various books on public administration. In "The Eclipse of Citizenship: Power and Participation in Contemporary Politics," author Robert J. Pranger distinguishes between the politics of power and the politics of participation. The book is an attempt to view politics from the bottom up. "Political Science and Public Policy," edited by Austin Ranney is a collection of essays focused around the question of what political science as a discipline can contribute to the content of public policy. The central question is whether studies of policy content are as important as political process studies in the discipline of political science. "Federal Grants-In-Aid: Perspectives and Alternatives," by Deil S. Wright, is a monograph that examines the federal grants-in-aid from several standpoints. Topics covered include the legal basis and historical development of grants, purposes, pros and cons, fiscal significance and the consequences of grant programs on intergovernmental relations.

Reviews the book "Rural Public Administration: Problems and Prospects," edited by Jim Seroka.

The article reviews the book "Dispatches from Lincoln's White House: The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary William O. Stoddard," edited by Michael Burlingame.

Reviews the book "Councils, Committees and Concern for the Old. Occasional Papers on Social Administration," by Kathleen M. Slack.

Reviews the book "Governance of Higher Education: Six Priority Problems," by Clark Kerr.

Reviews the book "The Urban Community and Its Unionized Bureaucracies, Pressure Politics in Local Government Labor Relations," by Sterling Spero and John M. Capozzola.

Reviews the book "Systemic Aspects of Public Administration," by Poul Meyer.

Reviews the book "New Towns: Why and for Whom?" edited by Harvey S. Pedoff and Neil C. Sandberg.

Reviews the book 'Studies in Public Regulation,' edited by Gary Fromm.

Reviews the book "Screwing the System and Making It Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society," by Mark D. Jacobs.

Reviews the book `The President and Public Administration,' by John A. Rohr.

Reviews the book 'Doing More With Less: Cutback Management in New York City,' edited by Demetrios Caraley.

Reviews the book 'Mathematical Thinking About Politics,' by G.R. Boynton.

This article presents information on various books related to public administration. The book "The Politics of the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention," by Elmer B. Cornwell and Jay S. Goodman, deals with the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1964-1968, and was prepared by two professors who had worked as staff members of the convention. The book "Agenda for Local Tax Reform," by George F. Break presents a concise description and picture of California's local governmental financial structures, as well as financial problems and what can be done about them. The book "Constitutional Revision in Pennsylvania: The Dual Tactic of Amendment and Limited Convention," by George D. Wolf shows how constitutional modernization can be accomplished by utilizing a combination of special study commissions, the legislature and a convention. The book "Administration of Government Industries," by R.S. Arora, has three essays which discuss several difficult and controversial problems of the public corporation. The first essay examines the theory of the public corporation, the second considers the legal maze that surrounds it, and the third looks at the political aspects of the public relations of the public corporations in Great Britain.

A review of the book "Public Administration in Perspective: Theory and Practice Through Multiple Lenses," by David John Farmer is presented.

A review of the book "Public Management in Global Perspective," by Salvatore Schiavo-Campo and Hazel M. Mcferson is presented.

The article reviews the book "Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland," by Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky.

The article reviews the book "Comparative Bureaucratic Systems," edited by Krishna K. Tummala.

The article reviews the book "The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior," by Herbert Kaufman.

The article reviews the book "Framing American Politics," edited by Karen Callaghan and Frauke Schnell.

This article reviews three books related to public administration. The books include "Postmodern Public Policy," by Hugh T. Miller, "A New Mind for Policy Analysis: Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Epistemology and Methodology," by Goktug Morcol, and "Public Administration and the State: A Postmodern Perspective," by Michael W. Spicer.

The article presents a review of three books pertaining to public administration. The books include "Public Policymaking in a Democratic Society: A Guide to Civic Engagement," by Larry N. Gerston, "An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making," by Thomas A. Birkland, and "Public Policy in the United States: At the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century," by Mark E. Rushefsky.

Reviews several books about public administration. "Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: Theory and Practice," edited by Maura Adshead and Michelle Millar; "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in State and Local Governments," edited by Michael Harris and Rhonda Kinney; "Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide," by Karen Mossberger, Caroline Tolbert and Mary Stansbury; "Civic Service: What Difference Does It Make?," by James L. Perry and Marie Thompson; "Crime Mapping: New Tools for Law Enforcement," by Irvin B. Vann and G. David Garson.

Reviews two books about public service. "The Accountable Juggler: The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency," by Beryl A. Radin; "The New Public Service: Serving, Not Steering," by Janet V. Denhardt and Robert B. Denhardt.

Reviews the book "Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change," by Jane E. Fountain.

The article reviews several books about public administration. The reviewed books are "The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century America," by Donald F. Kettl, "The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance," edited by Lester M. Salamon and "The Public Administration Theory Primer," by H. George Frederickson and Kevin B. Smith.

Reviews the book 'Quicker, Better, Cheaper? Managing Performance in American Government,' edited by Dall W. Forsythe.

Books reviewed in this article: Ali Farazmand (ed.), Privatization or Public Enterprise Reform? International Case Studies with Implications for Public Management B. Guy Peters, The Future of Governing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Stephen E. Condrey and Robert Maranto (eds.), Radical Reform of the Civil Service James P. Pfiffner and Douglas A. Brook (eds.), The Future of Merit: Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act A.T. Rafiqur Rahman, Reforming the Civil Service for Government Performance: A Partnership Perspective [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'The Global Management Revolution: A Report on the Transformation of Governance,' by Donald F. Kettl.

Reviews the book "Unmasking Administrative Evil," by Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour.

Reviews the book "Legitimacy in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis," by O.C. McSwite.

Reviews the book "Government Is Us: Public Administration in an Anti-Government Era," by Cheryl Simrell King.

Reviews books about public administration. `From Promises to Performance: Achieving Global Environmental Goals,' by Gary C. Bryner; `Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics,' by Paul Wapner; `Global Governance: Drawing Insights from the Environmental Experience,' edited by Oran R. Young.

Reviews several books about public administration. Includes `Applied Economics and Public Policy,' by Iain Begg and S.G.B. Henry; `Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis,' by Ralph D. Ellis; `Honest Numbers and Democracy,' by Walter Williams.

Reviews the book 'Public Administration,' by Jeffrey D. Straussman.

Reviews the book 'Public Organisations and Policy: An Experiential Approach to Public Policy and Its Execution,' by David Bresnick.

Reviews the book 'Practicing Public Management: A Casebook,' by C. Kenneth Meyer.

Reviews the book 'Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action,' by Albert O. Hirschman.

Reviews the book 'Managing the Public's Business: The Job of the Government Executive,' by Laurence E. Lynn Jr.

The article presents a review essay for two books based on police. These books are "Above the Law," by Jerome Skolnick and James Fyfe and "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," by David Simon. Although very different in style and substance, each book represents a kind of policy-relevant research. The second book is an ethnographically inspired study written by a reporter who in 1988 observed two squads of Baltimore homicide detectives. It is close to the action, sympathetic to the police and arguably the finest available treatise on detectives. The first book, stimulated by the beating of Los Angeles car driver Rodney King, assesses occasions, explanations and remedies for police violence. It makes a plausible case for the centrality of applied violence to the police mandate and connects violence with the vigilante American past, interrogations and organizational context. In the explanations section they use metaphors of paramilitary bureaucracy, occupational subculture and the insulation of policing from public controls. A final section outlines remedies such as police administrative reform, court-based reform and public review and other internal reforms.

Reviews the book "Public Administration: The State of the Discipline," by Naomi B. Lynn and Aaron Wildavsky.

Reviews several books on public administration. "The Art of Corporate Success: The Story of Schlumberger," by Ken Auletta; "Burning Money: The Waste of Your Tax Dollars," by J. Peter Grace; "The Soul of a New Machine," by Tracy Kidder; "Iacocca," by Lee Iacocca; "The Sporty Game," by John Newhouse; Others.

The article reviews several books on public administration including "The Administrative Revolution in Whitehall," by G. K. Fry, "British Government and Its Discontents," by Geoffrey Smith and Nelson W. Polsby, "Administering Britain," by Brian C. Smith and Jeffrey Stanyer, "In Search of the Constitution: Reflections on State and Society in Britain," by Johnson Nevil, "Policy and Politics in Britain: The Limits of Consensus," by Douglas E. Ashford.

Reviews several books on public administration. "Business Regulation and Government Decision-Making," by A. Lee Fritschler and Bernard H. Ross; "The Regulated Industries and the Economy," by Paul W. MacAvoy; "The Political Economy of Regulation: Creating, Designing, and Removing Regulatory Forms," by Barry M. Mitnick; "Government Regulation: Scope, Growth, Process," edited by W. T. Stanbury; Others.

Reviews books related to public administration. 'Public Administration,' edited by John Buechner and Eugene Koprowski; 'Public Administration: Readings in Institutions, Processes, Behavior, Policy,' edited by Robert Golembiewesses; 'Public Administration: Concepts and Cases,' Richard Stillman.

Reviews several books on public administration. "Political Bureaucracy," by Lewis C. Mainzer; "From Amoral to Humane Bureaucracy," by Eugene P. Dvorin and Robert H. Simmons; "Bureaucracy and Representative Government," by William A. Niskanen; "The Dilemma of Accountability in Modern Government," edited by Bruce L. R. Smith and D. C. Hague.

The article presents information on several books. Theses are as, "Things to Come: Thinking About the 70's and 80's," by Herman Kahn and Bruce B. Biggs, "The Future of the US. Government: Toward the Year 2000," edited by Harvey S. Perloff, "Indicators of Social Change: Concepts and Measurements," edited by Eleanor Sheldon and Wilbert E. Moore, "The Sociology of the Future," edited by Wendell Bell and James A. Mau, "The Art of Conjecture," by Bertrand de Jouvenel, "Industrial Applications of Technological Forecasting: Its Utilization in R&D Management," by Marvin J. Cetron and Christine A. Ralph and "On the Future State of the Union," by Olaf Helmer. As public administrators, people are surrounded by what appears to be an infinite or seemingly endless number of crises. Forecasting is not new to the public administrator or policy maker. When a decision maker is confronted with two or more possible courses of action, he selects tile one he believes will be the best when viewed from the perspective of the future.