Book reviews

Social Values, Objectives and Action, Jimmy Algie, Kogan Page, 1975, pp. 491, £8.00.From Big Government to Local Government: the Road to Decentralization,T. J. Barrington, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, 1975, pp. 238, £6.00.History of the Kent County Council 1889-1974,prepared by Elizabeth Melling for the County Council, published by Kent County Council, 1975, pp. vi + 182, £4.90.Local Government Finance,Alan Walter Steiss, Lexington Books-D. C. Heath, 1975, pp. 300.The Property Tax and Alternative Local Taxes,Larry D. Schroeder and David L. Sjoquist, Praeger, 1975, pp. 114.