Book Notes

Sanford Borins, Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government .
Milton M. Carrow, Robert P. Churchill, and Joseph J. Cordes, Democracy, Social Values, and Public Policy .
Joseph D. Davey, The Politics of Prison Expansion: Winning Elections by Waging War on Crime. Westport
Sherry Glied, Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails .
Erich Goode, Between Politics and Reason: The Drug Legalization Debate.
Peter J. Haas, and J. Fred Springer, Applied Policy Research: Concepts and Cases .
Rodney E. Hero, Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics .
Stuart S. Nagel, Policy Within and Across Developing Nations .
Paul L. Posner, The Politics of Unfunded Mandates: Whither Federalism
Howard Schuman, Charlotte Steeh, Lawrence Bobo, and Maria Krysan, Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations (rev. ed.) .
Mark E. Rushefsky and Kant Patel, Politics, Power, & Policy Making: The Case of Health Care Reform in the 1990s .
Donald A. Sylvan and James F. Voss (eds.), Problem Representation in Foreign Policy Decision Making .
Edward P. Weber, Pluralism by the Rules: Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Regulation .
Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson, The Managed Care Blues and How to Cure Them .     

The Political Economy of Comparative Environmental Policy

Brendan F.D., Barrett and Rikti Therivel Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment in Japan .
Alemneh Dejene, Environment, Famine, and Politics in Ethiopia: A View from the Village .
David Goodman and Michael Redclift, eds., Environment and Development in Latin Ameruca: The Politics of Sustainbiliity .
Roberto P. Pryde, The Ecopolitics of Development in the Third World: Politics and Environment in Brazil .
Philip R. Pryde, Environmental Management in the Soviet Union .
Lester Ross, Environmental Policy in China .     

Book Notes

Books reviewed in this article: Donald L. Alexander (Ed.), Telecommunications Policy: Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? John J. Audley, Green Politics and Global Trade: NAFTA and the Future of Environmental Politics. William I. Bacchus, The Price of American Foreign Policy: Congress, the Executive, and International Affairs Funding. Arnold Birenbaum, Managed Care: Made in America. Thomas A. Birkland, After Disaster; Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events. James Bowman and Donald Menzel (Eds.), Teaching Ethics and Values in Public Administration Programs. Robert J. Duffy, Nuclear Politics in America: A History and Theory of Government Regulation. Marianne Githens and Dorothy McBride Stetson (Eds.), Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Christopher Howard, The Hidden Welfare State: Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States Joan Johnson-Freese and Roger Handberg, Space, The Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the 21st Century. Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, The Changing Federal Role in U.S. Health Care Policy. Yong S. Lee (Ed.), Technology Transfer and Public Policy. James Midgley, Social Welfare in Global Context. Nancy C. Roberts and Paula J. King, Transforming Public Policy: Dynamics of Policy Entrepreneurs hip and Innovation. Denise Scheberle, Federalism and Environmental Policy: Trust and the Politics of Implementation. David E. Wildasin (Ed.), Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article
Jameson W. Doig and Erwin Hargrove (eds.). 1987. Leadership and Innovation: A Biographical Perspective on Entrepreneurs in Government
Frank Fischer and John Forester (eds.). 1987. Confronting Values in Policy Analysis: The Politics of Criteria , Sage Yearbooks in Politics and Public Policy
John W. Mendeloff. 1988. The Dilemma of Toxic Substance Regulation: How Overregulation Causes Underregulation
Willard C. Richan. 1986. Beyond Altruism: Social Welfare Policy in American Society
S. David Young. 1987. The Rule of Experts: Occupational Licensing in America     

Book Notes

David H. Guston, Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Productivity and Integrity of Research .
Michael Kenny and James Meadowcroft (Eds.), Planning Sustainability .
Cathie Jo Martin, Stuck in Neutral: Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy .
Michael Mason, Environmental Democracy .
Michael Moran, Governing the Health Care State: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany .
Stephen D. Sugarman and Frank R. Kemerer (Eds.), School Choice and Social Controversy: Politics, Policy, and Law .
Joseph P. Viteritti, Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society .
Jay D. White, Taking Language Seriously: The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith. 1990. Democratic Politics and Policy Analysis
Braveman, Daan. 1989. Protecting Constitutional Freedoms: A Role for the Federal Courts
Fischer, Frank. 1990. Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise     

THE LIMITS OF POSITIVISM: CASE STUDIES OF VALUES IN SCIENCE

Ernest R. House. 1988. Jesse Jackson and the Politics of Charisma: The Rise and Fall of the PUSH/Excel Program
James M. Rogders. 1988. The Impact of Policy Analysis
Sylvia Noble Tesh. 1988. Hidden ARguments: Political Ideology and Dieases Prevention Policy     

BOOK REVIEWS

book reviewed in this article:
Craufurd D. Goodwin, ed., Energy Policy In Perspective: Today's Problems, Yesterday's Solutions
Loren Cobb and Robert M. Thrall, eds., Mathematical Frontiersv of the Social and Policy Sciences
David Collingridge, The Social Control of Technology
Frank J. Thompson, Health Policy and the Bureaucracy: Politics and Implementation
Joseph A. Yager. International Cooperation in Nuclear Energy
Philip van Slyck, Strategies for the 1980s: Lessons of Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan     

Book Notes

Eugene Bardach, Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship
David E. Camacho (Ed.), Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles: Race, Class and the Environment.
Donald T. Critchlow, Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government in Modern America
Harvey Feigenbaum, Jeffrey Henig, and Chris Hamnett, Shrinking the Slate: The Political Underpinnings of Privatization .
Ronald F. Ferguson and William T. Dickens (Eds.), Urban Problems and Community Development
David M. Hart, Forged Consensus: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the United States
Frederick M. Hess, Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform
Jerry Mitchell, The American Experiment with Government Corporations
Richard K. Olson and Thomas A. Lyson (Eds.), Under the Blade: The Conversion of Agricultural Landscapes
David Rusk, Inside Game, Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America.
Peter H. Schuck, Citizens, Strangers, and In-Betweens: Essays on Immigration and Citizenship
Elaine B. Sharp (Ed.), Culture Wars & Local Politics.
Norman J. Vig and Regina S. Axelrod (Eds.), The Global Environment-Institutions, Law, and Policy
Ronald K. Vogel (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States
Janet Coble Vinzant and Lane Crothers, Street-Level Leadership: Discretion & Legitimacy in Front-Line Public Service
K. Vogel (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States . Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 464 pp. $99.50 (cloth).     

SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THE POLICY PROCESS

Books reviewed in this article:
Jeffrey M. Berry, Feeding Hungry People: Rulemaking in the Food Stamp Program
Peter Navarro, The Policy Game: How Special Interests and Ideologues are Stealing America
Richard K. Scotch, From Good Will to Civil Rights: Transforming Federal Disability Policy
Paul Y. Watanabe, Ethnic Groups, Congress, and American Foreign Policy: The Politics of the Turkish Arms Embargo     

IV. LITERATURE REVIEW

Book Reviewed in this artices:
Geoffrey Blainey, The Causes of War
Manus Midlarsky, On War: Political Violence in the International System
Ronald Levy, Nearing the Crossroads: Contending Approaches to Contemporary American Foreign Policy
Morton H. Halperin, with the assistance of Priscilla Clapp and Arnold Kanter, Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy
F. S. Northedge, ed., The Foreign Policies of the Powers
Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron B. Wildavsky, Implementation
Arnold J. Meltsner, The Politics of City Revenue
Richard S. Bolan and Ronald L. Nuttall, Urban Planning and Politics
Dennis A. Rondinelli, Urban and Regional Development Planning: Policy and Administration
L. Harmon Zeigler and M. Kent Jennings, Governing American Schools
Elchanan Cohn and Stephen D. Millman, Economics of State Aid to Education
W. Norton Grubb and Stephan Michelson, States and Schools: The Political Economy of Public School Finance
Dale Mann, Policy Decision-Making in Education: An Introduction to calculation and Control
Paul R. Dommel, The Politics of Revenue Sharing
Alford, Robert R., Health Care Politics; Ideological and Interest Group Barriers to Reform
Federal Statistics , Report of the President's Commission
Stapleton, W. Vaughn, and Lee E. Teitelbaum, In Defense of Youth: A Study of the Role of Counsel in American Juvenile Courts
Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs     

LITERATURE REVIEW

Book Reviewed in this artices:
Norval Morris, The Future of Imprisonment
Robert Eyestone, The Threads of Public Policy: A Study in Policy Leadership
Earl Johnson, Jr., Justice and Reform: The Formative Years of the OEO Legal Services Program
Marvin R. Burt, Policy Analysis: Introduction and Applications to Health Programs
Gary W. Shannon and G. E. Alan Dever, Health Care Delivery: Spatial Perspectives
Theodore R. Marmor, The Politics of Medicare
HEALTH POLICY AND THE POOR
Philip K. Piele and John Stuart Hall, Budgets, Bonds, and Ballots: Voting Behavior in School Financial Elections
Jerome T. Murphy, State Education Agencies and Discretionary Funds: Grease the Squeaky Wheel
John D. Owen, School Inequality and the Welfare State     

Book Notes

Abramovitz, Mimi. 1988. Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy From Colonial Times to the Present
Bingham, Richard D., Roy E. Green, and Sammis B. White (eds.). 1987. The Homeless in Contemporary Society
Bogen, Elizabeth. 1987. Immigration in New York
Bowie, Norman E. (ed.). 1988. Equal Opportunity
Bryner, Gary C. 1987. Bureaucratic Discretion: Law and Policy in Federal Regulatory Agencies
Comfort, Louise K. (ed.) 1988. Managing Disaster: Strategies and Policy Perspectives
Cook, Brian J. 1988. Bureaucratic Politics and Regulatory Reform: The EPA and Emissions Trading
Cooper, Phillip J. 1988. Hard Judicial Choices: Federal District Judges and State and Local Officials
Culyer, A.J. and Bengt Jonsson (eds.). 1988. Public and Private Health Services
Danziger, Sheldon H. and Kent E. Portney (eds.). 1988. The Distributional Impacts of Public Policies
Davis, Charles E. and James P. Lester (eds.). 1988. Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Politics and Policy
Fagerhaugh, Shizuko Y., Anselm Strauss, Barbara Suczek, and Carolyn L. Wiener. 1987. Hazards in Hospital Care: Ensuring Patient Safety
Forsythe, David P. 1988. Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Congress Reconsidered
Gilderbloom, John I. and Richard P. Appelbaum. 1988. Rethinking Rental Housing
Hahn, Harlan and Sheldon Kamieniecki. 1987. Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences
Kelly, Rita Mae (ed.). 1988. Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector: Problems, Strategies, and Prospects
Kelly, Rita Mae and Jane Bayes (eds.). 1988. Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy
Plowden, William. 1987. Advising the Rulers
Roessner, J. David. 1988. Government Innovation Policy: Design, Implementation, Evaluation
Weidenbaum, Murray and Kenneth Chilton (eds.). 1988. Public Policy Toward Corporate Takeovers     

BOOK NOTES

Adams, F. Gerard and Jere R. Behrman, Commodity Exports and Economic Development; The Commodity Problem and Policy in Developing Countries Anderson, Lacelles and Douglas M. Windham (eds.), Education and Development: Issues in the Analysis and Planning of Postcolonial Societies Bailey, Sydney, How Wars End: The United Nations and The Termination of Armed Conflict, 1946–1964 Balinski, Michel L. and H. Peyton Young, Fair Representation; Meeting the Ideal of One Man, One Vote Barfield, Claude E., Science Policy from Ford to Reagan: Change and Continuity Barnett, Larry F., Population Policy and The U.S. Constitution Bish, Robert L., Governing Puget Sound Blair, Roger D. and Robert F. Lanziolloti (eds.), The Conglomerate Corporation: An Antitrust Law and Economic Symposium Brams, Steven J. and Peter C. Fishburn, Approval Voting Carp, Robert A. and C.K. Rowland, Policymaking and Politics in the Federal District Courts Cigler, Allan J. and Burdett A. Loom is (eds.), Interest Group Politics The Conservation Foundation, State of the Environment, 1982 Crecine, John P. (ed.), The New Educational Programs in Public Policy; The First Decade Dilger, Robert J., The Sunbelt/Snowbelt Controversy: The War Over Federal Funds Doig, Jameson W. (ed.), Criminal Corrections: Ideals and Realities Dunkerley, Harold B. (ed.) with Christine M.E. Whitehead, Urban Land Policy: Issues and Opportunities Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Paul L. Schumann, Longer Hours or More Jobs: An Investigation of Amending Hours Legislation to Create Employment Feld, Alan L., Tax Policy and Corporate Concentration Greenberger, Martin, in collaboration with Garry D. Brewer, William W. Hogan and Milton Russell, Caught Unawares; The Energy Decade in Retrospect Hartland-Thundberg, Penelope and Morris H. Crawford, Government Support for Exports; A Second Best Alternative Katz, James Everett and Onkar S. Marwah (eds.), Nuclear Power in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Decision Making Linn, Johannes F., Cities in the Developing World; Policies for Their Equitable and Efficient Growth Lloyd, Christopher (ed.), Social Theory and Political Practice: Wolfson College Lectures, 1981 Lovett, William A., Inflation and Politics; Fiscal, Monetary, and Wage-Price Discipline Magat, Wesley A. (ed.), Reform of Environmental Regulation Mashaw, Jerry L., Bureaucratic Justice; Managing Social Security Disability Claims Moe, Ronald C., The Hoover Commissions Revisited Regan, Tom and Donald Vandeveer (eds.), And Justice for All; New Introductory Essays in Ethics and Public Policy Rothman, Harry, Rod Greenshields, and Francisco Rosillo Calle, Energy From Alcohol: The Brazilian Experience Sorley, Lewis, Arms Transfers Under Nixon; A Policy Analysis Stifel, Laurence D., Ralph K. Davidson, and James S. Coleman (eds.), Social Sciences and Public Policy in the Developing World Stone, Alan, and Edward J. Harpham (eds.), The Political Economy of Public Policy Storey, James R., Older Americans in the Reagan Era: Impacts of Federal Policy Changes Weisbrod, Burton A., Economics and Medical Research Whisnant, David E., Modernizing the Mountaineer: People, Power, and Planning in Appalachia     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Haruko Fukuda, Britain in Europe: Impact on the Third World David Jones, Europe's Chosen Few, Policy and Practice of the EEC Aid Programme Peter Tulloch, The Seven Outside, Commonwealth Asia's Trade with the Enlarged EEC Feliks Gross, Violence in Politics. Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh Institute of Social Studies Harry W. Richardson, Regional Growth Theory V. Jagannadham (ed.), Family Planning in India: Policy and Administration Ernest Feder (Hrsg), Gewalt und Ausbeutung: Lateinamerika's Landwirtschaft     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Econometric Analysis of Regional Systems: Explorations in Model Building and Policy Analysis , by Norman J. Glickman.
The Politics of Exclusion , by Michael N. Danielson.
Energy and the Environment: A Structural Analysis , by Anne P. Carter (ed).
Environmental Misuse in the Soviet Union , by Fred Singleton (ed.).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article:
Wayne V. McIntosh. 190. The Appeal of Civil Law: A Political-Economic Analysis of Litigation
Norma M. Riccucci. 1990. Women, Minorities, and Unions in the Public Sector
James R. Bowers. 1990. Regulating the Regulators: An Introduction to the Legislative Oversight of Administrative Rulemaking
William F. Shughart II. 1990. Antitrust Policy and Interest-Group Politics     

Book Notes

John D. Donahue, Making Washington Work: Tales of Innovation in the Federal Government .
Bryan C. Hassel, The Charter School Challenge: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Fulfilling the Promise .
Joseph Losco and Brian L. Fife (Eds.), Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium .
Toni Marzotto, Vicky Moshier Burnor, and Gordon Scott Bonham, The Evolution of Public Policy: Cars and the Environment .
Gregory E. McAvoy, Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome .
Kant Pate1 and Mark E. Rushefsky, Health Care Politics and Policy in America .
Kevin Theakston, (Ed.), Bureaucrats and Leadership .     

Book Notes

R. Douglas Arnold, Michael J. Graetz, and Alicia H. Munnell (Eds.), Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics .
Eugene Bardach, Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship .
J. Patrick Dobel, Public Integrity .
Milton Fisk, Toward a Healthy Society: The Morality and Politics of American Health Care Reform .
Marie Gottschalk, The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States .
Graeme A. Hodge, Privatization: An International Review of Performance .
Donald F. Kettl, The Global Public Management Revolution: A Report on the Transformation of Governance .
Steven G. Koven, Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting .
George A. Krause, A Two-way Street: The Institutional Dynamics of the Modern Administrative State .
Michael T. McGuire and William H. Anderson, The U.S. Healthcare Dilemma: Mirrors and Chains .
Kenneth J. Meier and Jeff Gill, What Works: A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis .
Karen Mossberger, The Politics of Ideas and the Spread of Enterprise Zones .
Kate O'Neill, Waste Trading among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation.
William Simonsen and Mark D. Robbins, Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation .
John D. Wirth, Smelter Smoke in North America: The Politics of Transborder Pollution .