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John V. Vilanilam, Reporting a Revolution. The Iranian Revolution and the NIICO Debate. New Delhi: James Lang, Inside Development in Latin America; A Report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil. Chapel Hill and London: Ram K. Vepa, Modern Small Industry in India: Problems and Prospects. New Delhi: Gerald Leach and Robin Mearns, Beyond the Woodfuel Crisis. People, Land and Trees in Africa. London:     

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Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson, Women and Environment in the Third World. Alliance for the Future M. Kazim Bacchus, Educational Policy and Development Strategy in the Third World. Per Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), Food Subsidies in Developing Countries. Costs, Benefits and Policy Options. James R. Simpson, The Economics of Livestock Systems in Developing Countries. Farm and Project Level Analysis.     

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Martin Katzman, Cities and Frontiers in Brazil Philip Musgrove, Consumer Behavior in Latin America (An ECIEL Study) William R. Cline and Enrique Delgado, eds., Economic Integration in Central America Wayne A. Cornelius and Robert V. Kemper, eds., Metropolitan Latin America: The Challenge and the Response James M. Malloy, ed., Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle, Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Peasants in Mexico: A Case Study in Public Policy COURTS, CRIME, AND LAW Richard Lehne, The Quest for Justice: The Politics of School Finance Reform Ray C. Jeffrey, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Linda Medcalf, Law and Identity: Lawyers. Native Americans and Legal Practice Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Freedom of the Press vs. Public Access Lawrence A. Gooberman, Operation Intercept: The Multiple Consequences of Public Policy Milton Heumann, Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges and Defense Attorneys enneth C. Laudon, Communications Technology and Democratic Participation Raymond Bowers, Alfred M. Lee, and Cary Hershey, eds., Communications for a Mobile Society: An Assessment of New Technology Roy Bahl, ed., The Fiscal Outlook for Cities: Implications of a National Urban Policy Mark Gottdiener, Planned Sprawl: Private and Public Interests in Suburbia Anthony James Catanese and W. Paul Farmer, eds., Personality, Politics and Planning: How City Planners Work Robert L. Lineberry, Equality and Urban Policy: The Distribution of Municipal Public Services John J. Harrigan and William C. Johnson, Governing the Twin Cities Region, The Metropolitan Council in Comparative Perspective D. S. Chauhan, Public Labor Relations: A Comparative State Study A. Lawrence Chickering, ed., Public Employee Unions: A Study of the Crisis in Public Sector Labor Relations Martin Binkin and Shirley J. Bach, Women and the Military Martin Binkin, with Herschel Ranter and Rolf H. Clark, Shaping the Defense Civilian Work Force: Economics, Politics, and National Security Richard K. 3etts, Soldiers. Statesmen, and Cold War Crises Selig Harrison, China. Oil, and Asia; Conflict Ahead? J. T. Pempel, ed., Policymakinq in Contemporary Japan Fred H. Sanderson, Japan's Food Prospects and Policies A. Doak Barnett, China and the Major Powers in East Asia Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Tactical Nuclear Weapons: European Perspectives Thomas H. Etzold and John Lewis Gaddis, eds., Containments: Documents on American Policy and Strategy, 1945-1950 William O. McCagg, Jr., Stalin Embattled. 1943-1948 Barry B. Hughes, The Domestic context of American Foreign Policy     

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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 .     

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Anderson, Odin W (1985) Health Services in the United States A Growth Enterprise Averch Harvey A 1985 A Strategic Analysis of Science and Technology Policy Baughrman, James L 1985 Television's Guardians The FCC and the Politics of rogramming, 1958–1961 Brown, Eugene J 1985 William Fulbright Advice and Dissent Bunker, Stephen G 1985 Underdeveloping the Amazon Extraction, Unequal Exchange, and the Failure of the Modern State Cofer, Donna Price 1985 Judges, Bureaucrats, and the Question of Independence A Study of the Social Security Administration Hearing Process Committee for Economic Development 1985 Investing in Our Childredn Corson, William R and Robert T Crowley 1985 The New KGB Engine of Saviet Power Daniel, Pete 1985 Breaking the Land The Transformation of Cotton, Tobacco, and Rice Cultures Since 1880 Davis, Karen and Diane Rowland 1985 Care Policy New Directions for Health and Long-Term Care Downs, Donald Alexander 1985 Nazis in Skokie Freedom, Community and the First Amendement Durant, Robert F 1985 When Government Regulates Itsself EPA, TVA, and Poliution Control in the 1970s Ferman, Barbara 1985 Governing the Ungovernable City Political Skill Leadership, and the Moder Mayor Gray, Charies L. Jr and Jeffrey A Alson 1985 Moving America to Methanol A Plan to Replace Oil Imports, Reduce Acid Rain, and Revitalize Our Domestic Economy Jones, Bryan D 1985 Governing Buildings and Building Government A New Perspective on the Old Party Lane Jan-Enk ed 1985 State and Market The Politics of the Public and Private Laqueur, Walter 1985 A World of Secrets The Uses and Limits of Intelligence Layton, Edwin T (Rear Admiral U S N Ret) 1985 And I Was There Pearl Harbor and Midway-Breaking the Secrets Luttwak, Edward N 1985 Pentagon and the Art of War MacRae, Jr. Ducan 1985 Policy Indicators Linds Between Social Science and Public Debate Murphy, Jolhn F 1985 Punishing International Terronsts The Legal Framework for Policy Initiative Oseth, Jarnes M 1985 Regulating U S Intelligence Operations A Study In Definition of the National Interest Pascall, Glenn 1985 The Trillion Dollar Budget How to Stop The Bankrupting of America Percy Stephen L and Enc J Scott 1985 Demand Processing and Performance in Public Service Agencies Peterson Paul E, ed 1995 The New Urban Reality Reichley A James 1985 Religion in American Public Life Rhoads Steven E 1985 The Economist's View of the World Governments. Markets, and Public Policy Rose, Richard ed 1985 Public Employment in Western Nations Sharp, Gene 1985 Making Europe Unconquerable The Potential of Civilian-Based Deterrence and Defense Shotland, R Lance and Melvin M Mark eds 1985 Social Science and Social Policy Staniland, Martin 1985 What is Political Economy? A Study of Social Theory and Underdevelopment Swanstron, Todd 1985 The Crisis of Growth Politics Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism Weeks, Lewis E and Howard J Berman 1985 Shapers of American Health Care Policy An Oral History Wilson, James Q and Richard J Herrnstein 1985 Crime and Human Nature     

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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     

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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).     

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Environment and Agriculture. Rethinking Development Issues for the 2lst Century. Morrilton, AR John Abbot, Politics and Poverty: A Critique of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sanjiv Misra, India's Textile Sector: A Policy Analysis. Ippei Yamazawa and Fu-Chen Lo (eds), Evolution of Asia-Pacific Economies, International Trade and Investment. Kuala Lumpur: John W. Longworth and Gregory J. Williamson, China's Pastoral Region. Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable Development. L. E. Visser (ed.), Halmahera and Beyond.     

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Richard Goehlert, Reference Tools in Political Science
Joseph Pechman, ed., Setting National Priorities: The 1978 Budget
Joseph Pechman, ed., Setting National Priorities: The 1979 Budget
Joseph Pechman, ed., Setting National Priorities: The 1980 Budget
Dorothy Nelkin, ed., Controversy: Politics of TechnicaZ Decision
John E. Tropman, Milan Dluky, Roger Lind, Wayne Vasey and Tom A. Croxton, eds., Strategic Perspectives on SociaZ PoZicy
Walter Goldstein, ed., Planning PoZitics, and the PubZic Interest
David W. Breneman and Chester E. Finn, Jr., eds., Public Policy and Private Higher Education     

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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.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Judith Wagner DeCew, In Pursuit of Privacy: Law, Ethics, and the Rise of Technology. Peter DeLeon, Democracy and the Policy Sciences. Herbert Inhaber, Why Energy Conservation Fails. Sheila Jasanoff, Science at the Bar: Law, Science, and Technology in America. Marick F. Masters, Unions at the Crossroads: Strategic Membership, Financial, and Political Perspectives. Susan E. Mayer, What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances. Pietro S. Nivola (Ed.), Comparative Disadvantages? Social Regulations and the Global Economy. Sudhir Chella Rajan, The Enigma of Automobility:Democratic Politics and Pollution Control. Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G. Carmines, Reaching Beyond Race. Elliott White (Ed.), Intelligence, Political Inequality, and Public Policy. Robet H. Wilson (Ed.), Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas.