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Robert A. Wilson, ed. Power and the Presidency. New York, NY: Public Affairs, 1999. Pp. xii, 162. $20.00 hardbound.

Rosen article for the New Republic, "The Supreme Court Commits Suicide," next to a Weekly Standard piece by Nelson Lund lauding the Court's "Act of Courage."

Charles O. Jones, ed. Preparing To Be President: The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2000. Pp. vii, 194. $25.00 hardbound.

Dennis L. Soden, ed. The Environmental Presidency. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 366. $73.50 hardbound, $24.95 softbound.

Judy Schneider and Michael L. Koempel. Congressional Deskbook 2001-2002: 107th Congress. Alexandria, VA: The Capitol.Net, Inc., 2001. Pp. xxviii, 610. $79.50 softbound.

Diana Dwyre and Victoria A. Farrar-Myers. Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 291. $22.95 softbound.     

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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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Per Lindskog and Jan Lundqvist, Why Poor Children Stay Sick. The Human Ecology of Child Health and Welfare in Rural Malawi. Research report no. 85. Uppsala: Nico Vink, The Telenovela and Emancipation: A Study on TV and Social Change in Brazil. Amsterdam: Rashid Amjad (ed.), To the Gulf and Back: Studies on the Economic Impact of Asian Labour Migration. New Delhi: Krishnalekha Sood, Trade and Economic Development; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, New Delhi: ILO-ARTEP, Employment and Structural Change in Indian Industries: John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon, Paul B. Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke, Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projects. London: David C. Gordon, Images of the West: Third World Perspectives. Savage, MD:     

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Peter G. Brown and Henry Shue, eds., Food Policy: The Responsibility of the United States in the Life and Death Choices
Eleanor B. Steinberg and Joseph A. Yager with Gerard M. Brannon, New Means of Financing International Needs
William R. Cline, Noboru Kawanabe, T.O.M. Kronsjö, and Thomas Williams, Trade Negotiations in the Tokyo Round: A Quantitative Assessment
L. N. Rangarajan, Commodity Conflict; The Political Economy of International Commodity Negotiations
Erwin G. Krasnow and Lawrence D. Longley, The Politics of Broadcast Regulation     

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Race Mathews, David Bennett — a Memoir, Melbourne, Australian Fabian Society (Pamphlet 44), 1985, pp. v + 59. $3.00 (paper)

S. Graubard (ed.), Australia: the Daedalus Symposium, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985, pp.441. $9.95 (paper)

Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, A Bill of Rights for Australia? An Exposure Report, Canberra, AGPS, 1985, pp.128. $7.60 (paper)

Dean Jaensch, An Introduction to Australian Politics, 2nd edition, Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1984, pp.318. $11.95 (paper)     

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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 .     

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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