Journal of Public Policy

1981 - 2024

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Volume 5, issue 4, 1985

Comparative Public Policy at the Crossroads pp. 441-465

Arnold J. Heidenheimer

National Styles and Policy Sectors: Explaining Structured Variation pp. 467-496

Gary P. Freeman

Contention and Compromise: a Comparative Analysis of Budgetary Politics pp. 497-519

Thomas R. Cusack

State-owned Enterprises Between Autonomy and Dependency pp. 521-539

Jean-Pierre Anastassopoulos

The Efficient Diffusion of Steel Technology Across Nations pp. 541-560

David Tarr

Lex Donaldson, In defence of organization theory: a reply to the critics, London, Cambridge University Press, 1985. 196 pp, £8.95 paper, £25 00 cloth pp. 561-562

Christopher Pollitt

Richard L. Merritt and Anna J. Merritt (eds), Innovation in the Public Sector, Sage Publications, 1985. 312 pp, £27.50 pp. 562-564

Bill Jenkins

François Dupuy and Jean-Claude Thoenig L'Administration en Miettes, Paris, Fayard, 1985. 316 pp, Ffr 85 pp. 564-566

Roger Duclaud-Williams

Kenneth Newton and Terence J. Karran: The Politics of Local ExpenditureLondon, Macmillan, 1985, 165 pp, £18.00 cloth, £5.95 paperback pp. 566-567

Jean Buinot

Volume 5, issue 3, 1985

Maximizing Tax Revenue While Minimizing Political Costs pp. 289-320

Richard Rose

Have Taxes Led Government Expenditures? The United States as a Test Case pp. 321-348

George von Furstenberg, R. Jeffery Green and Jin-Ho Jeong

Citizens Strike a Balance: Discontent With Taxes, Content With Spending pp. 349-363

Axel Hadenius

The Determinants of Taxation in Britain: An Empirical Test pp. 365-386

Terence Karran

The Public Debt of French Local Government pp. 387-399

Pierre-Henri Derycke and Guy Gilbert

The Subsidy as a Purely Normative Concept pp. 401-411

Martin Ricketts

Keeping Kosher: The Epistemology of Tax Expenditures* pp. 413-431

Aaron Wildavsky

Howard Machin and Wright Vincent (eds.), Economic Policy and Policymaking under Mitterrand Presidency 1981–84, London, Frances Pinter, 1985, X 293 pp., £19.00 pp. 433-434

Bernard Cazes

P. G. Cerny and M. A. Schain, Socialism, the State and Public Policy in France, London, Frances Pinter, 1985, 220 pp., £17.50 pp. 434-435

Martin Rhodes

Geoffrey K. Fry, The Changing Civil Service, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1985, 162 pp. £15.00 cloth, £5.95 paperback pp. 435-437

Jean-Luc Bodiguel

Pascall Glenn, The Trillion Dollar Budget: How to Stop the Bankrupting of America. (with a chapter on ‘The Fiscal Collision’ by Dayna Hutchings), Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1985, 328 pp. $19.95 hard, $9.95 paper pp. 437-438

Joseph J. Hogan

Stephen Wilks, Industrial Policy and the Motor Industry, 1984, Manchester University Press, xviii + 318 pp., £18.95 pp. 439-440

Brian Hogwood

Volume 5, issue 2, 1985

Social Expenditure: 1960–1990: Problems of Growth and Control pp. 133-168

Anonymous

The Political Economy of Imperfect Competition pp. 169-186

Amitai Etzioni

From the Dark to the Light: The Open Government Debate in Britain pp. 187-213

Colin Bennett

Local Government Reorganization and the Development of the Welfare State pp. 215-239

Francesco Kjellberg

Laws as an Instrument of Policy: A Study in Central-Local Government Relations pp. 241-265

Edward Page

Can the President Steer the American Economy? pp. 267-280

Richard Rose

John W. Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, Boston: Little, Brown, 1984, xi + 240 pp., $9.95 pp. 281-283

Anthony King

David Dery, Problem Definition in Policy Analysis, Lawrence, Kansas, University Press of Kansas1984, 160 pp, $19.95 pp. 283-284

Adrienne Windhoff-Hérifier

D. Jaques and J. Richardson (eds.), The Future for Higher Education. Guildford, Surrey: SRHE and NFER-Nelson. 1985. xxi + 239 pp, £11.95 pp. 284-285

A. H. Halsey

Michael T. Klare, American Arms Supermarket, Austin, University of Texas Press, 1984, 312 pp. $24.50 hard, $10.95 paper pp. 285-287

Anthony Mughan

Volume 5, issue 1, 1985

Public Expenditure and Economic Performance in OECD Countries pp. 1-21

Peter Saunders

Curbing Public Expenditure: Current Trends pp. 23-67

Daniel Tarschys

When is a Policy Instrument not an Instrument? Fiscal Marksmanship in Britain, 1951–84 pp. 69-85

Paul Mosley

The Penetrability of Policy Systems in a Developing Context pp. 87-105

Richard I. Hofferbert and Ustun Erguder

The Structure and Organization of Government: Concepts and Issues pp. 107-120

B. Guy Peters

Charles Weiss and Nicholas Jéquier, Technology, Finance and Development: an analysis of the World Bank as a technological institution, D.C. Health, Lexington, Mass., 1984, 353 pp. $37.00 pp. 121-122

Susan Strange

A. M. Gamble and S. A. Walkland. The British Party System and Economic Policy 1945–83: studies in adversary politics. Clarendon Press Oxford. 1984, x + 1–196 pp., £17.50 hard, £6.95 paper pp. 122-124

Nick Bosanquet

William B. Eddy (ed.), Handbook of Organisation Management, New York and Basel, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1983, 548 pp., $14.95 ($9.95 paperback) pp. 124-125

R. A. W. Rhodes

Tom Davies, Charlie Mason with Liz Davies: Government and Labour Market Policy Implementation, Gower, 1984, xi + 245 pp., £15.00 pp. 125-126

Jean Woodall

David Lewis and Helen Wallace eds., Policies into Practice: national and international case studies in implementation, Heinemann Educational Books, 1984, x + 234 pp., £17.00(£7.50 paperback) pp. 126-128

Andrew Dunsire

Doreen Massey, Spatial Divisions of Labour, Macmillan, 1984, 339 pp., £22.50 (paperback, £8.95) pp. 128-129

Peter Saunders

Edward C. Page, Political Authority and Bureaucratic Power, Harvester Press, Wheatsheaf, 1985, pp. 193, £18.95 pp. 129-132

Jan-Erik Lane

Volume 4, issue 4, 1984

Incremental Budgeting: Antecedents of Change* pp. 277-306

Royston Greenwood

Technology-Based Small Firms and Regional Innovation Potential: The Role of Public Procurement* pp. 307-332

Roy Rothwell

Management of Industrial Change in a Small Country: The Netherlands pp. 333-350

Rob Van Tulder

The Nationalisation of the Banks in Mitterand's France: Rationalisations and Reasons pp. 351-358

David Cobham

Leon S. Robertson, Injuries: Causes, Control Strategies, and Public Policy, Lexington Books, 1983, 219 + xiv, £22.50 pp. 359-360

Brian W. Hogwood

K. Dyson and S. Wilks (eds.), Industrial Crisis: A Comparative Study of the State and Industry, Martin Robertson, 1983, 283 pp., £19.50. - G. Shepherd, F. Duchêne, and C. Saunders (eds.), Europe's Industries: Public and Private Strategies for Change. Frances Pinter, 1983, 276 pp., £16.00 pp. 360-364

Stephen Young

R. D. McKinlay and A. Mughan, Aid and Arms To the Third World: An Analysis of the Distribution and Impact of US Official Transfers, Frances Pinter, London, 1984, 280pp. £14.75 pp. 364-365

Keith Hartley

Thad L. Beyle and Lynn Muchmore (eds.), Being Governor – The View from the Office, Duke Press Policy Studies, 1983, pp. 220. $29.75 pp. 365-367

David Regan

Volume 4, issue 3, 1984

Bureaucrats and Budgeting Benefits: How do British Central Government Departments Measure Up?* pp. 163-179

Christopher Hood, Meg Huby and Andrew Dunsire

Market Strategies as Policy Tools: The Search for Alternative Approaches to Urban Revitalization* pp. 181-207

Richard C. Hula

Business Associations and Public Policy: a Comparison of Organisational Development in Britain and Canada* pp. 209-235

William Coleman and Wyn Grant

From Social Theory to Policy Design pp. 237-259

Stephen H. Linder and B. Guy Peters

Douglas Wass, Government and the Governed, BBC Reith Lectures 1983, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984, pp. viii + 120, £3.95 pp. 261-262

Aaron Wildavsky

Christopher Pollitt, Manipulating the Machine: Changing the Pattern of Ministerial Departments 1960–83, London, Allen and Unwin1984, 269 pp., £18 pp. 262-264

Christopher Hood

Jean-Luc Bodiguel and Jean-Louis Quermonne, La haute fonction publique sous la Ve République, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1983, 270 pp., Ffr 90.00. - Francois Dupuy and Jean-Claude Thoenig, Sociologie de l'administration française, Paris: Armand Colin, 1983, 206 pp., Ffr 145.00 pp. 264-265

Edward Page

T. M. Clark and L. Ferguson, 1983, City Money: Political Pressures, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment, New York: Columbia University Press, lx + 440 pp., $49.00 cloth, $19.50 paper pp. 266-267

Robert Bennett

Theodore R. Marmor, Political Analysis and American Medical Care: Essays, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983, 304 pp., £25 pp. 267-268

Andy Alaszewski

Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982 pp. 268-271

Jan-Erik Lane

J. Richardson (ed.), Policy Styles in Western Europe, London: Allen & Unwin, 1982, 213 + x pp., £15 pp. 271-273

Francesco Kjellberg

C. Offe (J. Keane, ed.), Contradictions of the Welfare State, London: Hutchinson, 1984, 310 pp., £6.95 paper. - M. L. Harrison, ed., Corporatism and the Welfare State, Aldershot: 1984Gower, 155 pp., £13.50. - C. Ham and M. Hill, The Policy Process in the Modem Capitalist State, Brighton: Wheatsheaf Books, 1984, 210 pp., £6.95 pp. 273-275

A. Grant Jordan

Volume 4, issue 2, 1984

Why Have Government Statistics? (And How to Cut their Cost)* pp. 85-102

Ray Thomas

Tax Subsidy of Home Ownership* pp. 103-110

Peter Ittig

Taxation and Housing: A Comment pp. 111-113

Ray Barrell

Reply pp. 114-114

Peter Ittig

The Costs and Benefits of Foreign Students in United States Higher Education* pp. 115-138

Donald R. Winkler

Whither Environmental Regulation?* pp. 139-151

Gregory A. Daneke

Christopher C. Hood, The Tools of Government, Macmillan, 1983, viii + 178pp. £12.50 hbk, £6.50 pbk pp. 153-154

Jean-Claude Thoenig

Richard J. Zeckhauser and Derek Leebart (eds.), What Role for Government?, Duke University Press, 363 pp., $31.95 pp. 154-155

B. Guy Peters

Michael L. Wachter and Susan M. Wachter (eds.), Toward a New US Industrial Policy, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983 pp. 156-158

Jill Hills

Ken Young and Liz Mills, Managing the Post-Industrial City, Heinemann, 1983, 168 pp., £15.00. - OECD, Managing Urban Change: Vol. 1. Policies and Finance, HMSO for OECD publications, 1983, 149 pp., £8.50 pp. 158-160

Roger Jefferies

W. Magnusson and A. B. Sancton (eds.), City Politics in Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1983, 338 pp. Paperback £12.75. - E. J. Feldman and J. Milch The Politics of Canadian Airport Development: Lessons for Federalism, Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1983, 261 pp, Hardback £24.25 pp. 160-162

Mike Goldsmith

Volume 4, issue 1, 1984

Large Firms and Public Policy in Britain* pp. 1-17

Wyn Grant

Personal Information Policies in the United States and Britain: The Dilemma of Implementation Considerations pp. 19-38

Priscilla M. Regan

The UK Monetarist Experiment pp. 39-56

Philip Arestis

Select Your Social Scientist with Care pp. 57-71

Ray Wyatt

Charles K. Wilber and Kenneth P. Jameson, An Inquiry into the Poverty of Economics, Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983, x + 289 pp., £17.60 cloth, £7.20 paper pp. 73-75

Paul Diesing

Robert Delorme and Christine André, L'Etat et l'économie: un essai d'explication de l'évolution des dépenses publiques en France 1870–1980. Paris: Seuil, 1983, 764 pp., 260FF pp. 75-77

C. G. Pickvance

R. A. Bryer, T. J. Brignall and A. R. Maunders, Accounting for British Steel: A Financial Analysis of the Failure of the British Steel Corporation, and Who Was to Blame, Gower, 1982, 303 pp., £15 pp. 77-78

Jeremy Richardson

John E. Chubb, Interest Groups and the Bureaucracy: The Politics of Energy, Stanford: Stanford UP, 1983, 319 pp., $29.50 pp. 78-80

Grant Jordan

William N. Dunn (ed), Values, Ethics, and the Practice of Policy Analysis, Lexington Books, 1983, 243 + ix pp., £22.00 pp. 80-81

Donley T. Studlar

P. C. Ordeshook and K. A. Shepsle (eds.), Political Equilibrium, The Hague: Kluwer-Nijhoff, 1982, $35.00 pp. 82-83

Paul Whiteley