BOOK NOTES
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1956.tb01494.x |
| Date | 01 June 1956 |
| Published date | 01 June 1956 |
BOOK
NOTES
Introduction to the Study
of
Public
Administration
:
Fourth Edition
By
LEONARD
D.
WHITE.
Macmillan
(New York), 1955. Pp.
xx
I
531.
40s.
LIKE
the previous editions, this is really
an
introduction to the public administra-
tion of the United States though Professor
White handles the subject in such a way as
to throw light on the administrative prob-
lems of other countries. It is still the best
introduction to Amcrican administrative
ideas and practices and it makes one wish
that something of a similar standard and
range existed for British administration.
This edition is a complete revision of the
third and a comparison of the two shows
the shifts in emphasis and the new prob-
lems that have occurred during the past
sevcn years.
Etudes et Documents
No. 9
Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. Pp. 171.
IN
addition to the usual masterly intro-
duction by Mr. Rene Cassin, this edition
contains important articles by Professor
Revers, Mr. M. Letourncur, Mr.
J.
J.
Ribas, and others There is a long review of
Professor Hamson’s recent book
on
the
Conseil d’Etat,
a
bibliography supple-
menting those published in 1948 and
1952
and the usual survey of the work of the
different branches of the Conseil d’Etat.
The Forty-eight States
The American Assembly, Columbia
University. Pp. 144.
$1.
FIVE
papers on the problems of State
Government in the United States. Thc
traditions, lawmaking, politics and admin-
istration
of
State Governments are dis-
cussed against
a
background
of
the role
of
thc Statcs in the American system.
The
Irish
Civil Service
THAT
ambitious journal
Administmion
published in Dublin continues to attract
our attention and admiration, The
Summer-Autumn issue for 1955
(Vol.
111,
Nos.
2
and
3)
is devoted mainly to the
Civil Service
of
Eire (though Mr. Chubb
also
contributes an article on thc Rccruit-
ment and Trzining of Higher Civil Servant
P
in France and
Mr.
Roche surveys the
Crichcl Down case). The other main
articles deal with the Income of the Higher
Civil Servant, the Christian Brothers (in
whose secondary schools seventy-five per
cent.
of
the clericaI, executive and admin-
istrative staff of two deparrments surveyed
were educated), and the Structure of the
Civil Servicc.
Mr.
Tom Barrington’s
articlc is particularly interesting for he is
not afraid to speak
his
mind on such
matters as audit, the parliamentary ques-
tion, the hierarchical system and the lcvel
of education of new recruits in relation to
the kind
of
work they will undertake. We
hope that some of
Mr.
Barrington’s
colleagues in the Service will take up his
challenging criticisms and proposals.
Bibliography
of
Public Administration
in Australia
1850-1947
Compiled by
JEAN
CRAIG. Department
of Government and Public Adrninistra-
tion, University of Sydney. Pp.
183.
No
price shown.
THIS
useful mimeographed classified
bibliography is based largely
on
the rele-
vant papcrs of the New South Wales
Parliament,
1856-1947,
and of the
Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-47.
Books are included but not articles in the
more obvious periodicals. The term
‘‘
public administration
”
is interpreted
very widely.
Trends in
Public
Adminisfration in
Indiu
since the Transfer
of
Power
Ry
B.
S.
KHANXA.
University of the
Panjab (Hoshkdrpur), 1955. Pp.
20.
THIS
is a useful survey
of
the main
administrative developments in India
since the transfer of power in 1947.
Local Government in Britain
(2nd Edition)
THE
Central Office of Information has
produced this reference pamphlet to give
a concise account of the local government
systems in the United Kingdom. It deals
Rs. 2jl/-.
H.M.S.O., 1955. Pp. 30. 1s. 9d.
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