Book Notes
| Date | 01 March 1967 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1967.tb02030.x |
| Published date | 01 March 1967 |
Book Notes
The Spirit
of
British Administration
C.H
Sisson.
2nd ed. Faber,
1966.
Pp.
162.
2
js.
For
this new cdition of his study
of
the ‘outlook and ethos’ of British
administration, IClrSisson,
a
senior
civil servant, has written a new preface
in which he argues the need for
reformers to take account
of
the
practical requirements
of
administra-
tion as the administrator sees them.
He claims that the seasoned Whitehall
administrator has an expertise of his
own which needs to be supplemented,
not replaced, by that of the specialist
whether from inside
or
outside the
service.
il
dministrative Questions and
Political Answers
Edited by Claude E.Hawley and
Ruth G.Weintraub.
D.Van Nostrand,
1966.
Pp.
604.
$4.95-
This
selection
of
eighty readings,
drawn from the best of
Public
Admini-
stration
Review
in the last twenty-
five years, reflects
both
the more
traditional theoretical approaches
of
political science and the interdis-
ciplinary analyses of the behavioural
sciences. They are arranged under six
hradings: Theory; Political Sctting;
Administrative Practice; 13crsonnel;
Comparative Administration; Ediica-
tion and Training.
In
an introduction
to each part, the editors delineate the
area
of
concern, note the gencral
content
of
each part, and identify
individually the articles and authors
included.
Central
and Local Government
R.E.C. Jewell.
Charlcs Knight,
1966.
Pp. 296. 42s.
Mr.Jewel1 has based his book
on
the Central and Local Government
syllabus for the Intermediate Exami-
nations
of
the Diploma in Government
Administration and the Diploma in
Municipal Administration. The first
two parts, dealing with central and
local government respectively, set out
the basic facts on history, structure
and functions. With such a wide
covcrage the author has had inevitably
to
limit his treatment
of
certain
subjects
-
the chapter on public corpor-
ations, for example,
is
particularly
slender. The third part
deals
with
‘some problems
of
administration’ in
control of expenditure, personncl,
economic planning and regional govern-
ment, and Parliament. Here, although
the treatment is still basically descrip-
tive,
the author does strike
a
inore
critical note.
Politics in Everday
L$e
II.Victor Wiseman.
Basil Blackwell, 1966. Pp.
222.
305.
This is not thc conventional
kind
oL
textbook which traces
a
descriptive
path through Parliament, central
administration, local government,
thc
courts, and
so
on.
Part One
is
concerned
wit11 stating in general terms a theory
of
how
political systems work. Part
TM
o
then examines the institutions
of
British government within this frame-
work. The treatnicnt
of
the subject
is
lively
and
incisive.
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