Other Books Received
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1967.tb00667.x |
| Published date | 01 April 1967 |
| Date | 01 April 1967 |
)ther Books Received
be Organization and Practice
of
Local Government, by
GEOFFREY
DRAIN.
Heinemann,
London;
pp. 248 including Index; 35s. net.
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gives a comprehensive picture
of
the various facets
of
Local Government
ntain,
For those living in Britain an understanding of the structure and functions
local authorities, whose actions affect their daily lives at every turn, is essential.
any aspects of local government are under close re-examination and a wider public
OWledge
of the subject, such as can be gained from reading
Mr.
Drain's book, is
to the good.
For those concerned with local government overseas there is obviously much of
lue to be found in the British experience and practice,
but
those who are looking in
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volume for basic principles and guidlines to be followed in the development
of
:Ir
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local institutions may be disappointed. Local Government came to be what
IS
In Britain today not through the application of abstract theory
but
through a
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variety of particular circumstances: the existence of particular historical institu-
'ns,the special conditions imposed by wartime necessities, the particular form which
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development has taken, the intervention of party politics, to mention
but
tw.
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Government is of its very nature rooted in local environments and its form
. Its function in other countries must vary according to local needs, financial
,ources, capacities and political ideologies.
This
is not to say, however, that there
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to be learnt from the experience of others and those anglophone countries
lOse
mgress into the field of local government was British inspired will find much
Yhia.lue
and interest in this book by an author well qualified to write authoritatively
s Subject.
re Politics
of
the Third World, by J. D. B.
MILLER.
Oxford
University
Press,
1966; pp. 126;
12S.
6d.
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of this essay, written at the invitation of the Royal Institute oflnternational
aIrs,
IS
Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University.
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modern concept of a Third World merely identified as embracing those countries
uc a:e non-European, non-communist and poor, may not command attention in
ernatlonal politics.
If,
however, these countries hold common interests and have
,reparedness to act in furtherance of a united purpose then their political significance
::Ornes
apparent.
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general conclusion in this essay suggests that there is no necessary harmony of
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s
In
the Third World except on issues of symbolic importance such as colonialism
e the .need for economic development. It is suggested rather that the experience of
/natlonal
politics being gained by nations in the Third World is to urge them
yards more specific and circumspect definitions of what is best for their individual
es.
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Research Monographs, U.N.E.S.C.O.: International Institute
or
Educational
Planning.
No.
I:
EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT
IN
UGANDA,
by
J.D. Chesswas; pp. 97 with appendices;
lOS.
No. 2: THE
PLANNING
OF
PRIMARY
EDUCATION
IN
NORTHERN
NIGERIA,
by
J. F. Thornley; pp. 41 with appendices; 8s.
No.
4: THE
COSTING
AND
FINANCING
OF
EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
IN
TANZANIA,
by J. B. Knight; pp. 80;
lOS.
NO.6:
INTEGRATION
OF
EDUCATIONAL
AND
ECONOMIC
PLANNING
IN
TANZANIA,
by George Skorov; pp. 78 with appendices and
biblio-
graphy;
lOS.
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