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C, BOOK NOTES Compiled by Catherine Cameron

The Book Note categories have been designed t o d i rec t a t tent ion t o specif ic areas o f in terest . A l though there is some over lap between pol icy topics, these headings are meant t o p rov ide assistance t o the reader. Suggestions f o r f u r t h e r "remodeling" a r e welcome.

Policy Cycle

Bowles, Nigel. 1987 . The White House and Capitol H i l l : The Politics of Presidential Persuasion. New Y o r k : Oxford Un ivers i ty Press, 261 pp.

Th is book is a s tudy o f the White House Off ice o f Congressional Relations, focusing o n i t s operation during the Lyndon Johnson administrat ion. The au thor explores the relat ionship between the President and Congress t o expose the implications o f presidential power f o r legislat ive goals.

Catterall, James S., ed. 1985. Economic Evaluation of Public Programs. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 108 pp.

T h i s ed i ted volume o f fe rs a thorough account o f economics-based program evaluation, aiming t o b r i d g e the gap between economic models and evalua- t ion. Scholars o f fe r examples o f cases in which they argue tha t cost- benef i t analyses are not on ly relevant to program evaluation, but essential t o it.

Ryan, Mike H., Car l L. Swanson, and Rogene A. Buchholz, eds. 1987. Corporate S t r a t e g y , Public Policy, and the Fortune 500. New Y o r k : Basil Blackwell, Inc., 249 pp.

A n exploratory s tudy o f the ways in which corporations respond t o the pub l ic po l icy process is the aim o f th is work, which looks at some o f the specific strategies tha t corporations employ t o create a n impact o n the pol icy process.

Seroka, Jim, ed. 1986. Rural Public Administration: Problems and Pros- p e c t s . Westport: Greenwood Press, Inc., 208 pp.

T h i s collection o f research is concerned w i th administrat ive responses and oppor tun i t ies t o change in r u r a l areas. The authors attempt t o emphasize the need f o r research o f r u r a l governments d is t inc t from u r b a n analyses.

Wright, J. Ward. 1986. Managing Hazardous Wastes: A Programmatic Approach. Lexington: The Counci l o f State Governments, 84 pp.

A shor t work tha t prov ides many practical ins ights in to managing the cleanup of hazardous waste sites, th is book includes organizational s t ra t - egies f o r hazardous materials programs.

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Cohen, Fay C . 1986. Treat ies on Trial: The Continuing Controversy O v e r Northwest Indian Fishing R i g h t s . Seattle: Universi ty o f Washing- ton Press, 229 pp.

Since the last work completed in the 1970s on Northwest Indian f ishing r ights, various policies have been examined and implemented. This book provides an update o f Indian f ishing r igh ts legislation, including insights gained from interviews o f U .S. government and tr ibal officials.

Crew, Michael A. and Paul R. Kleindorfer. 1986b. The Economics of Public UtiIity Regulation. London: The MacMillan Press LTD, 304 pp.

Policy and theoretical issues in the economics of publ ic utility regulation in the U.S. are the focus o f th is book, whose purpose is to use economic theory as an analytical framework from which policy can be evaluated. The ultimate goal o f the authors i s the evaluation o f various proposals for the regulation o f natural monopolies.

Celb, Joyce and Marian Lief Palley. 1987. Women and Public Policies. Princeton: Princeton Universi ty Press, 241 pp.

In this second edition, the authors focus on more cur ren t issues than those explored four years ago in their f i r s t work. Of part icular concern are issues of economic equity, such as comparable worth, unisex insurance, and pension r igh ts fo r women. They offer an organizational and political perspective as policy areas o f education and freedom o f choice are updated to ref lect the Reagan administration.

Momeni, Jamshid A., ed. 1986. Race, Ethnicity, and Minority Housing in the United S ta t e s . Westport: Greenwood Press, 224 pp.

Edited by a leading scholar in population and housing, th is book examines the reasons w h y minorities continue to l ive in lower qual i ty housing than d o whites. The authors represent a var iety o f academic disciplines, yet al l conclude that racial minorities st i l l experience discrimination in housing in spite o f federal policies to correct th is social problem.

Theory, Methods, Logic o f Inquiry

Bozeman, Bar ry . 1987. All Organizations are Public: Bridging Public and Private Organizational Theories . San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publish- ers, 184 pp.

This work hinges on the way the author defines "public" as a political concept. It is th is perspective which forms the basis for h is explanation o f organizational behavior and management, questioning traditional organ- ization theory while attempting to sort out the issue o f publ ic management.

McAuliffe, Robert E. 1987. Adver t i s ing , Competition, and Public Policy. Lexington: Lexington Books, 116 pp.

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This work provides a survey of the theoretical issues in the debate over the effect of advert ising expenditure on competition. Through a systemat- ic review o f advert ising theories, the author addresses the question o f whether advert ising reduces o r increases competition.

McCann, Michael W . 1986. Taking Reform Seriously: Perspectives on Public Interest Liberalism. New York: Cornell University Press, 345 PP *

The author analyzes public interest liberalism w i t h i n the context o f Ameri- can politics, arguing that the legal-rights approach advocated by activists has signif icantly narrowed their conception o f political action. This book draws upon a wide range o f sources, including classical political theory, contemporary social science models, and quanti tat ive empirical data.

Crit ical Studies

Barber, Susanna. 1987. News Cameras in the Courtroom: A Free Press, Fair Trial Debate. New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 160 pp.

This work examines recent studies completed on cameras in court, explor- ing the broad range o f pol icy issues that arise due to the impact of tele- vision technology on courtroom procedures and judicial processes.

Jordan, Bi l l . 1987. Rethinking Welfare. New York : Basil Blackwell, Inc., 231 pp.

The author attempts to develop a framework for examining all sources o f welfare and the implications for publ ic policy o f using such a framework for analysis. He proposes a model that establishes di f ferent "spheres" of welfare, and uses this model to look a t the net effects on welfare policies.

Norman, Richard. 1987. Free and Equal: A Philosophical Examination of Political Values. New York: Oxford University Press, 178 pp.

Crit ical issues o f "freedom" and "equality" are seen as underlying values in political decision-making processes by this author. He views the attempt to c la r i f y these concepts as more than a philosophical exercise: it i s also a matter o f politics.