REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICS IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT Andrew Gray and William Jenkins. POLITICAL THEORIES OF MODERN GOVERNMENT, ITS ROLE, AND REFORM Peter Self. THE PATHOLOGY OF PUBLIC POLICY B. W. Hogwood and B. G. Peters. PAYING & CHOOSING: THE INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE MIXED ECONOMY Leo Pliatzky. PARLIAMENT IN THE 1980s Philip Norton (ed.). THE NEW SELECT COMMITTEES Gavin Drewry (ed.). HALF CENTURY OF MUNICIPAL DECLINE 1935–1985 Martin Loughlin, M. David Gelfand and Ken Young (eds.). THE POLITICS OF LOCAL EXPENDITURE K. Newton and T. J. Karran. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY Alan Norton (ed). REGULATING THE AIRLINES: ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND AGENCY DISCRETION Robert Baldwin. THE THISTLE AND THE CROWN: A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH OFFICE John S. Gibson. THE MIDDLE OF WHITEHALL: SOME ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS Dorothy Johnstone. PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND Richard Chapman (ed.). UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UK: POLITICS AND POLICIES Jeremy Moon and Jeremy Richardson. THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN SOCIAL WELFARE Hugh Mellor. SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Philip L. Lloyd PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION W. Thornhill