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Book Notes BUREAUCRACY, INNOVATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY. By George W . Downs. J n r . ( L cxington 151. Fourteen tables, nine figures. $15.40. Heath, 1976). Pp. xxii The subject is important but the treatment here is often technical and rather dinicult to rollow or, I would have thought, to apply. The book tries to apply innovation theory, comes out with the unsurpri\ing result that bureaucracies have a substantial independent role in policy-making that cannot be explained by socioccononiic variables; and pleads for more abstract dimensions to improve predictions the csscnce of the optimistic political scientist. SOCIAL CONTROL OF THE WELFARE STATE. By Morris Janowitr ( N e w York and Amsterdam: 170. Eight tables. USs9.95. Elscvicr, 1976). Pp. xxii Janowitr the welfare I n the last community regards self-regulation a s the central factor in the we1fai.c state. H e traces the growth of state. the assumptions on which i t was based and the psychological problems which it faces. chapter he recommends new proposals for structuring welfare delivery. including a local base. I t is thought provoking for the specialist on welfare policies. CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA. By Tony Griffiths (London: Croom Helm, 1977). Pp. 165. $7.95. As an http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0004-9522
eISSN
1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.1978.tb00249.x
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BUREAUCRACY, INNOVATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY. By George W . Downs. J n r . ( L cxington 151. Fourteen tables, nine figures. $15.40. Heath, 1976). Pp. xxii The subject is important but the treatment here is often technical and rather dinicult to rollow or, I would have thought, to apply. The book tries to apply innovation theory, comes out with the unsurpri\ing result that bureaucracies have a substantial independent role in policy-making that cannot be explained by socioccononiic variables; and pleads for more abstract dimensions to improve predictions the csscnce of the optimistic political scientist. SOCIAL CONTROL OF THE WELFARE STATE. By Morris Janowitr ( N e w York and Amsterdam: 170. Eight tables. USs9.95. Elscvicr, 1976). Pp. xxii Janowitr the welfare I n the last community regards self-regulation a s the central factor in the we1fai.c state. H e traces the growth of state. the assumptions on which i t was based and the psychological problems which it faces. chapter he recommends new proposals for structuring welfare delivery. including a local base. I t is thought provoking for the specialist on welfare policies. CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA. By Tony Griffiths (London: Croom Helm, 1977). Pp. 165. $7.95. As an

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Australian Journal of Politics and HistoryWiley

Published: Apr 1, 1978

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