book notes

Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, Summer, 1989

BOOK NOTES

Complied by Jerry MitcheiiBaruch College, City University of New York

Benveniste, Guy. 1989. Mastering the Poiitics of Pianning (SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey Bass).

tn this book. Professor Benveniste argues that ptanners mustbecome activety involved in the imptementation of their plans. Thetraditional role of p)lanners and p>dicy anatysts as objective, apditicatagents is chattenged. The book exptores different ways to bring pdi-ticat skitts-such as coatition building or conflict resdution-to resdveptanning probtems.

Btant<, Robert H. and Miriam K. Mitis, eds. 1989. Biomedical Technologyand Pubiic Poiicy (Westport, CT: Greenwood) 235 pp.

The public pdicy implications of biomedicat techndogies are thefocus of this vdume. The contributors examine b)Oth the pdicy issuesand p>diticat activities surrounding a particutar techndogy. The vdumereviews pdicies toward neonatat care, animat experimentation, contra-ceptive drugs, AtDS, and organ transptants.

Bdton, Frederic N., ed. 1989. intemationai Pubiic Poiicy Sourcebook,Voiume ii: Education and Environment (Westport, CT: GreenwoodPress) 390 pp.

The contributors to this vdume anatyze pdicies toward educationand the environment. These pdicies are examined in eight societies:Canada, the Federat Repubtic of Gennany, France, Great Brttain,tsraet, Jap>an, Sweden, and the United States. For each country, thereis an overview of pdicy devetopment, an anatysis of currentintervention strategies, and an evatuation of government pdicy.

Bratt, Rachet. 1989. Re-Buiiding a Low Income Housing Project (Phita-detphia, PA: Temp)te University Press) 399 pp.