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Boob m Review . . . Jewel Brllwh, Editor

Constitutions CITIZENS UNION POSITION PAPERS-

16 REPRESENTATIONS TO THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Citizens Union, 5 Beekman Street, New York 10039, 1967. 40 pp. $2.00.

A committee of the Citizens Union, headed by the undersigned, has presented these sixteen position papers to the 182 members of the constitutional convention which began its sessions on April 4. The titles include “Reapportionment by Pro- cedures Outside the Legislature,” “A New Simplified Constitution,” “Fumble- foot Representation,” a plea for a uni- cameral legislature and five papers pro- posing reform in the judiciary. These last include support for a model judiciary article, developed on the basis of the Missouri Plan by the Institute of Judi- cial Administration of New York Uni- versity. They were also endorsed by the League of Women Voters of New York State and the Committee for Modern Courts.

R.S.C.

Reapportionment THE EFFECTS OF MALAPPORTIONMENT

ON POLICY OUTPUT IN THE AMJWCAN STATES. By David Brady and Douglas Edmonds. Laboratory for Political Re- search, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1966. 32 pp. Tables.

This rather interesting paper raps the reformers for their claims that malappor- tionment has had an adverse effect upon state policies. The authors statistically show that such claims simply are not valid. Interestingly enough, however, they make the comparison between states- that is, they take a “well apportioned” state and pit its policy output against a “malapportioned” state. Rarely did re-

formers ever do, or pretend to do, that. What they claimed was that there would be a policy change within a state if it were to be reapportioned. Few would doubt that many of the more zealous re- formers claimed too much for the change that would take place, but the arguments (and statistics) presented here do not even touch their fundamental premise.

Secondly, in selecting the “well appor- tioned” states, they seemed to ignore the fact that a t the time of Baker v. Carr (and these are the statistics they use), the “well apportioned” state was a rarity indeed. In fact, all 50 states have had to make some adjustment since Baker; so what the Iowa professors have done is to compare differing degrees of malappor- tionment.

Comparisons between the old and new legislature in a reapportioned state (and after five or more years experience has been compiled) will probably produce a much more valid answer to the question of how right the reformers were than will this study.

W. J.D.B.

State, Local Government THE 50 STATES AND THEIR LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS. By Karl A. Bosworth, James W. Fesler, Dayton D. McKean, Harvey C. Mansfield, Robert L. Morlan, Allan R. Richards, Victor G. Rosenblum and York Wilbern. Edited by James W. Fesler. Alfred A. Knopf, 501 Madison Avenue, New York 10022, 1967. xviii, 615 pp. Maps, charts and tables. $8.50.

This is an unusually important addi- tion to the literature of state and local government, I t will not only provide an excellent basic text for courses in state government, but it also should be con- sidered “must” reading for political practitioners and scholars with an in-

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terest in where the states are and where they are going.

It is a revision and expansion of the work originally prepared as the back- ground volume for the eighth American Assembly at Columbia University in 1955. The same team of distinguished political scientists (with two important additions), more than ten eventful years later, has updated and refined its analysis of states and their subdivisions in the context of modern federalism.

The subject is greatly enriched by the distinctive focus of each of the authors. Its sixteen chapters together present a penetrating evaluation of both the past performance and future potential of state and local government. It is not encum- bered with massive illustrative detail, but supplies a carefully selected bibliography as a guide to the specialized literature on each state.

W.N.C.

Additional Books and Pamphlets

(See a1.o Reecarcher’r Digest and other department#!)

Air, Water Pollution

Legislative Service Commission, State House, Columbus, February 1967. 86 pp. Maps, tables.

American Government THE AMERICAN SYSTEM. A New View

of Government in the United States. By Morton Grodzins. (Edited by Daniel J. Elazar.) Rand McNally and Company, P. 0. Box 7600, Chicago 60680, 1966. xviii, 404 pp. Tables.

AiR AND WATER POLLUTION. Ohio

Annsxation REPORT OF THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL COMMITTEE O N MUNICIPAL AN- NEXATION. Nebraska Legislative Council, 2108 State Capitol, Lincoln, November 1966. 23 pp.

hsemmentr REPORT OF THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. Nebraska Legisla- tive Council, 2108 State Capitol, Lincoln, November 1966. 24 pp.

Auditors

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH COUNTY AUDITORS’ INSTITUTE, May 26-27, 1966. Institute of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, 1966. 58 pp. Tables.

Banking

STATE BANKING REGULATION IN OHIO: Selected Problems. Ohio Legislative Ser- vice Commission, State Capitol, Colum- bus, February 1967. 88 pp. Tables.

The City

THE MODERN METROPOLIS. Its Origins, Growth Characteristics, and Planning. By Hans Blumenfeld. Edited by Paul D. Spreiregen. M. I. T. Press, 50 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, 1967. xv, 377 pp. Illus. $12.50.

Collective Bargaining

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE: Theory and Practice. Edited By Kenneth 0. Warner. Public Personnel Association, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, 60637, 1967. viii, 200 pp. $7.00.

Constitutions

THE FLORIDA EXECUTIVE AND CONSTI- TUTIONAL REVISION. By Daisy Parker. Governmental Research Bulletin, Institute of Governmental Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, March 1967. 5 PP.

WASHINGTON’S CONSTITUTIONAL DI- LEMMA. Proceedings of the Conference, October 15, 1966. Bureau of Govern- mental Research and Services, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, March 1967. 69 pp. $2.00.

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