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Between 1948 and 1990, the Inter-University Case Program (ICP)—named during its early years "The Committee on Public Administration Cases" (CPAC)—published five case books and 170 individual studies of government policy-making and administration. The Program was created by educators who had spent over three years working in Washington wartime agencies. They wanted to show their post-war university students an aspect of public administration that was largely ignored by prewar textbooks: namely, the civil servant's role in the making and carrying out of public policies. And they wanted to demonstrate to professors of public administration who had not had personal experience at policy levels—or perhaps any government work experience at all—that by teaching only about efficient management and about techniques of budgeting, accounting, or civil service personnel management they were sustaining a prewar canon of dubious correctness. Edwin A. Bock is Emeritus Professor of Political Science/ Public Administration and International Affairs in Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. A graduate of Dartmouth and the London School of Economics and Political Science, he held a leadership role in the ICP for many years.

Book Reviews in This Article: Administrators in Action By F. M. G. Willson. New Dimensions in Foreign Policy By Max Beloff. Development from Below By Ursula K. Hicks. The Structure of Local Governments throughout the World By Samuel Humes and Eileen M. Martin. Local Government in the United States of America. Building by Local Authorities By Elizabeth Layton. Parliament and Public Ownership By A. H. Hanson. Basic Issues in Public Administration Edited by Donald C. Rowat. State Sponsored Bodies By Garret FitzGerald. The Australian Police Forces By G. M. O'Brien. Attendance Centres By F. H. McClintock, in collaboration with M. A. Walker and N. C. Savill. Parliament By G. A. Campbell.