Book Reviews: Governments of Continental Europe. By JAMES T. SHOTWELL (ED.), R. K. GOOCH, ARNOLD J. ZURCHER, KARL LOEWENSTEIN, and MICHAEL T. FLORINSKY. (New York: The Macmillan Company. Revised Edition. 1952. Pp. xv, 881. $6.00.)

• Author: Robert G. Neumann
• Published date: 01 December 1952
• Date: 01 December 1952
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/106591295200500434
• Subject Matter: Articles

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evidence from the recent constitutional experiences of Western Germany,
the British Commonwealth, and East,Central Europe, respectively. The
volume is concluded with an appendix containing texts of some of the
new constitutions.
These essays are to be welcomed, tentative and incomplete as many of
their conclusions must be at this time, as demonstrating how usefully the
comparative method can contribute to an analysis and assessment of the
contemporary political process, and as demonstrating also how many more
such studies are required if political scientists are actually to approach
government as a universal institution.
DELL G. HITCHNER.
University of Washington.
Governments of Continental Europe. By JAMES T. SHOTWELL (ED.), R.
K. GOOCH, ARNOLD J. ZURCHER, KARL LOEWENSTEIN, and MICHAEL T.
FLORINSKY. (New York: The Macmillan Company. Revised Edition.
1952. Pp. xv, 881. $6.00.)
This is the second and completely revised edition of a work which is
already well known to teachers of comparative government. Like its
1940 predecessor it does not contain a treatment of Great Britain. The
chapters on Scandinavian government which had been included in the
older version have been omitted from this new one.
The text maintains on the whole the high standards for accuracy
and scholarship set by its first edition. But like most symposia and other
works of multiple authorship, there exist considerable variations in method
and approach between the different parts of the book, some chapters being
pitched to the level of more mature students than others. In the same
vein, some parts are more descriptive and less analytical than others.
There is also a wide variety in the elaboration of bibliographical material.
Nevertheless, the general level and usefulness of the book are of a high
order.
There is a brief introduction by Professor Shotwell, an able essay on
some of the problems of modern government. It is followed by the treat-
ment of the government and politics of France...