Book Reviews : Intergovernmental Relations in the United States as Observed in the State of Minnesota. Edited by WILLIAM ANDERSON and EDWARD W. WEID, NER. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.) Number I-Intergovernmental Relations and the Courts. By FORREST TALBOTT. (1950. Pp. xi, 148. $3.00.); Number II―Intergovernmental Relations in Highways. By R. A. GOMEZ. (1950. Pp. vii, 123. $2.50.); Number III-Intergovernmental Relations in Education. By ROBERT MORLAN. (1950. Pp. xi, 220. $3.50.)

• Author: Ivan Hinderaker
• Date: 01 December 1951
• Published date: 01 December 1951
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295100400437
• Subject Matter: Articles

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many

important

fields,

although

the

basic

estimates

of

future

employment

and

productivity,

of

income,

consumption

and

expenditure

patterns

have

been

somewhat

upset

by

the

demands

upon

the

economy

due

to

the

present

emergency

effort.

In

terms

of

basic

data

this

ready

reference

is

well

documented

and

very

readable.

The

approach

of

depicting

basic

trends,

and

national

requirements

for

the

future,

in

regard

to

(1)

consumer

requirements,

(2)

capital

requirements,

(3)

government

costs

and

foreign

transactions,

and

(4)

resources

and

capacities,

provides

political

scientists

with

excellent

data

for

projection

with

respect

to

public

policy,

both

foreign

and

domestic.

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REED

L.

FRISCHKNECHT.

University

of

Utah.

Intergovernmental

Relations

in

the

United

States

as

Observed

in

the

State

of

Minnesota.

Edited

by

WILLIAM

ANDERSON

and

EDWARD

W.

WEID,

NER.

(Minneapolis:

University

of

Minnesota

Press.)

Number

I-

Intergovernmental

Relations

and

the

Courts.

By

FORREST

TALBOTT.

(1950.

Pp.

xi,

148.

$3.00.);

Number

II—Intergovernmental

Relations

in

Highways.

By

R.

A.

GOMEZ.

(1950.

Pp.

vii,

123.

$2.50.);

Number

III-

Intergovernmental

Relations

in

Education.

By

ROBERT

MORLAN.

(1950.

Pp.

xi,

220.

$3.50.)

The

three

volumes

are

but

three

sections

of

a

projected

ten-part

study

on

intergovernmental

relations

in

the

United

States

as

observed

since

1946

in

Minnesota.

Four

of

the

as

yet

unpublished

parts

will

deal

with

functional

programs,

a

fifth

will

examine

fiscal

relations,

and

two

will

summarize

and

conclude

(Minnesota

and

Its

Local

Governments

by

Ed-

ward

W.

Weidner

and

staff,

and

Minnesota

and

the

Nation

by

William

Anderson

and

staff).

The

studies

and

their

publications

were

made

possible

under

a

Rockefeller

Foundation

grant.

When

the

series

is

completed,

published

materials

on

state

and

local

government

in

Minnesota,

measured

in

both

quantitative

and

qualitative

terms,

are

going

to

be

some

of

the

best

in

the

United

States.

Basing

one’s

observation

on

the

three

published

volumes,

a

most

obvious

and

directly

measurable

contribution

of

the

series

will

be

its

value

to

the

student

and

practitioner

of

government

in

Minnesota.

Although

some

hypotheses

and

tentative

conclusions

have

gone

into

the

first

three

volumes

of

the

series,

the

editors

state

that

in

the

main,

these

are

being

held

for

further

consideration

and

possible

inclusion

in

the

two

summary

volumes.

The

editors

&dquo;welcome

any

new

facts

and

insights

that

can

be

adduced

by

our

readers.&dquo;

A

broad

evaluation

of

the

project

can,

therefore,

only

be

made

at

a

later

date.

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IVAN

HINDERAKER.

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles.