Book Reviews : L'Établissement de la Cinquième République: Le Référendum de Septembre et les Élections de Novembre 1958. By the Association Frangaise de Science Politique, with an introduction by Jean Touchard. Cahier de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques No. 109. (Paris: Armand Colin, 1960. Pp. xxiii, 391. 11 appended maps. Fr. 26.)

• Date: 01 December 1961
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296101400411
• Author: Heinz R. Hink
• Published date: 01 December 1961
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Gale

W.

McGee

shows

that

development

of

the

country

is

ultimately

limited

and

keyed

to

a

solution

of

water

problems

and

development

of

water

resources.

Numerous

papers

stated

or

implied

the

absolute

necessity

of

the

establish-

ment

of

a

National

Water

Resources

Board

concerned

with

all

phases

of

water

development.

As

in

many

other

fields,

governmental

consolidation

in

this

field

is

a

necessity

if

maximum

utilization

of

public

funds

may

be

realized

most

efficiently.

Specific

area

studies

were

made

by

Warren

H.

Marple

and

Leonard

B.

Dworsky,

James

D.

Geissinger,

Kenneth

W.

Chalmers,

Julius

Margolis,

Leslie

Fishman,

Paul

R.

Julian,

and

Allen

V.

Kneese.

All

these

added

together

give

a

picture

of

the

definite

requirements

for

positive

action

on

a

national

scale

with

respect

to

similar

water

problems.

They

should

also

be

keyed

for

development

into

the

various

areas

and

regions

based

on

their

interdependence

and

specific

regional

requirements.

The

Colorado

River

and

problems

between

the

upper

and

lower

basin

states

must

be

satisfactorily

solved,

possibly

based

on

such

a

study

as

Margolis

recommends.

The

major

place

that

water

occupies

in

outdoor

recreation

is

stated

by

Laurence

I.

Hewes,

Jr.,

and

C.

Frank

Brockman.

This

question

is

exceedingly

important

since

the

present

tremendous

pressure

for

recreational

use

of

water-

sheds

and

dam

areas

is

constantly

growing.

An

efficiently

functioning

multi-use

plan

is

an

absolute

necessity

for

many

regions.

The

role

of

universities

in

water

research

and

training

of

researchers

is

adequately

covered

by

Stanley

A.

Cain,

William

M.

Capron,

and

Martin

R.

Huberty.

It

appears

that

such

conferences

as

this

and

their

accompanying

research

papers

can

go

far

toward

solving

interregional

and

interarea

differences

and

con-

tribute

vastly

to

the

establishment

of

a

national

water

policy.

Establishment

of

such

a

policy

in

the

near

future

is

an

absolute

necessity

if

the

maximum

utiliza-

tion

of

this

basic

resource

is

to

be

realized.

Salt

Lake

City

McCOWN

E.

HUNT

L’Établissement

de la

Cinquième

République

:

Le

Référendum

de

Septembre

et

les

Élections

de

Novembre

1958.

By

the

Association

Frangaise

de

Science

Politique,

with

an

introduction

by

Jean

Touchard.

Cahier

de la

Fondation

Nationale

des

Sciences

Politiques

No.

109.

(Paris:

Armand

Colin,

1960.

Pp.

xxiii,

391.

11

appended

maps.

Fr.

26.)

In

1957

the

French

Political

Science

Association

published

its

study

of

Les

8lections

du

2

Janvier

1956,

edited

by

Maurice

Duverger,

Franqois

Goguel

and

Jean

Touchard

(Paris:

Armand

Colin,

1957.

Cahier

de la

Fondation

Nationale

des

Sciences

Politiques

No.

82) .

Our

French

colleagues

now

have

presented

us

with

an

equally

authoritative

account

of

the

two

elections

inaugurating

the

Fifth

Republic:

the

referendum

of

September

28,

1958,

on

the

adoption

of

the

new

Constitution,

and

the

election

of

a

new

National

Assembly,

held

in

two

stages

on

November

23

and

30,

1958.

Like

the

earlier

study,

this

is

a

collaborative

effort.

The

introduction

is

by

the

Secretary-General

of

the

French

Political

Science

Association,

Jean

Touchard.