Book Reviews : Policy Analysis in Political Science. Edited by IRA SHARKANSKY. (Chicago: Mark ham Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 476, $9.50 cloth, $5.00 paper.) Public Administration: Policy-Making in Government Agencies. By IRA SHARKAN SKY. (Chicago: Markham Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 307. $8.50.)

• Author: Sami Haj Jar
• DOI: 10.1177/106591297002300418
• Published date: 01 December 1970
• Date: 01 December 1970

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writings in the area of &dquo;black studies.&dquo; The book is, among other things, a history
of the terrible life endured by the Negro race in Trinidad and in the Americas.
ROBERT S. LORCH
University of Colorado
Policy Analysis in Political Science. Edited by IRA SHARKANSKY. (Chicago: Mark-
ham Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 476, $9.50 cloth, $5.00 paper.)
Public Administration: Policy-Making in Government Agencies. By IRA SHARKAN-
SKY. (Chicago: Markham Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 307. $8.50.)
Both of these books are intended by Sharkansky to be used as texts; Policy
Analysis as an upper division text, and Public Administration as an introductory
one. In both cases, the writer is his own best critic, realizing that the focus of his
books is exclusively on the United States and that the area of foreign policy, which
is particularly relevant in policy analysis, has been left out.
The introductory chapter of Policy Analysis is in essence an extended review
of the chapters to come. The articles for the book were carefully selected to fit
the current interest which focuses on &dquo;a...