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The article reviews the books "Regulatory Innovation: A Comparative Analysis," edited by Julia Black, Martin Lodge, and Mark Thatcher, and "Refining Regulatory Regimes: Utilities in Europe," edited by David Coen and Adrienne Héritier.

Reviews several books on public administration. "Public-Private Partnerships: Policy and Experience," edited by Abby Ghobadian, David Gallear, Nicholas O'Regan and Howard Viney; "Governing by Contract: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Managers," by Phillip J. Cooper; "The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization and Welfare Reform," by M. Bryna Sanger.

This article presents book reviews of the following: "Modernising British Local Government: an Assessment of Labour's Reform Programme," by John Stewart; "Unbundled Government: a Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos and Contractualisation," edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot; "In the Public Interest? Assessing the Potential for Public Interest Companies," by Paul Maltby; "Reward for High Public Office. Asian and Pacific-Rim States," edited by Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters with Grace O.M. Lee; "The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programmes," by Stephen B. Johnson; "Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and Practice," by Michael Hill and Peter Hupe; "Local Governance in Western Europe," by Peter John; "Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments," by Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire; "On Different Tracks: Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany," by Martin Lodge; "Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shifts or Business as Usual?" edited by Anthony B.L. Cheung and Ian Scott.

The article reviews the book "Delegation in the Regulatory State: Independent Regulatory Agencies in Western Europe," by Fabrizio Gilardi.

This article reviews the book "Internationalisation and Economic Institutions. Comparing European Experience" by Mark Thatcher.

This article presents a review of the book "What's the Beef? The Contested Governance of European Food Safety," edited by Christopher Ansell and David Vogel.

The article reviews the book "Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe," edited by Morten Egeberg.

The article reviews the book "The Dynamics of Intervention: Regulation and Redistribution in the Mixed Economy," edited by P. Kurrild-Klitgaard.

The article reviews the book "The Predicament of Publicness," by Udo Pesch.