"Strongly recommended for undergraduate and graduate li-

braries," wrote Choice in 1973. The volume became a classic.

Since its publication in 1973, The lnlellectual Crisis in American

Public Administration has gone through one revision and nine

subsequent reprintings. The new second edition brings together

a full treatment of the various constitutional crises the nation

has experienced since Watergate, including the complex of crises

presented by the lran-Contra situation. Treating the present

state of executive administration, Ostrom discusses the impor-

tant and disturbing changes that have taken place in manage-

ment by the executive branch throughout the past fifteen years.