Book reviewed in this article:FelixA. Nigro.Modern Public Administration.Harper and Row, New York, 1965J. A. Griffith.Central Departments and Local Authorities.George Allen&Unwin, U.K.FredW. Riggs.Administration in Developing Countries. The Theory of Prismatic Society.Houghton Mifflin Company, BostonBurtonBenedict(ed.).Problems of Smaller Territories.Athlone Press, London, 1967