PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, POLITICS, AND LAW IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (8版)

Description The eighth edition of Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector grounds students in the fundamentals of public administration while embracing its complexity. It describes, explains, and analyzes public administration through the lenses of three well-established perspectives: management, politics, and law. This edition retains its strong U.S. focus while broadening the discussion and themes in recognition of its adoption in about twenty countries abroad and to enhance its global utility as a “world text.”

Table of Contents Preface Part I. Introduction: Definitions, Concepts, and Setting Chapter 1: The Practice and Discipline of Public Administration: Competing Concerns Chapter 2: The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment Chapter 3: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The Structure of the American Administrative State Part II. Core Functions Chapter 4: Organization: Structure and Process Chapter 5: Public Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining Chapter 6: Budgeting and the Public Finances Chapter 7: Decision Making Part III. The Convergence of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector Chapter 8: Policy Analysis and Implementation Evaluation Chapter 9: Regulatory Administration: An Illustration of Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector Part IV. Public Administration and the Public Chapter 10: Public Administration and the Public Chapter 11: Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism Chapter 12: Accountability and Ethics Chapter 13: The Future Glossary Credits Index