Handbook of Public Administration, Second Edition
Marcel Dekker Inc (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 19. September 1997
Book
Hardback
1270 pages
978-0-8247-0086-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This bestselling reference examines all major areas in public administration from the enlightening perspectives of history and the five "great" concepts or theories framing each topic, including public budgeting, financial management, decision making, public law and regulation, and political economy. The American Reference Books Annual calls this ". . .stimulating and thought-provoking....thorough and inclusive....a valuable contribution.," and Canadian Public Administration said it is "....impressive...an extremely useful reference tool... the writing and analysis and the scope of the coverage make the volume a good investment for both government and university libraries."
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Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
2064 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-0086-7 (9780824700867)
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Persons
Editor
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Arizona State University, School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, USA
Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, Middletown, USA
Content
Public administration history: one hundred years of American public in administration and counting; five great ideas in American public administration. Organization theory: trends in the developmental of the organizational sciences; five great issues in organization theory. Public budgeting and financial management: the field of public budgeting and financial management, 1789-1995; budgeting and financial management - propositions for theory and practice. decision making: decision making in public administration; five great issues in decision making. Public personnel adminstration and labour relations: public personnel and labour relations; public personnel administration in the twentieth century. federalism and intergovernmental relations: federalism and intergovernmental management; federalism and intergovernmental relations - theories, ideas, concepts. Policy sciences: a history of the policy sciences; diverse perspectives for public policy analysis. Comparative and international administration:comparative and international administration; issues in comparative and international administration. Public law and regulations: administrative law and regulation; critical issues in public law and public administration; public administration pedagogy. data administration and research methods: data administration and research methods in public administration; classic methods in public adminstration research. Judicial administration: judicial administration - modernizing the third branch; five great issues in judicial administration. Political economy: public economics and public administration; some developments in the study of market choice, public choice, and institutional choice. The profession of public administration: the public adminstration community and the search for professionalism; five great issues in the profession of public administration.