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Public Administration In America

ISBN: 9780495007395 | 0495007390
Edition: 9th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 3/20/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
Think you know how to run a city government? Find out how it's really done with PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICA. This edition shows you how the day-to-day operations work, plus asks tough questions about ethics and power. Take your leadership to a new level and ace the class with PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONIN AMERICA.
Prefaceiv
About the Authorsxvi
PART I THE CONTEXT, NATURE, AND STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICA
1(152)
Approaching the Study of Pub... MORE
3(47)
What Is Public Administration?
10(2)
Principal Structures of the National Executive Branch
12(9)
State and Local Government Structures
21(8)
The Dynamics of Policy Making in the United States
29(3)
Explaining the Growth of Government Bureaucracy
32(1)
Social Change and Public Administration
33(3)
Public and Private Administration: Similarities and Differences
36(3)
Public Administration as a Field of Study
39(4)
A Word about This Book
43(7)
Summary
43(3)
Discussion Questions
46(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
47(1)
Suggested Reading
48(1)
Online Resources
49(1)
Public Administration, Democracy, and Bureaucratic Power
50(57)
Political and Administrative Values
52(8)
Democratic Governance: Needs and Constraints
60(6)
Democracy and Public Administration
66(4)
Dimensions of Democratic Administration
70(12)
Foundations of Power: Bureaucratic Expertise and Political Support
82(5)
Bureaucrats as Politicians: Subsystem Politics in America
87(6)
Bureaucratic Power and Political Accountability: More Questions Than Answers
93(14)
Summary
99(3)
Discussion Questions
102(2)
Key Terms and Concepts
104(1)
Suggested Reading
104(2)
Online Resources
106(1)
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
107(46)
The Nature of Federalism: The Formal Setting
109(1)
Intergovernmental Relations: The Action Side of Federalism
110(8)
Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations: The Rise of Complexity
118(1)
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
119(14)
Grant Reform: Multiple Efforts, More Complexity
133(10)
Prospects and Issues in IGR: A Look Ahead
143(4)
Intergovernmental Relations and Public Administration
147(6)
Summary
148(1)
Discussion Questions
149(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
150(1)
Suggested Reading
151(1)
Online Resources
152(1)
PART II MANAGING AND LEADING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
153(142)
Organizational Theory
155(52)
Formal Theories of Organization
156(7)
The Human Relations School
163(4)
Organizational Humanism
167(4)
Modern Organization Theory
171(9)
Organizational Dynamics and Behavior
180(10)
Centralization and Decentralization
190(3)
Tall versus Flat Hierarchies
193(5)
Organization Theory and Behavior in Perspective
198(9)
Summary
199(3)
Discussion Questions
202(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
203(1)
Suggested Reading
204(1)
Online Resources
205(2)
Decision Making in Administration
207(39)
The Nature of Decisions
207(2)
Approaches to Decision Making: Concepts and Controversies
209(3)
Incrementalism and Mixed Scanning: Response and Counterresponse
212(3)
Decisions in the Balance: The Environment of Choice
215(8)
The Problem of Goals
223(5)
Ethical Dimensions of Decision Making
228(7)
The Ethical Setting: New Emphasis on an Old Challenge
235(2)
Political Rationality: A Contradiction in Terms?
237(3)
Organized Anarchies and Uncertainty
240(6)
Summary
240(2)
Discussion Questions
242(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
243(1)
Suggested Reading
244(1)
Online Resources
245(1)
Chief Executives and the Challenges of Administrative Leadership
246(49)
The Context of Administrative Leadership
247(2)
Chief Executive-Bureaucratic Linkages
249(1)
Chief Executives and Bureaucracies: The Instruments of Leadership
250(18)
Commonalities and Differences in Leadership Resources
268(2)
The Organizational Setting of Leadership
270(3)
Traditional Approaches to the Study of Leadership
273(4)
Challenges of Administrative Leadership
277(8)
What Makes an Effective Leader?
285(10)
Summary
288(2)
Discussion Questions
290(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
291(1)
Suggested Reading
292(2)
Online Resources
294(1)
PART III THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
295(154)
Public Personnel Administration and Human Resources Development
297(60)
Evolution of Public Personnel Administration
304(6)
Formal Arrangements of Personnel Systems
310(12)
Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
322(12)
Developments in Personnel Administration
334(14)
Perspectives and Implications
348(9)
Summary
349(3)
Discussion Questions
352(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
353(1)
Suggested Reading
353(2)
Online Resources
355(2)
Government Budgeting
357(51)
Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy
362(9)
Foundations of Modern Government Budgeting
371(3)
Budget Approaches in the Executive Branch
374(7)
The Process of Budget Making
381(15)
Budgeting and Resource Scarcity
396(1)
Budgeting and the Future: More Questions Than Answers
397(11)
Summary
402(1)
Discussion Questions
403(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
404(1)
Suggested Reading
405(1)
Online Resources
406(2)
Public Policy and Program Implementation
408(41)
The Changing Nature of Public Policies
409(4)
Public Policy, Politics, and (or) Private Management
413(4)
The Policy-Making Process
417(3)
Planning and Analysis
420(6)
Program Implementation
426(10)
Program Evaluation
436(13)
Summary
443(1)
Discussion Questions
444(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
445(1)
Suggested Reading
445(2)
Online Resources
447(2)
PART IV Challenges and Prospects in a Turbulent Future: Results, Regulation, and Responsiveness
449(134)
Performance Management in the Public Sector
451(45)
Reinvention, Performance, and Standards
452(10)
Government Productivity and Measurement of Results
462(6)
Comparing Performance Management Strategies
468(12)
Citizen Relationship Management and E-Government
480(8)
Is CzRM Feasible?
488(1)
Will Performance Management Lead to Improved Results?
489(7)
Summary
491(1)
Discussion Questions
492(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
493(1)
Suggested Reading
494(1)
Online Resources
495(1)
Government Regulation and Administrative Law
496(49)
The Rise (and Fall?) of Government Regulation
498(6)
The New Social Regulation
504(2)
Why Government Regulation Has Developed: Other Perspectives
506(2)
Structures and Procedures of Regulatory Bodies
508(5)
The Politics of Regulation
513(11)
Government Regulation of Tobacco Products
524(5)
Administrative Law
529(6)
The Future of Government Regulation
535(10)
Summary
537(3)
Discussion Questions
540(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
541(1)
Suggested Reading
542(1)
Online Resources
543(2)
Conclusion: Public Administration in a Time of Conflict and Social Change
545(38)
The Social and Governmental Environment
546(4)
Social and Governmental Paradoxes
550(5)
Ferment and Change in Public Administration: Concepts and Practices
555(4)
Paradoxes in Concept and Practice
559(4)
Ferment and Change in Public Administration as a Field of Study
563(2)
Further Thoughts and Observations
565(18)
Discussion Questions
577
Key Terms and Concepts
519(60)
Suggested Reading
579(1)
Online Resources
580(3)
Appendix Professional Associations for Information and Job Opportunities, and Public Administration Journals for Research583(12)
Glossary595(26)
References621(57)
Index678

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