Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

by: Smith, Kevin B.

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

by: Smith, Kevin B.

ISBN 13:
9781933220048
ISBN 10:
193322004X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/01/2006
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Newer Edition

Rent

Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Acknowledgments

Preface

The Government You Didn't Know You Had: Or, Why You Should Be Interested in Studying Public Administration

(20)

Why Study Public Administration?

(4)

Jobs and Careers

(1)

Curiosity About Government and Society

(1)

Self-Interest

(3)

What Is Public Administration?

(9)

Public Administration as Process

(3)

Public Administration as Organization

(2)

Public Administration as Politics

(3)

How to Study Public Administration

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Concepts

(2)

The Administrative State: Or, Where Did All This Bureaucracy Come From?

(26)

The Need for Public Administration

(1)

Understanding the Rise of the Administrative State

(2)

Where Did All of This Come From?

(9)

Bureaucracy's Role in the Policy Process

(5)

Information

(3)

Expertise

(1)

Organizational Resources

(1)

Recap: Why We Need (And Want!) Bureaucracy

(1)

The Structure of the Administrative State

(2)

The Merit System

(1)

Why Is Public Administration `Public'?

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Concepts

(2)

A Difficult Mission: Trying to Please All the People All the Time

(28)

A Question of Goals

(2)

The Basic Goal of Public Agencies

(6)

Efficiency

(1)

Effectiveness

(2)

Productivity

(1)

Finding Goals

(6)

Rules

(1)

Situational Imperatives

(1)

Culture

(1)

Self-Interest

(1)

Professional or Personal Norms

(1)

Constituency or Public Interest

(1)

Government Is No Way to Run a Business

(5)

The Hoover Commission

(1)

The Grace Commission

(1)

The National Performance Review

(1)

The Bush Administration

(4)

Having Business Run the Government

(5)

Flexibility

(1)

Experience and Expertise

(1)

Reducing Costs

(1)

Political

(1)

Accountability

(1)

Complexity

(1)

Differences Between Theory and Practice

(1)

Questionable Efficiency Payoffs

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Concepts

(2)

Bureaucratic Power in a Democratic State: Or, Why Government Is More Than It's Cracked Up to Be

(20)

The Traditional View of Public Administration

(1)

Bureaucracy as a Political Actor

(2)

Sources of Bureaucratic Power

(5)

Skills or `Internal' Sources of Power

(3)

Political Support, or `External' Sources of Power

(2)

The Nature of Bureaucratic Power in a Democracy

(4)

Over-Reliance on External Sources of Power

(3)

Rulemaking and Adjudication

(4)

Rulemaking

(3)

Adjudication

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Concepts

(2)

Ethics and Accountability

(26)

Ethics

(4)

A Question of Accountability

100

(2)

Accountable to Whom?

102

(3)

Elected Officials

102

(1)

The People

103

(1)

Clientele

104

(1)

Mechanisms of Accountability

105

(10)

External Checks on Bureaucracy---The Accountability Tools of Public Officials

105

(4)

Internal Checks on Public Agencies

109

(6)

Conclusion

115

(4)

Key Concepts

119

(2)

Deciding and Doing: The Central Challenges of Public Administration

121

(26)

Deciders and Doers

123

(1)

Decisions, Decisions

124

(9)

Rational-Comprehensive

126

(2)

Incremental

128

(3)

Mixed Scanning

131

(2)

Putting Decisions Into Action, or Getting People to Do What You Want Them to Do

133

(10)

Giving Orders

134

(2)

Carrots and Sticks

136

(4)

Get a System

140

(3)

Conclusion

143

(1)

Key Concepts

144

(3)

Public-Sector Performance

147

(26)

Organizational Goals and Evaluating Public-Sector Performance

149

(3)

Vague Goals and Intractable Problems

150

(2)

Contextual Goals

152

(2)

Public Expectations of Bureaucracy

154

(4)

Bureaucratic Responsiveness

155

(3)

Bureaucratic Competence

158

(2)

Multiple `Layers' of Implementation

160

(1)

Evaluating Public-Sector Performance

161

(9)

Program Evaluation

161

(5)

Benchmarking

166

(1)

Organizational Report Cards

167

(3)

Conclusion

170

(1)

Key Concepts

171

(2)

Public Budgeting

173

(38)

The Nature of Public Revenue and Spending

175

(5)

The Federal Level

175

(2)

The State Level

177

(1)

The Local Level

178

(2)

What Do Public Budgets Do?

180

(3)

Public Budgets Allocate Resources

181

(1)

Public Budgets Set Policy Goals and Focus Policymaking

182

(1)

Public Budgets Ensure Accountability

182

(1)

Political Priorities in Public Budgeting

183

(3)

Conflict as a Result of Different Preferences

183

(1)

Conflict as a Result of Constituency Service

183

(1)

Conflict as a Result of Institutional Positions and Roles

184

(1)

Balancing the Budget

184

(2)

The Federal Budget Process

186

(9)

Agency Budget Requests

186

(1)

The President's Budget

187

(2)

Presenting the President's Budget to Congress

189

(1)

Congressional Decision Making

189

(4)

Budget Execution

193

(2)

Budgeting in State and Local Governments

195

(5)

State Budgeting

196

(2)

Local Budgeting

198

(2)

Analysis in Public Budgeting

200

(4)

Shortcuts in Public Budgeting

201

(1)

Introducing Analysis

201

(3)

Conclusion

204

(3)

Key Concepts

207

(4)

Managing People

211

(34)

Public Versus Private Personnel Systems

212

(2)

Legal Framework

213

(1)

Public Personnel Systems

214

(7)

Administration by Aristocracy

215

(1)

Patronage and the Spoils System

215

(3)

Merit Systems

218

(3)

Merit and Politics

221

(1)

Recruiting, Selecting, and Hiring

221

(9)

Recruiting Approaches

222

(3)

Selection and Hiring

225

(4)

Special Considerations in Hiring and Selection

229

(1)

Compensation, Evaluation, and Promotion

230

(8)

Position Classification and Pay Plans

230

(4)

Performance Evaluations

234

(2)

Promotion

236

(2)

Unions and the Return of the Spoils System: Personnel Reform

238

(2)

Conclusion

240

(1)

Key Concepts

241

(4)

Implementation

245

(26)

Requirements of Effective Policy Implementation

247

(10)

Valid Causal Theory

248

(4)

Appropriate Course of Action

252

(4)

Securing Adequate Resources

256

(1)

Effective Coordination of Personnel

256

(1)

The Reality of Policy Implementation

257

(11)

Target Population

259

(1)

Problems of Legislative Intent

260

(2)

Lack of Political Support

262

(2)

Organizational Problems

264

(3)

Bad Timing

267

(1)

Conclusion

268

(1)

Key Concepts

269

(2)

The Future of Public Administration

271

(20)

The ATM Bureaucracy

272

(3)

The Great Governance Debate

275

(2)

Political and Policy Change: The Rise of the Disarticulated State

277

(3)

Homeland Security

280

(5)

Coordination

280

(1)

Organization

281

(2)

Funding

283

(1)

Legalities

284

(1)

Personnel

285

(1)

The Study of Public Administration

286

(2)

Conclusion

288

(1)

Key Concepts

289

(2)

Notes

291

(16)

Photo Credits

307

(2)

Author Index

309

(2)

Subject Index

311

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

9781933220048

193322004X

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government : Public Administration

9781933220048

193322004X

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Related Products