Introducing Public Administration

Updated in its 8th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides readers with a solid, conceptual foundation in public administration, and contains the latest information on important trends in the discipline.Known for their lively and witty writing style, Shafritz, Russell, and Borick cover the most important issues in public administration using examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This approach captivates readers and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today.

List of contents

Preface Key Events in Public Administration Chapter 1 Defining Public Administration Keynote: Go Tell the Spartans The Definitions of Public Administration The Evolution of Public Administration A Case Study: How a President Undeservedly Received Credit for Founding a Discipline Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 2 The Political and Cultural Environment of Public Policy and Its Administration Keynote: Who Decides if the United States Should Wage War? What Is Public Policy? The Policymaking Process Power--The External Perspective Power--The Internal Perspective The Cultures of Public Organizations A Case Study: Were the Space Shuttle Astronauts Killed by Fog? Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 3 The Continuous Reinventing of the Machinery of Government Keynote: The New Feudalism What Is the Machinery of Government? The Administrative Architecture of the U.S. Government State and Local Government Machinery Reforming the National Machinery of Government The Pressure for Privatization and Nonprofit Management A Case Study: The Revolution in the British Machinery of Government 1979--2011 Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 4 Intergovernmental Relations Keynote: The Intergovernmental Problem of Marijuana The Evolution of Federal Systems The Fundamental Settlement The American Federal System The Structure of Intergovernmental Relations Dynamic Federalism Intergovernmental Management Fiscal Federalism--Following the Money The Devolution Revolution A Case Study: Why Illegal Immigration Is an Intergovernmental Mess and Will Remain So Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 5 Honor, Ethics, and Accountability Keynote: Niccolo Machiavelli, the Preeminent Public Administration Ethicist The Origins and Nature of Honor Corruption in Government Lying for Your Country Hierarchy of Ethics Codes of Honor, Conduct, and Ethics The Challenge of Accountability Legislative Oversight A Case Study: Parallel Bloody Hands -- Comparing the Administrative Ethics of Secretaries of Defense Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 6 The Evolution of Management and Organization Theory Keynote: Moses Meets the First Management Consultant The Origins of Public Management The Evolution of Management Principles What Is Organization Theory? The Origins of Scientific Management The Period of Orthodoxy The Many Meanings of Bureaucracy Neoclassical Organization Theory "Modern" Structural Organizaion Theory Systems Theory A Case Study: The Critical Importance of Administrative Doctrine Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 7 Organizational Behavior Keynote: Henry II of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, and Rufus Miles of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget: How a Medieval King, a Martyred Saint, and an American Bureaucrat Illustrate Miles's Law Organizational Behavior The Impact of Bureaucratic Structure on Behavior Motivation The Future of Organizations A Case Study: The Dangers of Groupthink from Pearl Harbor to the War in Iraq Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 8 Managerialism and Information Technology Keynote: Socrates Discovers Universal Management Managerialism Reengineering Empowerment Entrepreneurialism What Is Performance Management? Productivity Improvement Information Technology From E-Commerce to E-Government Wired Citizens A Case Study: Is It Management or Is It Public Relations? Only Your Administrator Knows for Sure Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 9 Strategic Management and Government Regulation Keynote: Using Government Regulations of Business to Strategically Manage the Environment What Is Strategic Management? Strategic Management Tools Government Regulation for Health, Safety, and Economic Equity State Government Regulation Local Government Regulation A Case Study: Opportunity Lost: The Story of Bernie Madoff and the Securities and Exchange Commission Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 10 Leadership Keynote: The Hedgehog, the Fox, or Henry V or the "Hidden Hand" Golfer Leading for Performance The Importance of Optimism Too Much Leadership Moral Leadership A Case Study: Transforming the Postal Service Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 11 Personnel Management and Labor Relations Keynote: The Adventures of a Young Man as a Personnel Technician The Personnel Function The Bittersweet Heritage of Civil Service Reform Patronage Appointments Public Sector Labor Relations A Case Study: The Spectacular Rise and Modest Decline of Public Employee Unions Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 12 Social Equity Keynote: Three Thousand Years of Sexual Harassment What Is Social Equity? The Challenge of Equality Equal Employment Opportunity Nonracial Discrimination Public Administration and Social Equity A Case Study: Social Equity Through Social Insurance Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 13 Public Financial Management Keynote: A Tale of how Two States and Their Governors Weathered the Fiscal storms of 2011 The Importance of Public Financial Management Budgeting Theory and Practice Waves of Innovation in Budget Making Contemporary Budget Reform Financing Public Expenditure The Problem of Debt and Budgetary Manipulation Economic Policy A Case Study: Social Security Reform from Clinton to Obama Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Chapter 14 Program Audit and Evaluation Keynote: Captain Bligh's Program Evaluation of the Mutiny on the Bounty What Is an Audit? Types of Audit Program Evaluation A Case Study: Jeremy Bentham, the Philosopher of Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation Summary Review Questions Key Concepts Bibliography Recommended Books Related Web Sites Glossary Appendix: Additional Sources Index

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Borick, Christopher P. Borick, E. W. Russell, Jay M. Shafritz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2012
• EAN: 9780205855896
• ISBN: 978-0-205-85589-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education