Invitation to Public Administration

This engaging book presents a model for personal reflection on what a career in public service means. Lively and anecdotal, it directly confronts the various difficult issues involved with a public service career even as it evokes self-reflection. It is ideal reading for anyone contemplating entering the field, and it will also stimulate public service professionals seeking fresh insights for their own careers.

List of contents

Chapter 1 The Delicate Connection of Work to Person; Chapter 2 A Letter from Prague: Kafka's Insight (January 1994); Chapter 3 A Second Letter from Prague: Existential Crisis on Ostrovni Street (March 1994); Chapter 4 Back in D.C. in a New Millennium;

About the author

O.C. McSwite

Product details

• Authors: O. C. McSwite, McSwite O. C.
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2002
• EAN: 9780765609144
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0914-4
• No. of pages: 134
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 356 g
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