Public Administration

Originally published in 1983. This book presents a description and critical analysis of the communication systems and policy at the time in the Uni...

Risk Pricing Strategies for Public-Private Partnership Projects Innovation in the Built Environment The complexity of public–private partnership ...

Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in America The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and ...

While geography is not the only factor to shape human behavior, its influence on terrorists’ motivations, behaviors, options, and activities is a p...

This timely book takes a wide-angled look at how the field of community development is evolving in an era of reduced resources, changing priorities...

Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which repr...

Bureaucracy is an age-old form of government that has survived since ancient times; it has provided order and persisted with durability, dependabil...

Globalization transcends borders and cultures as it develops both from the natural flow of information and communication technologies and as a dire...

Delivering IT projects on time and within budget, while maintaining privacy, security, and accountability, remains one of the major public challeng...

Nationwide, approximately 1,000 Community Action agencies advocate for the poor and provide diverse but critical services such as (but not limited ...

State fiscal decisions have a significant impact on the US economy. Taken together, subnational governments employ more than one out of every eight...

Public management increasingly takes place in multilevel settings, since most countries are decentralized to one degree or another and most problem...

The demands associated with good governance and good public management are at an all-time high. Yet the discipline of Canadian public administratio...

The controversy over teaching evolution or creationism in American public schools offers a policy paradox. Two sets of values—science and democracy...

In this compelling book the author contends that social equity--specifically racial equity--is a nervous area of government. Over the course of his...

The field of public administration currently lacks sufficient resources for understanding the rationale, implications, and inherent practices of re...

Here, Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. present a timely analysis of working democracy, arguing that bureaucracy-often considered antith...

The controversy over teaching evolution or creationism in American public schools offers a policy paradox. Two sets of values—science and democracy...

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, w...

Women who fight in wars also have to fight for their right to do so. But what are the obstacles impeding their progress in achieving equal status a...

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, w...

The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood o...

This book conclusively demonstrates that direct democracy—institutions like the ballot initiative and the referendum—endangers the rights of minori...

Packed with case studies and ripped-from-the-headlines examples, Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators introduces critica...