Public Administration

Issues of race permeate virtually every corner of policy creation and implementation in the United States, yet theoretically driven research on int...

Efficiency, economy, and equity are policy goals pursued by governments around the world, but analysts and evaluators have devoted more effort to m...

Governing in a Global World captures the panorama of women governing around the world. Even though the modern era marks history’s greatest advancem...

This is a book about the modernization of public governance and the development of strategic states. It focuses on six Gulf countries (United Arab ...

Devolution in Britain today provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical development and the current state of devolved government. Devo...

Elements of Effective Governance: Measurement, Accountability and Participation is one of the first books to explore the relationship between accou...

Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, which examined the pu...

This book examines the status of public administration in eight countries—the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia...

Innovation has become an important focus for governments around the world over the last decade, with greater pressure on governments to do more wit...

In this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of th...

Outlining the origins, motivations, strategies, implementations, and effectiveness of reform policies and programs, Handbook of Public Management P...

In recent years, Israel has deeply and quickly transformed itself from a self-perceived social-democratic regime into a privatized and liberalized ...

Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the coll...

The Global Financial Crisis has led to a renewed attention for the management of public debt and deficits of advanced and developing industrial sta...

Originally published in 1969, this book discusses specific issues in the rise of a ‘constitutional bureaucracy’ as a counter-part to constitutional...

This book is an introduction to complex systems thinking at the global governance level. It offers concepts, tools, and ways of thinking about how ...

The growth and proliferation of technology in American society places new demands on the U.S. government and the health of its democracy, affecting...

The growth and proliferation of technology in American society places new demands on the U.S. government and the health of its democracy, affecting...

With contributions from nearly 80 international experts, this comprehensive resource covers diverse issues, aspects, and features of public adminis...

The Professionalization of Public Participation is an edited collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars examining the emerging professio...

Colebatch, Castles and a collection of policy practitioners and scholars investigate the process of policy making through a range of current policy...

Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance networks and the management of complexities in network settin...

When and to what extent external actors, especially the EU, contribute to induce legal and administrative changes and help domestic authorities add...

Public administration is a craft that demands real-world application of concepts and theories often learned in a classroom. Yet many students find ...