A01=Douglas F. Green
Administrative Accountability
administrative discretion
Administrative Rule Making
Aid Virus
American Democratic System
Author_Douglas F. Green
Career Administrators
Career Public Administrators
Category=JPP
Category=KJM
Cheryl Miller
Civic Republic Tradition
constitutional governance
CP Caseworker
Eagle Rock
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Good Life
HRM
HRM Office
human resources in government
Line Item Budgeting
Nonprofit
nonprofit collaboration
Nonprofit Organizations
Pay For Performance
Peregrine Falcon
political economy in local administration
Prairie County
Public Administration
Public Budgeting Process
Public Personnel
public sector management
Public Unions
Vice Versa
wicked problems analysis
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780765616128
- Weight: 740g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Designed to serve as a basic text for an introductory course in Public Administration, this innovative work provides students with an understanding of the basic management functions that are covered in all standard textbooks with two important differences.First, it is written to address the needs of both the experienced practitioner and the entry-level public servant. Case examples bridge the content-rich environment of practitioners with the basic principles of public administration sought by pre-service students.Second, the discussion of basic management practices is grounded in the political and ethical tensions inherent in the American constitutional form of governance. This reflects the author's belief that public administration operates as an integral part of the country's political traditions, and thereby helps define the political culture. The book provides a framework for understanding American political traditions and how they inform public administration as a political practice.The book includes tables and charts to summarize and distill the main features of each chapter. Each section includes a master case that is integrated into the discussion of topics and principles covered in subsequent chapters. The book provides students with a chronological development of four governing legacies that have remained at the center of public administration since the nation's founding. Each chapter includes practical study questions, and the book includes a comprehensive bibliography.
Douglas Morgan is Director of the Executive Leadership Institute and Professor of Public Administration at Portland State University. Richard Green is MPA Director and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. Craig Shinn is Director of the PhD Program in Public Policy and Administration and Associate Professor of Public Administration at Portland State University. Kent Robinson is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Public Service at Seattle University. His main research focus is on the contribution of social trust and reliance to community governance and administrative practice.
