Defining Public Administration: Selections from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration
, by Shafritz, Jr.,Jay M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780813397665 | 0813397669
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 5/5/2000
This anthology,Defining Public Administration, is designed to assist beginning and intermediate level students of public policy, and to stir the imaginations of readers concerned with public policy and administration. The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from theInternational Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, and these accessible, interesting articles have been assembled to offer a sample of the riches to be found within the larger work. The articles provide definitions of the vocabulary of public policy and administration as it is used throughout the world-from the smallest towns, to the largest national bureaucracies.Defining Public Administrationis organized into twelve parts. Each part focuses on a domain pertinent to the study of public administration, including overviews, policy making, intergovernmental relations, bureaucracy, organization behavior, public management, strategic management, performance management, human resource management, financial management, auditing and accountability, and ethics.