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Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Public Administration Theory: Which Side Are You On? | p. 3 |
The Profession | p. 23 |
The Profession of Public Administration: Promise, Problems, and Prospects | p. 25 |
Public Service Professionals: The Legacy of Florence Nightingale, Mary Livermore, and Jane Addams | p. 36 |
Professional Associations and Public Administration: Making a Difference? | p. 54 |
Accreditation and Competencies in Education for Leadership in Public Service | p. 70 |
Changing Dynamics of Administrative Leadership | p. 89 |
Ethics and Integrity in Public Service: Issues and Challenges | p. 108 |
Public Management Issues | p. 125 |
Human Resources Management: Current and Future Challenges | p. 127 |
New Directions in Public Budgeting | p. 142 |
The Proxy-Partnership Governance Continuum: Implications for Nonprofit Management | p. 156 |
The Pursuit of Accountability: Promises, Problems, and Prospects | p. 171 |
Technology and Public Management Information Systems: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going | p. 187 |
Emergency and Crisis Management: Practice, Theory, and Profession | p. 204 |
Networking and Partnerships | p. 219 |
Federal Contracting: Government's Dependency on Private Contractors | p. 221 |
Citizen-Driven Administration: Civic Engagement in the United States | p. 238 |
Network Theory and Practice in Public Administration: Designing Resilience for Metropolitan Regions | p. 257 |
Collaborative Public Agencies in the Network Era | p. 272 |
Governance and Reform | p. 295 |
Historic Relevance Confronting Contemporary Obsolescence? Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management | p. 297 |
Neglected Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism | p. 316 |
Politics, Bureaucratic Dynamics, and Public Policy | p. 335 |
Civil Service Reform: Past as Prologue? | p. 351 |
Public Administration's Legal Dimensions: Three Models | p. 368 |
Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Issues and Challenges | p. 388 |
International and Global Challenges | p. 407 |
New Public Management: Lessons from Abroad | p. 409 |
Governance: Issues in Concept and Practice | p. 424 |
Development Management: Renewal and Discovery in the Twenty-first Century | p. 439 |
The Crisis of Public Administration Theory in a Postglobal World | p. 453 |
Name Index | p. 465 |
Subject Index | p. 481 |
About the Editors and Contributors | p. 497 |
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