Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector

by Rosenbloom, David; Kravchuk, Robert; Clerkin, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780073403892
• ISBN10: 007340389X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-07
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This text uses a three-part framework of management, politics, and the law as the basis for one of the most popular books for advanced courses in public administration. The text's analytic framework creates a lasting understanding of the field.

Author Biography

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Seventh Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction: Definitions, Concepts, and Setting

The Practice and Discipline of Public Administration: Competing Concerns

The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The Structure of the American Administrative State

Core Functions

Organization: Structure and Process

Public Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining

Budgeting and the Public Finances

Decision Making

The Convergence of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector

Policy Analysis and Implementation Evaluation

Regulatory Administration: An Illustration of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector

Public Administration and the Public

Public Administration and the Public

Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism

Accountability and Ethics

The Future Glossary Credits

Index

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