Updated in its 8th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides readers with a solid, conceptual foundation in public administration, and contains the latest information on important trends in the discipline.Known for their lively ...

This collection gives students a sense of the continuity of public administration, and shows how the writers and themes have built upon each other during the evolution of the field.

This text 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.

Table of Contents Pt. 1 Early Voices and the First Quarter Century (1880s to 1920s) 1 1 Civil Service Reform in Great Britain 16 2 The Study of Administration 22 3 Politics and Administration 35 4 Problems of Municipal Administration 38 5 ...

The readings in this edition have been thoroughly reviewed and updated. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Refreshed and revised throughout, the tenth edition contains a number of critical updates for the field: All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges, including social justice, climate change action, smart ...

The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, and these accessible, interesting articles have been assembled to offer a sample of the riches to be ...

Introduction explains why there are competing perspectives for grouping theories of organisation, and why this particular framework is used in Classics.

This new text by celebrated collaborators Jay Shafritz and Christopher Borick takes a unique doctrinal approach to introducing public policy, presenting the evolution and implementation of policies in terms of their underlying doctrines.

These Keynotes are mini case studies that are often referred to in the chapter, thus reinforcing the overall themes or lessons of the stories. * Chapters typically deal with historical and theoretical developments and then explain how ...