Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector
Take action and become a participant in public administration with PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: AN ACTION ORIENTATION. You'll learn how to influence the operations of public agencies--helping them learn to affect positive...
A fresh alternative to the typical public administration text, Garvey’s is the first text to combine a solid analytical framework with in-depth cases portraying the vital, human side of public administration.
In executing government functions, public administrators unsurprisingly contend with major decision-making questions. While obviously not exhaustive, this book addresses some key issues challenging practitioners.
Public Administration: Challenges, Choices, Consequences
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This is a complete and up-to-date revision of the classic text for public administration, implementing the rule of law as a fundamental issue in American democracy in pursuit of the...
Public Administration: An Introduction
The book functions as an introduction to central themes of public administration and related traditions of research, but also proposes a new pluralist approach for studying public institutions.