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Students and professionals have come to rely on the best-selling Handbook of Public Administration. After nearly a decade, this standard reference enters its third edition with substantially revised, updated, and expanded coverage of every facet of public administration history, theory, and practice. Edited by the preeminent authorities in the field and contributed by renowned experts, this work is unparalleled in its thorough coverage and exhaustive...
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The public sector today permeates much of society. This wide-ranging reach is distilled into a cogent overview of governing in the twenty-first century in the latest edition of Johnson's acclaimed work. In a clear and engaging style, the author examines the public-private collaborations through which public policies are shaped, implemented, and revised. Throughout, he emphasizes the role of public administrators in forming and maintaining the partnerships...
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The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration offers definitions of all the key terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary public policy and administration. Included are brief biographies of major scholars and influential practitioners, summaries of major ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, overviews of significant laws, description of important government agencies, and explanations of historical trends and governing doctrines. The...
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"City sextons are a dying breed and in this book sextons from throughout the United States share their experiences as a city's chief death expert. With a view to investigating their role in local governance processes, how they contribute to public engagement in cities and what are some misconceptions about this role, Staci M. Zavattaro sheds light on unique public servants that are rarely - if at all - discussed in public administration research....
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Parkinson's Law states that 'work expands to fill the time available'. While strenuously denied by management consultants, bureaucrats and efficiency experts, the law is borne out by disinterested observation of any organization. The book goes far beyond its famous theorem, though. The author goes on to explain how to meet the most important people at a social gathering and why, as a matter of mathematical certainty, the time spent debating an issue...
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This dictionary provides brief definitions of terms used in international public-management and governance parlance. The definitions were chosen to reflect terms one is most likely to come across in the international literature and are give primarily from the organizational and public-policy perspectives. Bhatta (a senior governance specialist at the Asian Development Bank) has sacrificed depth in explanation for breadth in coverage. Annotation :2006...
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The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world and in the last thirty years there have been major shifts in approaches to its management. This text identifies the trends in public management and the effects these have had, as well as providing a broad overview to each topic.
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