Part 1. In Defense of Governing Well
1. Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy
2. Paradigms of Public Administration
Part 2. Public and Nonprofit Organizations
3. The Threads of Organizations: Theories
4. The Fabric of Organizations: Forces
5. The Fibres of Organizations: People
Part 3. Public Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency
6. Clarifying Complexity: The Public’s Information Resource
7. The Constant Quest: Effective and Efficient Governance
8. The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments
9. Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
Part 4. Implementing Public Policy
10. Understanding and Improving Public Policy
11. Intersectoral Administration
12. Intergovernmental Administration
13. Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic
Biography
Nicholas Henry is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and President Emeritus at Georgia Southern University, USA.
"The thirteenth edition of this text is a national treasure for students as well as seasoned practitioners and scholars. Chapter 1 alone is a brilliant contribution to thinking about public affairs. In a period in which American public life in the United States is a complex and often bewildering subject, Nicholas Henry brings diamond-like clarity, thorough scholarship, fascinating examples, current data, and entertaining illustrations to the subject. The reader and the nation are better off for it." – James D. Carroll, former Program Director, The Brookings Institution, USA
"This latest edition of a classic textbook retains the principles and practical guidance needed by today's students and administrators, and adds the latest trends and insights required to confront effectively and efficiently the challenges of our rapidly changing social and political environment." – Naomi B. Lynn, University of Illinois, USA
