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Routledge
Hailed for its timelessness and timeliness, Public Administration in Theory and Practice examines public administration from a normative perspective and provides students with an understanding of the practice of public administration. Combining historical, contextual, and theoretical perspectives, this text give students a truly comprehensive overview of the discipline and focuses on the practical implications of public administration theory.
I. NORMATIVE FUNCTIONS.1. History of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline.2. Ethics in Public Administration.3. Normative Foundations of Public Administration.II. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS MANAGEMENT.4. A Conceptual History of the Budget Process.5. A Conceptual History of Public Personnel Management.6. A Conceptual History of Administrative Law.7. A Conceptual History of Policy Analysis. III. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS ORGANIZATION THEORY. 8. Organization Theory as a Problem of Structure.9. Organization Theory as a Problem of Human Behavior.10. Organization Theory as a Problem of Democracy. IV. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS PLANNED CHANGE.11. Theory and Practice of Planned Change.12. Public Sector Strategic Management.13. Theory and Practice of Organization Development. V. POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION. 14. The Legislature in Administrative and Organizational Perspective.15. Administration in Comparative Perspective.16. Politics and Administration: American Political Theory and Bureaucracy.
Biography
Cox III, Raymond W
