Addressing the major issues of state and local government administration, this introductory, core textbook is ideal for courses in state and local government administration, state government, municipal government, labour relations, public budgeting and decision making, policy making and personnel administration.
Offering reliable up-to-date information, this text provides A thorough understanding of state and local government administration and is current general trends. Britain by leading experts in their respective fields, this work contains in depth, authoritative examinations of four crucial areas: organisation and management-including management structures at various levels of government such as counties and special districts, and leadership functions; budgeting, decision-making, and financial management dash discussing state budgeting functions and limitations, and internal and external control mechanisms; policy making and policy implementation-demonstrating patterns within the executive and legislative branches as well as alternatives to municipal service delivery and the integration of Human Services management with delivery systems; And personal administration and labour relations-covering organisational training, employee benefits, unionism, and collective bargaining.
Know advanced undergraduate and graduate level public administration and political science students; public administrators and managers; And professionals in government agencies and institutes can meet the demands of this rapidly changing field with this outstanding text.
Preface
Contributors
UNIT ONE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATES AND LOCALITIES
Part A Management Structures
Organizing and Reorganizing State and Local Government
James L. Garnett
Part B Leadership Functions
Chief Executives and Administrative Officers
Alan Reed
Court Administrators
Steven W. Hays
UNIT TWP STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING, DECISION-MAKING, AND FINACIAL MANAGEMENT
Part A Mechanisms and Processes
The Functions and Processes of State Budgeting
Regis L. Chapman
City Budgeting and Budget Problems
Perry Moore
State Limitations on Local Fiscal Authority
Patricia S. Florestano
Part B Internal and External Controls Over State and Local Government Budgeting, Decision-Making, and Financial Management
State and Local Government Productivity and Performance Measurement
Harry P. Hatry
Information Systems in State and Local Governments
Edward M. Jackowski
Fiscal Stress in the American States
David P. Rebovich
Fiscal Dependency and Governmental Capacity in American Cities
John J. Gargan
UNIT THREE POLICY-MAKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Part A Patterns: Executives and Legislatures
Chief Executive Support and Innovation
James L. Perry
The Governor as Administrator
Alan J. Wyner
State and Local Officials and Their Personal Liability
W. Bartley Hildreth and Gerald J. Miller
State Budgeting and Appropriations Process
James E. Skok
The Legislative Staff
Alan P. Balutis
Part B Implementation of Policy
Municipal Service Delivery Alternatives
David R. Morgan
Integrating Human Services Management and Delivery Systems
Beaumont R. Hagebak
UNIT FOUR PERSONEEL ADMINISTRATION IN STATES AND LOCALITIES
Part A Processes and Techniques
Performance Appraisal in State Government
Arthur L. Finkle
Organizational Training in the 1980s: Refocusing on Building the Capacity of Human Resources
Lyle J. Sumek
State and Local Government Pension Systems
Donald E. Klingner and Randy L. Nutter
Part B Public Employee Unionism and Collective Bargaining
State Government Unionism
Arthur L. Finkle
Labor Relations in Local and County Government
Ernest Gross
Index
Biography
Jack Rabin is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the graduate programme in public affairs and Human Services administration at Ryder college, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He says as editor/ Co editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of public administration.
Don Dodd is a Professor of American history at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama. He formerly held a joint appointment in the government department where he taught state and local government.
