Table of Contents
Contents Part 1 Introduction: Definitions, Concepts, and Setting 1 The Practice and Discipline of Public Administration: Competing Concerns 2 The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment 3 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The Structure of the American Administrative State Part 2 Core Functions 4 Organization: Structure and Process 5 Public Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining 6 Budgeting and Finance 7 Decision Making 8 Policy Analysis and Implementation Evaluation Part 3 The Convergence of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector: An Illustration 9 Regulatory Administration: An Illustration of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector Part 4 Public Administration and the Public 10 Public Administration and the Public 11 Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism 12 Accountability and Ethics 13 The Future