Preface
1 DEFINING PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION
1 Public Administration
2 The Study of Administration
3 Feminist Theory of Public Administration
2 THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
4 The Rise of the American Administrative State
5 From Public Administration to Public Management:Reassessing a Revolution
6 Public Administration in America:Why our Uniqueness is Exceptional and Important
3 DECISION-MAKIGN IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
7 The Science of Muddiling Through
8 Public Choice and Public Sector Management
9 Bureaucracy and Democracy:The Case for More Bureaucracy and Less Democracy
4 REINVENTING THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT
10 Changing States,Governance,and the Public Service
11 Learning to get the Balance in Privatization
12 Works Better and Costs Less?Sweet and Sour Perpectives on the NPR
5 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
13 American Federalism,State Governments and Public Policy:Weaving Together Loose Theoretical Threads
14 The Rebirth of Federalism:Slouching toward Washington
15 Restructuring the State:Devolution,Privatization,and the Geographic Redistribution of Power and Capacity in Governance
6 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY
16 Beyond the Bureaucratic Paradigm
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7 ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
8 MANAGERIALISM AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
9 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
10 LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
11 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
12 SOCIAL EQUITY
13 PUBLIC BUDGETING
14 EVALUATION AND MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY
15 HONOR AND ETHICS
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