19897

,

understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector

David H. Rosenbloom, Robert S. Kravchuck, Richard M. Clerkin

7th ed.

McGraw-Hill,

xvii, 342 p. , ill. , 23 cm.

Introduction : definitions, concepts, and setting -- The practice and discipline of public administration : competing concerns -- The American administrative state : development and political environment -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations : the structure of the American administrative state -- Core functions -- Organization : structure and process -- Public personnel administration and collective bargaining -- Budgeting and the public finances -- Decision making -- The convergence of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Policy analysis and implementation evaluation -- Regulatory administration : an illustration of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and democratic constitutionalism -- Accountability and ethics -- The future.

AU Kravchuck, Robert. , AU Clerkin, Richard M.

JF

1351

.R56

2009

m

1390/03/02

9780073403892 (alk. paper) ,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

c2009