Public administration in theory and practice / Raymond W. Cox, Susan J. Buck, Betty N. Morgan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
PART I Normative Foundations
1 (62)
Introduction
1 (4)
Chapter 1 History of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline
5 (16)
The Early Years
6 (1)
Administration as Science
7 (2)
The First New Public Administration
9 (3)
Generic Management
12 (1)
The Second New Public Administration
12 (1)
Retrenchment and Critique
13 (4)
The State of the Discipline
17 (2)
Conclusion
19 (1)
References
20 (1)
Chapter 2 Ethics in Public Administration
21 (23)
Administrative Theory and Ethics
21 (3)
Types of Public Morality
24 (3)
Constitutional Values
27 (4)
Discretionary Judgment
31 (3)
On a Practical Note: Enforcement . of Ethics Rules
34 (5)
Ethics and Public Policy
39 (2)
Conclusion
41 (1)
References
41 (3)
Chapter 3 Normative Foundations of Public Administration
44 (19)
Normative Foundations of Public Administration
44 (1)
Ancient History
45 (1)
Bureaucracy in the Founding Period
46 (1)
Informal Constitutional Amendment
47 (2)
Legitimating Administration
49 (2)
Administrative Responsibility
51 (5)
On a Practical Note: The Profession of Public Management
56 (5)
Conclusion
61 (1)
References
61 (2)
PART II The Management Subprocesses of Public Administration
63 (79)
Chapter 4 A Conceptual History of the Budget Process
65 (24)
Budgeting as a Management Subprocess
65 (1)
Budgeting in Historic Perspective
66 (2)
Macro-Budget: Perspectives
68 (6)
Micro-Budget Perspectives
74 (4)
The Fiscal Crisis of 2009-2010
78 (9)
Conclusion
87 (1)
References
87 (2)
Chapter 5 A Conceptual. History of Public Personnel Management
89 (27)
Personnel Practice in the Founding Period
90 (1)
The Spoils System
91 (4)
Introduction of Merit Systems
95 (7)
Personnel Practice
102 (8)
Continuing Issues and Concerns
110 (4)
Conclusion
114 (1)
References
115 (1)
Chapter 6 A Conceptual History of Administrative Law
116 (14)
The Sick Chicken Case
116 (1)
Defining Administrative Law
117 (11)
Conclusion
128 (1)
References
129 (1)
Chapter 7 A Conceptual History of Policy Analysis
130 (12)
What Comes After Counting?
130 (2)
The Progressive Era
132 (1)
Toward The New Deal
133 (5)
Locating Policy Analysis
138 (3)
References
141 (1)
PART III Public Administration as a Puzzle
142 (56)
Chapter 8 Organization Theory as a Problem of Structure
144 (15)
Development of the Early Bureaucracy
144 (2)
Toward an Efficient Organization
146 (1)
Scientific Management
147 (7)
Structure in Modern Organizations
154 (3)
Conclusion
157 (1)
References
158 (1)
Chapter 9 Organization Theory as a Probiem of Human Behavior
159 (23)
The Pioneer Views: Follett and the Hawthorne Experiments
160 (3)
The Sociology of Organization
163 (3)
The Psychology of Organization
166 (2)
The Social Psychology of Organization
168 (11)
Conclusion
179 (1)
References
180 (2)
Chapter 10 Organization Theory as a Problem Of Democracy
182 (16)
The Structural Elements in Democracy
183 (5)
The Values of Democracy
188 (3)
Bureaucracy versus Democracy
191 (3)
Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment
194 (2)
Whereto From Here?
196 (1)
References
197 (1)
PART IV Identifying and Implementing Change
198 (44)
Chapter 11 Theory and Practice of Planned Change
200 (12)
Planned Change and Government Action
200 (1)
The Change Agent
201 (2)
The Diffusion of Innovation
203 (3)
Implementing Change
206 (1)
Change in American Governments
207 (2)
Management, Leadership, and Change
209 (1)
Conclusion
210 (1)
References
211 (1)
Chapter 12 Public Sector Strategic Management
212 (16)
The Public Management Environment
212 (1)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Strategic Management
213 (3)
The Strategic Management Process
216 (1)
Vision
217 (9)
Strategic Management in Practice
226 (1)
Conclusion
227 (1)
References
227 (1)
Chapter 13 Theory and Practice of Organization Development
228 (14)
Organization Development Practice: Preparing for Intervention
228 (3)
OD Practice: The Intervention
231 (2)
Types of Intervention
233 (3)
Organization Development in the Public Sector
236 (4)
Conclusion
240 (1)
References
241 (1)
PART V Public Administration "Outside the Box": Politics and Administration
242 (53)
Chapter 14 The Legislature in Administrative and Organizational Perspective
245 (12)
Legislative Decision Making
246 (3)
Legislative Structure
249 (3)
Legislative Control
252 (3)
Conclusion
255 (1)
References
256 (1)
Chapter 15 Administration in Comparative Perspective
257 (26)
Framework for Study
257 (1)
Political Culture and Public Administration
258 (6)
Personnel Practice in Comparative Perspective
264 (4)
Budget Practice in Comparative Perspective
268 (2)
The Structure of Budget Decision Making
270 (4)
Policy Making in Comparative Perspective
274 (4)
Interest Groups and Bureaucrats
278 (1)
Models of Governance
278 (1)
Democracy and Bureaucracy
279 (2)
Conclusion
281 (1)
References
281 (2)
Chapter 16 Politics and Administration: American Political Theory and the Bureaucracy
283 (12)
Representative Government and Bureaucracy
283 (1)
Framework and Analysis
284 (1)
American Political Theory: Past and Present
285 (1)
Bureaucratizing Democracy
286 (3)
Democracy as: a Mechanism
289 (1)
Toward a Democratic Government
289 (2)
Governmental Democracy
291 (2)
Conclusion
293 (1)
References
294 (1)
Suggested Readings 295 (7)
Index 302

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