Public administration in theory and practice /
Hailed for is timelessness and timeliness, Public Administration in Theory and Practice examines the field from a normative perspective and provides students with an understanding of its practice in the real world. Combining historical, contextual, and theoretical perspectives, this text gives stude...
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Table of Contents:
- 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