1st Edition

The State of Public Administration Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Edited By Donald C Menzel, Harvey E White Copyright 2011
    526 Pages
    by Routledge

    528 Pages
    by Routledge

    The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and practice in the 21st Century.

    1: Public Administration Theory; I: The Profession; 2: The Profession of Public Administration; 3: Public Service Professionals; 4: Professional Associations and Public Administration; 5: Accreditation and Competencies in Education for Leadership in Public Service; 6: Changing Dynamics of Administrative Leadership; 7: Ethics and Integrity in Public Service; II: Public Management Issues; 8: Human Resources Management; 9: New Directions in Public Budgeting; 10: The Proxy-Partnership Governance Continuum; 11: The Pursuit of Accountability; 12: Technology and Public Management Information Systems; 13: Emergency and Crisis Management; III: Networking and Partnerships; 14: Federal Contracting; 15: Citizen-Driven Administration; 16: Network Theory and Practice in Public Administration; 17: Collaborative Public Agencies in the Network Era; IV: Governance and Reform; 18: Historic Relevance Confronting Contemporary Obsolescence?; 19: Neglected Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism; 20: Politics, Bureaucratic Dynamics, and Public Policy; 21: Civil Service Reform; 22: Public Administration's Legal Dimensions; 23: Governance in the Midst of Diversity; V: International and Global Challenges; 24: New Public Management; 25: Governance; 26: Development Management; 27: The Crisis of Public Administration Theory in a Postglobal World

    Biography

    Donald C Menzel, Harvey E White