Public Administration An Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis

1. The Legacy of Public Administration: Background and Review Part I: Politics and Policy Analysis: Players and Interests in the Governing Process 2. Economic Versus Social Values and Other Dilemmas in Policy Making 3. Toward More Democratic Governance: Modernizing the Administrative State in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States 4. Accountability in New Public Management: An Elusive Phenomenon? 5. Governing in a Market Era: Alternative Models of Governing 6. The Quest for Collaboration: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Public Administration Part II: Social and Cultural Analysis: Values, Ethics, and Information Revolution in the Administrative Process 7. The Meaning of Work for Public-Sector Versus Private-Sector Contents Employees 8. New Ethical Challenges Under the New Reform Movements in the Public Administration Sector 9. Public Administration-The New Generation: Management in High-Information-Level Societies 10. The Digitized Health Service: A Theoretical Framework for Public Administration 11. Can Competition Transform Public Organizations? European Attempts to Revitalize Hospitals Through Market Mechanisms Part III: Organizational and Managerial Analysis: A Business Management Approach for the Public Sector 12. Some Organizational Learning About Change: Effective and Timely Change Are Not Oxymoronic in the Public Sector 13. The Organization of Chaos: The Structure of Disaster Management 14. Consumer Communications Management and Public Administration: A View from the Business Bridge 15. Toward Comprehensive Reform of Israel's Education System Part IV: Synthesis and Summary: Current Trends and the Way Forward 16. Public Management and Governance: Emerging Trends and Potential Future Directions

Biography

Eran Vigoda-Gadot