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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| List of Charts, Figures, and Tables | |
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| The Context, Nature, and Structure of Public Administration in America | |
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| Approaching the Study of Public Administration | |
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| What Is Public Administration? | |
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| Principal Structures of the National Executive Branch | |
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| State and Local Government Structures | |
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| Politics, Policies, and Organizational Structure | |
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| The Dynamics of Policy Making in the United States | |
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| Explaining the Growth of Government Bureaucracy | |
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| Social Change and Public Administration | |
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| Public and Private Administration: Similarities and Differences | |
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| Public Administration as a Field of Study | |
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| A Word About This Book | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Public Administration, Democracy, and Bureaucratic Power | |
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| Political and Administrative Values | |
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| Representative Democracy | |
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| Administrative Values, Pluralism, and Political Accountability | |
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| Democracy and Public Administration | |
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| Dimensions of Democratic Administration | |
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| The Political Environment of Bureaucratic Power | |
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| Foundations of Power: Bureaucratic Expertise and Political Support | |
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| Bureaucrats, Interest Groups, and Politicians: Subsystem Politics in America | |
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| Bureaucratic Power and Political Accountability: More Questions than Answers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | |
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| The Nature of Federalism: The Formal Setting | |
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| Intergovernmental Relations: The Action Side of Federalism | |
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| Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations: The Rise of Complexity | |
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| Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations | |
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| Grant Reform: Multiple Efforts, More Complexity | |
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| The Bush Administration and Contemporary Federalism | |
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| Prospects and Issues in IGR: A Look Ahead | |
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| Intergovernmental Relations and Public Administration | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Managing and Leading Public Organizations | |
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| Organizational Theory | |
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| Formal Theories of Organization | |
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| The Human Relations School | |
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| Organizational Humanism | |
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| Modern Organization Theory | |
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| Organizational Dynamics and Behavior | |
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| Centralization and Decentralization | |
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| Flattening Organizational Hierarchies | |
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| Alternative Forms of Organization | |
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| Organization Theory and Behavior in Perspective | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Decision Making in Administration | |
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| The Nature of Decisions | |
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| Approaches to Decision Making: Concepts and Controversies | |
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| Incrementalism and Mixed Scanning: Response and Counterresponse | |
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| Decisions in the Balance: The Environment of Choice | |
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| The Problem of Goals | |
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| Ethical Dimensions of Decision Making | |
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| The Ethical Setting: New Emphasis on an Old Challenge | |
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| Political Rationality: A Contradiction in Terms? | |
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| Organized Anarchies and Uncertainty | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Chief Executives and the Challenges of Administrative Leadership | |
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| The Context of Administrative Leadership | |
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| Chief Executive-Bureaucratic Linkages | |
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| Chief Executives and Bureaucracies: The Instruments of Leadership | |
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| Commonalities and Differences in Leadership Resources | |
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| The Organizational Setting of Leadership | |
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| Traditional Approaches to the Study of Leadership | |
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| Challenges of Administrative Leadership | |
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| What Makes an Effective Leader? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| The Core Functions of Public Management | |
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| Public Personnel Administration and Human Resources Development | |
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| Evolution of Public Personnel Administration | |
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| Formal Arrangements of Personnel Systems | |
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| Collective Bargaining and Civil Service Reform in the Public Sector | |
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| Developments in Personnel Administration | |
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| Designing a Personnel System for Twenty-First-Century Governance: The Department of Homeland Security | |
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| Perspectives and Implications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Government Budgeting | |
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| Foundations of Modern Government Budgeting | |
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| Purposes of Budgeting | |
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| Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy | |
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| Budget Approaches in the Executive Branch | |
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| The Process of Budget Making | |
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| Budgeting and Resource Scarcity | |
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| Budgeting and the Future: More Questions than Answers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Public Policy and Program Implementation | |
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| The Changing Nature of Public Policies | |
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| Public Policy, Politics, and (or) Private Management | |
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| The Policy-Making Process | |
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| Planning and Analysis | |
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| Program Implementation | |
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| Program Evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Challenges and Prospects in a Turbulent Future: Results, Regulation, and Responsiveness | |
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| Performance Management in the Public Sector | |
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| Government Productivity and Measurement of Results | |
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| Reinvention, Standards, and Quality Awards | |
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| The Politics of Performance Management | |
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| Comparing Performance Management Strategies | |
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| Citizen Relationship Management and E-Government | |
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| Will Performance Management Lead to Improved Results? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Government Regulation and Administrative Law | |
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| The Rise (and Fall?) of Government Regulation | |
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| The New Social Regulation | |
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| Why Government Regulation Has Developed: Other Perspectives | |
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| Structures and Procedures of Regulatory Bodies | |
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| The Politics of Regulation | |
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| Government Regulation of Tobacco Products | |
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| Administrative Law | |
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| The Future of Government Regulation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Conclusion: Public Administration in a Time of Conflict and Social Change | |
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| The Social and Governmental Environment | |
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| Social and Governmental Paradoxes | |
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| Ferment and Change in Public Administration: Concepts and Practices | |
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| Paradoxes in Concept and Practice | |
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| Ferment and Change in Public Administration as a Field of Study | |
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| Further Thoughts and Observations | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Professional Associations Information and Job Opportunities, and Public Administration Journals for Research | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |