Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
The administration and you – A handbook
Principles of administrative law concerning relations between individuals and public authorities
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The public administration is above all for us, the protection of our rights and the pursuit of the public good. This handbook will be of interest to all those concerned with the proper functioning of public administration: individuals who apply for public services and action and the public officials...
Public Administration
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester have written a fresh and highly engaging textbook for the introductory course in Public Administration.
Their coverage is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, including not only all the basic topics (OT, budgeting, HRM), but also reflecting new realities...
Understanding Korean Public Administration
Lessons learned from practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Although much has been written about the Korean public administration, the international academic community has little knowledge about it as most of the literature has been written in Korean. This book aims to provide more accessible knowledge internationally by filling that gap, covering both the...
Cases in Public Policy and Administration
From Ancient Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Writing the perfect complement to their bestseller, Introducing Public Administration, Shafritz and Borick highlight the great drama inherent in public policy -- and the ingenuity of its makers and administrators -- in this new casebook that brings thrilling, true life adventures in public administration...
Women Veterans
Lifting the Veil of Invisibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Women who fight in wars also have to fight for their right to do so. But what are the obstacles impeding their progress in achieving equal status as both active service members and as veterans? This book, written by a team of female veterans and military scholars, demonstrates the ways in which women...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
The growing ‘constitutional school’ of public administration has roots in the Federalist Papers, constitutional law, and the writings of several contemporary leaders and contributors in the field. It is comprised of a loose grouping of scholars who subscribe to the proposition that constitutions...
Ethics in Fiscal Administration
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors. Inquiry-based discussion prompts challenge students to examine scenarios...
Community Development and Public Administration Theory
Promoting Democratic Principles to Improve Communities
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The concept of community development is often misunderstood, holding different meanings across different academic disciplines. Moreover, the concept of community development has been historically abstracted, not only in the way the concept has been conceptualized in academic studies, but also by the...
Scope and Theory of Public Administration
The Shaping Influences of Interdisciplinary Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
The scope and theory of American public administration have expanded outward over time through the process of interdisciplinary discourse. Interdisciplinary approaches are rooted in ancient times, but it is in modern applications that the process has become most noticeable as a substantive influence...
Public Policy and Administration
Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Public Policy has emerged as an important discipline in social sciences, since the early 1970s. This discipline deals basically with the analysis of complex societal problems. To this extent Public Policy provides perspective on analysis implementation and evaluation of a problem.This volume is a...
Philosophy and Public Administration
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This book provides a systematic introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and the practice of public administration. It reviews all the main philosophical streams, from ancient Greek philosophy to the contemporary strands, and discusses their significance for public governance and public...
by Stella Z. Theodoulou, Ravi K. Roy
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering areas from public safety and social welfare to transportation and education, the services provided through the public sector are inextricably part of our...
The Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration
Transforming, Performing, and Innovating in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Public management is context dependent, rather than generic. That may sound obvious, but in the late 1920s through the 1930s, a dominant strand of thought considered public administration to be a "single process," wherever practiced. Today by contrast, federal administration is distinguished...
Professionalism and Public Service
Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kernaghan
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2008
Representing the leading scholars in the field, Professionalism and Public Service assesses the state of public administration in Canada while also moving the discipline forward both as a profession and an academic discipline.
The contributors to this volume trace the evolution of public administration...