Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
The European Public Servant
A Shared Administrative Identity?
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Sager & Overeem's timely analysis constitutes an original effort to integrate history of ideas and cutting-edge survey research. It presents the subject's ideational foundations as well as its modern manifestation in European administrative space. 'Sager & Overeem's excellent collection is...
by Alex Marland, Jared Wesley
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
The Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada. This go-to resource is a useful reference guide for students and scholars, for new and lower-ranking public servants, or for anyone who wants to know more about how government really...
High-Stakes Reform
The Politics of Educational Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take “high-stakes” tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and school districts...
The Social Issue in Contemporary Society
Relations Between Companies, Public Administrations and People
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
It is widely observed that societies are changing, and new social issues are raising. The relationship between actors in the global environment and in the local as well, is changing because of financial crisis, new technological revolution, climate change, richness reallocation and concentration....
The Forest Ranger
A Study in Administrative Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. The Forest Ranger has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior who are interested in the administration of...
Bureaucratic Manoeuvres
The Contested Administration of the Unemployed
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
In Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have placed...
Public Servants Studied in Image and Essay
A Fanfare for the Common Bureaucrat
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
This latest work by highly regarded scholar of bureaucracy Charles T. Goodsell uses narrative essays and accompanying video profiles to bring to life the work and careers of individuals working for the common good in 12 essential jobs at all three levels of American government. The first book to explicitly...
by Adam B. Masters
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
This book explores how professional and organisational cultures influence global public-private partnerships, which form a key element of global governance. Using case studies, the partnerships of three international government organisations – the International Telecommunication Union, Interpol...
by Vincent Ostrom
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
This revised and expanded third edition extends Ostrom’s analysis to account for the most resent developments in American politics, including those of the Clinton and Bush administrations.
Memos to the Governor
An Introduction to State Budgeting, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
This revised and updated edition of Memos to the Governor is a concise and highly readable guidebook that explains in clear, understandable prose the technical, economic, and political dynamics of budget making. Updated with many new examples of budget quandaries from recent years, this book helps current...
by Susan M. Opp, Samantha L. Mosier, Jeffery L. Osgood
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Local officials are responsible for a number of important tasks that have a significant impact on the quality of life of most Americans. Arguably, the policy choices made by local governments in the United States more directly impact individual well-being than do the choices made at any other level...
E-Government for Public Managers
Administering the Virtual Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This handy guide and supplemental text examines trends in information and communication technology (ICT) that impact the day-to-day operations of federal, state, and local government. It seeks to improve service delivery, human resource administration, political participation, education, and citizen...
by Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Whether the goal is building a local park or developing disaster response models, collaborative governance is changing the way public agencies at the local, regional, and national levels are working with each other and with key partners in the nonprofit and private sectors. While the academic literature...
Understanding Affirmative Action
Politics, Discrimination, and the Search for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2006
For some time, the United States has been engaged in a national debate over affirmative action policy. A policy that began with the idea of creating a level playing field for minorities has sparked controversy in the workplace, in higher education, and elsewhere. After forty years, the debate still continues...