ABSTRACT
This anthology, Defining Public Administration, is designed to assist beginning and intermediate level students of public policy, and to stir the imaginations of readers concerned with public policy and administration. The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, and these accessible, interesting articles have been assembled to offer a sample of the riches to be found within the larger work. The articles provide definitions of the vocabulary of public policy and administration as it is used throughout the world-from the smallest towns, to the largest national bureaucracies. Defining Public Administration is organized into twelve parts. Each part focuses on a domain pertinent to the study of public administration, including overviews, policy making, intergovernmental relations, bureaucracy, organization behavior, public management, strategic management, performance management, human resource management, financial management, auditing and accountability, and ethics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|35 pages
Overviews of Public Administration
part Two|43 pages
Policy Making
part Three|38 pages
Intergovernmental Relations
part Four|16 pages
Bureaucracy
part Five|24 pages
Organization Behavior
part Six|29 pages
Public Management
part Seven|46 pages
Strategic Management
part Eight|58 pages
Performance Management
part Nine|49 pages
Human Resources Management
part Ten|30 pages
Financial Management
part Eleven|31 pages
Auditing and Accountability
part Twelve|31 pages
Ethics