"Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, International Edition" offers a unique and highly regarded framework in which conceptual readings are paired with contemporary case studies that reflect real-world examples of administrative work, as well as new thinking and developments in the field. Case studies and examples cover topics such as the Columbia space shuttle disaster, the shootings at Columbine High School, and the war in Iraq - making it easy to engage students in the readings.
1. The Search for the Scope and Purpose of Public Admenistration
Part One The Pattern of Public Administration in America: Its Environment, Structure, and People
2. The Formal Structure: The Concept of Bureaucracy
3. The General Environment: The Concept of Ecology
4. The Political Environment: The Concept of Admenistrative Power
5. Intergovernmental Relations (IGR): The Concept of Opportunistic Federalism
6. Internal Dynamics: The Concept of the Informal Group
7. Key Decision Makers Inside Public Administration: The Concept of Competing Bureaucratic Subsystems
Part Two The Multiple Functions of Public Administrators: Their Major Activities, Responsibilities, and Roles
8. Decision Making: The Concept of Incremental Choice
9. Administrative Communication: The Concept of Its Professional Centrality
10. Public Management: The Concept of Collaborative Processes
11. Public Personnel Motivation: The Concept of the Public Service Culture
12. Public Budgeting: The Concept of Budgeting as Political Choice
13. Administrative Reorganization: The Concept of the Tides of Reform
Part Three Enduring and Unresolved Relationships: Central Value Questions, Issues, and Dilemmas of Contemporary Public
Administration
14. The Relationship Between Politics and Administration: The Concept of Issue Networks
15. The Relationship Between Bureaucracy and the Public Interest: The Concept of Administrative Responsibility
16. The Relationship Between Ethics and Public Administration: The Concept of Competing Ethical Obligations