With this new seventh edition of "Public Administration: Classic Readings, International Edition", authors Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde introduce you to the principles of public administration via the most significant scholarly writings on the topic. Straightforward and informative, this text begins its discussion with Woodrow Wilson and continues to today's political scientists.
A new Section V, 'Public Administration in a New Century', is dedicated to writing and thinking from the 21st century. This edition includes six new readings and addresses the key fields of public administration: bureaucracy, organization theory, human resources management, the budgetary process, public policy, implementation, evaluation, intergovernmental relations, and public service ethics.
Part 1 : Early voices and the first quarter century
Part 2 : The new deal to mid-century
Part 3 : From JFK to civil service refrom
Part 4 : From reagan to reinvention
Part 5 : Piblic administration in the twenty-first century