Public administration : balancing power and accountability
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Public administration : balancing power and accountability
Praeger, 1998
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-495) and index
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Description
This is a complete and up-to-date revision of the classic text for public administration, implementing the rule of law as a fundamental issue in American democracy in pursuit of the common interest. It presents public administration as a tension between the necessary exercise of power and the search for responsiveness to achieve maximum accountability from public servants. The authors have initiated a new approach to the study of public administration by focusing on middle- and lower-level managers. These are positions that most public servants will occupy for the bulk of their professional careers. The book recognizes that most of the administration is in field offices, in state and local government, and in cooperation with the private and nonprofit sectors. It then focuses on power and its potential for influencing the behavior of the bureaucracy to perform its goal-oriented and balancing functions in a pluralistic open system. This leads to the relationship between theories about administration and the actual practice and how best results (imperative of accountability) are achieved in the increasingly globalized environment.
Table of Contents
Context of Administration Ethical Foundations and Imperatives of Public Management The Environment and Setting for Public Administration Reinventing Government: Transforming Public Administration Administration in the Context of Its Practice Public Administration and Public Policy The External Environment of Public Administration Linking Practice and Theory Organization Theory and Management Practice Processes and Practices Planning in Public Management Organizing, Coordinating, and Controlling the Internal Environment of Management Decision Making and Communication as Basic Management Activities Leadership in Public Management Community Relations in Public Management Supporting and Controlling Functions Personnel: The Administration and Management of Human Resources Financial Management Productivity and Evaluation Policy Areas Intergovernmental Relations and Administration International Administration and Development Balancing Power and Accountability Appendix: Public Administration Research Aids Selected Bibliography Index
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