Classics of Public Administration
eBook - PDF

Classics of Public Administration

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Classics of Public Administration

About this book

With this newly expanded eighth edition of CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, authors Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde introduce students to the principles of public administration via the most significant scholarly writings on the topic. Straightforward and informative, this text begins its discussion with Confucius in ancient China and continues to today's political scientists. This edition includes 17 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Chronological Contents
  2. Topical Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Part One: Early Voices and the First Quarter Century: Ancient Times to 1920s
  5. Part Two: The New Deal to Mid-Century: 1930s to 1950s
  6. Part Three: From JFK to Civil Service Reform: The 1960s and 1970s
  7. Part Four: From Reagan to Reinvention: The 1980s and 1990s
  8. Part Five: Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century
  9. A Chronology of U.S. Public Administration: 1776 to the Present