Public Administration & Management

Expanding the thinking of the constitutional school of public administration thought, Administrative Ethics and Executive Decisions is a theoretically grounded and empirically rich study of how administrators incorporate a constitutional ethos to handle the problem of discretion._x005F_x000D_  ..

Each of Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector’s nine main sections begins with introductory text by the volume’s editors, Monty Van Wart and Lisa Dicke, followed by relevant readings. The volume includes some of the most important readings on public leadership published in the last eight de..

After a quarter of a century of implementation of New Public Management (NPM) reform strategies, this book assesses the major real outcomes of these reforms on states and public sectors, at both the organisational level and a more political level...

In this timely book, author Anthony Trotta differentiates e-governance from e-government and examines the increasingly important role social media and crowdsourcing have come to play in our democracy, and the interactions between technology, polling, voting, and outcomes. Including practical cases r..

This book provides much needed insight into existing ideas and theories of collaboration, advancing a revised theoretical model and accompanying typologies that further our understanding of collaborative processes within the public sector...

 This book provides much needed insight into existing ideas and theories of collaboration, advancing a revised theoretical model and accompanying typologies that further our understanding of collaborative processes within the public sector...

Beginning with a historical backdrop describing the dawn of the age of global terrorism in the 1960s and continuing up until the present time, this volume demonstrates the broad social and political context underlying the aviation security system that was in place on September 11th and the system th..

American Public Service: Radical Reform and the Merit System examines the innovations, strategies, and issues fueling the civil service reform debate. Offering diverse perspectives from expert contributors, this book looks at accomplished and considered reforms across the US, paying particular atten..

American Urban Politics in a Global Age..

Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels. Readers and analysts utilizing this text gain comprehensive skills and background needed to impact p..

Brings together a variety of perspectives on collaborative public management. This book addresses such issues as legitimacy building in networks, and engaging citizens in collaboration. It examines the design of collaborative networks and the outcomes of collaboration...

Brings together a variety of perspectives on collaborative public management. This book addresses such issues as legitimacy building in networks, and engaging citizens in collaboration. It examines the design of collaborative networks and the outcomes of collaboration...