Public Administration & Management

_x005F_x000D_ Using examples from foster care systems in the states of Delaware, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island, Rebecca Padot combines a rigorous methodology and theory work to expose the conditions under which foster care outcomes can be improved. An original and timely resource for scholars..

An incisive and comprehensive study of the relationship between politics and regulation that also encompasses the effects of regulation and the reasons why regulatory reforms are enacted...

Providing a fundamental understanding of the tools available to address the changing context of government communications, this book unveils novel ways to integrate cutting-edge technologies to craft and maintain a positive public image. Examining the regulations that influence public information, t..

Development analysts tend to give short shrift to the seemingly minor bureaucratic hitches faced by practitioners – those who design, manage, implement, and evaluate aid projects. Often critical of foreign aid either for its apparent ineffectiveness at alleviating poverty or its purported neocoloni..

The Public Administration Casebook is a practice-based collection that speaks to the lived experience of students and prepares them to become more effective practioners of public and non-profit sectors by providing case studies arranged around major themes in public administration...

This book succinctly summarizes key theoretical concepts in fiscal choice of public budgeting and finance. It explains key concepts in fiscal choice ultimately from the perspective of a choice between politics and economics in completely stand-alone chapters for each concept...

This book succinctly summarizes key theoretical concepts in fiscal choice of public budgeting and finance. It explains key concepts in fiscal choice ultimately from the perspective of a choice between politics and economics in completely stand-alone chapters for each concept...

This text traces the lineaments of an emergent international system that is both distinguishable from the past and stable enough to prevail into the next century...

This text traces the lineaments of an emergent international system that is both distinguishable from the past and stable enough to prevail into the next century...

This text offers an understanding of what the US Social Security programme has accomplished in the past, the challenges it faces, and possibilities for the future. Contemporary issues, policies, benefits, and proposed reforms are outlined...

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and pr..

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and pr..