Thoroughly updated with new scholarship, data, and events, this text remains reader-friendly with its engaging opening vignettes and rich examples--told only the way prolific author and columnist Don Kettl can. With three case studies in every chapter, students apply ideas and analysis as they read. Useful critical thinking questions at the end of each case help shape student responses and in-class conversation. INDICE: 1. AccountabilityPART I: The Job of Government2. What Government Does—And How It Does It3. The Meaning of Public Administration PART II: Organizational Theory and the Role of Government’s Structure 4. Organizational Theory5. The Executive Branch 6. Organization Problems7. Administrative ReformPART III: People in Government Organizations8. The Civil Service9. Human CapitalPART IV: Making and Implementing Government Decisions10. Decision Making11. Budgeting12. ImplementationPART V: Administration in a Democracy13. Regulation and the Courts14. Executive Power and Political Accountability
- ISBN: 978-1-4833-3293-2
- Editorial: CQ Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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