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This volume clearly demonstrates the diversity of our field.
Twenty-two scholars have contributed thirteen unique pieces of
research on a wide variety of topics including public management
innovation; organizational learning; revenue forecasting; finance;
qualitative research and research methods; intergovernmetnal
relations; training and management information systems;
bureaucratic responsibility; citizen participation; political
influence of the bureaucracy; critiques of policy making; public
administration research. This collection makes a rich contribution
of knowledge to our field.
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 practice in the 21st
Century.
This first-of-its-kind survey covers both the basics of information
technology and the managerial and political issues surrounding the
use of these technologies. Unlike other works on information
systems, this book is written specifically for the public sector
and addresses unique public sector issues and concerns. The
technical basics are explained in clear English with as little
technical jargon as possible so that readers can move on to
informed analysis of the public policy issues surrounding
government's use of MIS. This practical tool includes end of
chapter summaries with bridges to upcoming chapters, numerous boxed
exhibits, thorough end-of-chapter notes and a bibliography for
further reading.
The chapters in this latest edition of China Briefing reflect
broadly on China's transformation in the twentieth century. The
authors not only examine developments in China over the 1997-1999
period, but also place these events in a wider historical
perspective by addressing the following questions: Where has China
traveled over the course of the century? To what extent has it been
transformed, and how? What are the enduring themes or points of
continuity, even during a century of great change and
transformation? And what are China's prospects for the future?
An in-depth view of the world of low-wage female workers in the
United States. Written by expert authors actively involved in the
field, this work provides -- for the first time -- a focused
picture of the critical issues, along with realistic solutions in
the struggle of working poor women. The book covers a wide range of
topics, including getting and keeping a job, struggling to balance
the demands of work and family, health care, child care, and
unemployment. It is set in the context of both welfare reform and
the low-wage labor market and incorporates both self-employment and
micro-business enterprise.
An in-depth view of the world of low-wage female workers in the
United States. Written by expert authors actively involved in the
field, this work provides -- for the first time -- a focused
picture of the critical issues, along with realistic solutions in
the struggle of working poor women. The book covers a wide range of
topics, including getting and keeping a job, struggling to balance
the demands of work and family, health care, child care, and
unemployment. It is set in the context of both welfare reform and
the low-wage labor market and incorporates both self-employment and
micro-business enterprise.
This first-of-its-kind textbook addresses the new NASPAA curriculum
requirements on Information Management. It is designed as a
stand-alone text for an Information Management course in a Public
Administration program, and can also serve as a professional
resource for public managers. information technology and the
managerial and political issues surrounding the use of these
technologies. Unlike other works on information systems that are
written for MBA programs and require a general survey course in
MIS, this book is written specifically for the public sector and
addresses unique public sector issues and concerns. The technical
basics are explained in clear English with as little technical
jargon as possible so that readers can move on to informed analysis
of the public policy issues surrounding government's use of MIS.
This timely learning tool includes end of chapter summaries with
bridges to upcoming chapters, numerous boxed exhibits, thorough
end-of-chapter notes, and a bibliography for further reading.
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 practice in the 21st
Century.
The papers in this volume focus on the broad issues of public
sector reform. They address issue-oriented and comparative research
such as: analysis of civil service systems at the theoretical
level; reforming the wing of national level governmetns; the wave
of public sector reform that has swept the West over the past
fifteen years; a comparison of two recent programs to improve
efficiency and legitimacy of geovernment in the US and the
Netherlands; the problems of insufficient capacity in managing the
public sector; the impediments in the current system of public
sector job evaluation in the US; the shortcomings in managerial
capacities that currently trouble the European Union; Nicaragua and
its struggle for public sector reform; the history of Egyptian
civil service; and the development of the Argentine civil service.
This newest China Briefing provides a retrospective analysis of
important events in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the mid-1990s
and a prospective look at some of the issues that will shape these
areas as they each move toward decisive turning points in their
distinct yet intertwined histories. The volume includes chapters on
politics, economics, U.S.-China relations, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
gender, and popular culture and concludes with a detailed
chronology covering the period from mid-1994 through mid-1996.
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