Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy - 5 Volume Set

Domonic A. Bearfield, Evan Berman, Melvin J. Dubnick (Herausgeber)

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3786 Seiten

2015 | 3rd edition
Routledge
978-1-4665-6909-6 (ISBN)

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Now in its third edition, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy remains the definitive source for article-length presentations spanning the fields of public administration and public policy. It includes entries for:

Budgeting
Bureaucracy
Conflict resolution
Countries and regions
Court administration
Gender issues
Health care
Human resource management
Law
Local government
Methods
Organization
Performance
Policy areas
Policy-making process
Procurement
State government
Theories

This revamped five-volume edition is a reconceptualization of the first edition by Jack Rabin. It incorporates over 225 new entries and over 100 revisions, including a range of contributions and updates from the renowned academic and practitioner leaders of today as well as the next generation of top scholars. The entries address topics in clear and coherent language and include references to additional sources for further study.

Domonic A. Bearfield, PhD, is an associate professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he also serves as the public management track coordinator. He earned his PhD in public administration from Rutgers University–Newark. He previously taught at the University of New Hampshire. His research focuses on issues related to governance in public administration and on improving the understanding of public sector patronage. Dr. Bearfield's work has appeared in Public Administration Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and other leading journals. Melvin J. Dubnick, PhD, is a professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Colorado–Boulder and has taught at Emporia State University, Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Kansas, and Rutgers University–Newark, where he is emeritus professor of political science and public administration. He has served as co-editor-in-chief of the Policy Studies Journal and managing editor of Public Administration Review. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles, mostly focused on accountable governance and public sector ethics, as well as textbooks on public policy, public administration, and American government.

Volume I: Accountability – County Government
Volume II: Court Administrators as Managers and Executives – Evolutionary Theory and Public Policy
Volume III: Faith-Based Organizations and Service Delivery – Local Government: Strategic Cities
Volume IV: Management Theory: Human Relations School – Principal–Agent Perspective
Volume V: Privatization – Work Motivation

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4665-6909-3 / 1466569093
ISBN-13	978-1-4665-6909-6 / 9781466569096
Zustand	Neuware