Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

Cooper, Philip J.; Brady, Linda P.; Hardeman, Olivia Hidalgo; Naff, Katherine C.; Ott, J. Steven

9780155004818: Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0155004816 ISBN 13: 9780155004818

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1997

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY emphasizes the importance of moving beyond reform to a future-oriented stance. The text identifies several themes central to public administration, including the importance of globalization, diversity, intergovernmental relations, and the critical significance of public law as a central defining feature of public life. Through these and other important concepts, this book acknowledges that public administrators not only consider and implement new directions in policy, but thereby play important roles in shaping it as well.

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About the Author:

Profesor Cooper is Professor of Public Administration in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He received his Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University and has held faculty positions at Georgia State University, the Nelson Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy of the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Kansas, University of Vermont and Vermont Law School with faculty appointments in Public Administration, Political Science, Public Policy, and Law. He was the first recipient of the Charles Levine Award given by the American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration for excellence in public affairs scholarship, teaching, and service. He is the author of numerous books and articles on public administration, administrative law, constitutional law, law and public policy, environmental policy, health care policy, and sustainable development administration. Recent books include: GOVERNING BY CONTRACT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC MANAGERS, BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT: THE USE AND ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL DIRECT ACTION, CASES IN PUBLIC LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, and, with Claudia Maria Vargas, IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FROM GLOBAL POLICY TO LOCAL ACTION.

Review:

1. Public Administration for the 21st Century: Beyond Reform. 2. The Legal Basis and Framework of Public Administration. 3. Law Against Ethics: Legal Accountability and Ethical Responsibility. 4. Intergovernmental Policy Structure and Action. 5. Fiscal Federalism and Its Constitutional Foundations. 6. Public Policy in Administration. 7. Policy Implementation, Evaluation and Termination. 8. Managing Public Organizations. 10. Organizational Development, Participation and Culture. 11. Personnel Policy and Human Resources Management. 12. Public Sector Budgeting: Purse Strings, Politics and Management. 13. International Affairs and Public Administration. 14. Comparative Public Administration: Different Problems, Common Trends.

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