Handbook of Local Government Administration (Public Administration and Public Policy) - Hardcover

Gargan, John J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824797825 ISBN 13: 9780824797829

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

This theoretically and experientially grounded reference provides a complete overview of the principles and applications of government administration and management practices in the local public sector. Written by over 25 distinguished academics and professionals with substantial experience as practitioners and consultants of administrative operations to local governments, the book covers the effects of environmental conditions on local administrators and management techniques to administration in different types of local government. It helps readers reduce research time by presenting advanced materials on local government administration and management in a single source.

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"A total of 22 separately authored chapters cover such subjects as federalism and state law, strategic management, structural arrangements in local government, small community governance, and big city managementAs a handbook to contemporary US local government, the book is excellent. It has been well edited, the coverage is wide, the prose readable, the authors experts, and the chapter bibliographies relevant and up-to-date." -Reference Reviews Provides a complete overview of the principles and applications of government administration and management practices in the local public sector. The text covers the effects of environmental conditions on local administrators and management techniques to administration in different types of local government. Promo Copy

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0824797825
• ISBN 13: 9780824797829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576