An introduction to the field of public administration which has been revised to reflect the political issues of the 1990s. The major components and processes of the bureaucratic system are covered. This encompasses the functions and tools of government, organization theory, the executive branch, and the civil service, as well as problems of decision making, budgeting, implementation, and legislative and judicial control.
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Donald F. Kettl is the Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Fels Institute of Government and professor of political science. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Kettl is the author of numerous books, including System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics (Winner of the 2005 Louis Brownlow Book Award); Deficit Politics; Leadership at the Fed; and The Next Government of the United States (forthcoming). His Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for Twenty-first Century America (2002) shared the 2003 Brownlow Book Award for the best book in public administration. Kettl has consulted broadly for government organizations and is a regular columnist for Governing magazine.
James W. Fesler received the Dwight Waldo Award of the American Society for Public Administration "for distinguished contributions to the professional literature of public administration," and the John Gaus Award of the American Political Science Association for "a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration." His books include Area and Administration, The Independence of State Regulatory Agencies, and Public Administration.
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