Handbook of Public Administration, Third Edition: (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Since the publication of the previous edition, the best-selling Handbook of Public Administration enters its third edition with substantially revised, updated, and expanded coverage of public administration history, theory, and practice. Edited by preeminent authorities in the field, this work is unparalleled in its thorough coverage and comprehensive references. This handbook examines the major areas in public administration including public budgeting and financial management, human resourcemanagement, decision making, public law and regulation, and political economy. Providing a strong platform for further research and advancement in the field, this book is a necessity for anyone involved in public administration, policy, and management. This edition includes entirely new chapters on information technology and conduct of inquiry. In each area of public administration, there are two bibliographic treatises written from different perspectives. The first examines the developments in the field. The second analyzes theories, concepts, or ideas in the field’s literature.

Table of Contents:
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HISTORY Public Administration and the American Republic: The Continuing Saga of Management and Administration in Politics;Lawrence F. Keller Five Great Ideas in American Public Administration; Marc Holzer, Vache Gabrielyan, and Kaifeng Yang ORGANIZATION THEORY Further Trends Toward the Development of the Organizational Sciences; Robert T. Golembiewski Five Great Issues in Organization Theory; Robert B. Denhardt and David L. Baker PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT The Field of Public Budgeting and Financial Management, 1789–1995; Carol W. Lewis Budget Theory: New Perspectives for a New Millennium;Howard A. Frank DECISION-MAKING Decision Making, Institutions, Elite Control, and Responsiveness in Public Administration History;Jonathan B. Justice and Gerald J. Miller Five Conceptual Tools for Decision Making;Dennis P. Wittmer and Robert P. McGowan PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Public Personnel and Labor Relations; N. Joseph Cayer Managing Public Personnel: A Turn-of-the-Century Perspective; Luther F. Carter and Kenneth D. Kitts FEDERALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management: The Origins, Emergence, and Maturity of Three Concepts Across Two Centuries of Organizing Power by Area and by Function; Deil S. Wright and Carl W. Stenberg Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Theories, Ideas, and Concepts; Dale Krane and Richard H. Leach PUBLIC POLICY Back to Square One: The History and Promise of the Policy Sciences; Peter deLeon and Danielle M. Vogenbeck The Policy Sciences in Critical Perspective;Matthew R. Auer COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Comparative and International Administration;George M. Guess and Vache Gabrielyan Issues in Comparative and International Administration; Ferrel Heady, Bruce Perlman, and Mario Rivera PUBLIC LAW Administrative Law and Regulation;David S. Rosenbloom Five Great Issues in Public Law and Public Administration;Julia Beckett PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PEDAGOGY A History of Pedagogy in Public Administration;Eleanor V. Laudicina Public Administration Pedagogy: What Is It?; Norma M. Riccucci INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Evolution of Information Technology in the Public Sector; James Melitski Strategically Managing Information Technology: Challenges in the e-Gov Era;David Coursey Five Great Ideas in Public Information Technology Literature; Alexei Pavlichev and G. David Garson THE CONDUCT OF INQUIRY A History of the Conduct of Inquiry in Public Administration; Robert K. Whelan Classic Methods in Public Administration Research; Samuel J. Yeager JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION Judicial Administration: Modernizing the Third Branch;Steven W. Hays and James W. Douglas Five Great Issues in Judicial Administration; James A. Gazell POLITICAL ECONOMY The Political Economy of Public Administration;Fred Thompson Some Developments in the Study of Market Choice, Public Choice, and Institutional Choice;Vincent Ostrom PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS A PROFESSION The Public Administration Community and the Search for Professionalism; John J. Gargan Five Great Issues in the Profession of Public Administration; David John Farmer