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Summary
Public administration as a field of study and practice is a dynamic enterprise whose modern history extends more than 100 years in the United States. The State of Public Administration focuses on the problems, issues, and challenges confronting public administration, noting trends and practices that define the field's past, present, and future. Each chapter addresses the following questions:
Author Biography
Donald C. Menzel (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is President of Ethics Management International and emeritus professor of Public Administration, Northern Illinois University. He served as the 2005-6 President of the American Society for Public Administration. He is the author of Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies and Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Building Organizations of Integrity (M.E. Sharpe, 2007). Harvey L. White (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Director of the Roscoe Robinson Initiative for Diversity and Public Service and Associate Professor of Public and Urban Affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. White is an accomplished scholar, experienced administrator, and distinguished public service professional. In 2007-8 he served as President of the American Society for Public Administration.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Public Administration Theory: Which Side Are You On? | p. 3 |
| The Profession | p. 23 |
| The Profession of Public Administration: Promise, Problems, and Prospects | p. 25 |
| Public Service Professionals: The Legacy of Florence Nightingale, Mary Livermore, and Jane Addams | p. 36 |
| Professional Associations and Public Administration: Making a Difference? | p. 54 |
| Accreditation and Competencies in Education for Leadership in Public Service | p. 70 |
| Changing Dynamics of Administrative Leadership | p. 89 |
| Ethics and Integrity in Public Service: Issues and Challenges | p. 108 |
| Public Management Issues | p. 125 |
| Human Resources Management: Current and Future Challenges | p. 127 |
| New Directions in Public Budgeting | p. 142 |
| The Proxy-Partnership Governance Continuum: Implications for Nonprofit Management | p. 156 |
| The Pursuit of Accountability: Promises, Problems, and Prospects | p. 171 |
| Technology and Public Management Information Systems: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going | p. 187 |
| Emergency and Crisis Management: Practice, Theory, and Profession | p. 204 |
| Networking and Partnerships | p. 219 |
| Federal Contracting: Government's Dependency on Private Contractors | p. 221 |
| Citizen-Driven Administration: Civic Engagement in the United States | p. 238 |
| Network Theory and Practice in Public Administration: Designing Resilience for Metropolitan Regions | p. 257 |
| Collaborative Public Agencies in the Network Era | p. 272 |
| Governance and Reform | p. 295 |
| Historic Relevance Confronting Contemporary Obsolescence? Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management | p. 297 |
| Neglected Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism | p. 316 |
| Politics, Bureaucratic Dynamics, and Public Policy | p. 335 |
| Civil Service Reform: Past as Prologue? | p. 351 |
| Public Administration's Legal Dimensions: Three Models | p. 368 |
| Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Issues and Challenges | p. 388 |
| International and Global Challenges | p. 407 |
| New Public Management: Lessons from Abroad | p. 409 |
| Governance: Issues in Concept and Practice | p. 424 |
| Development Management: Renewal and Discovery in the Twenty-first Century | p. 439 |
| The Crisis of Public Administration Theory in a Postglobal World | p. 453 |
| Name Index | p. 465 |
| Subject Index | p. 481 |
| About the Editors and Contributors | p. 497 |
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