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Ott, J. Steven, Russell, E.W., Introduction to Public Administration: A Book of Readings*\Grounded in the assumptions that public administration is more than the application of business administration tools to the management of government agencies and that values and ethics are central to all aspects of public administration, this unique new reader examines the nature, scope, structures, functions, and challenges facing public administration at the turn of the 21st century. Five current trends are woven throughout appropriate chapters: globalization; the impact of new information technology; the movement of decisions to lower levels of government (devolution) and down through government hierarchies (empowerment); the delivery of government services by private sector organizations; and the opportunities and challenges of diversity. For those interested in public administration. ... Read more

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Public health has undergone enormous change in recent years the growing epidemics of obesity and diabetes; the events of September 11, 2001; devastating natural disasters such as the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina; and the threats of emerging infectious diseases have redefined the field, making the role of the public health administrator more important than ever before.With contributions from top leaders in areas ranging from workforce to community-based prevention to emergency preparedness, the second edition of Public Health Administration offers detailed, comprehensive coverage of current, relevant issues for new as well as seasoned public health administrators.The second edition has been thoroughly revised and features:A new chapter on the emerging field of public health systems research.A new chapter on ethics in public health. A new emphasis on preparedness at both the global and national levels throughout all chapters. A thoroughly revised chapter on disaster preparedness and response, with extensive references to the lessons learned from the events of 9/11, the 2004 tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina. New sections on planning for emerging disease. A new section on strategic planning for community health improvement and the use of MAPP Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership. Extensive updates to the chapter on using information systems to reflect the most recent technology innovations. A new section focusing on cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of public health interventions. The findings and recommendations of the Institute of Medicine s seminal report, The Future of the Public s Health in the 21st Century incorporated throughout. Updated information on the progress of Healthy People 2010 woven throughout. Updates on trends in local health organization are defined including regionalization and the new definition and standards for a local health department. New information of major changes in organization of health a ... Read more

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Public health administration
My first look at the size of the book scared me. However as there is a saying that do not judge a book by its cover, I think we should also not judge a book by its size. I thought the book presented the details of Public health administration in a simple yet comprehensive manner! It was definitely worth the buy!

Public Health Student- great review
Great price and great service. The textbook arrived earlier than I anticipated.Will definitely use them again.The text was very informative but brief.Gives an overview of many topics.

Stimulating and enjoyable read
Novick, Morrow, and Mayscollaborated very well in writing this text.The material was comprehensive, detailed, and current. The publish date is 2008, so many of the examples cited throughout the book are situations that I am experiencing in the health care field today, or have recently read about in the media. This somehow allows for a stronger foundation of understanding for the materials presented by the authors.I enjoyed reading this text, and plan on using it as a reference in the future.

Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management
This text by authors Novick and Mays is a must-read for public and community health graduate students or professionals. It contains a "wealth" of pertinent and current information in a user-friendly manner. It should be considered a classic reference text as it provides a foundation ofinformation in a global or well-rounded manner.

I look forward to further subsequent texts offered by these authors. My summer was spent reading this text, this was a truly Splendid reading experience...

Public Health
I had to use this book for my online course. Although the information was helpful, I found the chapters to be lengthy and sometimes difficult to read. If the book is required for your class, then I say buy it. Otherwise you may not look twice at it. ... Read more

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Local government managers face increased demands for data and data analysis in recent years. Numerous constituents and elected officials look to the manager to understand, analyze, and explain large amounts of data to make good decisions. Yet, many managers do not have an extensive background in the examination and analysis of data. Even if they took a formal course in statistics as an MPA student, new problems involving data arise frequently, resulting in the need for a refresher and reference. There is no other publication aimed at explaining statistics to a local government audience. While there are other publications with the purpose of simplifying statistics for a broad audience, the use of specific government examples and problems make the information presented in this book concrete and applied for the local government audience. Local government managers and department heads will have an accessible, hands-on guide to basic statistical analysis with an emphasis on the unique needs for data analysis and presentation that arise in local government. The book will serve as a tool for self-study as well as a reference guide. ... Read more

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The third edition of this highly respected textbook introduces students of public administration to the practical issues of administrative law. While useful to law school students, it is most relevant to public management students. The presentation provides a concise foundation to the history and theory of administrative law, rule making, and judicial decisions. The most important issues in administrative law are included--meaningful issues for present and future administrators. A larger number of recent cases and other up-to-date information will be found in the book in order to make the student aware of the kinds of legal problems likely to be encountered in public agencies. ... Read more

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In recent years there has been a transformation in the management of the public sector. The rigid, bureaucratic form of public administration which dominated for most of the 20th century has been replaced by a flexible, market-based form of public management. Public Management and Administration introduces and assesses the principles and theories underlying changes in the management of the public sector. Systematically revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this highly successful text includes an entirely new chapter on the impact of e-governance and expanded coverage of financial and performance management.
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Combining insights from traditional thought and practice and from contemporary political analysis, Madison's Managers presents a constitutional theory of public administration in the United States. Anthony Michael Bertelli and Laurence E. Lynn Jr. contend that managerial responsibility in American government depends on official respect for the separation of powers and a commitment to judgment, balance, rationality, and accountability in managerial practice.

The authors argue that public management -- administration by unelected officials of public agencies and activities based on authority delegated to them by policymakers -- derives from the principles of American constitutionalism, articulated most clearly by James Madison. Public management is, they argue, a constitutional institution necessary to successful governance under the separation of powers. To support their argument, Bertelli and Lynn combine two intellectual traditions often regarded as antagonistic: modern political economy, which regards public administration as controlled through bargaining among the separate powers and organized interests, and traditional public administration, which emphasizes the responsible implementation of policies established by legislatures and elected executives while respecting the procedural and substantive rights enforced by the courts. These literatures are mutually reinforcing, the authors argue, because both feature the role of constitutional principles in public management.

Madison's Managers challenges public management scholars and professionals to recognize that the legitimacy and future of public administration depend on its constitutional foundations and their specific implications for managerial practice.

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The logic of research in public administration, argues White, may be more like that of storytelling than of conventional social science research. In this text, he examines the linguistic, discursive and narrative foundations of public administration research and develops a narrative theory of knowledge development and use for the field. White builds his case for this narrative theory by showing how research on complex problems is grounded in language and discourse. He then explains how a variety of developments in philosophy and the humanities - positivism, postpositivism, hermeneutics, critical and legal theory, postmodernism and poststructuralism - can contribute to our understanding of public administration research. ... Read more

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Presenting public administration as an integrated process, this text offers a thematic overview of the fundamental issues of public administration. It interprets the field in the light of the contrast between its reality and the unreal expectations that society has of public organizations. ... Read more

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Describing new techniques and novel applications, Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the increased complexity of problems in government and non-profit organizations with ever-more rigorous and systematic research. It presents detailed information on conceptualizing, planning, and implementing research projects involving a wide variety of available methodologies. Providing a reference of systematic research methods, this second edition explains how these techniques aid in understanding traditional issues, and reveals how they might be applied to answer emerging theoretical and practical questions.

Following a linear, logical organization, this handbook meets systematic goals and objectives through eight groups of chapters. The first group explains the logic of inquiry and the practical problems of locating existing research. The second group deals with research design and the third examines pitfalls in measurement and data collection. The authors give practical, considered advice in the fourth section to anticipate and solve data management problems. They include numerous illustrations to supplement two separate sections devoted to basic and advanced quantitative analysis. The seventh section covers unique analytical techniques used to gain insight specific to the non-market sector’s knotty problems. The final section addresses the impact of research and describes how to overcome illusive, tricky, and sizeable barriers to influence other researchers, decision makers, foundations, and grant making institutions.

With a comprehensive survey of research methods and an examination of their practical and theoretical application in the past, present, and future, Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition gives you the tools to make informed decisions. ... Read more

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The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences.Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems.

Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. The handbook considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book-

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Contract management is a critical skill for all contemporary public managers. As more government duties are contracted out, managers must learn to coordinate and measure the performance of private contractors, and to write contract requirements and elicit bids that obtain important services and products at the best possible price and quality. They must also learn to work in teams that include both public and private sector partners."The Responsible Contract Manager" delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while maintaining their private character. Government contract managers have a unique burden because they must develop practices that ensure the production advantages of networked organizations and the transparency and accountability required of the public sector."The Responsible Contract Manager" fills a major gap in public management literature by providing a clear and practical introduction to the best practices of contract management and also includes a discussion of issues of public ethics, governance and representation theory. It is an essential guide for all public management scholars and is especially useful for students in MPA graduate programs and related fields. ... Read more

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This book is unique in its exclusive and comprehensive focus on the management of public funds. The book emphasizes defining terms, framing concepts, and examines common controversies in the field.The authors begin with a broad introduction to public finance administration. They then cover topics such as: revenue and expenditure; managing cash flow; capital budgets; and the financial components of human resource management. With its unique focus on the management of public funds, the book fills a need for courses in public finance administration by providing a public administration-based approach. ... Read more

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I was intially a little concerned when I paid for a 2-day shipping upgrade and the estimated delivery date was 2 weeks.But, my fears dissolved when it arrived before I needed it - and in better condition than expected!The book itself is a great introduction to anyone interested in public finance administration.Highly recommended!

Fast delivery
I was very happy with the fast delivery and the condition of the book was very good.

Perfect
This is a perfect book, in great condition. Thanks for the speediness in sending the book.

Making Finance Make Sense
Most material dealing with public finance or budgeting delivers more drudgery than useful information.Reed and Swain cut through buzz words and cliches--their writng provides detailed explanation without confusingthe reader, offering a better understanding of how money moves in thepublic sector.I definitely recommend starting with this book before yougo anywhere else. ... Read more

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Providing an almost 50% increase in material, this supplement documents the latest trends in public administration, public policy, policy analysis, public finance, management, social psychology, political science, economics, and sociology-offering an abundance of up-to-date articles for the scholar and practitioner alike, as well as providing a wealth of information for further research on the topic. ... Read more

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late shipment
I paid almost $18 for one day shipping and did not receive the product until about a week later. This was a very big inconvenience for me. ... Read more

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Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century lays the ethical foundations for a uniform professional code of ethics for public administrators, civil servants, and non-profit administrators in the US. Martinez synthesizes five disparate schools of ethical thought as to how public administrators can come to know the good and behave in ways that advance the values of citizenship, equity, and public interest within their respective organizations. Using case studies, he teaches American administrators how to combine the approaches of all five schools to evaluate and resolve complex ethical dilemmas within the constraints of the U.S. democratic values set.

Martinez enunciates the common ethical principles that guide public administrators in their practice within the specific ethical parameters and organizational cultures of a myriad entities at the federal, state, and local levels of government in the United States, as well as in non-profit organizations. Along the way, Martinez addresses a number of crucial issues, including personal gain, conflict of interest, transparency, democratic impartiality, hiring, hierarchical discipline, media relations, partisan pressure, appointments by elected officials, and whistle-blowing. The striking, high-profile case studies—Nathan Bedford Forrest, Adolph Eichmann, Lieutenant William Calley, and Mary Ann Wright—illustrate ethical dilemmas where, for better or worse, the individual was at odds with the organization.

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This book uses a transactions cost approach to explain the key institutional characteristics across the public sector.It defines the distinctive governance, financing and employment arrangements that characterize the common forms of public sector organization: the regulatory commission, the executive tax-financed bureau and the state-owned enterprise.It suggests why these forms are used to perform different administrative functions, and why legislators often leave very important decisions to be resolved at the administrative level. ... Read more

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Transaction cost theory and public administration
Transaction cost theory has been applied to public administration sinceearly 1980s. However, most of these researches are not very sucessful, thusmaking many public administration theorists suspect the promises of usingtransaction cost theory to public administration. It is at this criticalpoint that Horn prove to us that transaction cost theory is an attractivetheory for public administration research. The Horn model isconcentrated on the legislature institutional choices. To him,institutional choices of the legislature will be affected by varioustransaction costs, and the legislature must trade-off among thesetransaction costs. It is obvious that the Horn model had followed theWilliamsonian transaction cost theory rather than North's perspective oftransaction cost theory. However, different from other theorists usingWilliamsonian transaction cost theory to public administration, Horn hadnot limited himself to the narrowing category of Market and Hierarchy.In sum, this Horn model combined recent work of Williamson (Private andpublic bureaucracy: perspective of transaction cost theory, 1999)hasconvinced students like me that transaction cost theory is a productiveperspective for public administration research. ... Read more

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Handbook provides a review of, and serves as a guide to, past and present knowledge in the field of public administration. For the teaching, study, and practice of public administration. ... Read more

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Great Company
I ordered the wrong book.I was refunded properly.Great way to do business!!!!

Good for a researcher
The book as an array of topics.I found the articles well written and intresting.The title of "handbook" serves it well. ... Read more

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FISCAL ADMINISTRATION, Eighth Edition, is based on two principles: that students must understand precisely where the money for public budgets comes from; and that, to learn public finance and budgeting, students must "run the numbers." John L. Mikesell--an authority on the revenue side of public finance--gives students detailed instruction to equip them to deal with the complex issues and calculations they will encounter in the field. In most chapters, Mikesell includes questions and exercises that require calculations to get specific answers. Also included are "Cases for Discussion" and "Sidebars" that supplement the regular text with more in-depth treatment of key topics. This new edition includes the budget information from the Obama administration and the latest federal government fiscal data. ... Read more

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Fiscal Admin
Dr. Mikesell brings a clear understanding to fiscal administration. I like how he breaks down information relating to fiscal administration from a federal, state and local perspective.

Very Useful
This was one of two books assigned for the public finance & budget course in my MPP program, along with Schick's book dealing exclusively with the federal budget (I recommend that one too, actually).

Frankly I'm a little stunned by some of these negative reviews, as my experience with this book hasn't matched theirs whatsoever. I think the author does an excellent job of conveying critical concepts about budgeting and budget development. He spends a fair amount of time on budgeting processes and practices at both the federal and subnational levels. The information is readily digestible and easily internalized, which is partly a testament to the book's organization.

It can be a bit long-winded at times, but let's face it, how many textbook authors aren't? If you have little background in budgeting (like me), this is a good book with which to navigate the budgetary waters for the first time. Perhaps the greatest testament I can offer is that the book SIGNIFICANTLY enhanced my appreciation for and ability to engage with the process surrounding President Obama's first budget this past spring.

To the reviewer who complained that the calculations for the exercises were too hard: it's not a math book and nor should it be, simply because, as Mikesell points out, budgeting is more than crunching numbers. It's a political and policy process. Plus - and I mean this seriously - the calculations should be easy for anyone who's had high school algebra. I mean come on already.

Mikesell needs to write more succinctly... please see Lee, Joyce and Johnson.
Public Budgeting Systems by Robert D. Lee, Philip G. Joyce, and Ronald Wayne Johnson is written more clearly... if you have a choice, buy this book.The problem with Mikesell is that he has to write 200 pages (six chapters) to explain the concept of revenues in the budget process.Too many trees were wasted in the development of this book.Lee, Joyce, and Johnson can do this in 40 pages.

The greater majority of my Public Budgeting Systems class at George Mason University feels that the Mikesell book is written in a manner to lull oneself to sleep... the benefit is that one could read the book rather than using drugs to induce sleep.

However, if you are required to purchase the Mikesell book, you should go to the Amazon UK web site and complete your transaction there... you can save yourself about 70 to 80 dollars.

Good book, bad delivery
I didn't get the book until 20 days after delivery. Way too long compared to other services. I got books I ordered the same day, 5 business days after placing the order.

Overall, Impleased with the condition of the book.

Mikesell needs more money, reprints same book with new picture on the cover
Are you looking for this book for your MPA course?Save some money and buy an older edition.They're all the same!!! ... Read more