Explains and analyzes public administration from the point of view of management, politics, and law.

The seventh edition of "Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector" grounds students in the fundamentals of public administration while embracing its complexity through multiple sets of values that affect administrative management of the American state. This cutting-edge new edition explains and analyzes public administration from the point of view of three well-established perspectives: management, politics, and law.

Preface to the Seventh EditionPreface to the First Edition Part I. Introduction: Definitions, Concepts, and Setting
Chapter 1: The Practice and Discipline of Public Administration: Competing Concerns
Chapter 2: The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment
Chapter 3: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The Structure of the American Administrative State
Part II. Core Functions
Chapter 4: Organization: Structure and Process
Chapter 5: Public Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 6: Budgeting and the Public Finances
Chapter 7: Decision Making
Part III. The Convergence of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector Chapter 8: Policy Analysis and Implementation Evaluation Chapter 9: Regulatory Administration: An Illustration of Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector Part 4. Public Administration and the Public
Chapter 10: Public Administration and the Public
Chapter 11: Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism
Chapter 12: Accountability and Ethics
Chapter 13: The Future Glossary Credits Index