Updated in a new 7th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides readers with a solid, conceptual foundation in public administration, and contains the latest information on important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty style this book covers the most important issues in public administration using examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This approach captivates readers and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today.

Introducing Public Administration (7th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Shafritz, Jay M.

Borick, Christopher P.

Russell, E.W.

Politics & Government

Pearson

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Updated in its 8th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides readers with a solid, conceptual foundation in public administration, and contains the latest information on important trends in the discipline.Known for their lively and witty writing style, Shafritz, Russell, and Borick cover the most important issues in public administration using examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This approach captivates readers and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today.

Introducing Public Administration

"Now in an extensively revised 10th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook -blending historical accounts with contemporary events discussion examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This approach- using extensive case studies at the end of each chapter encourages students to think critically about the nature, purpose, and public value of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the 10th edition contains a number of critical updates for the field: All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges including social justice, climate change action, smart cities, transforming governmental institutions, and economic responses to the global pandemic. The case studies -many with legal dimensions as well - cover emerging issues and are well-suited for further research by students. Two newly revised chapters by contributing authors to broaden perspectives - One on social equity and justice to cover contemporary challenges in the US, from reform of policing to public administrations response to major social policy equity issues like voting rights and homelessness. The other on public budgeting contrasting government fiscal efforts between two recessions and illuminating how government budgeting works and sometimes not to include a case discussion on the federal government shutdown in 2019 over funding for the border wall Keynotes -at the start of each chapter to help introduce students to historical figures, contemporary dilemmas, and examples of public service in action, including subjects such as diversity and inclusion, marijuana legalization, organizational effects of remote work, and examining scenarios for the future A completely rewritten now concluding chapter on leadership, followership, and leading teams with a discussion of destructive leadership types and a flipped case study on defining what leadership effectiveness is Complete with a fully updated companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructors manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs"--

Hyde, Albert C.

Social Sciences

Routledge

Now in an extensively revised tenth edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook―blending historical accounts with contemporary events―examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. Its approach of using extensive case studies at the end of each chapter encourages students to think critically about the nature, purpose, and public value of public administration today.\nRefreshed and revised throughout, the tenth edition contains a number of critical updates for the field: All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges, including social justice, climate change action, smart cities, transforming governmental institutions, and economic responses to the global pandemic. The case studies―many with legal dimensions as well―cover emerging issues and are well suited for further research by students. Two chapters by contributing authors on 1) Social equity and justice, covering contemporary challenges in the US, from police reform to voting rights and homelessness, and 2) Public budgeting, contrasting government fiscal efforts between two recessions, illuminating successes and failures with a case study on the federal government shutdown in 2019 over border wall funding. Keynotes at the start of each chapter to help introduce students to historical figures, contemporary dilemmas, and examples of public service in action, including subjects such as diversity and inclusion, marijuana legalization, organizational effects of remote work, and examining scenarios for the future. A completely rewritten concluding chapter on leadership, followership, and leading teams with a discussion of destructive leadership types and a flipped case study on defining what leadership effectiveness is. 
Complete with a fully updated companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor’s manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives, and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

Writing the perfect complement to their bestseller, Introducing Public Administration, Shafritz and Borick highlight the great drama inherent in public policy -- and the ingenuity of its makers and administrators -- in this new casebook that brings thrilling, true life adventures in public administration to life in an engaging, witty style. Drawing on a unique assortment of literary, historic, and modern examples, Cases in Public Policy and Administration exposes students to public administration in practice by telling the tales of: <ul>
<li>How Thurgood Marshall led the legal fight for civil rights and made it possible for Barack Obama to become president</li> <li>How the ideas of an academic economist and a famous novelist led to the recession that started in 2008</li> <li>How Al Gore really deserves just a little bit of credit for inventing the Internet</li> <li>How the decision was made by President Harry Truman to drop the first atomic bomb on Japan in order to end World War II</li> <li>How the current American welfare state was inspired by a German chancellor</li> <li>How a Nazi war criminal inadvertently provided the world with a lesson in bureaucratic ethics </li> <li>How Napoleon Bonaparte encouraged the job of chief of staff to escape from the military and live in contemporary civilian offices</li> <li>How an obscure state department bureaucrat wrote the policy of containment that allowed the United States to win the Cold War with the Soviet Union </li> <li>How Dwight D. Eisenhower was started on the road to the presidency by a mentor he found in the Panamanian rain forest</li> <li>How Florence Nightingale gathered statistics during the Crimean War that helped lead to contemporary program evaluation.</li>
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Cases in Public Policy and Administration: From Ancient Times to the Present

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This unique approach captivates students and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the 9th edition contains a number of imporant updates: <ul>
<li>An examination of the effect of the Barack Obama administration on the discipline, especially economic and financial management and budgetary policy, allowing students to apply the theories and concepts in the text to recent US government practice.</li> <li>An exploration of the 2008 economic meltdown and its consequences for the regulation of financial markets, cut-back management, and social equity, providing students with a critical look at the recent changes in the global economy.</li> <li>All-new images, international examples, keynotes, and case studies have been incorporated to reflect the diversity of public servants throughout history. Case studies correspond to those in optional companion book Cases in Public Policy and Administration to offer clear discussion points and seamless learning with the two books side by side.</li> <li>New sections on careers in public service, whistleblowing and public employee dissent, networks and collaboration across organizations, social innovation, managerialism and productivity improvement, Big Data and cloud computing, collaboration and civic engagement, and evidence-based policy and management.</li>
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Complete with a companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor's manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

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Introducing Public Administration (7th Edition)

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Introducing Public Administration

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Introducing Public Administration

Cases in Public Policy and Administration: From Ancient Times to the Present

Introducing Public Administration

Introducing Public Administration