Public Administration and Public Affairs

Preface



Acknowledgments

Part I: Paradigms of Public Administration

Do We Need Government?

What Is Good Government?

Chapter 1 Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy An

An Unpromising Precis

A Culture of Constraint

Infernal Vernon: A Case of Unconstrained Public Administration

The Paradoxical Power of the Public Administrator

Noetic Authority: The Base of Bureaucratic Power

Chapter 2 Public Administration's Century in a Quandary

The Beginning

Paradigm 1: The Politics/Administration Dichotomy, 1900-1926

Paradigm 2: The Principles of Administration, 1927-1937

The Challenge, 1938-1950

Paradigm 3: Public Administration as Political Science, 1950-1970

Paradigm 4: Public Administration as Management, 1956-1970

The Forces of Separatism, 1965-1970

Public Administration as Neither Management Nor Political Science

Paradigm 5: Public Administration as Public Administration: 1970-Present

Paradigm 6: Governance, 1990-Present

Pubilc Administration, Happy at Last



Part II: Public Organizations



Chapter 3 The Threads of Organization: Theories

The Closed Model of Organizations

The Open Model of Organizations

Closed or Open Organizations?

The Closed and Open Models: The Essential Differences

Conjoining Opposites: The Drive to Reduce Uncertainty

Are Public Organizations Different?



Chapter 4 The Fabric of Organizations: Forces

Assessing Organizational Worth

Organizational Knowledge

Decision Making in Organizations

A Monumental Map Mess in Georgia

Administration in Organization

Limited Change: The Impact of Technology and People on the Public Organization

Deep Change: The Impact of the Environment on the Public Organization



Chapter 5 The Fibers of Organizations: People

Why Work for the People?

The Behavioral Bureaucrat

Growing into the Organization

Getting Ahead

Organizational Politics

What is Leadership

Learning Leadership: The Evolution of a Theory

Leading the Public Organization



Part III: Public Management



Chapter 6 Clarifying Complexity: The Public's Information Resource

Privacy versus Policy: The Particular Problem of the Public Computer

A Case of Unmatched Failure

The Crusade for Secure Data

Knowledge Management: Managing the Public's Information Resource

E-Gov: Lean, Seen, and Clean Government

Best Practices for Knowledge Management

The Information Resource and the Future of Governance



Chapter 7 Public Productivity: Corruption's Consequence

Comprehending Corruption

Understanding Public Productivity

The Evolution of Public Productivity

Katrina, Crisis, and Collapse

Measuring Public Performance

Permutations and Practices of Performance Measurement

Evaluating Public Programs

Public Program Evaluation in Practice

Using Public Program Evaluations



Chapter 8 The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments

Public Finance: Paying for Public Policy

Taxing Times

The Federal Government and the National Economy

A Founder on Debt

Public Budgeting: Spending for Public Policy

Line-Item Budgeting, 1916-1939

Program/Performance Budgeting, 1940-1964

Planning-Programming-Budgeting, 1965-1971

Budgeting-by-Objectives, 1972-1977

Zero Base Budgeting, 1977-1980

Target Base Budgeting, 1981-Present

Budgeting for Results, 1993-Present

Old Budgeting Systems Never Die...

Acquiring Budgets: Agencies and Arguments

Legislating Budgets



Chapter 9 Managing Human Resources in the Public Sector

Who Wants to Work for Government?

The Evolution of Public Human Capital Management

The Civil Service System: The Meaning of Merit

The Slippage of the Civil Service System

The Collective System: Blue-Collar Bureaucrats

The Political Executive System: Politics in Administration

Specialized Public Professional Systems: The Person Over the Position

The Professional Public Administration System: Embracing the Professions of Politics and Management

Federal Human Capital: A Question of Competence

Race, Sex, and Jobs: The Challenge of Affirmative Action



Part IV: Implementing Public Policy



Chapter 10 Understanding and Improving Public Policy

Public POlicy Analysis: A Brief History

The Incrementalist Paradigm of Public Policymaking

The Rationalist Paradigm of Public Policymaking

The Strategic Planning Paradigm of Public Policymaking

Truly Universal Strategic Planning



Chapter 11 Intersectoral Administration

Collaboration and Privatization

Federal Privatization

Privatizing in the States

Privatizing by Local Governments

Is Business Better? The Case for Competition

Practical Privatization: Lessons Learned



The Businesses of Governments

The Independent Sector: Experiences in Interdependence

A Case of Independent Governance: Neighborhoods Renascent

Impllementation by Individuals: Volunteers and Vouchers



Chapter 12 Intergovernmental Administration

The Evolution of Intergovernmental Administration

Fiscal Federalism

Regulatory Federalism

Money, Mandates, and Washington: What Now?

Federalism among Equals: The States

Intergovernmental Administration in the States

Intergovernmental Administration among Local Governments

A Load of Local Governments: Definitions, Scope, Services, Revenue Sources, Government, and Forms of Government for Counties, Municipalities, Townships, School Districts, and Special Districts

Place, People, and Power: The Puzzle of Metropolitan Governance



Chapter 13 Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic

Codes and Commissions: The Rise of Public Sector Ethics

Practicing Ethical Public Administration

Do Morals Matter?

Bureaucracy's Bane: Determining the Public Interest

Can Normative Theory Help? Four Philosophies of the Public Interest

The Passion of Public Administration

Big Bureaucracy, Big Decisions



Appendix A: Information Sources, Journals, and Organizations in Public and Nonprofit Administration by Specialization

Budgeting and Finance

Criminal Justice

Ethics

Federal Government

Human Resource Management

Independent Sector

Information Resource Management

Intergovernmental Administration

Local Government

Minority and Gender Affairs

Planning

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement

State Government

Welfare, Health, and Public Safety



Appendix B: Annotated Information Sources in Public Administration and Related Fields



Appendix C: Selected Annotated Journals Relevant to Public and Nonprofit Administration



Appendix D: Selected Academic, Professional, and Public-Interest Organizations with Web Sites and Descriptions



Appendix E: Correct Forms of Address for Public Officials



Appendix F: Becoming a Public or Nonprofit Administrator

How Many Job? How Much Pay?

Preparing for a Position: Education, Resumes, Networking, and Interning

Finding a Position

The Application

The Interview



Appendix G: American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics



Index