Public Administration and Public Affairs

Nicholas Henry is Professor at Georgia Southern University, USA.

Part I: In Defense of Governing Well
Chapter 1: Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy
Chapter 2 Paradigms of Public Administration
 
Part II: Public and Nonprofit Organizations 
Chapter 3 The Threads of Organization: Theories 
Chapter 4 The Fabric of Organizations: Forces
Chapter 5 The Fibres of Organizations: People 
 
Part III: Public Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency
Chapter 6 Clarifying Complexity: The Public’s Information Resource
Chapter 7 The Constant Quest: Efficient and Effective Governance
Chapter 8 The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments
Chapter 9 Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors


Part IV: Implementing Public Policy 
Chapter 10 Understanding and Improving Public Policy
Chapter 11 Intersectoral Administration
Chapter 12 Intergovernmental Administration
Chapter 13 Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic


Appendix: Becoming a Public or Nonprofit Administrator