Public Administration

Description

Offering strategies for a new generation of administrative systems, this book explores the impact of recent managerial reforms and shifting societal values on the stability, legitimacy, and progress of democratic governments. The chapters highlight innovations in consumer communication management and marketing, evolving methods of policy planning, formation, and implementation, and the role of high-information/high-technology in public agencies. Providing insight into the changing environment present in most governing structures, the book covers ethical dilemmas in public service, the definition of work for public sector employees, and population behavior during mass disasters.

Contents

The Legacy of Public Administration: Background and Review, E. Vigoda

POLITICS AND POLICY ANALYSIS: PLAYERS AND INTERESTS IN THE GOVERNING PROCESS

Economic Versus Social Values and Other Dilemmas in Policy Making, I. Sharkansky

Toward More Democratic Governance: Modernizing the Administrative State in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, G.E. Caiden and N.J. Caiden

Accountability in New Public Management: An Elusive Phenomenon? R. Schwartz

Governing in a Market Era: Alternative Models of Governing, B.G. Peters

The Quest for Collaboration: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Public Administration, E. Vigoda and E. Gilboa

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS: VALUES, ETHICS, AND INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

The Meaning of Work for Public-Sector Versus Private-Sector Employees, R. Snir and I. Harpaz

New Ethical Challenges Under the New Reform Movements in the Public Administration Sector, R. Amado

Public Administration-The New Generation: Management in High-Information-Level Societies, L.K. Caldwell

The Digitized Health Service: A Theoretical Framework for Public Administration, U.E. Gattiker and I.M. Giversen

Can Competition Transform Public Organizations? European Attempts to Revitalize Hospitals Through Market Mechanisms, M.I. Harrison

ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL ANALYSIS: A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Some Organizational Learning About Change: Effective and Timely Change Are Not Oxymoronic in the Public Sector, R.T. Golembiewski and C. Miller

The Organization of Chaos: The Structure of Disaster Management, A. Kirschenbaum

Consumer Communications Management and Public Administration: A View from the Business Bridge, M. Davidow

Toward Comprehensive Reform of Israel's Education System, A. Globerson and R. Ben-Yshai

SYNTHESIS AND SUMMARY: CURRENT TRENDS AND THE WAY FORWARD

Public Management and Governance: Emerging Trends and Potential Future Directions, T. Bovaird

Index

Related Subjects

1. Fundamentals & General Reference
2. Public Administration & Management