Public administration : concepts and cases / Richard J. Stillman

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The search for the scope and purpose of public administration
The formal structure: the concept of bureaucracy
The general environment: the concept of ecology
The political environment: the concept of administrative power
Intergovernmental relations (IGR): the concept of opportunistic federalism
Internal dynamics: the concept of the informal group
Key decision makers inside public administration: the concept of competing bureaucratic subsystems
Decision making: the concept of incremental choice
Administrative communication: the concept of its professional centrality
Public management: the concept of collaborative processes
Public personnel motivation: the concept of the public service culture
Public budgeting: the concept of budgeting as political choice
Administrative reorganization: the concept of the tides of reform
The relationship between politics and administration: the concept of issue networks
The relationship between bureaucracy and the public interest: the concept of administrative responsibility
The relationship between ethics and public administration: the concept of competing ethical obligations

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