TY - BOOK AU - Rosenbloom,David H. AU - Kravchuck,Robert AU - Rosenbloom,Deborah D. TI - Public administration: understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector SN - 0072401923 [paperback] PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Public administration KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Preface to the fifth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the first edition -- Part one Introduction: definitions, concepts, and setting -- 1 The practice and discipline of public administration: Competing concerns -- 2 The american administrative state: Development and political environment -- 3 Federalism and intergovernmental relations: The structure of the american administrative state -- Part two Core functions 4 Organization: Structure and process -- 5 Public personnel administration and collective bargaining -- 6 Budgeting and finance -- 7 Decision making -- 8 Policy analysis and implementation evaluation -- Part three the convergence of management, politics, and law in the public sector: An illustration -- 9 Regulatory administration: An illustration of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Part four Public administration and the public -- 10 Public administration and the public -- 11 Public administration and democratic constitutionalism -- 12 Accountability and ethics -- 13 The future -- Glossary -- Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh021/2001030655.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh021/2001030655.html ER -