Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector

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Contents
PART I Introduction: Definitions, Concepts, and Setting
	CHAPTER 1 The Practice and Discipline of Public Administration: Competing Concerns
		Some Definitions
			Emphasizing the Public in Public Administration
				Constitutions / The Public Interest / The Market / Sovereignty
			Regulation and Service
			Managerial, Political, and Legal Approaches
				The Managerial Approach to Public Administration / Traditional Managerial Approach to Public Administration / The New Public Management (NPM) / The Political Approach to Public Administration / The Legal Approach to Public Administration
			Conclusion: Public Administration Reconsidered
			Study Questions 38 / Notes 38 / Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 2 The American Administrative State: Development and Political Environment
		The Rise of the American Administrative State
			The Political Roots of the American Administrative State/ The Legal Origins of American Public Administration / The Managerial Origins of the Contemporary American Administrative State
		Administrative Authority and Responsibility
		Responses to the Rise of the Administrative State
			The President and Public Administration / Congress and the Administrative State / The Courts: A Judicial Response to Modern Public Administration / Interest Groups / The Public / Political Parties
		State and Local Governments
			Conclusion: The Administrative State
				Study Questions
				Notes
				Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 3 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The Structure of the American Administrative State
		Why Federalism? The Political Approach
		Administrative Decentralization: The Managerial Approach
		The Quest for Uniformity: The Legal Approach
		Evolving Models of American Federalism
		American Government: The Building Blocks
		Intergovernmental Relations
			Federal and State Relations and Fiscal Federalism / Interstate Relations / Relationships among Local Governments
		Conclusion: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
		Additional Reading
		Notes
		Study Questions
PART II Core Functions
	CHAPTER 4 Organization: Structure and Process
		Organizations and Organization Theory
		Commonalities in Public Administrative Organization
			Bureaucracy / Scientific Management / The Human Relations Approach / Leadership / Motivation / Contemporary Approaches to Organization Theory
		Managerial Perspectives on Public Organization
		The Political Approach to Public Organization
			Pluralism / Autonomy / The Legislative Connection / Decentralization / A Checklist of Political Questions on Administrative Organization
		The Legal Approach to Public Organization
			Independence / The Commission Format / Insulation from Ex Parte Influences / Independent Hearing Examiners–Administrative Law Judges / Staffing for Adjudication / ADR
		Conclusion: The Future
			Fundamental Assumptions / Democratic Organization / Market-Based Organization
		Study Questions / 194 / Notes 195 / Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 5 Public Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining
		Historical Background
			Public Personnel Administration According to “Gentlemen” / Public Personnel Administration According to “Spoils” / Public Personnel Administration According to “Merit”
		Management, Politics, and Law in Public Personnel Administration
			Civil Service Reform, 1978 / HRM Reform in the 1990s / Homeland Security Act Reforms, 2002
		Managerial Public Personnel Administration
			Position Classification / Recruitment, Selection, and Promotion / Performance Appraisal / Pay / Work Force Planning / Cutbacks / Quality of Work Life (QWL) / Political Neutrality
		The Political Approach to Public Personnel Administration
			Responsiveness / Representativeness
		The Legal Approach to Public Personnel Administration
			The Constitutional Rights of Public Employees and Applicants / The Liability and Immunity of Public Employees
		Collective Bargaining and Labor-Management Partnerships
			Labor-Management Partnerships
		Conclusion: Three Possible Futures for HRM
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 6 Budgeting and Finance
		The Size and Growth of Budgets
			Sources of Revenues / Revenue Evaluation Criteria / Countercyclical Governmental Fiscal Policy / National Debt / Supply-Side Economics
		The Federal Budgetary Process
			Stages in the Budgetary Process / The Distinction Between Authority and Appropriations / The Continuing Saga of the Budget: Execution / Continuing Problem Areas
		A Budget Theory or Theories about Budgeting?
			The Managerial Approach to Public Budgeting / The Political Approach to Public Budgeting / The Legal Influence on Budgeting
		Conclusion: The Search for a Synthesis
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 7 Decision Making
		The Traditional Managerial Approach to Decision Making
			Specialization / Hierarchy / Formalization / Merit / The Rational-Comprehensive Model / Critique of the Rational-Comprehensive Model
		The New Public Management and Decision Making
			Market Criteria / Employee Empowerment
		The Political Approach to Decision Making: The Incremental Model
			A Critique of the Incremental Model
		The Legal Approach to Decision Making
			Critique of Adjudication as a Decision-Making Model
		The Case of Benzene in the Workplace
		Organizational Context and Accountability for Decisions: Inside the “Garbage Can”
		Conclusion: Synthesizing Decision-Making Approaches
			What to Avoid / Impact of Information Technology (IT)
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
PART III The Convergence of Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector
	CHAPTER 8 Policy Analysis and Implementation Evaluation
		The Growing Concern with Policy Analysis
		Approaches to Analyzing Public Policy
			Outcome Analysis / Process Analysis and Implementation Studies
		Implementation Evaluation
		Managerial Perspectives on Implementation
			Traditional Management / The New Public Management / Monitoring and Measuring Performance
		The Political Perspective on Implementation
			Representation / Responsiveness / Accountability
		The Legal Perspective on Implementation
			Constitutional Integrity / Equal Protection / Procedural Due Process and Protection of Individual Rights / Estoppel
		Using Analysis and Evaluation
		Conclusion: The Complexity of Policy Design
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 9 Regulatory Administration: An Illustration of Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector
		The Development and Growth of Regulatory Administration
			Political Patterns / Social Factors
		The Structure and Process of Regulatory Administration
		Common Criticisms of Regulatory Administration
			Regulation Is Expensive / Regulation Dampens Economic Performance / Regulation Produces Delay, Extravagant Red Tape, and Paperwork / Incompetence and Impropriety / Overinclusiveness of Regulation / Determining Success
		Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
		Perspectives Toward Regulatory Administration
			The Traditional Managerial Perspective / The New Public Management Approach to Regulation / The Political Approach to Regulatory Administration / The Legal Approach to Regulatory Administration
		Conclusion: Synthesizing Approaches Toward Regulatory Administration
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
PART IV Public Administration and the Public
	CHAPTER 10 Public Administration and the Public
		The Public’s Interaction with Public Administration
		The Individual in the Administrative State
			The Individual in Society / The Individual in the Political System / The Individual in the Economy
		The Public’s Evaluation of Public Administration
			Clients and Customers Are Satisfied / Regulation Is Opposed / Contractors Are Conflicted / A Look at Typical Government Services
		Public Administrative Perspectives on the Public
			The Traditional Managerial Approach to the Public / The New Public Management Approach to the Public / The Political Approach to the Public / The Legal Approach to the Public
		Conclusion: Putting the Public Back in Public Administration
		Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 11 Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism
		Why Public Administrators Must Understand the Constitution
		Administrative Structure and Constitutional Structure
		Constitutional Values
			Legitimacy / Diversity Among the Citizenry / Freedom and Liberty / Property Rights / Procedural Due Process / Equal Protection / Individuality / Fourth Amendment Privacy Rights / Equity / State Action
		Conclusion: An Ongoing Partnership
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 12 Accountability and Ethics
		Why the Guardians Need Guarding
			Misconception of the Public Interest / Corruption / Subversion
		Why It Is Difficult to Guard the Guardians
		Perspectives on Accountability and Ethics
			The Traditional Managerial Perspective / The New Public Management / The Political Perspective / The Legal Perspective
		Conclusion: Personal Responsibility
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
	CHAPTER 13 The Future
		Complexity Is Here to Stay
		Dominant Public Administration Will Be Defined by Politics
		Law Will Continue to Be Central to Public Administration
		Performance
		Disaggregation of Public Administration
		Decomposition of the Civil Service
		The Changing Face of Management
		Personal Responsibility
		Conclusion: A New Administrative Culture
		Study Questions
		Notes
		Additional Reading
Glossary
Credits
Index