Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the world, the Second Edition explores the current state-of-the-art in academic thinking and the current structures and processes for the administration of public policy.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Introduction: The Role of Public Administration in Governing - B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
• Section 1 Public Management: Old and New
• Introduction Hal G. Rainey
• 2 Public Management - Laurence E. Lynn, Jr
• 3 Measuring Public Sector Performance and Effectiveness - Carolyn J. Heinrich
• 4 Strategic Planning and Management - John M. Bryson
• Section 2 Human Resource Management
• Introduction Patricia W. Ingraham
• 5 Comparative Performance Pay - Michael Katula and James L. Perry
• 6 Innovations and Global Trends in Human Resource Management Practices - Sally Coleman Selden
• 7 Pay and Perquisites for Government Executives - Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen
• 8 Labor-Management Relations and Partnerships: Were They Reinvented? - James R. Thompson
• 9 Leadership and the Senior Service from a Comparative Perspective - John Halligan
• Section 3 Organization Theory and Public Administration
• Introduction Tom Christensen
• 10 How Bureaucratic Structure Matters: An Organizational Perspective - Morten Egeberg
• 11 Institutional Theories and Public Institutions: Traditions and Appropriateness - Jean-Claude Thoenig
• 12 Formal Theory and Public Administration - Jack H. Knott and and Thomas H. Hammond
• 13 Environmental Perspectives on Public Institutions - Karen M. Hult
• Section 4 Administrative History
• Introduction Jos C.N. Raadschelders
• 14 Administrative State and Society: A Case Study of the United States of America - Larry S. Luton
• 15 Administrative Traditions in Western Europe - Fabio Rugge
• 16 South Asian and Western Administrative Experience: The Past in the Present - James Warner Björkman
• Section 5 Implementation
• Introduction Søren C. Winter
• 17 Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration - Søren C. Winter
• 18 Policy Design and Implementation - Peter J. May
• 19 Interorganizational Relations in Implementation - Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr
• 20 Street-Level Bureaucrats and the Implementation of Public Policy - Marcia K. Meyers and and Susan Vorsanger
• Section 6 Law and Administration
• Introduction Gavin Drewry
• 21 The Continental System of Administrative Legality - Jacques Ziller
• 22 Administrative Law in the Anglo-American Tradition - Paul Craig
• 23 The Limits of Law: Can Laws Regulate Public Administration? - David Feldman
• Section 7 Politics and Administration
• Introduction Nicole de Montricher
• 24 Public Organizations and Public Policies - Gary C. Bryner
• 25 Politicization of the Civil Service - Luc Rouban
• 26 Interest Groups and Public Organizations in Europe - Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galès
• Section 8 Administration and Society
• Introduction Bo Rothstein
• 27 Political Legitimacy for Public Administration - Bo Rothstein
• 28 Representative Bureaucracy - Lois R. Wise
• 29 Street-Level Bureaucracy and Public Policy - Steven Rathgeb Smith
• 30 Electronic Government: A Revolution in Public Administration? - Helen Margetts
• Section 9 Budgeting and Finance
• Introduction Frans K.M. van Nispen
• 31 Critical Choices for Design and Operation of Public Revenue Systems - John L. Mikesell
• 32 Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Policy - Mark Hallerberg
• 33 Performance Information and Budgeting in Historical and Comparative Perspective - Rita M. Hilton and Philip G. Joyce
• 34 Accrual Budgeting in a Comparative Perspective - Leonard Kok
• Section 10 Comparative and International Public Administration
• Introduction Edward C. Page
• 35 Comparative Public Administration: From General Theory to General Frameworks - Marleen Brans
• 36 International Organizations and Domestic Administrative Reform - Dionyssis G Dimitrakopoulos and Argyris G Passas
• 37 Administrative Patterns and National Politics - Martin Lodge
• Section 11 Administrative Reform
• Introduction Theo A.J. Toonen
• 38 Administrative Reform: Analytics - Theo A.J. Toonen
• 39 The Administrative State in Western Democracies - Elke Löffler
• 40 Public Administration in Post-Communist States - A.J.G Verheijen
• Section 12 Public Administration in Developing and Transitional Societies
• Introduction Goran Hyden
• 41 The Crisis in African Public Administration - Dele Olowu
• 42 Challenges of Culture and Governance in Asian Public Administration - O.P. Dwivedi
• 43 Public Administration and Public Sector Reform in Latin America - Jorge Nef
• 44 Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe - Attila Ágh
• Section 13 Accountability
• Introduction Paul G. Thomas
• 45 Accountability in Modern Government - Robert Gregory
• 46 On Acting Responsibly in a Disorderly World: Individual Ethics and Administrative Responsibility - Linda deLeon
• 47 Accountability in a Seamless Economy - Kevin P. Kearns
• Section 14 Intergovernmental Relations and Public Administration
• Introduction Martin Painter
• 48 Coordination in the Intergovernmental Setting - Hellmut Wollmann
• 49 The Instruments of Intergovernmental Management - Beryl A. Radin
• 50 Multi-Level Governance: What it is and How it Can Be Studied - Andy Smith