The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration
The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration
Editors: Peters, B. Guy and Pierre, Jon
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Sage UK
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$176.00

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$264.00
ISBN: 978-1-44-620050-6
Category: Social Sciences - Political science
Image Count:
15
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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