| Description |
xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-305) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The government you didn't know you had, or why you should be interested in studying public administration -- The administrative state, or where did all this bureaucracy come from? -- A difficult mission : trying to please all the people all the time -- Bureaucratic power in a democratic state, or why government is more than it's cracked up to be -- Ethics and accountability -- Deciding and doing : the central challenges of public administration -- Public-sector performance -- Public budgeting -- Managing people -- Implementation -- The future of public administration. |
| Subject |
Public administration.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| Added Author |
Licari, Michael J.
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| ISBN |
193322004X (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9781933220048 |
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