Handbook of American public administration / edited by Edmund C. Stazyk (Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York), and H. George Frederickson (Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, US).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stazyk, Edmund C., editor.

Frederickson, H. George, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Incorporated, 2018.

Summary:

This forward-thinking Handbook draws on the expertise of established and emerging scholars to provide a comprehensive review of the current state and future direction of theory and practice in US public administration. Chapters offer a cross-disciplinary, holistic review of the field, pulling together leaders from subfields such as public administration, public and nonprofit management, finance, human resource management, networks, nonprofits, policy, and politics. Chapter authors conclude that the field is intellectually rich and highly nuanced, but also identify numerous opportunities for growth and expansion in the coming years. The Handbook charts an agenda for future research in the field. The Handbook of American Public Administration is geared toward academics, researchers, and advanced graduate students. As an authoritative text on the history and state of US public administration, it proves equally suitable for national and international audiences. Practitioners who may be looking for background information or state-of-the-art knowledge about practice will also benefit from this Handbook.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction / Edmund C. Stazyk and H. George Frederickson

Part I Foundations

2. The value of historical perspectives in public administration / Peter Stanley Federman

3. Reviving the study of public administration's legal foundation: juris et de jure / Andrew Osorio

4. Public administration as a function of executive and legislative power / William G. Resh and Haram Lee Zook

5. Modern state-federal conflict: the central role of administration and administrative law / Ben Merriman

6. Bureaucracy and democracy: perils and prospects / Brian J. Cook

Part II Managing organizations and people

7. A rose by any other name: new public management in America / Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

8. Dueling banjos in American public administration: the enduring themes of accountability and performance / Gene A. Brewer

9. Bureaucratic discretion in public agencies: principals, principles, and agents / Laura Langbein

10. Managing for high performance / Sergio Fernandez and Sun Young Kim

11. Motivation in public management: seeing the forest through the trees / Kathryn Hendren and Sanjay K. Pandey

12. Expanding the employee engagement model for public service: prioritizing relatedness to achieve collaborative outcomes / Heather Getha-Taylor

13. The "dark side" of the public workplace: counterproductive workplace behavior and environmental negativity in public administration research / Randall S. Davis

Part III Social equity, publicness, and diversity

14. Social equity and public administration in rhetorical perspective(s) / Richard K. Ghere

15. Antecedents to managing publicness: a study of professional and cultural socialization / Cullen C. Merritt and Morgan D. Farnworth

16. Social equity, equal opportunity, and affirmative action in the public sector: lessons from eight decades of struggle / J. Edward Kellough

17. Public sector diversity research: taking stock / Leisha DeHart-Davis, Deneen Hatmaker, Zachary W. Oberfield and Amy E. Smith

18. Institutionalism and assumptions: institutionalizing race and gender in public administration scholarship / Shannon Portillo and Nicole Humphrey

19. Sustainability research in US public administration: pillar tensions and synergies / Alisa V. Moldavanova

Part IV Networks, collaboration, and participation

20. Collaborative public management: the US perspective / Rosemary O'Leary

21. Nodes and links as actors and actions in public administration networks / Gwen Arnold and Luke M. Shimek

22. Nonprofit organizations and public administration: the state of the field and future directions / Steven Rathgeb Smith

23. Collaborative local governance: building metropolitan services, vision, and teamwork / Eric S. Zeemering

24. Public participation in American public administration / Tina Nabatchi, Suyeon Jo and Matt Leighninger

Part V Fincance, performance measurement, program implementation, and the public policy intersection

25. The emergence of public financial management / David S. T. Matkin, Youngsung Kim and Young Joo Park

26. What we know about the interaction between politics and administration in the policy-making process / Sean Nicholson-Crotty and Sean Webeck

27. Public management and program effectiveness in US public administration / Carolyn J. Hill

28. A conceptual map of performance measurement / Beryl A. Radin

29. Theoretical foundations and design principles to improve policy and program implementation / Jodi R. Sandfort

30. Using fs/QCA to understand the role of organizational structure in public health policy / Rebekah L. St. Clair and Kimberly Roussin Isett

Conclusion

31. Conclusion: where does US public administration go from here? / Edmund C. Stazyk and H. George Frederickson

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781786432070 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.