Handbook of state government administration / edited by John J. Gargan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gargan, John J., 1934- editor.

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; 75.

Public administration and public policy ; 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

State governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (695 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, [2020].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, this book discusses the fiscal consequences of "get tough" approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Contributors; Introduction and Overview of State Government Administration; Management Consequences of the 1960-1990 ""Modernization"" of State Government; State Administration and Intergovernmental Interdependency: Do National Impacts on State Agencies Contribute to Organizational Turbulence?; State Administration in Cultural Context; Governors as Chief Administrators and Managers; The Independent Political Executive in State Governance; Budgeting in State Government: Control and Management; Developments in Personnel/Human Resources Management in State Government

Strategic Management in State GovernmentsAdministration of Innovations in State Government; Productivity Management in State Governments; Policy Research in State Government; Measuring Performance in State Government; Administration of State Economic Development Policy; Administration of State Government Rural Development Policy; Administration of State Economic Development: Decision Making Under Uncertainty; Administration of Developmental Disabilities Services in State Government; Administration and Management of State Human Service Agencies; Administration of Welfare Reform in the States

Medicaid in the States: Administrative Reforms Under DevolutionManagement of State Corrections Policies: Consequences of Getting Tough on Crime; Administration of State Environmental Policies; Organization and Management of Public Works in State Government; State Governing Challenges for the New Century; Index

Notes:

First published 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781040222072

1040222072

9780429270796

0429270798

9781280201837

1280201835

9780203909010

0203909011

9780824742034

0824742036

OCLC:

191936658