The Public Administration Theory Primer: Essentials of Public Policy and Administration

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In the past thirty years, public administration has developed more systematic patterns of inquiry about the substance of public organizations behavior, public management, and public policy implementation. This book explores how the science and art of policy administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. Frederickson and Smith describe several theories and analytical approaches that contribute to what we know about policy administration. This book asks: Which theories or approaches are the most promising, the most influential? Which are the most important now and likely to be the most important in the future? The purpose of this effort is to set out a detailed description of key theories in contemporary public administration and thus improve the reliability of our knowledge and our understanding of public administration.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR H. George Frederickson

H. George Frederickson is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the university of Kansas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kevin B. Smith

Kevin B. Smith is an associate professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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Title
The Public Administration Theory Primer: Essentials of Public Policy and Administration
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131601730
Length
viii+280p., Tables; Figures
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