Preface Introduction PART ONE:WHAT IS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? Chapter1:Introduction to Public Administration Why Study Bureaucracy? Pubic and Private Management:Are They Fundamentally Alike in AU Unimportant Respects? Working for the Government Is Cool PART TWO:BUREAUCRACY,POLITICS,AND PUBLIC POLICY Chapter2:The Political Setting of Public Administration The Rise of the Bureaucratic State American Breaucracy in a Changing Political Setting Chapter3:Public Policy and Administration in a Federal System The Evolution of American Federalism Fine Print:The Contract with America Devolution and the Administratie Realities of American Federalism Chapter4:Public Administration in a Democratic Society Two Roads to Serfdom:Liberalism Comsevo\atism and Administrative Power Accountabiliry Blattles in Stcte Admintstration Public Administration and Ethies PART THREE:THE MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Chapter5:Understanding Public Organizations The Evobutin of Work in Public and Private Bureaucracies Refturring Organisatimal Leadership The Im plicatims of Changing Technology Chaper6:Hurnan Resources Managernetn The state of Merit in the Federal Govermnent Realizing the Pronise of Diversity Chapter7:Public Budgeting Mapping the Federal Budget Prscess Sense and Nomsense abour Budget Defvcis Chapter6:Policy Analysis Implementation and Evaluation Policy Analysis Two Decades of Implementation Retearch:From Cuidance and Learning Performance Mecasuremaent in Lncal Governmernt PART FOUR:PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CHANGE Chapter9:Public Administration in a Three-Sector Society:Relationships among Governmental Business and Nonprofit Organizations Chatper10:Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century APPENDIX About the Authors