This book explores an important side of public employment that most Americans never get the opportunity to see -- high-level career executives who make positive contributions to our quality of life. N
In a reader for public administration courses, scholars of public administration and political science profile 16 US political figures and describe their accomplishments. Among them are Charles Rossot
This reader presents a balanced collection of 16 administrative profiles of high-level government and nonprofit officials for course use. The profiles were originally published as part of a series for
Public Personnel Management has served as an essential, concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration, political science, and public
Rather than choosing one set of research tools over another, Riccucci (public administration, Rutgers U.) demonstrates the importance of a variety of research traditions in studying and conducting res
The role of formal and informal institutional forces in changing three areas of U.S. public policy: privacy rights, civil rights and climate policy There is no finality to the public policy proce
As we enter the twenty-first century, America’s workforce looks markedly different than it ever has before. Compared with even twenty years ago, more white women, people of color, disabled persons, ne
One of the primary changes intended by the passage of the 1996 federal welfare reform law (officially the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act) was to change the role of fro
The role of formal and informal institutional forces in changing three areas of U.S. public policy: privacy rights, civil rights and climate policy There is no finality to the public policy proce
The readings in this volume will enlighten and enliven the contents of any standard public administration text covering human resource management. Selected mainly from the pages of Public Administrati
With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government continues to be the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians and go
