The Handbook of Public Administration: Concise Paperback Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412945399 ISBN 13: 9781412945394

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

The past two decades have been marked by a period of substantial and often fundamental change in public administration. Critically reflecting on the utility of scholarly theory and the extent to which government practices inform the development of this theory, the Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication which served as an essential guide for both the practice of public administration today and its on-going development as an academic discipline.

The Concise Paperback Edition provides a selection of 30 of the original articles in an accessible paperback format and includes a new introduction by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre. It is an essential point of reference for all students of public administration.

About this title

About the Authors

B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. He has written extensively in the areas of public administration and public policy, both for the United States and comparatively. Among his recent publications are the Handbook of Public Administration and The Quest for Control: Politicization of the Public Service.

I am a research professor in the department of political science, University of Gothenburg. I am also adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Nordland University in Bodö, Norway. I have held numerous overseas visiting appointments, most recently at the City University of Hong Kong, University of Melbourne and University of Auckland.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412945399
• ISBN 13: 9781412945394
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Peters B. Guy, Pierre Jon