Public Administration in America

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICA tackles the current and emerging trends, ethics, and challenges in public administration with the most comprehensive scholarship available. The Eleventh Edition gives you a behind the scenes look at day-to-day operations while examining the policies implemented and the procedures undertaken across the various levels of American government. The most current applications of public administration are discussed and analyzed, with up to date coverage of recent education initiatives such as Race to the Top, the ongoing health care debates, Homeland Security challenges and threats, and much more. To encourage student engagement, the Eleventh Edition introduces two new features, "Point/Counterpoint" and "What Would You Decide?," where students are invited to play an active role in debating and discussing some of the most up-to-date topics. Presented in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand format, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICA builds student knowledge of core concepts while showing them the path to an exciting and fulfilling career in politics and public administration--where they can make a difference!

• Classics of Public Administration
• The Public Administration Casebook
• Public Administration: Concepts and Cases
• Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice
• Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
• Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspectives on Public Policy
• Public Administration: An Action Orientation, (with CourseReader 0-30: Public Administration Printed Access Card)
• Public Administration: The Profession and the Practice: A Case Study Approach
• Political Science Research Methods
• Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Strategic Approach