Classics of Public Administration

With this newly expanded eighth edition of CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, authors Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde introduce students to the principles of public administration via the most significant scholarly writings on the topic. Straightforward and informative, this text begins its discussion with Confucius in ancient China and continues to today's political scientists. This edition includes 17 new readings and addresses the key fields of public administration: bureaucracy, organization theory, human resources management, the budgetary process, public policy, implementation, evaluation, intergovernmental relations, and public service ethics.

• Public Administration in America
• Politics of the Administrative Process
• The Public Administration Casebook
• Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It (Basic Books Classics)
• Public Administration: An Introduction
• Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector
• Introducing Public Administration
• Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
• Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice
• Public Administration and Public Affairs