State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunitites

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and practice in the 21st Century.


Each chapter is written by a recognized expert and addresses the following questions:


--What are the field's emerging issues, problems, challenges, trends, and opportunities?
--What are the underlying factors influencing new or emerging trends?
--What issues are unresolved? Why?
--What do we know--or not know--about the subject?
--How can we find out more? What research is needed?


Selected Contents:


Foreword Richard Stillman
Preface
Introduction Donald C. Menzel and Harvey L. White


1. Public Administration Theory: Which Side Are You On? Lawrence E. Lynn Jr.


PART I. THE PROFESSION


2. The Profession of Public Administration: Promises, Problems, and Prospects James S. Bowman and Jonathan P. West
3. Public Service Professionals: The Legacy of Florence Nightingale, Mary Livermore, and Jane Addams Patricia Shields and Nandhini Rangarajan
4. Professional Associations and Public Administration: Making a Difference? Wendy Haynes and Beth Gazley
5. Accreditation and Competencies in Education for Leadership in Public Service Jeffrey Raffel, Steven M. Maser, and Crystal Calarusse
6. Changing Dynamics of Administrative Leadership Montgomery Van Wart
7. Ethics and Integrity in Public Service: Issues and Challenges Donald C. Menzel


PART II. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES


8. Human Resources Management: Current and Future Challenges Norma Riccucci
9. New Directions in Public Budgeting Irene Rubin
10. The Proxy-Partnership Governance Continuum: Implications for Nonprofit Management Judith R. Saidel
11. The Pursuit of Accountability: Promise, Problems, and Prospects Melvin J. Dubnick and Kaifeng Yang
12. Technology and Public Management Information Systems: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going? Stuart I. Bretschneider and Ines Mergel
13. Emergency and Crisis Management William L. Waugh Jr.


PART III. NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIPS


14. Federal Contracting: Government's Dependency on Private Contractors Nicholas Henry
15. Citizen Driven Administration/Civic Engagement Terry L. Cooper
16. Network Theory and Practice in Public Administration: Designing Resilience for Metropolitan Regions Louise Comfort, Clayton Wukich, Steve Scheinert, and Leonard Huggins
17. Collaborating Public Agencies in the Networl Era Robert Agranoff


PART IV. GOVERNANCE AND REFORM


18. Historic Relevance Confronting Contemporary Obsolescence? Federalism, IGR, IGM Deil S. Wright, Carl W. Stenberg, and Chung-Lae Cho
19. Neglected Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism Beverly A. Cigler
20. Politics, Bureaucratic Dynamics, and Public Policy Robert F. Durant and John Marvel
21. Civil Service Reform: Past as Prologue? Stephen E. Condrey and Jonathan P. West
22. Public Administration's Legal Dimension: Three Models David H. Rosenbloom
23. Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Issues and Challenges Harvey L. White


PART V. INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES


24. New Public Management: Lessons from Abroad Alan Lawton and Frederique Six
25. Governance: Issues in Concept and Practice Jamil Jreisat
26. Development Management: Renewal and Discovery in the Twenty-First Century Louis A. Picard
27. The Crisis of Public Administration Theory in a Postglobal World David Schultz


Name Index
Subject Index
About the Editors and Contributors



Comment(s): "This welcome volume offers original essays focused upon many parts of the public administrative world, both theoretical and practical. The treatment of perennial issues as well as emerging challenges is thoughtful and enlightening." -- Laurence J. O'Toole, University of Georgia


"Don Menzel and Harvey White have covered the field in their new book. The important issues currently challenging public administration are fully illuminated by the field's leading scholars." -- Walter Broadnax, Syracuse University


"Considering the wide range of theories referenced and discussed in this book, and considering the diverse background of its contributing authors in terms of their education, interests, and methodological preferences, it seems that the study of public administration has matured. It is now recognized that the complexity of government within social reality cannot be captured in one model, one worldview, one approach, but, instead, requires multiple angles. The interdiscipline of public administration serves as the umbrella of all knowledge about government, and this book provides an invaluable stepping-stone in that varied and rich world of understandings." -- Jos C.N. Raadschelders, University of Oklahoma


"Menzel and White have constructed a multi-dimensional scan of both the body and soul of public administration. Most such surveys of the field address the obvious--reworking the body of knowledge we know to be public administration. But this unique and powerful volume addresses the often-invisible aspects of delivering public services as promised. More than forty of the most incisive intellects in the field highlight the subtleties, conundrums, conflicts and imaginative possibilities that lend necessary depth to the pursuit of the common good." -- Marc Holzer, Rutgers University--Campus at Newark

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