Classics of Public Administration

by Jay M. Shafritz, Albert C. Hyde

With this new seventh edition of CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, authors Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde aim to 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 Woodrow Wilson and continues to today's political scientists. A new Section V, "Public Administration in a New Century," is dedicated to writing and thinking from the 21st century. This edition includes six 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Political Science, Textbooks, School, Grad School, Social Science, Politics

656 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1978

Reviews

[Fran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note to self: A reference text for PA 201: Theory and Practice of Public Administration under Dr. Edna A. Co of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), Diliman, 2nd Semester 1999-2000.

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

For an inventory of classic works in public administration, this isn't a bad resource at all. It covers works chronologically. Part 1 looks at "Early voices and the first quarter century (1880s-1920s). Here, Woodrow Wilson's classic "The Study of Administration" and Max Weber's "Bureaucracy." Other authors: Frank Goodnow, Frederick Taylor, and William Willoughby. Part Two (1930s-1950s). Authors: Luther Gulick, Chester Barnard, V. O. Key, Jr., Herbert Simon, Dwight Waldo, et al. And so on.

If one is interested in a "sampler" of major works in public administration, here is a handy catalog.

[Ashley M · Rating 3 out of 5]

School

[Tain Yan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Like Public Administration Books , I Like it

[Craig Goodwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A primary overview of public administration that every MPA student should have on their shelf.

[Hamza Abdullah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collection of peer reviewed articles in the evolutionary development of Public administration.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book as it contains all of the classics (hence the name) of PA in one place. Will continue to use in my classes.

[Diego · Rating 4 out of 5]

For class one of the hardest readings but one of the most important for public administration with a range of different collections that inspired what is becoming and evolving field

[Andy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Super dry articles from a government peer-reviewed journal. Interesting-ish at times, but more often a total miss.
Not a great tet, but Ds get degrees.

[Iqtikaful · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is totally a 4 star book!

On a 10 star scale.

What do you want? It's a graduate level textbook. It's not exactly riveting stuff here, folks.

[Tess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good collection of PA source documents divided into chronological order.

[Diana Daniswari]

nope

[Saffi Malik]

Awesome bbok

[Mohamed]

reading

[Артем Баранов · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this good book!

[Wana Chiyena]

helpful

[Thu Nguyen]

my view of point difficult