Introducing Public Administration

by Jay M. Shafritz

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This unique approach captivates students and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the 9th edition contains a number of imporant

An examination of the effect of the Barack Obama administration on the discipline, especially economic and financial management and budgetary policy, allowing students to apply the theories and concepts in the text to recent US government practice.

An exploration of the 2008 economic meltdown and its consequences for the regulation of financial markets, cut-back management, and social equity, providing students with a critical look at the recent changes in the global economy.



All-new images, international examples, keynotes, and case studies have been incorporated to reflect the diversity of public servants throughout history. Case studies correspond to those in optional companion book Cases in Public Policy and Administration to offer clear discussion points and seamless learning with the two books side by side.



New sections on careers in public service, whistleblowing and public employee dissent, networks and collaboration across organizations, social innovation, managerialism and productivity improvement, Big Data and cloud computing, collaboration and civic engagement, and evidence-based policy and management.Complete with a companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor's manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

Genres: Textbooks, Reference

1307 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1996

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative. Great basics for Public Administration. Organized well. Learned many different cultural reasons why some things are the way they are today.

My issue with the book is no matter the time of day I fell asleep after a few pages. There was so much in each chapter to remember. The chapter sometime ran up to 40+ pages. Not like fiction reading where you can get sucked in and not realize how long the chapter was. This was slogging through rice paddies at times.

What turned it around for me was adding background noise. Football or music. Reading went much faster and I stayed awake.

Three stars because it did its job in a manner that didn't engage me until the end.

[Alǝx Anton · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is horrible scholarship by someone who, by writing an introductory textbook for an entire discipline, should be an expert.

Incredible amount of bias, silly (and inaccurate) metaphors, arduous, and overall a terrible read. Ironically, in one of my other MPA classes, we are discussing how public administration has not always been taken seriously as a distinct field. This book serves up a good argument for that!

[Danica Midlil · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, I'm not even 20 pages in and the authors have already made fun of Ayn Rand and libertarianism. This is going to be a Really annoying text book to read. Great.

Yup, hated it. Only consolation is that I didn't read much of it. Pbbbbbt!

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good introductory book for public administration students. Took me awhile to get into it, but once you become accustomed to their style of writing it's very good.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was dated (2009) so they had no clue what was going to happen to our government post-2016, but as a textbook it was pretty good. I actually had some LOL moments, but that could just be me being weird. They really like Woodrow Wilson a lot and don't really mention his efforts to deny women the vote. I thought that was strange for a book published in 2009.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will continue to use for intro course even though there are some organizational issues as far as content.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring to read. My professor described this as the best of what’s out there. Because of his description, I gave it the second star. We barely used it.

[Sidney Mariano · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I have a hard copy so I can do well in school.

[Mugheri]

i want administration books

[Amy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated this book. Incredibly biased, ignorant and poorly written - I wanted to take an ice pick to my eyeballs for being forced to read it, and thankful that I was able to get away with not reading much of it.

[Booker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Who doesn't want to read a book about organizational theory (unless forced)?

[Chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it's my professor's recommendation. But after finished it, I don't really like it.