Classics of Public Administration

by Jay M. Shafritz

A reader in public administration, this collection traces, in chronological order, the principal writers and the most important ideas that have motivated the practice of public administration in modern society.

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

563 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