本书全面而系统地介绍了公共行政的各个方面,包括公共行政的学科发展范式、公共组织、公共管理、政策制定与执行、政府间关系以及行政伦理等。本书是第九版,它反映了公共行政和公共管理领域理论和实践的新变化和新发展。
《公共行政与公共事务》一直是北美各大学公共行政专业学院*受欢迎的教科书。本书自问世以来多次再版,一直在亚马逊图书销售排行榜上名列前茅。

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One Paradigms of Public Administration
Chapter 1 Big emocracy,Big Bureaucracy
Chapter 2 Public Administration's Century in a Quandary
Part Two Public Organizations
Chapter 3 The Threads of Organizations:Theories
Chapter 4 The Fabric of Organizations:Forces
Chapter 5 The Fibers of Organizations:People
Part Three:Public Management
Chapter 6 Clarifying Complexity:Problems of Public Management
Chapter 7 Corruption's Consequences:Performance Measurement,Public Program Evaluation,and Productivity
Chapter 8 The Public Budget:Purposes and Processes
Chapter 9 Managing Human Resources in the Public Sector
Part Four:Implementing Public Policy
Chapter 10 Understanding Public Policy
Chapter 11 Intersectoral Administration
Chapter 12 Intergovernmental Administration
Chapter 13 Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic
Appendix A Information Sources,Journals,and Organizations in Public
Appendix B Annotated Information Sources in Public Administration and Related Fields
Appendix C Selected Annotated Journals Relevant to Public Administration
Appendix D Selected Academic,Professional,and Public Interest Organizations with Websites and Descriptions
Appendix E Correct Forms of Address for Public Offcials
Appendix F Becoming a Public Administrator
Appendix G American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics
Name Index
Subject Index