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1. Public Administration in South Asia

   India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan

   Edited by Meghna Sabharwal, Evan M. Berman

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   A state-of-the-art, one-stop resource, Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan examines public administration issues and advances in the Indian subcontinent. The book fulfills a critical need. These nations have the largest public administration programs in South Asia,...

   Published May 6th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Making Multilevel Public Management Work

   Stories of Success and Failure from Europe and North America

   Edited by Denita Cepiku, David K. Jesuit, Ian Roberge

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Public management increasingly takes place in multilevel settings, since most countries are decentralized to one degree or another and most problems transcend and cut across administrative and geographical borders. A collaboration of scholars in the Transnational Initiative on Governance Research...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
3. Public Administration in Africa

   Performance and Challenges

   Edited by Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad, Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe, Ernest Peprah Ababio

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   With contributions from leading regional scholars, Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines complexities of art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach...

   Published April 1st 2013 by CRC Press
4. Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries

   Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia

   Edited by Saltanat Liebert, Stephen E. Condrey, Dmitry Goncharov

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Although it has been more than 20 years since Communism crumbled in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, many scholars and politicians still wonder what the lifting of the Iron Curtain has really meant for these former Communist countries. And, because these countries were largely...

   Published February 25th 2013 by CRC Press
5. Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations

   A Case Study, Second Edition

   By Nicolas A. Valcik

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Completely revised and updated, Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition presents a case study of one university’s policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal...

   Published February 14th 2013 by CRC Press
6. Logics of Legitimacy

   Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis

   By Margaret Stout

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper" administrative role. So, how are those new to...

   Published July 25th 2012 by CRC Press
7. The Changing Role of the City/County Manager

   By Jerri Killian, Enamul H. Choudhury

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   The changing role of government leads to the changing needs of its populous. This book provides an understanding of what forces have changed municipal government, such as the complexity of social problems, the ever-increasing ethnic diversity of communities and workforces, the increasing...

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Managing Local Economic Development

   Concepts and Practices

   By K. Tom Liou

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Managing Local Economic Development introduces key concepts and strategies necessary for the successful development of local economies. It presents a complete analysis of local economic growth through the examination of several areas of development, including planning, assessment, finance,...

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Fundamentals of Public Budgeting

   By Aman Khan

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Filling an important gap that currently exists in the literature on public budgeting, Fundamentals of Public Budgeting provides the basic foundations of capital budgeting in government. It presents various tools and techniques that are necessary to apply these foundations to practice...

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Cost and Optimization in Government

    An Introduction to Cost Accounting, Operations Management, and Quality Control, Second Edition

    By Aman Khan

    Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

    Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press