Public Management in Global Perspective

Written by two authors with a wide range of experience in international affairs, this introductory text addresses both the commonalities and diversity of administrative practice around the world, including a succinct but thorough overview of PA in the United States. It combines solid conceptual foundations with strong coverage of nuts-and-bolts "how to" topics, such as personnel management, procurement, and budgeting, and covers both developed countries and developing and transitional economies.The book's chapters are organized into four major sections: government functions and organization; management of government activity; interaction between government and citizens; and prospects of administrative reform. Plentiful illustrations and examples throughout the book, and "What to Expect" sections and discussion questions in each chapter, make this an ideal text for any PA course that takes a global perspective.

1: Public Administration in the Century of Interdependence; I: Government Functions and Organization; 2: The Genesis and Roles of Government; 3: Setting and Enforcing Government Regulations; 4: Policy-making Machinery and the Organization of Central Government; 5: Decentralization and the Organizational Architecture of Subnational Government; II: Managing Government Activity; 6: Managing the Money: Preparing, Implementing, and Monitoring the Budget; 7: Managing the People I: Employment and Wage Policy; 8: Managing the People II: Personnel Administration and Development; 9: Managing the Purchases and the Contracts: Public Procurement; 10: Managing for Results: Performance, Monitoring, and Evaluation; III: Governance and Public Management; 11: Accountability: “Exit,” “Voice,” and Institutions; 12: Participation and Social Capital; 13: Transparency: Information, the Media, and E-Governance; 14: The Rule of Law: Assuring Public Integrity and Preventing Corruption; IV: Administrative Reform: Experience and Prospects; 15: Public Administration Reform in Developed Countries; 16: The Way Forward: Progress, Not Fashion

Salvatore Schiavo-Campo, Hazel M. McFerson