Public Administration: Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government presents public administration through the lens of politics and the policy-making power of the bureaucracy. By showing how the bureaucracy influences daily life, Smith and Licari bring the field of public administration alive for students. This text dispels the myth that the study of public administration is boring or irrelevant to students' lives by demonstrating just how deeply it pervades our lives. The authors focus on the bureaucracy--"the fourth branch of government"--as a key ingredient in...
Public Administration: Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government presents public administration through the lens of politics and ...
Advocates of market-based education reforms (including such policies as choice, charters, vouchers, and outright privatization) argue that they represent ready solutions to clearly defined problems. Critics of market models, on the other hand, argue that these reforms misperceive the purposes of public education and threaten its democratic ethos. This book explores both the promises and pitfalls of market forces--their potential to improve the quality of public education and their compatibility with its republican justifications. Smith argues that although market models of education are not...
Advocates of market-based education reforms (including such policies as choice, charters, vouchers, and outright privatization) argue that they repres...
"Compelling arguments, supported by both anecdotal and empirical evidence to convince readers that school choice does nothing to improve the quality of education. ... Solidly researched and written, Smith's and Meier's effort should sway those still undecided on the issue." -- Publishers Weekly
"Compelling arguments, supported by both anecdotal and empirical evidence to convince readers that school choice does nothing to improve the quality o...
"Compelling arguments, supported by both anecdotal and empirical evidence to convince readers that school choice does nothing to improve the quality of education. ... Solidly researched and written, Smith's and Meier's effort should sway those still undecided on the issue." -- Publishers Weekly
"Compelling arguments, supported by both anecdotal and empirical evidence to convince readers that school choice does nothing to improve the quality o...
This fascinating issue of "The ANNALS" draws on the recent advancements in biological insights and applies them to political science. Pulling from a range of topics - including the role of personality traits in political decisions; personal temperament and social behavior; and how neuroendocrine mechanisms (stress-coping strategies) and social dominance influence leadership potential - this issue calls for the cooperation between political scientists and life scientists.
Most of the compelling articles included in the collection rely on original and empirical findings. Students and...
This fascinating issue of "The ANNALS" draws on the recent advancements in biological insights and applies them to political science. Pulling from ...
This text retains all the hallmarks of Governing States and Localities - a combination of smart scholarship with journalistic writing, the effective deployment of the comparative method as an analytic approach, and the well-developed features that help students compare state and localities: Difference that Makes a Difference, Policy in Practice, Local Focus, and States under Stress - but focuses on the core topics and provides students with a manageable resource.
This text retains all the hallmarks of Governing States and Localities - a combination of smart scholarship with journalistic writing, the effective d...
H. George Frederickson Kevin B. Smith Christopher W. Larimer
The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches--from public institutional theory to theories of governance--and consider which are the most promising, influential, and important for the field. This book paints a full picture of how these theories contribute to, and explain, what we know about public administration today. The third edition is fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments...
The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable,...
Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying public policy, the disjointed nature of the field can be confusing and cumbersome. This text provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. Authors Kevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer offer an organized and comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary methodological approaches, and key controversies and debates in each subfield of policy studies from the...
Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying publ...
