Efficient public administration requires a delicate balance—the bureaucracy must be powerful enough to be effective, but also accountable to elected officials and citizens. Kettl understands that the push and pull of political forces in a democracy make the functions of bureaucracy contentious, but no less crucial.
With a unique focus on policymaking and politics, this new fifth edition continues its strong emphasis on accountability and—thanks to user feedback—expands its coverage on performance and ethics. Thoroughly updated with new scholarship, data, and events, this text remains reader-friendly with its engaging opening vignettes, rich examples, bolded key terms, and easy-to-read tables and figures.
Now with three case studies in every chapter — for a total of 28 more than the last edition — students apply ideas and analysis as they read. One case in each chapter is entirely devoted to state and local concerns with topics ranging from gun laws in Nashville, to StateStat in Maryland, to the use of Twitter by Newark’s mayor to improve service delivery. Useful critical thinking questions at the end of each case help shape student responses and in-class conversation.
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This new fifth edition continues its strong emphasis on accountability and—thanks to user feedback—expands its coverage on performance and ethics. Thoroughly updated with new scholarship, data, and events, this text remains reader-friendly with its engaging opening vignettes, rich examples, bolded key terms, and easy-to-read tables and figures.
Now with three case studies in every chapter — for a total of 28 more than the last edition — students apply ideas and analysis as they read. One case in each chapter is entirely devoted to state and local concerns with topics ranging from gun laws in Nashville, to StateStat in Maryland, to the use of Twitter by Newark’s mayor to improve service delivery. Useful critical thinking questions at the end of each case help shape student responses and in-class conversation.
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Table of Contents
1. Accountability
Part I. The Job of Government
2. What is Public Administration?
3. What Government Does—And How It Does It
Part II. Organizational Theory and the Role of Government’s Structure
4. Organizational Theory
5. The Executive Branch
6. Organization Problems
7. Administrative Reform
Part III. People in Government Organizations
8. The Civil Service
9. Human Capital
Part IV. Making and Implementing Government Decisions
10. Decision Making
11. Budgeting
12. Implementation
Part V. Administration in a Democracy
13. Regulation and the Courts
14. Executive Power and Political Accountability
Testimonials
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The Politics of the Administrative Process is an excellent choice for introducing public administration to undergraduate political science students. Rather than focusing centrally on a more management-oriented approach, Kettl emphasizes the political attributes of administration, thereby enjoyably introducing the business of government to students intentionally avoiding seemingly-mundane business and management courses. The inclusion of related case studies ensures that the essential topics come alive for students, allowing the instructor a myriad of opportunities for classroom discussion and activities. An increase in the number of case studies for the fifth edition is greatly appreciated and will permit some instructors to end the supplemental use of an expensive case study text. Another welcome change is the intentional inclusion of state and local concerns—an appealing move for state and local scholars like me."
- Joshua D. Ambrosius, University of Dayton"The strengths of
The Politics of the Administrative Process are that it is kept up-to-date and written thematically with an emphasis on the political environment of the administrative process, with an additional emphasis on the public policymaking process and public administration. That is, it is not an encyclopedic reference-style public administration textbook. It allows me to complement it with classic writings and recent case studies. It has no real weaknesses, and fits my course needs very well. I plan to use it going forward."
- Craig Ramsay, Ohio Wesleyan University "
The Politics of the Administrative Process uses concrete examples and short cases in each chapter to help students understand the challenge of successfully 'running' government. Its discussion provoking cases and examples present important concepts from public administration scholarship in an accessible way. The book also provides students with a sense that bureaucrats are working for the 'common good' and public administrators take steps each day to improve the quality of governance in the United States."
- Eric Zeemerin, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Bio(s)
Donald F. Kettl, University of Maryland
Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, he was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science. Kettl is the author of numerous books, including The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them, The Global Public Management Revolution, and Leadership at the Fed. Kettl has twice won the Louis Brownlow Award for the best book in public administration, for The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for Twenty-first Century America in 2003 and System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics in 2005. In 2008, he was awarded the John Gaus Award of the American Political Science Association for lifetime contributions to the scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration. Kettl has consulted broadly for government organizations and is a regular columnist for Governing magazine.
Ancillaries
A student companion website features chapter summaries, interactive quizzes and flashcards, and annotated web links.
http://www.cqpress.com/cs/adminprocess/
Instructor’s resources include an instructor’s manual, a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and all of the graphics from the text (available in PDF and PowerPoint format).
http://college.cqpress.com/Sites/adminprocessir/home.aspx
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