Public Administration & Management

This book provides an overview of the study of public management from some of the most authoritative experts in this area of study in Europe and the United States, establishing a dialogue between different approaches to this discipline.  ..

This book provides an overview of the study of public management from some of the most authoritative experts in this area of study in Europe and the United States, establishing a dialogue between different approaches to this discipline.  ..

This book examines how local government institutions affect pre- and post-disaster community and business resilience. Utilizing both survey methods and interviews, Atkinson analyzes the disasters that occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, Palm Beach County, Florida, and Minot, North Dakota. Relevant t..

This book examines how local government institutions affect pre- and post-disaster community and business resilience. Utilizing both survey methods and interviews, Atkinson analyzes the disasters that occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, Palm Beach County, Florida, and Minot, North Dakota. Relevant t..

This book is the first to formally chronicle the evolution of the field of public administration in the United States through eras of desegregation, equal opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity/multiculturalism, to today’s presumptions about a "post-racial" society, incorporating African Ame..

This book is the first to formally chronicle the evolution of the field of public administration in the United States through eras of desegregation, equal opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity/multiculturalism, to today’s presumptions about a "post-racial" society, incorporating African Ame..

 Transformational Public Policy examines how governments can more effectively handle uncertainty and risk in an uncertain and changing world. This book illustrates how new methods derived from signal processing techniques can improve the practice of public policy by transforming it through rapid lea..

 Transformational Public Policy examines how governments can more effectively handle uncertainty and risk in an uncertain and changing world. This book illustrates how new methods derived from signal processing techniques can improve the practice of public policy by transforming it through rapid lea..

Government and governance will be very different in the future than anticipated by the literature in the field...

Government and governance will be very different in the future than anticipated by the literature in the field...

This book explores ways in which transformational leadership principles may be applied to an organization’s disaster preparation and response, moving the organization away from a competitive or top-down approach and toward a more collaborative one...

The forces of globalization are shifting our world away from hierarchy and command and control toward one of collaboration and networks. This volume explores what the shift looks like and also offers guidance on what it should look like. It focuses on the role of "career leaders" - those in public s..