Encyclopedias & Handbooks Covering Public Policy and Related Topics
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Online Encyclopedias & Handbooks
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Print Encyclopedias, Handbooks & Dictionaries
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy by
From the Nuremberg trials to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to recent budget reconciliation bills, the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Second Editionreaches still further across the globe to provide detailed coverage of watershed policies and decisions from such fields as privatization, biomedical ethics, education, and diversity. Completely updated to reflect current trends in the vast field of public administration, the second edition of this bestselling encyclopedia provides an exhaustive resource that features the input of leading scholars. Each authoritative entry is a coherent article, rather than a short paragraph, that offers readers salient theories, issues, and concepts. Relevant to practitioners, as well as new and expert scholars, this seminal work provides an introduction to the vast array of subjects included in public administration today, as well as references to additional bodies of knowledge. A brief listing of just a few of the diverse entries found in the encyclopedia: Representative Bureaucracy Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Impact on the Federal Budgetary Process Administrative Reform in Southeast Asia Gaza Disengagement: Israel Government Forced Resettlement (2005) Public-Private Partnerships for Economic Development Teaching of Ethics in Public Administration Pension Under-Funding: Generational Accounting Perspective Feminism and Chaos Theory Gender Bias, Ethical Analysis of and in Public Policy Metropolitan Governmental Fragmentation State and Local Public Pension Fund Management Evolutionary Theory and Public Policy No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 This second edition features a wide range of new topics, including military administration, government procurement, social theory, and justice administration in developed democracies. It also addresses current issues such as the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and covers public administration in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America. Contact us to inquire about subscription options and print/online combination packages. US: (Tel) 1.888.318.2367 / (email) e-reference@taylorandfrancis.com International: (Tel) +44 (0) 20 7017 6062 / (email) online.sales@tandf.co.uk 　
Call Number: JK9 .E526 2008ISBN: 9781420052756Publication Date: 2007-12-04
The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy by
Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be perceived, a policy response formulated, enacted, implemented, and, all too often, subverted, perverted, altered, or abandoned. Others approach public policy more prescriptively, offering politically-informed suggestions for how normatively valued goals can and should be pursued, either through particular policies or through alternative processes for making policy. Some offer their advice from the Olympian heights of detached academic observers, others as 'engaged scholars' cum advocates, while still others seek to instill more reflective attitudes among policy practitioners themselves toward their own practices. The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy mines all these traditions, using an innovative structure that responds to the very latest scholarship. Its chapters touch upon institutional and historical sources and analytical methods, how policy is made, how it is evaluated and how it is constrained. In these ways, the Handbook shows how the combined wisdom of political science as a whole can be brought to bear on political attempts to improve the human condition.
Call Number: H97 .O88 2008ISBN: 9780199548453Publication Date: 2008-08-18
The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration by
The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administrationoffers definitions of all the key terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary public policy and administration. Included are brief biographies of major scholars and influential practitioners, summaries of major rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, overviews of significant laws, descriptions of important government agencies, and explanations of historical trends and governing doctrines. The Dictionary is designed to be the single most useful tool that a student or practitioner of public administration could have-the book to keep at their side while they are reading other textbooks in the field.
Call Number: H97 .S483 2004ISBN: 9780813342603Publication Date: 2004-08-27
