TY - BOOK AU - Cropf,Robert A. TI - American public administration: public service for civil society the 21st century SN - 9780321096913 (hardcover) AV - JK421 .C76 2008 U1 - 351.73 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Pearson Longman KW - Public administration KW - United States KW - Administrative agencies KW - Management KW - Executive departments KW - Leadership KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: Public service in the twenty-first century -- The growth of government and administration -- Ethics and public administration -- The political ecology of public administration -- Fderalism and public administration -- Civil society and public administration -- Theories of organization and public administration -- The organizational dimensions of public administration -- Motivation, decision making, and organizational culture -- Leadership in public administration -- The policy process -- Privatization and public administration -- Public budgeting and finance -- Human resource administration in public organizations -- Managing information resources in public organizations UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007025200.html ER -