understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector Rosenbloom, David H. creator Kravchuck, Robert. Clerkin, Richard M. text Boston McGraw-Hill c2009 7th edition. monographic xvii, 580 pages : includes illustrations ; Introduction : definitions, concepts, and setting -- The practice and discipline of public administration : competing concerns -- The American administrative state : development and political environment -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations : the structure of the American administrative state -- Core functions -- Organization : structure and process -- Public personnel administration and collective bargaining -- Budgeting and the public finances -- Decision making -- The convergence of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Policy analysis and implementation evaluation -- Regulatory administration : an illustration of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and democratic constitutionalism -- Accountability and ethics -- The future. includes index. Public administration. United States - politics and government JF 1351 ROS 9780073403892 (alk. paper) 007340389X (alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2008005541-t.html