Public Administration and Public Policy
The Public Productivity and Performance Handbook
3rd Edition
Edited
By Marc Holzer, Andrew Ballard
August 12, 2021
A productive society is dependent upon high-performing government. This third edition of The Public Performance and Productivity Handbook includes chapters from leading scholars, consultants, and practitioners to explore all of the core elements of improvement. Completely revised and focused on ...
Handbook of Public Administration
4th Edition
Edited
By W. Bartley Hildreth, Gerald Miller, Evert L Lindquist
May 27, 2021
Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to attack, and difficult to explain, particularly in the soundbite and Twitter-snipe media environment. Not ...
Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights: Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights
1st Edition
By Lorenda A. Naylor
December 31, 2020
Can a baker refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple? Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in 2015, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) citizens in the United States continue to be discriminated against in fundamental areas that others take...
Handbook of State Government Administration
1st Edition
By John J. Gargan
January 27, 2020
Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, this book discusses the fiscal consequences of get tough approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options. ...
Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process
8th Edition
By Norma M. Riccucci, Katherine C. Naff, Madinah F. Hamidullah
December 09, 2019
With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government is the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians, government leaders, and citizens alike. Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, eighth edition, ...
Handbook of Conflict Management
1st Edition
Edited
By William J. Pammer, Jerri Killian
February 21, 2019
The Handbook of Conflict Management cuts across theoretical perspectives, strategic models, and situational contexts as the first all-encompassing conflict management reference. A young field in both research and practice, this foundational text sets precedents for furthering academic study and ...
Handbook of Global Economic Policy
1st Edition
By Stuart Nagel
February 21, 2019
Written by over 20 leading international economists, this book offers win-win scenarios to economic problems. As in the other volumes of this set of public policy handbooks, the Handbook of Global Economic Policy employs a unique organizational principle: from viewing economic problems from ...
Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Second Editon
2nd Edition
By Robert Golembiewski
February 21, 2019
The second edition of the Handbook of Organizational Consultation includes more than 35 additional chapters and an expanded list of international contributors. It addresses all aspects of organizational consulting, including normative, empirical and political topics - and offers a broad view of ...
Chaos Organization and Disaster Management
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan Kirschenbaum
February 13, 2019
Chaos Organization and Disaster Management offers a scholarly survey of disaster response behavior and management in the face of natural and manmade catastrophe. The author provides a methodological and empirical platform from which to initiate a critical analysis of disaster management. Sparked by...
Public Productivity Handbook
2nd Edition
Edited
By Marc Holzer
February 13, 2019
Anyone hoping to improve teamwork, performance, and budgeting, training, and evaluation programs in their organization should look no further. Completely revised, Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition defines the role of leadership, dimensions of employee commitment, and multiple ...
Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan W. Steiss
February 13, 2019
The central resource for process improvement and innovation, this book includes valuable techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation. Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations discusses SWOT analysis, ...
Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism
2nd Edition
Edited
By Tushar K. Ghosh, Mark A. Prelas, Dabir S. Viswanath, Sudarshan K. Loyalka
September 10, 2018
Traditionally, resources on terrorism and counterterrorism tend to focus on the social, behavioral, and legal aspects of the subject, with minimal emphasis on the scientific and technological aspects. Taking into account these practical considerations, the second edition of Science and Technology ...