Public Sector ManagementMarcia L. Whicker, Todd W. Areson Bloomsbury Academic, 1990 M01 8 - 273 pages Intended as a text for master's level students in public administration and public policy, this volume provides an introductory survey of the field that focuses on the structures of operation, management, and environments of modern governments. The contributors address federal, state, and local governments as well as intergovernmental relations, discussing such topics as fiscal management, policy analysis, program evaluation, management and administration, marketing, and the developmental progress of national governments. Their aim throughout is to distill for the reader a solid base of current knowledge about the field of public administration and the challenges it offers to practitioners as we move into the 1990s. |
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... activities of the various departments and agencies . The CIA collects and disseminates foreign intelligence and counterintelligence . In contrast to the popular cloak - and - dagger image of intelligence being collected by tradi- tional ...
... activities than ever before . This expanse of state activities may be gleaned , for instance , from the organization of most state executive branches , where the governor plays the central role as both policy leader and implementor . As ...
... activities . 5. For governments at a specific level , lower - level needs and activities associated with those needs are less appealing to governmental elites than activities and the satiation of needs at the current level of need . 6 ...
Contents
The Functions and Structure of the Federal Bureaucracy | 1 |
The Functions and Structures of State and Local Governments | 31 |
TABLES | 35 |
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