DEFINING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Selections from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration

Defining Public Administration is designed to stir the imaginations of readers concerned with public policy and administration. The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. These accessible, interesting articles have been assembled to cover an overview of public administration, policymaking, intergovernmental relations, bureaucracy, organization behavior, public management, strategic management, performance management, human resources management, financial management, auditing and accountability, and ethics. The articles provide definitions of the vocabulary of public policy and administration as it is used throughout the world-from the smallest towns to the largest national bureaucracies.

Jay M. Shafritz, Jr., professor of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, is the author of over three dozen text and reference books on various aspects of government, management, and public administration, including Classics of Public Administration, Classics of Organization Theory, Introducing Public Administration, The Harper Collins Dictionary of American Government and Politics, The Dictionary of Twentieth Century World Politics, Words on War, and Shakespeare on Management.