Introducing Public Administration

Now in an extensively revised 10th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook blends historical accounts with contemporary events discussion, and examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This approach, using extensive case studies at the end of each chapter, encourages students to think critically about the nature, purpose, and public value of public administration today.

Refreshed and revised throughout, the 10th edition contains a number of critical updates for the field:

• All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges including social justice, climate change action, smart cities, transforming governmental institutions, and economic responses to the global pandemic. The case studies -many with legal dimensions as well - cover emerging issues and are well-suited for further research by students.
• Two newly revised chapters by contributing authors to broaden perspectives:

• one on social equity and justice to cover contemporary challenges in the US, from reform of policing to public administration's response to major social policy equity issues like voting rights and homelessness. -
• the other on public budgeting contrasting government fiscal efforts between two recessions and illuminating how government budgeting works and sometimes not to include a case discussion on the federal government shutdown in 2019 over funding for the border wall
• New Keynotes at the start of each chapter to help introduce students to historical figures, contemporary dilemmas, and examples of public service in action, including subjects such as diversity and inclusion, marijuana legalization, organizational effects of remote work, and examining scenarios for the future
• A completely rewritten now concluding chapter on leadership, followership, and leading teams with a discussion of destructive leadership types and a flipped case study on defining what leadership effectiveness is

Complete with a fully updated companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor's manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters' students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.