Rosenbloom, David H. <br/><br/>
Contemporary public administration / 
David H.Rosenbloom, Deborah D. Goldman, and  Patricia W. Ingraham 
 - New York :  McGraw Hill Education,  c1994 
 - xiv, 536 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. The Practice and discipline of public administration: competing concerns -- 2. The American administrative state -- 3. Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- 4. Administrative organization: structure process -- 5. Public personnel systems -- 6. Budgeting -- 7. Decision making -- 8. Public policy and public administration -- 9. Public administration and the public -- 10. Accountability and ethics. 
<br/><br/> Public administration is often characterized as a fragmented field- one that is pulled in competing directions by different intellectual and disciplinary perspective, as well as by the concerns of practice and theory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780070539396 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JF 1351 .C64 1994