| Description |
1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Series |
The Basics Series |
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The Basics Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Public Administration and Government -- The Meaning of Public Administration -- The Public-Private Relationship -- When Is Government Intervention Justified? -- How Big Is the Government? The Global Picture -- How Effective Can Government Be? -- The Role of Institutions, Culture and Capacity -- Principles and Performance Criteria of Public Administration -- Annex: Basic Terminology of State and Government -- 2 Policy Support and the Organizational Structure of Central Government |
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The Weight of History -- Policy Making -- Administrative Mechanisms to Support Policy Making -- The Organizational Structure of Central Government -- Annex: Federal Government Structure of the United States -- 3 Decentralization and the Organization of Subnational Government -- The Geographic Distribution of Government Powers -- Decentralization -- Managing the Cities -- Annex: State and Local Government in the United States -- 4 Managing the Money: Taxation, Budgeting and Expenditure -- Rationale and Principles of Taxation: A Brief Summary -- Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management |
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Budget Preparation -- Budget Execution -- Fiscal Risk, Fiscal Responsibility and Fiscal Rules -- Financing the Budget -- External Audit and Evaluation -- Legislative Debate and Amendments -- The Budget Process at Subnational Level -- Annex: Fiscal Trends and Expenditure Management in the United States -- 5 Managing the People: Government Employment, Wage Policy and Personnel Administration -- Employment Policy -- Compensation Policy -- Personnel Management -- Fighting Discrimination and Promoting Inclusiveness -- Annex: Government Personnel Policy and Management in the United States |
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6 Managing the Purchases and Contracts: Government Procurement -- The Role of Government Procurement -- Objectives of Government Procurement -- Other Objectives -- The Process of Public Procurement -- Contract Management and Monitoring -- Major Issues in Public Procurement -- Managing Risk -- Annex: Government Procurement in the United States -- 7 Government Regulation -- Justification and Types of Government Regulation -- The Benefits and Costs of Regulation -- Regulatory Enforcement and Regulatory Relief -- Regulatory Inflation and Deregulation Efforts -- Economic Regulation Around the World |
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Annex: Government Regulation in the United States -- 8 Providing Public Services -- The General Setting -- "Voice": Communicating and Listening to the Citizen -- Annex: The Special Case of Conflict-Affected Countries -- 9 Government Interaction with Private Business -- Providing Public Service Users with Choices -- Outsourcing to Private Companies -- Outsourcing to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) -- Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) -- Annex: Two Cases in Brief -- 10 A Brief Concluding Word -- Suggested Readings |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Public administration -- United States
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Politics and government.
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Public administration.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000820591 |
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1000820599 |
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