Managing Local Government

Public Administration in Practice
1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3939-4
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 363 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Local governments in the United States are important in providing an almost endless variety of services that immediately affect our lives. And, in recent years local governments and administrators are becoming increasingly important as they try to deal effectively with drugs, AIDS, homelessness, gangs, economic decline, or even economic development. A well written examination, this important volume provides a descriptive analysis of how public administrators manage municipal government. Managing Local Government explores conceptual and empirical dimensions of public administration including the legal aspects of public management; human resource management; budgeting and public finance; the political dimension; intergovernmental relations; and ethical considerations. Within this context, the authors take up such pressing and practical issues as economic development, housing, culture and recreation, public safety, transportation, and waste disposal. Professionals and students of public administration, urban studies, policy studies, and political science will find this volume essential reading. " The American text, Managing Local Government: Public Administration in Practice is another example in the large collections of readings, modestly priced, and. covering key policy and administration issues. The bringing together of these studies, mostly written by practitioners, is a long overdue and worthy contribution to the literature. The insights contained here could hitherto only be gleaned from professional journals. In teaching a course on municipal administration I found this book to contain important practical and theoretical insights. I can only hope that someone will be stimulated to draw together similar insights from the Canadian background." --Trevor Price, University of Windsor

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bingham, Richard D.

Bowen, William M.

Chandler, Mittie O.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Administration at the Local Level - David C Perry and Lawrence F Keller
Definition, Theory, and Context
The Structures of Government - Lawrence F Keller and David C Perry
PART TWO: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Law and the City - Lawrence F Keller and Alan C Weinstein
Management of Human Resources in Local Government - Jack P DeSario, Kennth L Ender, James D Slack, and Charles A Washington
Public Finance and Budgeting - Michael W Spicer and Richard D Bingham
Decision Making and Conflict Management Processes in Local Government - Sandra Kaufman
Intergovernmental Relations - Paul R Dommel
Ethics in Local Government Administration - Brian M Murphy
PART THREE: OVERVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

The Management of Public Housing - Mittie Olion Chandler
The Management of Economic Development - William M Bowen, Herbert J Rubin and Edward W Hill
The Management of Neighborhood Development - Keith P Rasey, W Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz and Philip D Star
Community Development Corporations
The Management of Public Safety - Raymond J Rose
The Management of Cultural and Recreational Services - Terri Lynn Cornwell and Nike F Speltz
Management of the Transportation System - David A Kuemmel
Development and Redevelopment of Infrastructure - Claire L Felbinger and Robert R Whitehead
Management of Solid-Wastes Disposal - Claire L Felbinger and Robert R Whitehead