State and Local Government Administration

1. Auflage 1985
ISBN: 978-0-8247-7355-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Reihe: Public Administration and Public Policy

Addressing the major issues of state and local government administration, this introductory, core textbook is ideal for courses in state and local government administration, state government, municipal government, labour relations, public budgeting and decision making, policy making and personnel administration.

Offering reliable up-to-date information, this text provides A thorough understanding of state and local government administration and is current general trends. Britain by leading experts in their respective fields, this work contains in depth, authoritative examinations of four crucial areas: organisation and management-including management structures at various levels of government such as counties and special districts, and leadership functions; budgeting, decision-making, and financial management dash discussing state budgeting functions and limitations, and internal and external control mechanisms; policy making and policy implementation-demonstrating patterns within the executive and legislative branches as well as alternatives to municipal service delivery and the integration of Human Services management with delivery systems; And personal administration and labour relations-covering organisational training, employee benefits, unionism, and collective bargaining.

Know advanced undergraduate and graduate level public administration and political science students; public administrators and managers; And professionals in government agencies and institutes can meet the demands of this rapidly changing field with this outstanding text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabin

Rabin, John

Dodd, Don

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, UNIT ONE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Management Structures; Organizing and Reorganizing State and Local Government; Part B Leadership Functions Chief Executives and Administrative Officers; Court Administrators; UNIT TWO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING, DECISION-MAKING, AND FINACIAL MANAGEMENT; Part A Mechanisms and Processes; The Functions and Processes of State Budgeting; City Budgeting and Budget Problems; State Limitations on Local Fiscal Authority; Part B Internal and External Controls Over State and Local Government Budgeting, Decision-Making, and Financial Management; State and Local Government Productivity and Performance Measurement; Information Systems in State and Local Governments; Fiscal Stress in the American States; Fiscal Dependency and Governmental Capacity in American Cities; UNIT THREE POLICY-MAKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; Part A Patterns: Executives and Legislatures; Chief Executive Support and Innovation; The Governor as Administrator; State and Local Officials and Their Personal Liability; State Budgeting and Appropriations Process; The Legislative Staff; Part B Implementation of Policy; Municipal Service Delivery Alternatives; Integrating Human Services Management and Delivery Systems; UNIT FOUR PERSONEEL ADMINISTRATION IN STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Processes and Techniques; Performance Appraisal in State Government; Organizational Training in the 1980s: Refocusing on Building the Capacity of Human Resources; State and Local Government Pension Systems; Part B Public Employee Unionism and Collective Bargaining; State Government Unionism; Labor Relations in Local and County Government; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Rabin is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the graduate programme in public affairs and Human Services administration at Ryder college, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He says as editor/ Co editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of public administration.

Don Dodd is a Professor of American history at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama. He formerly held a joint appointment in the government department where he taught state and local government.