这是一个公共行政学读本，所选文献涉及到当今公共行政的性质、结构、功能以及其所面临的挑战。该读本立足于这样的假设，即认为公共行政并非就是把工商行政的工具应用于政府机构的管理而已，而是具有其自身贯穿全局的核心价值和伦理。这个读本所选的文献大多出版于该领域最有影响的文章和著作，它从“21世纪来临之际”的当代视角去洞察由来已久的公共行政问题，就此而言这个读本是前所未有的。

J.史蒂文·奥特，科罗拉多大学公共行政学博士，现任犹他大学政治学系教授、社会科学和行为科学学院院长。奥特教授在公共行政学、非营利组织、人力资源管理、组织理论、组织行为和组织文化等领域撰写和主编了大量著作和文章。

Preface
1 DEFINING PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION
1 Public Administration
2 The Study of Administration
3 Feminist Theory of Public Administration
2 THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
4 The Rise of the American Administrative State
5 From Public Administration to Public Management:Reassessing a Revolution
6 Public Administration in America:Why our Uniqueness is Exceptional and Important
3 DECISION-MAKIGN IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
7 The Science of Muddiling Through
8 Public Choice and Public Sector Management
9 Bureaucracy and Democracy:The Case for More Bureaucracy and Less Democracy
4 REINVENTING THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT
10 Changing States,Governance,and the Public Service
11 Learning to get the Balance in Privatization
12 Works Better and Costs Less?Sweet and Sour Perpectives on the NPR
5 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
13 American Federalism,State Governments and Public Policy:Weaving Together Loose Theoretical Threads
14 The Rebirth of Federalism:Slouching toward Washington
15 Restructuring the State:Devolution,Privatization,and the Geographic Redistribution of Power and Capacity in Governance
6 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY
16 Beyond the Bureaucratic Paradigm
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7 ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
8 MANAGERIALISM AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
9 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
10 LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
11 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
12 SOCIAL EQUITY
13 PUBLIC BUDGETING
14 EVALUATION AND MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY
15 HONOR AND ETHICS
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