ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy
About the Book Series
Founded in 1939, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) is the premier professional organization for public administration, dedicated to advancing its art, science, teaching and practice. The ASPA book series provides expert information on a range of public administration issues, each authored by a leader in the field. Series Editor David Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at American University, USA.
Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management
2nd Edition
By Nicolas A. Valcik, Paul E. Tracy
May 01, 2017
Designed to enable practitioners and students to evaluate a variety of real-life emergencies from every angle, this new edition of Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management provides clear, thorough, step-by-step descriptions of more than 50 major disasters or emergencies. Arranged ...
Managing Digital Governance: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions
1st Edition
By Yu-Che Chen
March 24, 2017
Managing Digital Governance provides public administrators with a comprehensive, integrated framework and specific techniques for making the most of digital innovation to advance public values. The book focuses on the core issues that public administrators face when using information and ...
The Future of Disaster Management in the U.S.: Rethinking Legislation, Policy, and Finance
1st Edition
Edited
By Amy LePore
December 15, 2016
U.S. congressional debates over the last few years have highlighted a paradox: although research demonstrates that emergencies are most effectively managed at the local level, fiscal support and programmatic management in response to disasters has shifted to the federal level. While the growing ...
The Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration: Transforming, Performing, and Innovating in a Complex World
1st Edition
Edited
By David H. Rosenbloom, Patrick S. Malone, Bill Valdez
November 09, 2016
Public management is context dependent, rather than generic. That may sound obvious, but in the late 1920s through the 1930s, a dominant strand of thought considered public administration to be a "single process," wherever practiced. Today by contrast, federal administration is distinguished from ...
Participatory Budgeting in the United States: A Guide for Local Governments
1st Edition
By Victoria Gordon, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., Daniel Boden
October 14, 2016
Although citizen engagement is a core public service value, few public administrators receive training on how to share leadership with people outside the government. Participatory Budgeting in the United States serves as a primer for those looking to understand a classic example of participatory ...
Managing Public Sector Projects: A Strategic Framework for Success in an Era of Downsized Government, Second Edition
2nd Edition
By David S. Kassel
September 12, 2016
Filling a gap in project management literature, this book supplies managers and administrators—at all levels of government—with expert guidance on all aspects of public sector project management. From properly allocating risks in drafting contracts to dealing with downsized staffs and privatized ...
Community Action Leaders: Rooting Out Poverty at the Local Level
1st Edition
By Beverly Bunch, Dalitso Sulamoyo
August 01, 2016
Nationwide, approximately 1,000 Community Action agencies advocate for the poor and provide diverse but critical services such as (but not limited to) emergency food and shelter, energy bill assistance, weatherization, education, job training, transportation, housing, and health services. In the ...
Strategic Planning and Decision-Making for Public and Non-Profit Organizations
1st Edition
By Nicolas A. Valcik
March 24, 2016
This book provides administrators in public and non-profit organizations with direction and a framework from which to lead their organizations effectively. Taking a global approach to the issues administrators need to examine when managing a group of employees at any level (including budgeting and ...
Adaptive Administration: Practice Strategies for Dealing with Constant Change in Public Administration and Policy
1st Edition
By Ferd H. Mitchell, Cheryl C. Mitchell
November 05, 2015
Adaptive Administration: Practice Strategies for Dealing with Constant Change in Public Administration and Policy interprets the critical issues facing the field of public administration today and describes how new approaches to theory and practice have the potential to redesign the field. It will ...
Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators
1st Edition
By Nicolas A. Valcik, Teodoro J. Benavides, Kimberly Scruton
April 16, 2015
Packed with case studies and ripped-from-the-headlines examples, Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators introduces critical issues commonly encountered when managing non-profit organizations and gives you the tools to develop policies and procedures to meet the challenges ...
Sustaining the States: The Fiscal Viability of American State Governments
1st Edition
Edited
By Marilyn Marks Rubin, Katherine G. Willoughby
August 26, 2014
State fiscal decisions have a significant impact on the US economy. Taken together, subnational governments employ more than one out of every eight workers and provide the bulk of all basic governmental services consumed by individuals and businesses. Sustaining the States: The Fiscal Viability of ...
Using the Narcotrafico Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico
1st Edition
Edited
By Donald E. Klingner, Roberto Moreno Espinosa
February 25, 2014
The current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a "perfect storm" that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of...