Public Administration and Public Policy
Performance-Based Management Systems: Effective Implementation and Maintenance
1st Edition
By Patria de Lancer Julnes
December 22, 2008
Expectations for performance management systems continue to grow in the public sector. Yet few administrators know how to effectively implement and sustain these systems. Performance-Based Management Systems: Effective Implementation and Maintenance supports practical efforts to build and maintain ...
Handbook of Governmental Accounting
1st Edition
Edited
By Frederic Bogui
December 19, 2008
Demystifying a growing and dynamic field, Handbook of Governmental Accounting reflects the increasing complexity of this area, enabling readers to grasp the intricate accounting that is involved as government expenditures multiply and governments engage in progressively complex transactions. ...
Understanding Research Methods: A Guide for the Public and Nonprofit Manager
1st Edition
By Donijo Robbins
October 28, 2008
Managers and administrators in the public-policy and nonprofit sectors rely heavily on analytical skills to quickly pore through a massive amount of research. They dissect it and apply specific, useful data that can inform critical policy changes and help them improve their organization’s overall ...
International Handbook of Public Procurement
1st Edition
Edited
By Khi V. Thai
August 28, 2008
Since the 1990s, government at all levels is under increasing pressure to do more with less. However, despite the U.S. government spending about 15 to 20 percent of its GDP on contracts for goods and services, there is a paucity of reference books for public procurement officials and very few ...
State and Local Pension Fund Management
1st Edition
By Jun Peng
August 21, 2008
Intense media coverage of the public pension funding crisis continues to fuel heightened awareness in and debate over public pension benefits. With over $3 trillion in assets currently under management, the ramifications of poor oversight are severe. It is important that practitioners, researchers,...
Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies
1st Edition
Edited
By Goktug Morcol, Lorlene Hoyt, Jack W. Meek, Ulf Zimmermann
April 21, 2008
Initiated and governed by property or business owners under the authorization of state and local governments, business improvement districts (BIDs) have received a very mixed reception. To some, they are innovative examples of self-governance and public-private partnerships; to others, they are yet...
Handbook of Employee Benefits and Administration
1st Edition
By Christopher G. Reddick, Jerrell D. Coggburn
April 09, 2008
Fiscal realities and changing social priorities are requiring a dramatic shift in the way that benefits are selected and awarded to employees, especially in the public sector. This means that public administrators and policy researchers must consider new parameters and contingencies, both financial...
Handbook of Long-Term Care Administration and Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Cynthia Massie Mara, Laura Olson
March 27, 2008
Attitudes toward long-term care contain a strong residue of negativity in today’s society and current problems with the system augment such perceptions. Unless dealt with now, this will only get worse, as the 85-and-older crowd is the fastest growing part of the population, and the first wave of ...
Government Budget Forecasting: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Jinping Sun, Thomas D. Lynch
March 26, 2008
Revenue and expenditure forecasting plays an important role in public budgeting and financial management, particularly during times of financial constraint, when citizens impose greater accountability upon government to use taxpayer dollars more efficiently. Despite its significance, revenue and ...
Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Patricia A. Cholewka, Mitra M. Motlagh
March 10, 2008
Given ongoing worldwide calamities such as famine, natural disasters, and drug abuse, international attention has increasingly focused upon disease detection, prevention, containment, and treatment. Serving an unmet need in the marketplace, Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development ...
Handbook of Administrative Reform: An International Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerri Killian, Niklas Eklund
February 21, 2008
The field of public administration currently lacks sufficient resources for understanding the rationale, implications, and inherent practices of reforming government administration around the world.The Handbook of Administrative Reform satisfies this need by bringing together diverse international ...
Homeland Security Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Jack Pinkowski
January 24, 2008
Blinded by emotional rhetoric, political posturing, and genuine fear, previous efforts to defend our way of life against aggressors intent on inflicting personal and economic destruction have proven, in hindsight, to be misguided, panicked, and reactionary. Evaluation and assessment to date is ...