Public Administration and Public Policy
Disaster Management Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Jack Pinkowski
January 22, 2008
Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot ...
Government Public Relations: A Reader
1st Edition
By Mordecai Lee
December 17, 2007
Much maligned in the past as wasteful and self-serving, government public relations provides several distinct services that can be used to advance the substantive mission of an agency in ways that save money, time, and effort. In the same manner as budgeting, HR, strategic planning, and performance...
Handbook of Military Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeffrey A. Weber, Johan Eliasson
December 07, 2007
While policy makers are perpetually conceptualizing new reform packages, the actual enactment of those reforms is typically more challenging. Remarkably, the one public institution that is able to meet that challenge is also the largest. The United States Department of Defense, which employs over...
Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration
2nd Edition
Edited
By Gerald J. Miller, Kaifeng Yang
November 14, 2007
Describing new techniques and novel applications, Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the increased complexity of problems in government and non-profit organizations with ever-more rigorous and systematic research. It ...
Social and Economic Control of Alcohol: The 21st Amendment in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Murphy J. Painter
November 14, 2007
As a toast to success, a drowning of sorrows, a rite of passage, and the fuel for most social activities, alcohol plays a central role in our culture. Alcohol generates nearly $160 billion in US revenues annually and is a major source of tax revenue, making the stakes in the modern debate over its ...
Handbook of Police Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By James Ruiz, Don Hummer
September 19, 2007
As figureheads of the most visible segment of criminal justice, today’s police administrators are forced to tackle challenges never faced by their predecessors. Heightened local and global threats, advanced technologies, and increased demands for procedural transparency require new levels of ...
Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeremy Plant
February 22, 2007
In the past few decades, the field of transportation has changed dramatically. Deregulation and greater reliance on markets and the private sector has helped to reconfigure the transport industries, while the rise of intermodal goods and global commerce has produced efficiencies of operation and a ...
Handbook of Globalization and the Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Khi V. Thai, Dianne Rahm, Jerrell D. Coggburn
February 05, 2007
Proponents of globalization argue that it protects the global environment from degradation and promotes worldwide sustainable economic growth while opponents argue the exact opposite. Examining the local, national, and international impacts of globalization, the Handbook of Globalization and the ...
Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods
1st Edition
Edited
By Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller
December 21, 2006
The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about ...
The Art and Practice of Court Administration
1st Edition
By Alexander B. Aikman
December 15, 2006
The Art and Practice of Court Administration explores the context in which court administration is practiced and identifiesthe qualities and skills court administrators need. Divided into two major parts, part one covers the history of the field and how courts are organized, environmental ...
Handbook of Technology Management in Public Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By David Greisler, Ronald J. Stupak
November 15, 2006
All organizations, whether for profit, not for profit, or government, face issues of information technology management. While the concerns involved may differ from organization to organization, the principles of good information technology management remain the same.Using a compilation of articles ...
Handbook of Decision Making
1st Edition
Edited
By Goktug Morcol
November 01, 2006
Over time, thought processes and decision making styles evolved and were shaped by theological, philosophical, political, social, and environmental factors and trends. Recently, advances in technology have borne an unprecedented influence on our social environment. Contemporary thinking inevitably ...