Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : definitions, concepts, and setting -- The practice and discipline of public administration : competing concerns -- The American administrative state : development and political environment -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations : the structure of the American administrative state -- Core functions -- Organization : structure and process -- Public personnel administration and collective bargaining -- Budgeting and the public finances -- Decision making -- The convergence of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Policy analysis and implementation evaluation -- Regulatory administration : an illustration of management, politics, and law in the public sector -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and the public -- Public administration and democratic constitutionalism -- Accountability and ethics -- The future