Public Affairs & Administration Books


Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, Revised Edition Best Price: $24.75 Very stimulating reading and very applicable in many kinds of negotiations & meetings, not...	Classics of Public Administration Best Price: $75.76 Order arrived promptly, the book was in great condition like the seller said. Would purchase...	Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement, 3rd Edition Best Price: $34.54 Excellent book for strategic management course. Along with the workbook, this textbook is a good...	Public Administration: Concepts and Cases Best Price: $62.77 Public Administration: Concepts and Cases offers a unique and highly regarded framework in...	Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil Best Price: $11.98 This is an incredibly disturbing book, but does dovetail with issues that disturbed me before I...



Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader Best Price: $45.00 First, let me say that the premise of each article was great for a 400- or 500-level college...	Fiscal Administration Best Price: $63.89 This book is written so poorly I can barely get through it. Mikesell goes on and on with run-on...	Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, And Alternatives Best Price: $59.35 Too many books leave policy analysis to a last and solitary chapter--or don't cover it at all....	Introducing Public Administration (6th Edition) Best Price: $78.61 If you are interested in the broad spectrum of public administration, this is a great book to...	Understanding Public Policy (12th Edition) Best Price: $49.98 A must read for policy freaks. As well written as any text i have seen on Publid Policy. Written...



You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values Best Price: $10.05 To err is human, and when it comes to sex and relationships, almost all of us have erred...	Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude Best Price: $7.02 ... and one more reason to be angry an the gas pump. This book was much better. or should I say...	Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital Best Price: $20.11 John W. Boudreau and Peter M. Ramstad say that companies need to transform their human resource...	The Politics Of The Administrative Process Best Price: $71.95 Public administration in a democracy has to achieve a delicate balance. Bureaucracy must be...	Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences Best Price: $30.00 Unquestionably, the strength and courage shown by the modern day media has been the sole driving...

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series) Best Price: $38.94 Used as a textbook for MPA program. Good overview of PA theories and preconceptions. Does not...	Research Methods for Public Administrators (5th Edition) Best Price: $93.24 This book is a bear. It does contain all the requisite information but is a very dense read. The...	Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times Best Price: $12.65 Much interesting history and many amusing anecdotes plus great pictures (more would have been...	Strategic Planning for Public Relations Best Price: $45.49 It is a comprehensive textbook with a nice blend of theory and practice. Right now, it's one of...	Essential Statistics for Public Managers And Policy Analysts Best Price: $52.61 This tightly integrated set -- textbook, workbook and CD-ROM, all blended seamlessly -- presents...

Managing the Public Sector Best Price: $56.72 Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how public...	Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector Best Price: $80.79 This book was a required text for my PA course. It was very wordy and at times difficult to...	Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practice Best Price: $26.79 Every so often, I have taught graduate (and even undergraduate) courses in policy analysis....	Public Budgeting Systems Best Price: $52.00 The book explains the topic in a clear manner. It creates understanding of the budgeting system...	Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of ... on a Foundation (The Oakland Project Series) Best Price: $18.76 Pressman and Wildavsky does an excellent job pointing out the many obstacles that can occur with...

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First Best Price: $10.57 I believe Dr. Wagner is extremely fair in his criticisms about what works and what doesn't in...	Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Charles Lindblom Best Price: $31.42 For a comprehensive, yet fresh and fascinating look at the lives and scholarship of the leading...	Balanced Scorecard: Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies Best Price: $29.62 Managers face competing interests in running a company. Their compensation programs are set to...	System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics (Public Affairs and Policy Administration Series) Best Price: $23.16 Donald Kettl's thin but rich book, "System under Stress," examines homeland security...	Soft Power: The Means To Success In World Politics Best Price: $7.91 As a beginning student of international relations, I found this book to be of great assistance....

The Investigator's Little Black Book 3 Best Price: $12.00 This is a well written book and is a must read for anyone seeking information.	Cases in Public Human Resource Management Best Price: $53.17 I used this casebook for the first time in a graduate-level public sector human resource...	Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice Best Price: $35.00 Since the appearance of the First Edition in 1990, Planning Local Economic Development has...	The Ethics Challenge in Public Service: A Problem-Solving Guide Best Price: $35.65 It's tough to be a manager in a public agency. In addition to obeying the law, public servants...	A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It Best Price: $29.08 I purchased this book for class. I don't regret buying it. It was very informative. I would...

Public Administration in America Best Price: $75.00 I thank you for an excellent Service. I received the book in perfect conditions and in the date...	Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects (4th Edition) Best Price: $56.88 This was in great condition, good price. Arried fast. Would buy from here again. Eerything as...	The Mismanagement of America, Inc. Best Price: $11.84 This book will frighten you. It highlights the serious problems facing the U.S. due to gross...	Government and Politics of Texas Best Price: $37.45 This book compares Texas politics to the other states and highlights the advantages and...	Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers Best Price: $8.80 This is a great guide for a government staffer. If what you do is help a senior executive...

Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together Best Price: $13.97 This work seeks to formulate a new business model for articulating complicated problems which...	Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies (5th Edition) Best Price: $96.80 This book is OK, but considering how many books are out there on this subject, I'm amazed at its...	Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices (Culture, Media and Identities Series) Best Price: $35.00 Hall is tendentious, unscientific, and very, very "academic" in what that term had...	Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series) Best Price: $51.59 This text is incredibly thorough in its review of the public restrictions on human resource...	The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America Best Price: $31.00 A very comprehensive review of current criminal justice system policies. Details what has worked...

The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels Best Price: $4.93 I originally ordered this book because I thought it would help out my husband in his new job,...	Public Information Technology and E-Governance: Managing the Virtual State Best Price: $59.63 I can get this book withn 3 days.. Great book and good delivery	Parkinson's Law Best Price: $16.23 I first received a copy of "Parkinson's Law" from a retired three-star general. Since...	Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration Best Price: $124.37 This text provides good examples of statistical problems pertaining to public administration....	Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government Best Price: $20.99 Mark Moore postulates creating public value as a mode of practical reasoning and an alternative...

Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector Best Price: $14.95 The "run government like a business" mantra has become so simplified in the minds of...	Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, Or, How to Survive Public Service (Texts & Teaching/Politics, Policy, Administration) Best Price: $18.99 Had this book for an MPA class--it was the hidden gem for that semester! The advice is given in...	The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for Twenty-First Century America (Interpreting American Politics) Best Price: $11.81 This is the guy who brought us the fawning page-turner, Team Bush. No research in here, no...	Nothing's Impossible: Leadership Lessons From Inside And Outside The Classroom Best Price: $5.75 I am a public school teacher, and I read Nothing's Impossible because my principal attended a...	Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance Best Price: $32.99

Public Administration in the New Century: A Concise Introduction Best Price: $61.28 Learn to apply public adminstration theoretical models to the real world with PUBLIC...	Practical Ethics in Public Administration, Second Edition Best Price: $31.59 New from Management Concepts, the second edition of Practical Ethics in Public Administration is...	The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance Best Price: $38.00 Lester Salamon's edited book, "The Tools of Government," is an immensely useful work...

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