Product Description: This new text by celebrated collaborators Jay Shafritz and Christopher Borick takes a unique doctrinal approach to introducing public policy, presenting the evolution and implementation of policies in terms of their underlying doctrines...read more

CLASSICS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is a readable and relatively brief collection of readings in American government.

Human resources represents one of the largest shares of government budgets at every level. The management of people who carry out the government's work is therefore a critical issue to politicians and government managers and leaders, as well as citizens. Regardless of which administration is in office or which reforms are being touted as necessary, personnel are always at the heart of government and governing.Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process highlights the rapid developments in public personnel administration and management. As one of the bestselling texts in the field, this sixth edition reflects the major changes that have occurred recently in government personnel administration, including the authorization given to the new Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to develop their own personnel management systems. Addressing reforms in federal and state governments to illustrate the employment scene in public sector workforces, this book continues to provide updated information on the political, legal, and managerial aspects of public personnel systems and policies. FeaturesReflects the changing nature of public personnel administrationProvides up-to-date knowledge on the political, legal, and managerial aspects of public personnel managementAddresses developments in the Department of Homeland Security and in the Department of DefensePresents major reforms in personnel policy and administration across federal, state, and local governments

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Product Description: Providing students with a solid conceptual foundation in public administration, the second edition of Shafritz and Russell's contains the latest information on trends in the discipline. The text presents unique chapter-opening vignettes and a boxed reading program with real-life excerpts and quotes that reinforce the narrative and make the text even livelier...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gathers quotations from Shakespeare that can apply to a variety of business situations, from dressing for success to vaulting ambition

Product Description: CLASSIC READINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS brings together a unique collection of articles written by well-known scholars and analysts, representing a wide range of classic and contemporary viewpoints on international relations.

'This invaluable source goes beyond any existing reference work regarding public policy and government affairs. It provides for the first time a comprehensive tool that covers the international integration of the literature on public policy and administration. The information found within includes concepts, practices, issues, and theories that inform and define contemporary public policy making, analysis, evaluation, management, and implementation. This source contains more than 850 articles from over 400 professionals covering topics from absenteeism to zoning. Each entry includes a thorough description of the topic, an explanation of its historical significance and a bibliography'.--'Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles', American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

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Identifies the people, institutions, issues, and terminology important to public affairs in the United States since Colonial times

A comprehensive guide to modern diplomacy and international issues contains more than five thousand entries on the Cold War, appeasement, containment, diplomats, terrorists, treaties, and other topics in the field of global politics. 10,000 first printing.

Gathers quotations from Shakespeare that can apply to a variety of business situations, from dressing for success to vaulting ambition

Product Description: About people in Government breaking the laws they make.

Provides a chronology of terrorist incidents since the end of World War II and presents articles on the individuals, organizations, events, ideas and important terms relating to international terrorist activity

Product Description: This volume contains all the vital resources needed for effective management in government. The readings collected in this book trace the history and nature of public management, examine the role of computers, and discuss privatization...read more