100 Best Public Administration Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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The Art of War

Sun Tzu

5.0

For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture-a lucid epigrammatic text that reveals as much about human psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. The influence of Sun-tzu's text has grown tremendously in the West in recent years, with military leaders, politicians, and corporate executives alike finding valuable ins

Recommended by Reid Hoffman, Evan Spiegel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and 14 others.

Reid Hoffman

CEO/LinkedIn

Reid read Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu as a boy, which informed his strategic thinking. [source]

Evan Spiegel

After meeting Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel immediately bought every Snapchat employee a copy of 'The Art Of War'. [source]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Author & Science Communicator

Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet? … The Art of War (Sun Tsu) to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art. If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world. [source]

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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say—and What You Don’t

L. David Marquet

4.6

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The acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around! teaches leaders a better way to communicate and bring out the best in their people.

In Turn the Ship Around!, former U.S. Navy Captain David Marquet explained the empowering leadership strategy he developed with great success while commanding the nuclear submarine USS Santa Fe. That book generated passionate word-of-mouth, was named one of USA Tod

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Public Opinion

Walter Lippmann

4.4

In what is widely considered the most influential book ever written by Walter Lippmann, the late journalist and social critic provides a fundamental treatise on the nature of human information and communication. As Michael Curtis indicates in his introduction to this edition. Public Opinion qualifies as a classic by virtue of its systematic brilliance and literary grace. The work is divided into e

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David Greenberg

When Lippmann wrote this book he had become disillusioned with aspects of democratic theory that assumed citizens could be fully rational and knowledgeable in making up their minds about public issues. [source]

Lorraine Adams

It was written in 1922 and is an insider’s view of how news is made. That is, news is a made thing. News is not facts. [source]

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Public Policy: A Concise Introduction

Sara R. (Rose) Rinfret, Denise L. Scheberle, et al.

4.4

Public Policy: A Concise Introduction, by Sara R. Rinfret, Denise Scheberle, and Michelle C. Pautz, is a student-friendly primer that quickly connects readers to the inner workings of public policy. The text condenses early chapters on theory and the policy-making process, allowing students to take up key policy challenges--such as immigration, education, and health care--much earlier in the semes

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How To Talk To Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Build Genuine Connections, Master Networking Skills, and Foster Authentic Communica

Ernestine Michels

4.4

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A Handbook for Intelligence and Crime Analysis

David Cariens

4.4

Where was this book fifteen years ago !!!!! This is a must read for our new analysts before they get corrupted by the “system”. That includes law enforcement and the intelligence community. In your examples you are giving the reader how to ask the right questions. Without those questions you’re not collecting the data required to come up with a more in-depth analysis. Each chapter gives the reader

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Hardball

Chris Matthew

4.3

Perfect body. Perfect swing. Perfect swagger.
They call Dash Wallace the Diamond King.
He’s the hottest commodity in baseball and in the bedroom.
When he runs the bases, every woman’s eyes are glued to his stunning body and a smile that puts the night lights to shame.
I’m no queen. I’m a regular girl with a regular job. I just watch him on TV and from the bleachers, season after season.
Girls like m

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Essential History for Public Administration

Richard C. Box

4.3

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Essentials of Public Service

Mary E. Guy and Todd L. Ely

4.3

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Canary In a Covid World: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World

Various Authors Edited by C.H. Klotz

4.3

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Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It

Helio Fred Garcia

4.3

This book is about the power of communication to do great harm and how civic leaders and engaged citizens can hold other leaders accountable to prevent it. Author Helio Fred Garcia focuses on the language President Trump uses that conditions an audience to accept, condone, and commit violence against a targeted group, rival, or critic.

Including a history of such rhetoric, this book identifies a pl

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The Power of Face Reading: A simple illustrated guide to understanding our universal language

Mac Fulfer and Brenda Bence

4.3

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The Practical Guide on How to Talk to Anyone: 65 Simple Secrets To Confident Small Talk, Effective Communication, Build Lasti

Parker Lawson

4.3

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Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or How to Survive Public Service (Text Teach / Policies)

Kenneth Ashworth

4.3

Replete with practical advice for anyone considering a career in federal, state, or local government, Caught between the Dog and the Fireplug, or How to Survive Public Service conveys what life is really like in a public service job. The book is written as a series of lively, entertaining letters of advice from a sympathetic uncle to a niece or nephew embarking on a government career. Kenneth Ashw

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IT'S A FREAKIN' MESS: How to Thrive in Divisive Times

Richard GILLETT

4.3

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Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds

Sarah Stein Lubrano

4.3

Bloomsbury presents Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds, written and read by Sarah Stein LubranoDemocracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people’s minds. It doesn’t.This provocative debut from a bold new voice combines a fascinating range of research to show us the psychological and sociological factors th

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Say the Wrong Thing: Stories and Strategies for Racial Justice and Authentic Community (Volume 1)

Dr. Amanda Kemp

4.3

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Handbook of Public Administration

James L. Perry and Robert K. Christensen

4.3

The fundamentals of public administration, from the world's leading practitionersHandbook of Public Administration is the classic, comprehensive guide to the field, featuring original writings from the world's foremost public administration thought leaders and practitioners. Intended to help both public administration students and practitioners navigate administrative challenges, overcome obstacle

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It's Time to Talk (and Listen): How to Have Constructive Conversations About Race, Class, Sexuality, Ability & Gender in a Polarized World

Anatasia S. Kim PhD, Alicia Del Prado PhD, Kevin L. Nadal PhD (Foreword By) - introduction

4.3

We talk every day—and we often do it without thinking. But, as you well know, there are some things that are harder to talk about—especially issues pertaining to politics, culture, lifestyle, and diversity. If you've ever struggled in a conversation about a "controversial" topic with a loved one, work colleague, or even a stranger, you know exactly how uncomfortable and heated the discussion can b

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Facing the Bureaucracy: Living and Dying in a Public Agency

Gerald Garvey

4.3

Gerald Garvey provides a fascinating look inside the federal bureaucracy and offers insights into the forces, personalities, and politicking that make changing governmental institutions so difficult.

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101 Careers in Healthcare Management

Leonard Friedman PhDMPHFACHE and Anthony R. Kovner PhD

4.3

101 Careers in Healthcare Management, Second Edition continues to be the only comprehensive guide to careers in health administration, ranging from entry-level management positions to the most senior executive opportunities. The second edition has been updated throughout and includes three new chapters that will assist students and healthcare managers alike. Additional content includes a quick his

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Body Language How To Read Any Body: The Secret To Nonverbal Communication To Understand & Influence In, Business, Sales, Online, Presenting & Public Speaking, Healthcare, Attraction & Seduction

Derek Borthwick

4.3

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The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone

Thomas Winslow Hazlett

4.3

From the former chief economist of the FCC, a remarkable history of the U.S. government’s regulation of the airwaves

Popular legend has it that before the Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927, the radio spectrum was in chaos, with broadcasting stations blasting powerful signals to drown out rivals. In this fascinating and entertaining history, Thomas Winslow Hazlett, a distinguished sc

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Classics of Public Administration

Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde

4.3

With this newly expanded eighth edition of CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, authors Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde introduce students to the principles of public administration via the most significant scholarly writings on the topic. Straightforward and informative, this text begins its discussion with Confucius in ancient China and continues to today's political scientists. This edition in

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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

David Graeber

4.3

Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms?

To answer these questions, anthropologist David Graeber—one of the most prominent and provocative thinkers working today—takes a journey through ancient and modern history to trace the peculiar and fascinating evolution of bureaucracy over the ages.

He star

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The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton, Revised Edition

Stephen Skowronek

4.3

Stephen Skowronek's wholly innovative study demonstrates that presidents are persistent agents of change, continually disrupting and transforming the political landscape. In an afterword to this new edition, the author examines "third way" leadership as it has been practiced by Bill Clinton and others. These leaders are neither great repudiators nor orthodox innovators. They challenge received pol

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After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital Age (The Future Series)

Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman

4.3

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The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Clinton

Paul Light

4.2

In this third edition of The President's Agenda, Paul Light brings his acclaimed study up to date by weighing the successes and failures of the Bush and Clinton presidencies in setting a legislative agenda of domestic issues for Congress. The most noticeable development, according to Light, is the shrinking of the agenda and the absence of fresh new ideas. Explaining the emergence of "the derivati

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Building Bridges in Toxic Political Times: A Road Map for Community Leaders

Dick Batchelor

4.2

Fed up with how divided we are? Ready to find common ground? In Building Bridges in Toxic Political Times, longtime unifier Dick Batchelor offers proven strategies for reaching consensus—whether at home, around the boardroom table, or in the political arena. Through real-life examples, Batchelor will show you how to:Address difficult conversationsMove toward meaningful compromiseAchieve lasting so

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The Oxford Handbook of Governance

David Levi-Faur

4.2

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Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector (Plume)

David Osborne, Ted Gaebler

4.2

A revolution is stirring in America. People are angry at governments that spend more but deliver less, frustrated with bureaucracies that give them no control, and tired of politicians who raise taxes and cut services but fail to solve the problems we face.Reinventing Government is both a call to arms in the revolt against bureaucratic malaise and a guide to those who want to build something bette

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The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age

Scott Woolley

4.2

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The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch

Laura DeNardis

4.2

A compelling argument that the Internet of things threatens human rights and security and that suggests policy prescriptions to protect our future

The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the material objects all around us. In this so-called Internet of Things—connecting everything from cars to cardiac monitors to home appliances—there is no longer a meaningful distinction betw

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Shane Harris

Great event and discussion. Laura is brilliant. Buy her book! https://t.co/RcZoFbdY87 [source]

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Fear Itself: Exposing the Left's Mind-Killing Agenda

Tammy Bruce

4.2

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Creating the National Park Service: The Missing Years

Horace M. Albright, Marian Albright Schenck, Robert M. Utley

4.2

Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality.

In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the criti

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The Social Media Upheaval (Encounter Intelligence)

Glenn Harlan Reynolds

4.2

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Public Administration: An Introduction

Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester

4.2

Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester have written a fresh and highly engaging textbook for the introductory course in Public Administration.

Their coverage is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, including not only all the basic topics (OT, budgeting, HRM), but also reflecting new realities in public administration: innovations in e-government, the importance of new technology, changes in intergove

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Novick & Morrow's Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management

Leiyu Shi and James A. Johnson

4.2

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Public Administration: Concepts and Cases

Richard Stillman

4.2

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: CONCEPTS AND CASES offers a unique and highly regarded framework in which conceptual readings are paired with contemporary case studies that reflect real-world examples of administrative work, as well as new thinking and developments in the field. Case studies and examples cover topics such as the Columbia space shuttle disaster, the shootings at Columbine High School, and t

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Introduction to Public Health

Mary-Jane Schneider

4.2

Introduction To Public Health, Fifth Edition Offers A Thorough, Accessible Overview Of The Expanding Field Of Public Health For Students New To Its Concepts And Actors. Written In Engaging, Nontechnical Language, This Best-Selling Text Explains In Clear Terms The Multi-Disciplinary Strategies And Methods Used For Measuring, Assessing, And Promoting Public Health. Packed With Illustrative Real-Worl

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Computational Propaganda: Political Parties, Politicians, and Political Manipulation on Social Media (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)

Samuel C. Woolley

4.2

Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, but support computational propaganda and manipulative disinformation campaigns. Although some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to perform simple, repetitive, robotic tasks. Including case studies from nine countries and covering prop

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Public Administration: Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge

Norma M. Riccucci

4.2

This book will examine the intellectual origins and identity of the discipline of public administration, its diverse research traditions, and how public administration research is conducted today. The question of whether public administration is an art or science, driven by values or facts will never be definitively answered because of the lack of consensus among scholars within the field. This di

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The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader

Fred I. Greenstein

4.2

Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower White House. In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legac

Recommended by Ryan Holiday.

Ryan Holiday

Author

The Hidden-Hand which I read around the same time is equally a masterclass in leadership. It will give you not just a new appreciation of Eisenhower, but teach you how real leaders get things done: it’s not through talking, it’s not through looking tough, it’s through organization, delegation and through behind the scenes influence. [source]

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Who Governs?: Democracy And Power In An American City

Robert A. Dahl

4.2

In this now-classic work, one of the most celebrated political scientists of the twentieth century offers a powerful interpretation of the location of political power in American urban communities. For this new edition, Robert A. Dahl has written a new Preface in which he reflects on Who Governs? more than four decades after its publication. And in a new Foreword, Douglas W. Rae offers an assessme

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Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents

Monica Sharma

4.2

Monica Sharma describes how we can source our inner capacities and wisdom to manifest change that embodies universal values such as dignity, compassion, fairness, and courage. Drawing on more than twenty years of work for the United Nations and elsewhere, she presents a radical new approach to transformational leadership, one that creates systems of change where everyone can engage--not just analy

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The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance

David E. Lewis

4.2

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many questioned whether the large number of political appointees in the Federal Emergency Management Agency contributed to the agency's poor handling of the catastrophe, ultimately costing hundreds of lives and causing immeasurable pain and suffering. The Politics of Presidential Appointments examines in depth how and why presidents use political appointees and ho

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Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges

Norma M. Riccucci

4.2

Public Personnel Management has served as an essential, concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration, political science, and public policy over the last 25 years. Since the first edition published in 1991, the book has offered professors and students alike an in-depth look at cutting-edge developments beyond standard textbook cove

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The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels

Peter H. Daly

4.2

More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges--from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments--that will make their transitions even more challenging than in the business world. Now Michael D. Watkins, author of the best-selli

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Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector

Montgomery Van van Wart

4.2

Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector is an ideal resource for any Public Administration course involving leadership and public management.

Each of the book's nine main sections begins with introductory text by the volume's editors, Monty Van Wart and Lisa Dicke, followed by relevant readings. The volume includes some of the most important readings on public leadership published in the las

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Practical Ethics in Public Administration

Dean Gueras and Charles Garofalo

4.2

Discover how sound ethical theories can be applied to everyday situations and decisions in public administration
Ethical questions arise every day in the normal course of your work, such as whether to fire an employee. . .how to allocate departmental funds. . .how to rate an employee on a yearly evaluation. You intend to take the best course of action, but how can you determine what that is?

Pract

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Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World

Joshua Kurlantzick

4.2

Beijing's Global Media Offensive is a major analysis of how China is attempting to build a media and information superpower around the world, and to use it to impact many countries' societies, media markets, politics, and economies. Joshua Kurlantzick traces the ways in which China is trying to build an information and influence superpower and critically examines the new conventional wisdom that B

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The American Presidency: An Intellectual History

Forrest McDonald

4.2

Jefferson Lecturer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Forrest McDonald is widely recognized as one of our most respected and challenging historians of the Constitution. He has been called brilliant, provocative, controversial, passionate, pugnacious, and crafty in intellectual combat. Whatever the label, he remains unsurpassed as a commentator on the American founding.

Novus Ordo Seclorum, his best-known

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Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health

Ann Aschengrau and George R. Seage

4.2

Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health, Fourth Edition combines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts. Broad in scope, the text opens with five chapters covering the basic epidemiologic concepts and data sources. A major emphasis is placed on study design, with separate chapters devoted to each of the three main analytic designs: experimental, cohort, an

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Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

Susan Crawford

4.2

The world of 5G, the next generation of telecommunication technology, will be as different from what came before as the world after the advent of electricity. The massive amounts of data we’ll be able to stream through fiber-optic connections will enable a degree of virtual presence that will radically transform health care, education, urban administration and services, agriculture, retail sales,

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Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television

Robert W. Morrow

4.2

By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. In the eyes of the reform-minded, commercial television crassly exploited young viewers; its violence and tastelessness served no higher purpose than the bottom line.

The Children's Television Workshop (CTW)

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Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet

William J. Bernstein

4.2

William J. Bernstein’s A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World, an Economist and Financial Times Best Book of the Year, placed him firmly among the top flight of historians like Jared Diamond and Bill Bryson, capable of distilling major trends and reams of information into insightful, globe-spanning popular narrative.

Bernstein explains how new communication technologies and in particular

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Unmasking Administrative Evil

Guy Adams

4.1

The modern age with its emphasis on technical rationality has enabled a new and dangerous form of evil--administrative evil. Unmasking Administrative Evil discusses the overlooked relationship between evil and public affairs, as well as other fields and professions in public life. The authors argue that the tendency toward administrative evil, as manifested in acts of dehumanization and genocide,

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Why Women Should Rule the World

Dee Dee Myers

4.1

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Introducing Public Administration

JayM. Shafritz, E. W. Russell, et al.

4.1

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and mod

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Politics in Hard Times: Comparative Responses to International Economic Crises

Peter Gourevitch

4.1

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Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government

Mark H. Moore

4.1

A seminal figure in the field of public management, Mark Moore presents his summation of fifteen years of research, observation, and teaching about what public sector executives should do to improve the performance of public enterprises. Useful for both practicing public executives and those who teach them, this book explicates some of the richest of several hundred cases used at Harvard's Kennedy

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Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector

David Rosenbloom, Robert Kravchuk, et al.

4.1

The eighth edition of "Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector" grounds students in the fundamentals of public administration while embracing its complexity. It describes, explains, and analyses public administration through the lenses of three well-established perspectives: management, politics, and law. This edition retains its strong U.S. focus wh

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Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government

Mary Shaffrey

4.1

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Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo

Brian R. Fry and Jos C. N. Raadschelders

4.1

A comprehensive summary of the work and contributions of the leading theorists in public administration. Fry's original essays focus on the pioneers in the field whose work largely shaped the current contours of the field. They include Max Weber, Frederick Taylor, Luther Gulick, Mary Parker Follett, Elton Mayo, Chester Barnard, Herbert Simon, and Dwight Waldo.

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Citizen Governance: Leading American Communities Into the 21st Century

Richard C. Box

4.1

Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of `citizen governance'. Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elected officials and public professionals in the twenty-first century. His model shifts a large part of the

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Collaborative Governance: Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times

John D. Donahue

4.1

All too often government lacks the skill, the will, and the wallet to meet its missions. Schools fall short of the mark while roads and bridges fall into disrepair. Health care costs too much and delivers too little. Budgets bleed red ink as the cost of services citizens want outstrips the taxes they are willing to pay. Collaborative Governance is the first book to offer solutions by demonstrating

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Managing the Public Sector

Grover Starling

4.1

Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how public executives and organizations apply these ideas, MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR is a comprehensive introduction to the field. The Eighth Edition continues to engage the student's intellect by providing more than just the basic foundation of management. The text places the application of management in the cont

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Small Talk: How to Talk to People, Improve Your Charisma, Social Skills, Conversation Starters & Lessen Social Anxiety

Aston Sanderson

4.1

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The Public Policy Theory Primer

Kevin B. Smith

4.1

Public policy has developed into a broad and interdisciplinary area of study. Research in the field tends to reflect this wide-ranging nature, with scholarly activity focusing on policy process, policy design, program evaluation, specific policy issues, and research classified simply as “policy studies.” Yet, for those teaching and studying in the field, this disjointedness can be confusing and cu

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Strategic Communication: Origins, Concepts, and Current Debates (Praeger Security International)

Christopher Paul

4.1

"Strategic Communication: Origins, Concepts, and Current Debates" is a groundbreaking study, the first book explicitly focused on strategic communication as it is currently used and discussed in the U.S. government. Written specifically for those who are new to strategic communication, this incisive book clarifies the definitional debate, explores the history of the term and its practice, and embr

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The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century

Christopher Hill

4.1

Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about America's right to promote democracy abroad? In this timely book, four distinguished scholars of American foreign policy discuss the relationship between the ideals of Woodrow Wilson and those of George W. Bush. The Crisis of American Foreign Policy expose

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The Politics of Crisis: An Insider’s Prescription to Prevent Public Policy Disasters

Eric Kowalczyk

4.1

Across the country minority communities feel under attack by police officers. The Politics of Crisis explores how to change public policy decisions to reform the role of law enforcement. Centered around the harrowing events of the Freddie Gray riots that gripped Baltimore in 2015, The Politics of Crisis is a powerful examination of how everything can go wrong when police no longer serve their comm

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Public Integrity

J. Patrick Dobel

4.1

In this groundbreaking book, J. Patrick Dobel describes and analyzes the elements that constitute integrity in public office. Drawing on case studies, memoirs, interviews, and fiction (e.g., John Le Carré), Dobel addresses such issues as when to resign and when to stay in office. He examines the temptations of power, the relation between private and public life, and the role of honor and prudence

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Essentials of Public Health

Bernard J. Turnock

4.1

New edition coming in February 2020. As one of the foundational texts in the Essential Public Health series, Essentials of Public Health is an excellent introduction to the field of public health. Written for senior-level undergraduates or graduate students in public health, health science, nursing, and other health professions, Essentials of Public Health gives special focus to public health care

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Public Administration Evolving: From Foundations to the Future

Mary E. Guy

4.1

Public Administration Evolving: From Foundations to the Future demonstrates how the theory and practice of public administration has evolved since the early decades of the twentieth century. Each chapter approaches the field from a unique perspective and describes the seminal events that have been influential in shaping its evolution.

This book presents major trends in theory and practice in the fi

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The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies

William A. Fischel

4.1

Just as investors want the companies they hold equity in to do well, homeowners have a financial interest in the success of their communities. If neighborhood schools are good, if property taxes and crime rates are low, then the value of the homeowner's principal asset--his home--will rise. Thus, as William Fischel shows, homeowners become watchful citizens of local government, not merely to impro

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The BBC: Myth of a Public Service

Tom Mills

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Public Administration: A Very Short Introduction

Stella Z. Theodoulou and Ravi K. Roy

4.1

Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering areas from public safety and social welfare to transportation and education, the services provided through the public sector are inextricably part of our daily lives. However, mandatory budgetary cuts in recent years have caused public administrators to

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The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook

David D. Chrislip

4.1

When the landmark book Collaborative Leadership was first published in 1994, it described the premise, principles, and leadership characteristics of successful collaboration. The book outlined an innovative way of building partnerships to solve the civic problems too big for anyone to solve alone as well as a new type of leadership that brings together diverse stakeholders to solve a community's p

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Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Robert B. Denhardt, Janet V. Denhardt, et al.

4.1

The only text in management and organizational behavior to focus on public organizations, nonprofit organizations, and school systems, Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations fosters competency in critical management and leadership skills including communication, motivation, teamwork, group dynamics, and decision-making. Cases, self-assessment exercises, simulations, and eval

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The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry

Victor Navasky and Evan Cornog

4.1

In this entertaining anthology, editors, writers, art directors, and publishers from such magazines as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Elle, and Harper's draw on their varied, colorful experiences to explore a range of issues concerning their profession. Combining anecdotes with expert analysis, these leading industry insiders speak on writing and editing articles, developing great

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Intergovernmental Management for the 21st Century

Timothy J. Conlan

4.1

America's complex system of multi-layered government faces new challenges as a result of rapidly changing economic, technological, and demographic trends. An aging population, economic globalization, and homeland security concerns are among the powerful factors testing the system's capacity and flexibility. Major policy challenges and responses are now overwhelmingly intergovernmental in nature, a

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Public Health: What It Is and How It Works

Bernard J. Turnock

4.0

Using a straightforward systems approach, Public Health: What It Is and How It Works explores the inner workings of the complex, modern U.S. public health system--what it is, what it does, how it works, and why it is important. The book covers the origins and development of the modern public health system; the relationship of public health to the overall health system; how the system is organized

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Comparative Approaches to Program Planning

Ellen F. Netting

4.0

"As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager, administrator, executive director, st

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The Digital Difference: Media Technology and the Theory of Communication Effects

W. Russell Neuman

4.0

The Digital Difference examines how the transition from the industrial-era media of one-way publishing and broadcasting to the two-way digital era of online search and social media has affected the dynamics of public life.

In the digital age, fundamental beliefs about privacy and identity are subject to change, as is the formal legal basis of freedom of expression. Will it be possible to maintain a

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Administrative Law for Public Managers

David H Rosenbloom

4.0

Administrative Law for Public Managers a comprehensive guide to the essentials that public managers need to know about administrative law—why we have administrative law, the constitutional constraints on public administration, and administrative law’s frameworks for rulemaking, adjudication, enforcement, transparency, and judicial and legislative review. Rosenbloom views administrative law from

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Public Administration: Partnerships in Public Service, Fifth Edition

William C. Johnson

4.0

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The Public Administration Theory Primer

H. George Frederickson

4.0

The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches—from public institutional theory to theories of governance—and consider which are the most promising, influential, and important for the field. This book paints a full pictur

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Public Administration in America

Michael E. Milakovich

4.0

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICA tackles the current and emerging trends, ethics, and challenges in public administration with the most comprehensive scholarship available. The Eleventh Edition gives you a behind the scenes look at day-to-day operations while examining the policies implemented and the procedures undertaken across the various levels of American government. The most current applicat

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Public Administration: An Action Orientation, (with Coursereader 0-30: Public Administration Printed Access Card)

Robert B. Denhardt

4.0

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Statistics for Health Care Management and Administration: Working with Excel

John F. Kros and David A. Rosenthal

4.0

The must-have statistics guide for students of health servicesStatistics for Health Care Management and Administration is a unique and invaluable resource for students of health care administration and public health. The book introduces students to statistics within the context of health care, focusing on the major data and analysis techniques used in the field. All hands-on instruction makes use

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Understanding Law for Public Administration

Charles Szypszak

4.0

A Comprehensive Overview And Resource For Public Administration Students And Practitioners. This Book Is A Combination Of An Introduction To Basic Legal Principles, Analysis Of Excerpts From Instructive Cases, And Practical Advice. It Is An Original Approach To Learning About Law For Those Who Work For The Public Good, The Culmination Of More Than Twenty-Five Years Of Research, Study, Counseling,

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How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders

Marcus Tullius Cicero

4.0

Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about

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Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance

Richard C Box

4.0

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The State of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Donald C. Menzel and Jay D White

4.0

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and practice in the 21st Century.

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Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

J. Michael Martinez

4.0

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century lays the ethical foundations for a uniform professional code of ethics for public administrators, civil servants, and non-profit administrators in the US. Martinez synthesizes five disparate schools of ethical thought as to how public administrators can come to know the good and behave in ways that advance the values of citizenship, equity, and pub

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Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict (Urban Institute Press)

Elizabeth Boris

4.0

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Contract Administration in the Public Sector Second Edition

Elisabeth Wright Ph.D. CPCM and William D. Davison- the CPPO

4.0

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The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic

Charles T. Goodsell

4.0

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The Public Administration Casebook

Robert A. Cropf

4.0

The Public Administration Casebook is a practice-based collection that speaks to the lived experience of students and prepares them to become more effective practioners of public and non-profit sectors by providing case studies arranged around major themes in public administration.

Key Features:

The 14 case studies are organized by main themes of public administration including political context of