Handbook of public administration / edited by B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The role of public administration in governing / B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre -- Public management : old and new. Introduction / Hal G. Rainey -- Public management / Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. -- Measuring public sector performance and effectiveness / Carolyn J. Heinrich -- Strategic planning and management / John M. Bryson -- Human resource management. Introduction / Patricia W. Ingraham -- Comparative performance pay / Michael Katula, James L. Perry -- Innovations and global trends in human resource management practices / Sally Coleman Selden -- Pay and perquisites for government executives / Jorgen Gronnegaard Christensen -- Labor-management relations and partnerships : were they reinvented? / James R. Thompson -- Leadership and the senior service from a comparative perspective / John Halligan -- Organization theory and public administration. Introduction / Tom Christensen -- How bureaucratic structure matters : an organizational perspective / Morten Egeberg -- Institutional theories and public institutions : traditions and appropriateness / Jean-Claude Thoenig -- Formal theory and public administration / Jack H. Knott, Thomas H. Hammond -- Environmental perspectives on public institutions / Karen M. Hult -- Administrative history. Introduction / Jos C.N. Raadschelders -- Administrative state and society : a case study of the United States of America / Larry S. Luton -- Administrative traditions in Western Europe / Fabio Rugge -- South Asian and Western administrative experience : the past in the present / James Warner Bjorkman -- Implementation. Introduction ; Implementation perspectives : status and reconsideration / Soren C. Winter -- Policy design and implementation / Peter J. May -- Interorganizational relations in implementation / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. -- Street-level bureaucrats and the implementation of public policy / Marcia K. Meyers, Susan Vorsanger -- Law and administration. Introduction / Gavin Drewry -- The continental system of administrative legality / Jacques Ziller -- Administrative law in the Anglo-American tradition / Paul Craig -- The limits of law : can laws regulate public administration? / David Feldman -- Politics and administration. Introduction / Nicole de Montricher -- Public organizations and public policies / Gary C. Bryner -- Politicization of the civil service / Luc Rouban -- Interest groups and public organizations in Europe / Pierre Lascoumes, Patrick Le Gales -- Administration and society. Introduction ; Political legitimacy for public administration / Bo Rothstein -- Representative bureaucracy / Lois R. Wise -- Street-level bureaucracy and public policy / Steven Rathgeb Smith -- Electronic government : a revolution in public administration? / Helen Margetts -- Budgeting and finance. Introduction / Frans K.M. van Nispen -- Critical choices for design and operation of public revenue systems / John L. Mikesell -- Fiscal rules and fiscal policy / Mark Hallerberg -- Performance information and budgeting in historical and comparative perspective / Rita M. Hilton, Philip G. Joyce --

Accrual budgeting in a comparative perspective / Leonard Kok -- Comparative and international public administration. Introduction / Edward C. Page -- Comparative public administration : from general theory to general frameworks / Marleen Brans -- International organizations and domestic administrative reform / Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Argyris G. Passas -- Administrative patterns and national politics / Martin Lodge -- Administrative reform. Introduction ; Administrative reform : analytics / Theo A.J. Toonen -- The administrative state in Western democracies / Elke Loffler -- Public administration in post-communist states / A.J.G. Verheijen -- Public administration in developing and transitional societies. Introduction / Goran Hyden -- The crisis in African public administration / Dele Olowu -- Challenges of culture and governance in Asian public administration / O.P. Dwivedi -- Public administration and public sector reform in Latin America / Jorge Nef -- Public administration in Central and Eastern Europe / Attila Agh -- Accountability. Introduction / Paul G. Thomas -- Accountability in modern government / Robert Gregory -- On acting responsibly in a disorderly world : individual ethics and administrative responsibility / Linda deLeon -- Accountability in a seamless economy / Kevin P. Kearns -- Intergovernmental relations and public administration. Introduction / Martin Painter -- Coordination in the intergovernmental setting / Hellmut Wollmann -- The instruments of intergovernmental management / Beryl A. Radin -- Multi-level governance : what it is and how it can be studied / Andy Smith