(Ebook) Introducing Public Administration (10th Edition) by JAY M. SHAFRITZ, E.W. RUSSELL, CHRISTOPHER P. BORICK, ALBERT C. HYDE ISBN 9781138666344, 1138666343

(Ebook) Introducing Public Administration (10th Edition) by JAY M. SHAFRITZ, E.W. RUSSELL, CHRISTOPHER P. BORICK, ALBERT C. HYDE ISBN 9781138666344, 1138666343

Now in an extensively revised tenth edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook—blending historical accounts with contemporary events—examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. Its approach of using extensive case studies at the end of each chapter encourages students to think critically about the nature, purpose, and public value of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the tenth edition contains a number of critical updates for the field: \sh=squf\ All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges, including social justice, climate change action, smart cities, transforming governmental institutions, and economic responses to the global pandemic. The case studies—many with legal dimensions as well—cover emerging issues and are well suited for further research by students. \sh=squf\ Two newly revised chapters by contributing authors to broaden perspectives: • One on social equity and justice to cover contemporary challenges in the US, from reform of policing to public administration’s response to major social policy equity issues like voting rights and homelessness. • The other on public budgeting contrasting government fiscal efforts between two recessions and illuminating how government budgeting works and sometimes does not with a case discussion on the federal government shutdown in 2019 over funding for the border wall. \sh=squf\ Keynotes at the start of each chapter to help introduce students to historical figures, contemporary dilemmas, and examples of public service in action, including subjects such as diversity and inclusion, marijuana legalization, organizational effects of remote work, and examining scenarios for the