Public Administration Dictionary

Public Administration Dictionary
Author: William Fox
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780702132193

Most first-year courses in public administration include debate on terminological issues. This dictionary aims to provide students, lecturers and practitioners with a resource manual for their dealings with the broad field of Public Administration. It also includes terminology for sub-disciplinary areas such as human resource management, information management and politics.

The Dictionary Of Public Policy And Administration

The Dictionary Of Public Policy And Administration
Author: Jay Shafritz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429976313

The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration offers definitions of all the key terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary public policy and administration. Included are brief biographies of major scholars and influential practitioners, summaries of major rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, overviews of significant laws, descriptions of important government agencies, and explanations of historical trends and governing doctrines. The Dictionary is designed to be the single most useful tool that a student or practitioner of public administration could haveā€”the book to keep at their side while they are reading other textbooks in the field.

International Dictionary of Public Management and Governance

International Dictionary of Public Management and Governance
Author: Gambhir Bhatta
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317467566

This authoritative, up-to-date resource will become the standard reference on the theory and practice of public management around the world. Public management addresses strategy, policy processes, and governance as well as the bureaucratic concerns of public administration. Reflecting this diversity, the Dictionary incorporates concepts from various other fields including economics, political science, management, sociology, and psychology. The reference draws from an extensive literature base including books, journals, websites, research reports, government proceedings, legal documents, and international and organizational reports. As the primary source of ready information for students, researchers, scholars, and practitioners, it defines all the fundamental concepts of public management, their applications, and all relevant theories, complete with sources and references.

A Dictionary of Public Administration

A Dictionary of Public Administration
Author: Shriram Maheshwari
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2002
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9788125022527

This dictionary is the first of its kind in India as well as perhaps in the Third World. It covers the terms, concepts, theories and paradigms of public administration. Each term is defined and explained concisely but clearly. The dictionary deals with the theory of public administration in all its sub-fields like administrative theory, personal administration, financial administration, comparative public administration, administrative law and public policy.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Management

The Oxford Handbook of Public Management
Author: Ewan Ferlie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 805
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019922644X

The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world and in the last thirty years there have been major shifts in approaches to its management. This text identifies the trends in public management and the effects these have had, as well as providing a broad overview to each topic.

A Dictionary of Business and Management

A Dictionary of Business and Management
Author: Jonathan Law
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 999
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191036722

This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary contains 7,000 entries covering all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behaviour, business strategy, law, and taxation. Written by a team of experts, it features the very latest terminology, for example, the recent vocabulary associated with structured finance and the associated subprime lending crisis, including collaterized debt obligation and special purpose vehicle. The new edition of this established bestseller dispels modern financial and management jargon, defining entries in a clear, concise, and accessible manner. It contains US business terms, general management concepts (e.g. competence, knowledge management), named theories (e.g. Tannenbaum and Schmidt, Blake and Mouton) as well as expanded coverage of the contemporary theory of the firm and human resources. New terms are included from the fast-moving areas of current affairs (e.g. MiFID), Internet business and information technology and there is full coverage of the new Companies Act. With recommended web links for many entries, accessible and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Business and Management companion website, this edition is more informative than ever. This A-Z reference work is essential for business students, teachers and professionals, and useful for anyone needing a guide to business terminology.

Dictionary of Public Policy

Dictionary of Public Policy
Author: Michael Howlett
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-03-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781800374782

This authoritative Dictionary provides comprehensive definitions of key terms in public policy. Unpacking the increasingly complex and diffusive world of public policy, it offers an exhaustive definitional guide to the terminology utilised by contemporary policy scholars. Prepared by a team of expert scholars, entries summarise the social, political and economic contexts of fundamental public policy vocabulary and dissect its usage in modern scholarship. Entries are meticulously cross-referenced to guarantee accessibility and illuminate a broad yet detailed understanding of topics. Providing recommendations for further reading, it features 330 carefully defined entries to aid researchers investigating both novel and historical approaches to public policy. Assembling a broad overview of the discipline, this Dictionary is a useful reference book for students at all levels and early-career researchers. It will also benefit policy practitioners looking for a superior understanding of the crucial vocabulary that governs their field.

Safire's Political Dictionary

Safire's Political Dictionary
Author: William Safire
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 887
Release: 2008-03-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199711119

When it comes to the vagaries of language in American politics, its uses and abuses, its absurdities and ever-shifting nuances, its power to confound, obscure, and occasionally to inspire, William Safire is the language maven we most readily turn to for clarity, guidance, and penetrating, sometimes lacerating, wit. Safire's Political Dictionary is a stem-to-stern updating and expansion of the Language of Politics, which was first published in 1968 and last revised in 1993, long before such terms as Hanging Chads, 9/11 and the War on Terror became part of our everyday vocabulary. Nearly every entry in that renowned work has been revised and updated and scores of completely new entries have been added to produce an indispensable guide to the political language being used and abused in America today. Safire's definitions--discursive, historically aware, and often anecdotal--bring a savvy perspective to our colorful political lingo. Indeed, a Safire definition often reads like a mini-essay in political history, and readers will come away not only with a fuller understanding of particular words but also a richer knowledge of how politics works, and fails to work, in America. From Axis of Evil, Blame Game, Bridge to Nowhere, Triangulation, and Compassionate Conservatism to Islamofascism, Netroots, Earmark, Wingnuts and Moonbats, Slam Dunk, Doughnut Hole, and many others, this language maven explains the origin of each term, how and by whom and for what purposes it has been used or twisted, as well as its perceived and real significance. For anyone who wants to cut through the verbal haze that surrounds so much of American political discourse, Safire's Political Dictionary offers a work of scholarship, wit, insiderhood and resolute bipartisanship.