New Edition of Public Administration

Author: Li Shiyin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the theory and practice of public administration from aspects such as the fundamentals, subjects, behaviors, norms, and development of public administration. The book is divided into 15 chapters: Introduction, Administrative Environment, Administrative Functions, Administrative Organizations, Personnel Administration, Administrative Agency Management, Administrative Leadership, Administrative Decision-Making, Administrative Implementation, Administrative Public Relations, Administrative Responsibility, Administrative Ethics, Administrative Supervision, Administrative Information, and Administrative Reform. The book's distinctive features include: First, it has a new background, closely linking with China's administrative reforms in the context of China's entry into the WTO. Second, its content is novel, drawing extensively on recent achievements and cutting-edge theories in the field of public administration during the writing process. Third, it adopts new perspectives and methods to address issues. From the perspective of combining rule of law with rule of virtue under the market economy, it highlights the fundamental theories and practical issues of administrative public relations, administrative information, administrative responsibility, and administrative ethics. It also provides in-depth elaboration and analysis on the connotation, scope, core, value orientation, and transformation of administrative agency styles in China's administrative reforms. It also presents and evaluates the latest theories of administrative reforms from abroad. Fourth, it has a broad scope of application. The book integrates theory and practice, making it suitable for university teaching, adult education institutions such as party schools and training centers, civil servant training in administrative colleges, as well as self-study needs of managers in government and enterprise organizations.