Public Administration

Author: Yan Xinming
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book first introduces the "paradigm shift" process in public administration. The theoretical foundations of public administration can be considered as public goods theory, public choice theory, and new institutional economics theory. From the perspective of the field of public administration functions, it can be divided into political functions, economic functions, cultural functions, and social functions. In terms of the operational procedures of public administration, the functions of public administration are the procedures and steps of public administration, including the four major functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling. The operational mechanisms of public administration include market mechanisms, government mechanisms, and social mechanisms. Public policy is an important part of the management of public affairs by public organizations in managing the state and society, and it is the soul of public administration. Public administration innovation strategies include government performance management, goal and benchmark management, total quality management, and e-government. Public administration ethics is an important component of new public administration, reflecting the basic ethical dimensions, ethical norms, and public ethical spirit of new public administration. In the new developments in foreign public administration theory, it focuses on introducing the contemporary new public service theory and the theory of governance and good governance. Finally, it explores China's transformation in public administration governance through examples. This book is suitable for undergraduate students of public administration majors in higher education institutions to study and use, and can also be referred to by postgraduate students, public administration workers, and individuals interested in public administration.