Subjects:  1. Administrative law    2. Constitutional    3. Germany    4. History    5. Law    6. Legal History    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Police power    9. Public    10. State, The    11. Constitutional & administrative law    12. European history: First World War    13. European history: Second World War    14. First World War, 1914-1918    15. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    16. Law / Public    17. Law | Legal History    18. Second World War, 1939-1945   

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An eye-opener
An intricately detailed look into the legislative process.While the case studies are rather in depth, almost anyone could read and enjoy this book.This book allows the reader to truly understand how bills become law (i.e. coalitions and political importance). Definitely worth reading.

An eye-opener
An intricately detailed look into the legislative process.While the case studies are rather in depth, almost anyone could read and enjoy this book.This book allows the reader to truly understand how bills become law (i.e. coalitions and political importance). Definitely worth reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases studies    2. Congress    3. General    4. Law    5. Legislation    6. Public    7. Public Law    8. Reference    9. U.S. Congress (General)    10. United States    11. Central government    12. Social law    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Political Science    3. Politics/International Relations    4. Public Affairs & Administration    5. Public administration    6. Central government    7. Civil service & public sector    8. Management & management techniques    9. Political science & theory    10. USA   

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Good on management change in British health services
Highly recommended for anyone who wants some useful analysis of the effects of the new public management in the British health system. A very useful typography of NPM reforms and a good chapter on changing management-professional relations in the health system. Has resonances with New Zealand experience. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative agencies    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Civil Service    5. Contemporary Politics - Britain    6. Corporate & Business History - General    7. Great Britain    8. Management    9. National health services    10. Political Science    11. Public Affairs & Administration    12. Business    13. Business & Economics / Management    14. Civil service & public sector    15. Hospital administration & management    16. Local government    17. Management & management techniques    18. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Contracts    2. General    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Liability (Law)    6. Negligence    7. Private Law    8. Public    9. Public Law    10. Reference    11. Torts    12. English law: torts    13. Jurisprudence & General Issues    14. Law / Torts    15. Law | Torts    16. Torts / delicts   

Subjects:  1. Bureaucracy    2. Contemporary Politics - Germany    3. Contemporary Politics - Japan    4. Current Affairs    5. Germany    6. Japan    7. Political    8. Politics - Current Events    9. Politics and government    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Public Affairs & Administration    12. Organizational theory & behaviour    13. Political structure & processes   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Government business enterprise    3. Government business enterprises    4. International Business Administration    5. Management    6. Political Science    7. Politics - Current Events    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Public Affairs & Administration    11. State And Industrial Organization    12. Central government    13. International business    14. Ownership & organization of enterprises    15. Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration    16. Public finance   

Subjects:  1. Cross-cultural studies    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Public Administration    4. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Budget    2. Finance, Public    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Public Affairs & Administration    7. Public Finance (General)    8. Public Policy - General    9. United States    10. Civil service & public sector    11. Management & management techniques    12. Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Public    5. Remedies & Damages    6. Remedies (Law)    7. United States    8. Reference / Law   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. General    3. Law    4. Police Administration    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Affairs & Administration    7. United States    8. Police & security services   

Subjects:  1. International Relations - General    2. Jurisprudence    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Public    7. International humanitarian law    8. Sierra Leone   

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good overview for a manager
I read this book as a primer for the more advanced class at Harvard.It's a good introduction but take the class if you can.This book is most useful for managers and as a reference to refer to high level approaches with hints for how to dig into more detail. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Economics   

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Mikesell needs to write more succinctly... please see Lee, Joyce and Johnson.
Public Budgeting Systems by Robert D. Lee, Philip G. Joyce, and Ronald Wayne Johnson is written more clearly... if you have a choice, buy this book.The problem with Mikesell is that he has to write 200 pages (six chapters) to explain the concept of revenues in the budget process.Too many trees were wasted in the development of this book.Lee, Joyce, and Johnson can do this in 40 pages.
Good book, bad delivery
I didn't get the book until 20 days after delivery. Way too long compared to other services. I got books I ordered the same day, 5 business days after placing the order.
Mikesell needs more money, reprints same book with new picture on the cover
Are you looking for this book for your MPA course?Save some money and buy an older edition.They're all the same!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Finance, Public    2. Politics - Current Events    3. Politics/International Relations    4. Public Affairs & Administration    5. Public Finance (General)    6. Taxation - General    7. Public finance   

Subjects:  1. Government policy    2. Public Administration    3. Risk    4. Risk management    5. United States   

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Very useful and eclectic
This collection of essays is practical and wide-ranging.The editors have assembled essays from academics who study law, politics, public health, and economics.The information is reliable and current.The charts are easy to understand.The writing is almost always clear, but arguments and analyses will challenge newcomers and provoke old hands.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cigarette industry    2. Government policy    3. Health Care Issues    4. Health aspects    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Public    8. Public Affairs & Administration    9. Public Policy - General    10. Tobacco habit    11. Tobacco industry    12. Tobacco use    13. United States    14. Law / Public    15. Law | Law & Society    16. Personal & public health    17. Public health & safety law    18. USA   

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Good Graduate Level Text
This was a required text book for one of the classes in my master of public administration program (MPA).I found it to be extremely useful for understanding both the historical evolution of public administration and the current practice. The emphasis on the (sometimes conflicting) managerial, legal, and political perspectives of each aspect of public administration works nicely if you are also learning the Hamiltonian, Madisonian, and Jeffersonian perspectives on the founding of the government.I always find it useful to understand and remember how things work if I get a good explanation of why it is so--this book does a good job of balancing the how/why.
Public Administration
Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector is a textbook that explicitly examines and explains the three major issues of public administration: management, politics, and law.Itis an excellent text for advanced undergraduate or graduate students.Inaddition, this book identifies the differences in roles involved in publicadministration.For example, it describes the difference between themanagerial and leadership roles in delivering public services.Itdiscusses the traditional management style versus the New Public Managementstyle in dealing with accountability on the part of administration, as wellas the public. ... Read more