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The Politics of Public Health in the United States (2004)
Call Number: Zim: RA445 .P37 2005
This book focuses on the politics, policies, and methodologies of public health and the twenty-first century challenges to the public health system of the United States.
Postmodern Public Administration (2007)
This work articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism.
The Public Administration Theory Primer (2015)
book explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors describe several theories and analytical approaches.
Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration (2009)
This eclectic book presents cutting-edge perspectives on the role of ethics in public sector management--what it is and where it is going.
Social Equity and Public Administration (2010)
This book is designed to be the defintive statement on social equity theory and practice in public administration.

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2007) This resources features the input of leading scholars. Each authoritative entry is a coherent article, rather than a short paragraph, that offers readers salient theories, issues, and concepts. Relevant to practitioners, as well as new and expert scholars. covers a wide range of PA topics/subjects.
International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration (1998) a comprehensive tool that covers the international integration of the literature on public policy and administration. The information found within includes concepts, practices, issues, and theories that inform and define contemporary public policy making, analysis, evaluation, management, and implementation.
Call Number: Zim Library: H97 I574 1998 (closed stacks)
Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration (2001) A comprehensive resource covers diverse issues, aspects, and features of public administration and policy around the world.
Call Number: Zim: JF1351 .H267 2001
Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration (2008) This book offers encyclopedic treatment of research designs with case studies; surveys research designs used in public administration and relates these designs to analytical methods.