The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and practice in the 21st Century.

Donald C Menzel, Harvey E White

1: Public Administration Theory; I: The Profession; 2: The Profession of Public Administration; 3: Public Service Professionals; 4: Professional Associations and Public Administration; 5: Accreditation and Competencies in Education for Leadership in Public Service; 6: Changing Dynamics of Administrative Leadership; 7: Ethics and Integrity in Public Service; II: Public Management Issues; 8: Human Resources Management; 9: New Directions in Public Budgeting; 10: The Proxy-Partnership Governance Continuum; 11: The Pursuit of Accountability; 12: Technology and Public Management Information Systems; 13: Emergency and Crisis Management; III: Networking and Partnerships; 14: Federal Contracting; 15: Citizen-Driven Administration; 16: Network Theory and Practice in Public Administration; 17: Collaborative Public Agencies in the Network Era; IV: Governance and Reform; 18: Historic Relevance Confronting Contemporary Obsolescence?; 19: Neglected Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism; 20: Politics, Bureaucratic Dynamics, and Public Policy; 21: Civil Service Reform; 22: Public Administration's Legal Dimensions; 23: Governance in the Midst of Diversity; V: International and Global Challenges; 24: New Public Management; 25: Governance; 26: Development Management; 27: The Crisis of Public Administration Theory in a Postglobal World