Includes bibliographical references and index. Cox, R. W., Buck, S. J., & Morgan, B. N. (2011). Public administration in theory and practice (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ : Longman.

Part I: Normative Foundations -- Chapter 1: History of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline -- Chapter 2: Ethics in Public Administration -- Chapter 3: Normative Foundation of Public Administration -- Part II: The Management Subprocesses of Public Administration -- Chapter 4: A Conceptual History of the Budget Process -- Chapter 5: A Conceptual History of Public Personnel Management -- Chapter 6: A Conceptual History of Administrative Law -- Chapter 7: A Conceptual History of Policy Analysis -- Part III: Public Administration as a Puzzle -- Chapter 8: Organization Theory as a Problem of Structure -- Chapter 9: Organization Theory as a Problem of Human Behavior -- Chapter 10: Organization Theory as a Problem of Democracy -- Part IV: Identifying and Implementing Change -- Chapter 11: Theory and Practice of Planned Change -- Chapter 12: Public Sector Strategic Management -- Chapter 13: Theory and Practice of Organization Development -- Part V: Public Administration "Outside the Box": Politics and Administration -- Chapter 14: The Legislature in Administrative and Organizational Perspective -- Chapter 15: Administration in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 16: Politics and Administration: American Political Theory and the Bureaucracy

Hailed for its timelessness and timeliness, public administration in theory and practice examines the field from a normative perspective and provides students with an understanding of its practice in the real world. Combining historical, contextual, and theoretical perspective, this text gives students a rare, comprehensive view of public administration that connects theory to practice.