Previous ed.: published as Classics of public administration. Boston, Mass.: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Formerly CIP. Shafritz, J. M., & Hyde, A. C. (2012). Public administration : Classic readings (7th ed.). Sydney : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.

Part 1: Early Voices and the First Quarter Century 1880s to 1920s -- Part 2: The New Deal to Mid-Century 1930s to 1950s -- Part 3: From JFK to Civil Service Reform, The 1960s and 1970s -- Part 4: From Reagan to Reinvention, The 1980s to 1990s -- Part 5: Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century -- The Discipline of public Administration -- The Political Context of Public Administration -- Bureaucracy -- Organization Theory -- Human Resource Management -- The Budgetary Process -- Public Management -- Public Policy and Analysis -- Program Evaluation -- Intergovernmental Relations -- Public Service Ethics.