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Public Affairs – Spring 2015

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Request your FREE exam copies today at cqpress.com! EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS Titles displaying this symbol are available online through CourseSmart.com. Receive instant access to the entire text for review! online resources Titles displaying this symbol include FREE online instructor and/or student resources. SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. SAGE edge content is open access and available on demand. ORGANIZATION THEORY Organization Theory and Governance for the 21st Century Sandra Parkes Pershing • Eric K. Austin Applying organization theory to public and governance organizations, Organization Theory and Governance for the 21st Century presents readers with a conscious and thoughtful awareness of the history and evolving nature of organizations. It addresses emerging theories rarely touched upon in competing titles, and takes a deeper look into assumed theories to give the student a chance to critically consider the consequences these embedded assumptions have for organizational practice. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-6042-6984-0 • August 2014 • 401 pages • PUBLIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Public Human Resource Management Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century R. Paul Battaglio, Jr. Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century offers a novel take on public human resource management by providing practical guidance for practitioners operating in a drastically reformed HR environment. A comprehensive introduction to contemporary public HR management, this text incorporates analysis of the impact of the private sector-oriented reforms of the last decades that aimed to bring greater effi ciency and productivity to the public sector. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-1823-6 • September 2014 • 376 pages • PUBLIC BUDGETING Budget Tools Financial Methods in the Public Sector, Second Edition Greg G. Chen • Lynne A. Weikart • Daniel W. Williams The thoroughly updated and expanded Second Edition of Budget Tools: Financial Methods in the Public Sector brings together scores of exercises that will take students through the process of public budgeting, from organizing data through analysis and presentation. This thoroughly revised text has been restructured – it now has 30 compact modules that focus on individual skills and enhance fl exibility, and is reorganized to cover more straightforward skills early in the book and more complex tools later on. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4833-0770-1 • November 2014 • 296 pages • online resources • ISBN: 978-1-4522-0537-3 © 2015 • 152 pages ISBN: 978-1-4522-3997-2 © 2015 • 184 pages ISBN: 978-1-4833-0781-7 © 2015 • 300 pages ISBN: 978-1-4522-4145-6 © 2015 • 360 pages ISBN: 978-1-4522-3996-5 © 2014 • 445 pages ALSO OF INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND POLITICS Environmental Policy New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, Ninth Edition Norman J. Vig • Michael E. Kraft Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy convenes top scholars to evaluate the impact of past environmental policy while anticipating its future implications, helping students decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape environmental politics. The Ninth Edition offers coverage of the latest issues, including the energy and natural resource policy dilemmas, sustainable cities, and the environmental impact of food production and consumption. A new concluding chapter ties the contributed chapters together with an assessment of the remaining environmental policy challenges for the 21st century. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4833-5258-9 • April 2015 • 408 pages ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative Law and Politics Cases and Comments, Fifth Edition Christine B. Harrington • Lief H. Carter Christine B. Harrington and Lief H. Carter know that while bureaucratic government is no cure for the shortcomings of free enterprise, government oversight and regulation is crucial to keeping power within democratic boundaries. Administrative Law and Politics shows the scope and power of administrative government and demonstrates how the legal system shapes administrative procedure and practice. Using accessible language and examples, the casebook provides the foundation that students, public administrators and policy analysts need to interpret the rules and regulations that support our legal system. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-4040-4 • September 2014 • 584 pages • BUREAUCRACY The New Case for Bureaucracy Charles Goodsell Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-2630-9 © 2015 • 176 pages PUBLIC ETHICS Public Service Ethics Individual and Institutional Responsibilities James S. Bowman • Jonathan P. West Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-7413-3 © 2015 • 344 pages

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