Classics of Public Administration

by Jay M. Shafritz

CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is a collection of articles carefully chosen for their readability and continuing contribution to the study of Public Administration. Written by the most significant scholars from the field, these classics focus on topics and issues that are recognized as important ongoing themes in the field of Public Administration.

Genres: Nonfiction, Political Science, Textbooks, School, Grad School, Social Science, Politics

577 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1978

Reviews

[Fran]

Note to self: A reference text for PA 201: Theory and Practice of Public Administration under Dr. Edna A. Co of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), Diliman, 2nd Semester 1999-2000.

[Steven Peterson]

For an inventory of classic works in public administration, this isn't a bad resource at all. It covers works chronologically. Part 1 looks at "Early voices and the first quarter century (1880s-1920s). Here, Woodrow Wilson's classic "The Study of Administration" and Max Weber's "Bureaucracy." Other authors: Frank Goodnow, Frederick Taylor, and William Willoughby. Part Two (1930s-1950s). Authors: Luther Gulick, Chester Barnard, V. O. Key, Jr., Herbert Simon, Dwight Waldo, et al. And so on.

If one is interested in a "sampler" of major works in public administration, here is a handy catalog.

[Ashley M]

School

[Tain Yan]

I Like Public Administration Books , I Like it

[Craig Goodwin-Ortiz de León]

A primary overview of public administration that every MPA student should have on their shelf.

[Hamza Abdullah]

Collection of peer reviewed articles in the evolutionary development of Public administration.

[Amber]

I love this book as it contains all of the classics (hence the name) of PA in one place. Will continue to use in my classes.

[Diego]

For class one of the hardest readings but one of the most important for public administration with a range of different collections that inspired what is becoming and evolving field

[Andy]

Super dry articles from a government peer-reviewed journal. Interesting-ish at times, but more often a total miss.
Not a great tet, but Ds get degrees.

[Iqtikaful]

good

[R.]

This is totally a 4 star book!

On a 10 star scale.

What do you want? It's a graduate level textbook. It's not exactly riveting stuff here, folks.

[Tess]

Really good collection of PA source documents divided into chronological order.

[Diana Daniswari]

nope

[Saffi Malik]

Awesome bbok

[Mohamed]

reading

[Артем Баранов]

I think this good book!

[Wana Chiyena]

helpful

[Thu Nguyen]

my view of point difficult