Includes bibliographical references and index.

The search for the scope and purpose of public administration -- The formal structure: the concept of bureaucracy -- The general environment: the concept of ecology -- The political environment: the concept of administrative power -- Intergovernmental relations (IGR): the concept of opportunistic federalism -- Internal dynamics: the concept of the informal group -- Key decision makers inside public administration: the concept of competing bureaucratic subsystems -- Decision making: the concept of incremental choice -- Administrative communication: the concept of its professional centrality -- Public management: the concept of collaborative processes -- Public personnel motivation: the concept of the public service culture -- Public budgeting: the concept of budgeting as political choice -- Administrative reorganization: the concept of the tides of reform -- The relationship between politics and administration: the concept of issue networks -- The relationship between bureaucracy and the public interest: the concept of administrative responsibility -- The relationship between ethics and public administration: the concept of
.competing ethical obligations