have an abundance of groceries in our pantry‚ we often never think of those in the United States that are below the poverty line and struggling to put food on the table. The battle for the single mother to make it in this tough economy is the policy issue I will be focusing on. The poverty rate for single mothers and their children is only rising: from 32.5% in 2009 to 34.2% in 2010 (Albelda‚ Jan/Feb 2012). Poverty has always been a concern‚ however now with the growing population and the increasing
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEANING ‚NATURE AND SCOPE Introduction Public Administration is a newly emerged discipline compare to other Social Science’s discipline. Public Administration has gained immense importance since the emergence of Administrative state. In Ancient Greek‚ Roman and Indian political system gave more importance to the concept of Administration. Kautilys’s “Arthasathra” contributed large scale in the administrative system; it deals every aspect of the state and its relation to subjects
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political science in attempt to answers some of these questions. However‚ no other field of study will provide more insight into the development of these new government structures than comparative public administration (CPA). Simply put‚ it is the study of comparing two or more public administrations by using multiple disciplines. This definition‚ however‚ does not sufficiently describe the complexity of this field or its contributions to other academic areas‚ government employees‚ and country
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The study on the history and development of public administration is actually focus on three major issues. The major scholarly movements that contribute to the formation and establishment of public administration The factors that are shaping the discipline The institutional development of public administration British colonial introduced British administration by following the Westminster (England) style of public service. British Colonial appointed British Residents to implement British
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Ethics is not a new topic in public administration‚ and the amount of information on the subject demonstrates the importance of ethics in the field. For instance‚ a recent article examined the impact of New Public Management on ethics and found that the framework for NPM has a definite impact of the ethical decisions of administrators (Maesschalk‚ 2004). Currently‚ ethics seems an especially urgent aspect of public administration. Whether it is a national leader invoking a “war on terror” or a local
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Theory Development in Public Administration Guy B. Adams‚ University of Missouri-Columbia What impact has the "culture of modernity" had on the field of public administration? Guy B. Adams contends that the American cultural preoccupation with modernity has shaped the study of puhlic administration into an ahistorical and atemporal field that stresses technical rationality and has limited capacity to address critical questions facing society. This approach to public administration puts its emphasis on
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Ethics plays different rolls in public administration based upon the type of administration. After all‚ an administration is a business and it has to make money to survive. If businesses in public administration based the ethics of each individual employee‚ then the administration would fail. For example‚ a state employee dealing with welfare for a citizen feels that the citizen should get more money than authorized by the state; by allowing this for one it would only be ethical to do for everyone
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THE TENETS OF BEURAUCRATIC APPROACH IN THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCTION A bureaucracy is a way of administratively organizing large numbers of people who need to work together. Organizations in the public and private sector‚ including universities and governments‚ rely on bureaucracies to function. The term bureaucracy literally means “rule by desks or offices‚” a definition that highlights the often impersonal character of bureaucracies. Even though bureaucracies sometimes seem
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1.8 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - MEANING‚ NATURE‚ SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.0 Learning Outcome Introduction What is Administration? Administration‚ Organisation and Management Defining Public Administration Nature of Public Administration Scope of Public Administration 1.6.1 Scope of Public Administration as an Activity 1.6.2 Scope of Public Administration as a Discipline Public and Private Administration 1.7.1 Distinction between Public and Private Administration 1.7.2 Similarities
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系、年级SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 类 别 MASTER 考试科目 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 考试日期 2013 年 01 月 14 日 评 分 题 号 得 分 题 号 得 分 总分： 评卷人： 注：1、无评卷人签名试卷无效。 2、必须用钢笔或圆珠笔阅卷，使用红色。用铅笔阅卷无效。 TOPIC: SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Introduction: Public administration has been regarded as the key discipline responsible for precisely understanding the sensibilities of public and service of deliverance
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