Handbook of state government administration /edited by John J. Gargan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Factors affecting the context of state government administration -- Introduction and overview of state government administration / John J. Gargan -- Management consequences of the 1960-1990 "Modernization" of state government / James K. Conant -- State administration and intergovernmental interdependency : Do national impacts on state agencies contribute to organizational turbulence? / Deil S. Wright and Chung-Lae Cho -- State administration in cultural context / H. Edward Flentje -- Basic state government management practices -- Governors as chief administrators and managers / F. Ted Hebert -- The independent political executive in state governance / Julia E. Robinson ; Thomas P. Lauth and Paula E. Steinbauer -- Developments in personnel/human resources management in state government / Curtis R. Berry -- Strategic management in state governments / Paul C. Nutt and Robert W. Backoff -- Administration of innovations in state government / Keon S. Chi -- Productivity management in state governments / Evan M. Berman -- Policy research in state government / Peter J. Haas -- Measuring performance in state government / Maria P. Aristigueta -- Administering policies of state government -- Administration of state economic development policy / Keith Boeckelman -- Administration of state government rural development policy / Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire -- Administration of state economic development : decision making under uncertainty / Karen Mossberger -- Administration of developmental-disabilities services in state government / Paul J. Castellani -- Administration and management of state human service agencies / Lawrence L. Martin -- Administration of welfare reform in the states / Edward T. Jennings, Jr. -- Medicaid in the states : administrative reforms under devolution / Joseph Drew and Thomas E. Yatsco -- Management of state corrections policies : consequences of getting tough on crime / Betsy Fulton -- Administration of state environmental policies / A. Hunter Bacot and Roy A. Dawes -- Organization and management of public works in state government / Claire L. Felbinger and Willard T. Price -- Concluding assessment -- State governing challenges for the new century / John J. Gargan.

A consideration of the results of the governmental reform tradition, the impact of federalism and intergovernmental relations, and the effects of political culture on state government, by focusing on economic development, welfare, corrections, and environmental programmes and policies.

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