Handbook of state government administration /edited by John J. Gargan.
- New York : Marcel Dekker, (c)2000.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 674 pages) : illustrations.
- Public administration and public policy ; 75 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Factors affecting the context of state government administration -- Introduction and overview of state government administration / Management consequences of the 1960-1990 "Modernization" of state government / State administration and intergovernmental interdependency : Do national impacts on state agencies contribute to organizational turbulence? / State administration in cultural context / Basic state government management practices -- Governors as chief administrators and managers / The independent political executive in state governance / Developments in personnel/human resources management in state government / Strategic management in state governments / Administration of innovations in state government / Productivity management in state governments / Policy research in state government / Measuring performance in state government / Administering policies of state government -- Administration of state economic development policy / Administration of state government rural development policy / Administration of state economic development : decision making under uncertainty / Administration of developmental-disabilities services in state government / Administration and management of state human service agencies / Administration of welfare reform in the states / Medicaid in the states : administrative reforms under devolution / Management of state corrections policies : consequences of getting tough on crime / Administration of state environmental policies / Organization and management of public works in state government / Concluding assessment -- State governing challenges for the new century / John J. Gargan -- James K. Conant -- Deil S. Wright and Chung-Lae Cho -- H. Edward Flentje -- F. Ted Hebert -- Julia E. Robinson ; Thomas P. Lauth and Paula E. Steinbauer -- Curtis R. Berry -- Paul C. Nutt and Robert W. Backoff -- Keon S. Chi -- Evan M. Berman -- Peter J. Haas -- Maria P. Aristigueta -- Keith Boeckelman -- Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire -- Karen Mossberger -- Paul J. Castellani -- Lawrence L. Martin -- Edward T. Jennings, Jr. -- Joseph Drew and Thomas E. Yatsco -- Betsy Fulton -- A. Hunter Bacot and Roy A. Dawes -- Claire L. Felbinger and Willard T. Price -- 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.