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Of the thirty-one articles presented here, sixteen are new to this edition. Current issuescontinues to attempt to balance historical, political, organizational, managerial, analytical,and policy perspective on Public Administration, and it asks the classic questions in thisfield as they appear in the contemporary context.Keywords: public administration, public affairs, textbookDemocracy, Bureaucracy and the Study of Administration. Stivers, Camilla.Colorado: Westview Press. 2000.http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of publicadministration. These ideas are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to performancemeasurement or human resource management. Collectively and individually the essaysexplore what Dwight Waldo referred to as the "political theories" of public administration:issues that are ultimately irresolvable yet crucial to understanding the nature of publicadministrative practice. How can democracy and efficiency be balanced? Can there be ascience of administration? How should we think about administrative accountability?What is the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? Is professionalism anadequate mechanism for ensuring accountability? How efficient can or shouldbureaucracy be? What is proper leadership by administrators hoping to address politicaldemocracy and managerial efficiency? This ASPA Classics Volumes serves to connectthe practice of public policy and administration with the normative theory base that hasaccrued and the models for practice that may be deduced from this theory.Keywords: public administration, public affairs, textbookGovernance, Administration, and Development : Making the State Work. Turner,Mark M., and David Hulme, CT: Kumarian Press, Inc.http://www.kpbooks.com/goverance__administration___de.htmlTurner and Hulme provide a comprehensive introduction to public policy andmanagement in developing countries and transitional economies. This volume assessestraditional and new models of public administration with emphasis on the centrality ofthe state in development and conditions of effective governance.Keywords: public administration, public affairs, textbookGovernment Is Us: Public Administration in an Anti-Government Era. King, CherylSimrell, and Camilla Stivers, CA: Sage Publications. 1998.376