State and Local Government Administration

Jack Rabin is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the graduate programme in public affairs and Human Services administration at Ryder college, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He says as editor/ Co editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of public administration.Don Dodd is a Professor of American history at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama. He formerly held a joint appointment in the government department where he taught state and local government.

• Preface, UNIT ONE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Management Structures; Organizing and Reorganizing State and Local Government; Part B Leadership Functions Chief Executives and Administrative Officers; Court Administrators; UNIT TWO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING, DECISION-MAKING, AND FINACIAL MANAGEMENT; Part A Mechanisms and Processes; The Functions and Processes of State Budgeting; City Budgeting and Budget Problems; State Limitations on Local Fiscal Authority; Part B Internal and External Controls Over State and Local Government Budgeting, Decision-Making, and Financial Management; State and Local Government Productivity and Performance Measurement; Information Systems in State and Local Governments; Fiscal Stress in the American States; Fiscal Dependency and Governmental Capacity in American Cities; UNIT THREE POLICY-MAKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; Part A Patterns: Executives and Legislatures; Chief Executive Support and Innovation; The Governor as Administrator; State and Local Officials and Their Personal Liability; State Budgeting and Appropriations Process; The Legislative Staff; Part B Implementation of Policy; Municipal Service Delivery Alternatives; Integrating Human Services Management and Delivery Systems; UNIT FOUR PERSONEEL ADMINISTRATION IN STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Processes and Techniques; Performance Appraisal in State Government; Organizational Training in the 1980s: Refocusing on Building the Capacity of Human Resources; State and Local Government Pension Systems; Part B Public Employee Unionism and Collective Bargaining; State Government Unionism; Labor Relations in Local and County Government; Index