Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents : part 1: In defense of governing well : Big democracy, big bureaucrary -- Paradigms of public administration -- Part 2 :Public and nonprofit organizations : The thread of organization: Theories -- The fabric of organization: forces -- The fibers of organizations: people -- Part 3: Public and nonprofit management: curbing corruption, enhancing efficiency : Clarifying complexity: the public's information resource -- The Constant quest: efficient and effective governanace -- The public trough : financing and budgeting governments -- Managing human capital in the public and nonprofit sectors -- Part 4: Implementing public policy : Understanding and improving public poicy -- Intersectoral administration -- Intergovernmental administration -- Toward a bureaucratic ethic