Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This unique approach captivates students and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the 9th edition contains a number of imporant updates:

• An examination of the effect of the Barack Obama administration on the discipline, especially economic and financial management and budgetary policy, allowing students to apply the theories and concepts in the text to recent US government practice.
• An exploration of the 2008 economic meltdown and its consequences for the regulation of financial markets, cut-back management, and social equity, providing students with a critical look at the recent changes in the global economy.
• All-new images, international examples, keynotes, and case studies have been incorporated to reflect the diversity of public servants throughout history. Case studies correspond to those in optional companion book Cases in Public Policy and Administration to offer clear discussion points and seamless learning with the two books side by side.
• New sections on careers in public service, whistleblowing and public employee dissent, networks and collaboration across organizations, social innovation, managerialism and productivity improvement, Big Data and cloud computing, collaboration and civic engagement, and evidence-based policy and management.

Complete with a companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor's manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

现在，《公共行政学介绍》的第9版经过了广泛的修订，为学生提供了他们需要的概念基础，同时向他们介绍了该学科的重要趋势。这本受人喜爱的教科书以其生动和诙谐的写作风格而闻名，通过使用不同学科和现代文化的例子来研究公共管理领域最重要的问题。这种独特的方法吸引了学生，并鼓励他们对当今公共管理的性质进行批判性思考。第9版在整体上进行了更新和修订，包含了一些重要的更新。

考察了巴拉克-奥巴马政府对该学科的影响，特别是经济和金融管理以及预算政策，使学生能够将文本中的理论和概念应用于最近的美国政府实践。

探讨2008年经济崩溃及其对金融市场监管、减产管理和社会公平的影响，让学生对全球经济的近期变化有一个批判性的认识。

纳入了全新的图像、国际范例、主题和案例研究，以反映历史上公务员的多样性。案例研究与可选配套书籍《公共政策与行政管理案例》中的案例研究相对应，以提供清晰的讨论要点，并使两本书并排学习。

新的章节涉及公共服务职业、举报和公共雇员异议、网络和跨组织合作、社会创新、管理主义和生产力提高、大数据和云计算、合作和公民参与，以及基于证据的政策和管理。

公共管理介绍》的配套网站包含每章的教师幻灯片、逐章的教师手册和教学大纲样本、学生学习目标和自我测试问题，是硕士生一年级以及越来越多的本科公共管理课程和项目对该学科的理想介绍。