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  • Work-Life Balance in the Public Sector

    Burnout, Public Service, and the Search for Compassionate Organizations

    After decades of attacks on the bureaucracy and recent efforts by political leaders to undermine democracy, public servants are tired, burned out, and questioning the value of public service. This is the first book dedicated to exploring public administration’s knowledge of the work-life balance relationship, offering actionable strategies to create healthier, more compassionate workplaces that ... Read more

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  • The Craft of Teaching in Public Affairs

    Instructors Reflecting on the Tools and Tips of Their Trade

    Series series Routledge Public Affairs Education
    This book explores the art and science of teaching in public affairs programs by asking top instructors to discuss their tools and tips for the trade.Public affairs is a discipline that builds scholarly knowledge but also trains and educates public administrators to improve their careers, organizations, and communities. Instructors in public affairs programs at the university level therefore play ... Read more

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  • Teaching Your First Class

    Research for the New Faculty Member

    Doctoral programs provide training and mentorship for engaging in research, but they rarely provide training on how to be effective in the classroom—leading to many graduates obtaining their first faculty position with little to no teaching. These new faculty need a resource to help them navigate such difficult terrain and be successful teachers. This book was crafted with them in mind and is a ... Read more

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  • International and Comparative Public Administration Education

    This book explores the issue of international and comparative public administration and its role in the (Master of Public Administration) MPA program. The contents provide guidance for readers on how to effectively incorporate the perspectives into the classroom.Public administration is becoming an increasingly global field. Not only are scholars working across borders, but public service ... Read more

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  • The Curious Public Administrator

    Louis Brownlow, one of public administration’s historical thinkers, once argued, “[T]he principal requirement of a good administrator is an insatiable curiosity.” This book is rooted in the notion that public administrators must practice insatiable curiosity to be effective, fair, and democratic. By seeking to uncover how the world works, and therefore practicing curiosity, public administrators ... Read more

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  • Social Equity in the Public Administration Classroom

    This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved.Social equity is concerned with fairness in the development and administration of public policies. Despite its importance, there has always been an uneasiness in how equity is discussed and obtained. While we ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Work-Life Balance in Higher Education

    This book explores the issue and struggle of work-life balance in higher education. It provides a rare opportunity to shape the conversation surrounding work-life balance in academia and provide a venue for dialogue around balance that had previously been forced into secret.The challenges that surround work-life balance are something that we must all confront, but they are also something that is ... Read more

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  • The Public Affairs Faculty Manual

    A Guide to the Effective Management of Public Affairs Programs

    Series series Routledge Public Affairs Education
    While public affairs faculty study administration and management techniques, few administrators of public affairs programs receive formal training in the nuts and bolts of academic administration. Even those faculty who come to academia after distinguished careers in managerial positions may not be ready for the very different (and difficult) environment of university administration. The Public ... Read more

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    International Perspectives and Experiences

    This timely volume documents the immediate, global impacts of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on teaching and learning in higher education. Focusing on student and faculty experiences of online and distance education, the text provides reflections on novel initiatives, unexpected challenges, and lessons learned.Responding to the urgent need to better understand online teaching and learning ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools

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    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This handbook provides a unique, systematic and comprehensive overview from leading experts in the field of the policy-making tools deployed at all the phases of the policy process. It covers the fundamentals of both new and established policy tools – from regulation and public enterprises to subsidies and information campaigns, as well as new tools, such as social impact investing, nudges, ... Read more

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  • Managing Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    A Psychological Perspective

    Managing Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bridges the gap between social science theory and research and the practical concerns of those working in diversity, equity, and inclusion by presenting an applied psychological perspective.Using foundational ideas in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as concepts in the social sciences, this book provides a set of cognitive ... Read more

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  • Making Work and Family Work

    From hard choices to smart choices

    Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved—society, employers, employees and families—should make to promote greater work–life balance.Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an ... Read more

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