Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector. This Seventh Edition encourages active learning for students through skill-building exercises, problem-solving tasks, and new sections on critical thinking.

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Public Policy: A Concise Introduction, Second Edition is a student-friendly textbook that connects responsible citizens to the world through a contemporary examination of the fundamentals of American public policy.

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