TY - BOOK AU - White,Leonard Dupee TI - Introduction to the study of public administration U1 - 351 21 PY - 1948/// CY - New York PB - Macmillan Co. KW - Public administration KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - Bibliographical footnotes; The causes of policy failures are, at root, political. Studying the policy process. The nature of public problems. Getting problems to government. Formulating proposals. Legitimating programs. Budgeting for programs. Implementing programs. Evaluating programs. Conclusion as prelude. Bibliography. Index N2 - This introductory text focuses on the processes for coping with critical public issues and programmes. The author examines the nature of public problems and presents a step-by-step method for analyzing how they are acted on in government ER -