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This compendium considers the results of the governmental reform tradition, the impact of federalism and intergovernmental relations, and the effects of political culture on state government by focusing on economic development, welfare, corrections, and environmental programs and policies.

Discusses the fiscal consequences of "get tough" approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options!

Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, the Handbook of State Government Administration

• reveals group process techniques for strategic planning in state government
• helps executive and legislative evaluators measure the success of state programs
• suggests ways to reduce behaviors that sabotage group decision making
• examines steps taken to improve administrative and managerial productivity
• evaluates supporting arguments for the administration of innovations
• debates using independent executives to prevent wasted effort on ineffective reforms
• reviews specific experiences with public programs for the developmentally disabled
• analyzes longitudinal data that gauges the effect federal aid has on states
• offers response guidelines to human resource professionals for a wide range of contemporary problems
• and more!

Surveying the range of administrative and management practices employed by state governments, the Handbook of State Government Administration is a key reference for state and local officials, department heads, government administrators, practitioners, political scientists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in public administration and political science.