Public Administration: An Introduction
Marc Holzer, PhD Dean and Board of Governors Professor School of Public Affairs and Administration Rutgers University – Newark, New Jersey
Richard W. Schwester, PhD Associate Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice The City University of New York (CUNY)
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Holzer, Marc. Public administration : an introduction / by Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–7656–2120–7 (pbk) 1. Public administration. 2. Public administration—Decision making. 3. Policy
sciences. I. Schwester, Richard Wilmot, 1977– II. Title.
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iiiPublic Administration: An Introduction
About the Authors
Marc Holzer Dean Holzer (MPA, PhD University of Michigan) is Dean of
the School of Public Affairs and Administration, and Board of
Governors Professor of Public Affairs and Administration,
at Rutgers University's Newark Campus. He is a Fellow of
the National Academy of Public Administration and a Past
President of the American Society of Public Administration.
Since 1975, he has directed the National Center for Public
Performance, and he is the founder and editor-in-chief of the
journals Public Performance and Management Review and Public Voices, and is the co-founder/co-editor of the Chinese Public Administration Review. He has also recently founded the Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network. His
research, service, and teaching has been honored by awards from the National
Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, the American Society
of Public Administration, and the Chinese Public Administration Society. He has
published well over one hundred books, monographs, chapters and articles.
Richard W. Schwester Professor Schwester (MA, PhD Rutgers University)