The New Public Personnel Administration or In Defense of Anarchism

The New Public Personnel Administration

Author: Lloyd G Nigro

Prepare for your career in public personnel management with THE NEW PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION! With coverage of public policies, law rulings, and court rulings, this text gives you a solid foundation for advanced studies in specialized areas of public personnel management. Major policy trends and debates are discussed including affirmative action, compensation and benefits, sexual harassment, workplace violence, substance and alcohol abuse, performance appraisal, and collective bargaining. Discussion questions, suggested readings, chapter appendices, informative illustrations, and examples are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed in this course.

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An advanced undergraduate or graduate-level introduction to the field of public personnel administration in US governments. This fifth edition is updated with regard to policies dealing with political activity of public employees, sexual harassment, and affirmative action. Special attention has been paid to ongoing reforms of public personnel systems on all levels of government. There is a new chapter on workplace violence. Felix Nigro is affiliated with the University of Georgia. Lloyd Nigro is affiliated with Georgia State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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In Defense of Anarchism

Author: Robert Paul Wolff

Once more available in paperback, and with a new Preface, here is Robert Paul Wolff's classic 1970 analysis of the foundations of the authority of the state and the problems of political authority and moral autonomy in a democracy.

Table of Contents:

	Preface to the 1998 Edition
	Preface
1	The Conflict Between Authority and Autonomy
1	The Concept of Authority	3
2	The Concept of Autonomy	12
3	The Conflict Between Authority and Autonomy	18
2	The Solution of Classical Democracy
1	Democracy Is the Only Feasible Solution	21
2	Unanimous Direct Democracy	22
3	Representative Democracy	27
4	Majoritarian Democracy	38
3	Beyond the Legitimate State
1	The Quest for the Legitimate State	69
2	Utopian Glimpses of a World Without States	78