《MPA英语阅读教程》的编写遵循以下原则：第一，根据MPA学员工作中对英语的需要，强调实用性及专业性；第二，跟踪国内外公共管理科学进展，选择当代和经典的公共管理专业文章，按照专题编写难易适中、篇幅适中的课文；第三，加强学员对公共管理专业常用英语词汇的理解及课文内容的理解，增强MPA学员阅读专业文献的能力。
本书共分15个单元，每个单元都围绕着一个特定的“话题”。课文A代表公共管理某个领域新的研究

Unit 1 Public Administration in General
Unit 2 Management of Organizations
Unit 3 Leadership
Unit 4 Leadership Training
Unit 5 People and Personnel
Unit 6 Pay for Performance
Unit 7 Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Unit 8 Public Administration and Politics
Unit 9 Environmental Management
Unit 10 Management of Natural Resources
Unit 11 E-government
Unit 12 Administrative Law and Control
Unit 13 Anti-Terrorism
Unit 14 American Public Administration in a Globalizing World
Unit 15 Future of Public Administration
Key to the Exercises