本书选录的多为西方公共行政学研究的经典、有影响的重要文章，共30篇，分别出自伍德罗・威尔逊、佛兰克・古德诺。道格拉斯・麦克格雷戈、格拉汉姆・爱里森以及威廉・葛姆勒等西方著名学者之手。阅读这些，有助于读者比较全面、准确地理解西方学者的主要观点，了解其各种流派的主要理论。

Chapter One From the end of the 19th century to the 30s of the 20th cetntury
Introducticon
1． The Study of Administration――Wooodrow Wilson
2． Politics and Administration――Frank J． Goodnow
3． Scientific Management――Frederick W．Tnylor
4 Bureaucracy――Max Weber
5． Notes on the Theory of Organization――Luther Gulick
Chapter Two The 40s of the 20th century to the 70s of the 20th century
Introducticon
6． Bureaucratic Structure and Personality――Robert K． Merton
7． A Theory of Human Motivation――A．H．Maslow
8． Power and Administration――Norton E． Long
9． Parkinson’s Law or the Rising Pyramid――C．Northcote Parkinson
10． The Human Side of Enterprise――Douglas Murray McGregor
11． The Science of“Muddling Through”――Charles E． Lindblom
12． Organizations and the System Concopt――Daniel Katz ＆ Robert L． Kahn
13． Policy Analysts：A New Professional Role in Government Service――Yehezkel Dror
14． The Life Cycle of Bureaus――Anthony Downs
15， Public Administraton in a Time of Revolution――Dwlght Waldo
16． The Peter Principle――Laurence J．Peter＆Raymond Hull
17． Towards a New Public Administration――H．＆George Frederickson
18． Organization Design：a Situational Perspective――Jay W．Lorsch
19． Histoncal Trends in Leadeship Theory and Researeh――Ralph M. Stogdill
20． Public and Private Management：Are They Fundamentally Alike in all
Unimportant Respects？――Graham T．Allison
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