- •Content
- •Introduction to public administration
- •Text 1 The Meaning of pa
- •Text 2 Definition of Public Administration
- •Text 3 The identity of Public Administration as a discipline
- •Text 1 Public Administration
- •International public administration
- •Is it possible to achieve a common European perspective?
- •8. Translate the following text into English. Отличие государственного управления в России от государственного управления в других странах
- •Glossary
- •Unit 2 history of public administration
- •Text 1 Early systems
- •2. Read the following text and translate it into Russian and answer the questions given below. Text 2
- •Text 4 British Empire
- •Glossary
- •Unit 3 concepts of state and government
- •8. Synonym match: match the following synonyms from the article:
- •Tony Blair makes political history
- •Homework
- •Power and Politics
- •Отношение к государству. Государство и нравственность
- •Glossary
- •The role of the state. Three branches of power
- •Text 1 The Role of the State. Tree branches of power
- •Text 2 Legislative Power
- •Text 3 Executive Power
- •Text 4 Judicial power
- •Text a
- •Unit 5 government
- •4. Read the passages below and choose the correct headline for each of them.
- •Unitary, confederate, and federal governments
- •Government Systems: Unitary, Confederate, and Federal Systems
- •Homework
- •Different forms of government
- •Read the passages below and match them with the appropriate major group.
- •Functions of three branches of government
- •Functions of Government
- •Glossary
- •Informatuion technologies in public administration
- •Glossary
- •Supplementary texts Decision-making models
- •Niskanen's budget-maximizing
- •Dunleavy's bureau-shaping
- •European Union
- •European Economic Community (eec or Common Market)
- •European Parliament
Glossary
Administration - the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc; the people responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
Administrative law - the body of rules and principles that governs the duties and operations of federal or state administrative agencies, as commissions and boards.
Assess - evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality.
Bureaucracy - a system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labor, a hierarchy of authority, etc.: designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
Censure - express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement; the formal expression of severe disapproval.
Committee - a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group.
Efficiency - the quality or state of being efficient; competence; effectiveness.
Endeavor - an effort to do or attain something.
Enhance - intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc.; improve; augment.
Equality - the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.
Execute - to carry out; complete; perform; do.
Executive branch - the branch of government responsible for carrying out laws, decrees, etc.; administration.
Hierarchical - arranged in order of rank.
Impetus - a moving force; impulse; stimulus.
Implement - to carry out; put into action; perform.
Ingrain - to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
Institution - an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose.
Intermediate - coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.
Internal control - coming or acting from within control.
Judicial- pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
Judicial branch- the branch of government responsible for explaining and applying the laws by hearing and eventually making decisions on various legal cases.
Justice - the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause.
Legislative branch - the branch of government responsible for writing bills.
Management - the process of dealing with or controlling things or people; the people managing a company or organization; the responsibility for and control of a company or organization.
Managerial - of or relating to a manager or to the functions, responsibilities, or position of management.
Network - an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines; a group or system of interconnected people or things; a group of people who exchange information and contacts for professional or social purposes.
Perceive - to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.
Personnel - the people employed in an organization or for a service or undertaking.
Policy - a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual.
Promotion - activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.
Research - the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Representative - of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group: representative government.
Ruler - a person who rules or commands.
Scholar - a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities.
Scientific - based on or characterized by the methods and principles of science
Technocracy - a theory or system of society according to which government is controlled by scientists, engineers, and other experts.
Technocratic - consisting of or influenced by technocrats.
Tenure - the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied; the holding of an office his tenure of the premiership would be threatened; a period for which an office is held; guaranteed permanent employment.
Transparency - the quality of being clear and transparent.
Unemployment - the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labor force.
Value for money - used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it.
Welfare - financial and other assistance given to people in need.
Worldwide - extending or reaching throughout the world.