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Public administration consists of the organizations, procedures, rules, and budgets employed to provide public goods and services.
Introduction
Careerists who work in public sector agencies are often faced with situations wherein the main question is not what to do or even how to go about implementing a law. Rather the question is does the law allow me to do what I want, and perhaps need, to do. Managers at all levels of federal, state, and local bureaucracies must comply with the federal and state constitutions as well as laws that are enacted by legislative bodies and rules created by administrative agencies. It is complex and constraining.
This chapter will attempt to detail the main constraints faced by public sector managers. The chapter will be organized according to a legal hierarchy that starts with the Federal Constitution and continues downward to local ordinances. Of...
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Curtis, C. (2016). Law Constraints on Public Administration. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1110-1
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