Synopsis Government" is studied in a variety of social sciences with little cross-fertilization. And the many functions of public administration (such as human resource management, budgeting and finance, and policy analysis) are rarely interconnected by researchers and practitioners. This book fills that gap. What distinguishes ‘Government’: A Public Administration Perspective from regular introductory texts is that it provides readers with an overview that draws upon classic and modern literature on government especially from the study of public administration, but also from political science, political theory, international relations, organizational sociology, and economics. Jos Raadschelders’ innovative, ground-breaking work develops a meta-framework for the study of government that not only connects the various subfields in the study of public administration in a meaningful way, but also helps to link the body of knowledge of the study of public administration to relevant knowledge in other disciplines.