Introductory Public Administrations Texts: A Criterion for Selection JAMES S. BOWMAN with the assistance of Donald Saylor University of Wyoming The Bureaucratic Experience,by Ralph P. Hummel. New York,St. Martin's Press,1977. Cloth,$15.95,paper $6.95. Public Administration: A Synthesis,by Howard E. McCurdy. Menlo Park,California,Cummings Publishing Co.,1977. Cloth,$12.95. Managing the Public Sector,by Grover Starling. Homewood,Illinois,Dorsey Press,1977. Cloth,$14.50. The Management of Business and Public Organizations,by Robert B. Buchele. New York,McGraw-Hill,1977. Cloth,$13.95. Administration in the Public Sector,by Harold F. Gortner. New York,John Wiley and Sons,1977. Cloth. Dynamics of Public Bureaucracy: An Introduction to Public Administration,by Fred A. Kramer. Cambridge,Mass.,Winthrop Publishing Co.,1977,Cloth,$10.00. Public Bureaucracy: Values and Perspectives,by James Medeiros and David E. Schmitt. North Scituate,Mass.,Duxbury Press,1977. Paper,$4.95. Public Administration: Values,Policy,and Change,by Robert H. Simmons and Eugene P. Dvorin. New York,Alfred Publishing Co.,1977. Cloth,$13.50

Abstract

The following contribution by Professor James Bowman will be of interest to those of us who teach public administration as well as to a large number of hapless students who never had the occasion to associate the word "readability" with works in public administration. The article should be read in conjunction with Bowman's earlier review of fifteen textbooks published between 1973 and 1977 (James S. Bowman, "The Readability of Introductory Textbooks in Public Administration," 22 Administrative Science Quarterly (June, 1977), pp. 373-376).