PUB-5002: Government and the Public Interest

Abels, M. L. (2017). Policy making in the public interest: A text and workbook for local government. Routledge.
Read Chapter 1: Serving the Public Interest and Chapter 2: Trends That Influence Local Government Policy
This book brings together issues of local government policymaking and the public interest.

Biggs, S., & Helms, L. B. (2015).The practice of American public policymaking. Routledge.
Read Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter 2: Foundations.
This book focuses on the public policymaking process.

Bitonti, A. (2020). Where it all starts: Lobbying, democracy and the public interest.Journal of Public Affairs, 20(2).
This article analyzes the concept of public interest, including the terms, “interest” and “public.”

Plant, J. F. (2018). Responsibility in public administration ethics. Public integrity, 20(sup1), S33-S45.
This is a journal article about the value of responsibility and ethics in public administration officials.