Blog

______ is the set of policies designed to help organizations recruit employees who are members of disadvantaged groups.

Centralized decision-making power is a characteristic of the New Public Management (NPM) movement.

Upper-level management in public bureaucracies tends to be highly representative of the demographics of the population.

Those who gained jobs under the spoils system were often expected to contribute ______ to the party machine.

Research shows that public- and private-sector employees are ______ in terms of overall competence.

In some Midwestern states, ______ are geographical subdivisions of counties with little power.

“Dillon’s rule” is a legal doctrine specifying that a municipal corporation exercise any powers ________.

The political structure of a metropolitan area is best described as ______.

A core urban area of 50,000 or more people together with adjacent counties with predominantly urban populations is known as a ________.

Critics of gentrification often point to all of the following EXCEPT ___.