A review of the textbook "The theory of public administration"

Abstract

This publication is a review of the textbook by I.V. Ponkin "Theory of Public Administration" (Moscow, IGSU RANEPA, Buki Vedi 2017, 728 pp.). The reviewed textbook is declared to be intended for students in the areas of training "State and Municipal Administration" and "Jurisprudence" - "Legal Support for State and Municipal Administration" (qualification "Master"), as well as Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs. The textbook includes the foreword from the well-known jurist-administrator, Doctor of Law, Professor A.B. Zelentsov and consists of 3 parts and 21 chapters. Ponkin's textbook contains the most detailed information and the deepest analytical research of all thematic fields and horizons of the general theory of Public (state and municipal) Administration, possessing powerful information and reference potential and leaving authors of almost all other such publications far behind. The textbook, which is well developed from the scientific point of view, is oriented for the real educational process, is well thought out in the educational-methodical matter. Despite some shortcomings, this textbook is a unique and valuable work, providing the significant advancement for teaching the theory of state and municipal administration compared with earlier works from other authors.