- •Content
- •Introduction to public administration
- •Text 1 The Meaning of pa
- •Text 2 Definition of Public Administration
- •Text 3 The identity of Public Administration as a discipline
- •Text 1 Public Administration
- •International public administration
- •Is it possible to achieve a common European perspective?
- •8. Translate the following text into English. Отличие государственного управления в России от государственного управления в других странах
- •Glossary
- •Unit 2 history of public administration
- •Text 1 Early systems
- •2. Read the following text and translate it into Russian and answer the questions given below. Text 2
- •Text 4 British Empire
- •Glossary
- •Unit 3 concepts of state and government
- •8. Synonym match: match the following synonyms from the article:
- •Tony Blair makes political history
- •Homework
- •Power and Politics
- •Отношение к государству. Государство и нравственность
- •Glossary
- •The role of the state. Three branches of power
- •Text 1 The Role of the State. Tree branches of power
- •Text 2 Legislative Power
- •Text 3 Executive Power
- •Text 4 Judicial power
- •Text a
- •Unit 5 government
- •4. Read the passages below and choose the correct headline for each of them.
- •Unitary, confederate, and federal governments
- •Government Systems: Unitary, Confederate, and Federal Systems
- •Homework
- •Different forms of government
- •Read the passages below and match them with the appropriate major group.
- •Functions of three branches of government
- •Functions of Government
- •Glossary
- •Informatuion technologies in public administration
- •Glossary
- •Supplementary texts Decision-making models
- •Niskanen's budget-maximizing
- •Dunleavy's bureau-shaping
- •European Union
- •European Economic Community (eec or Common Market)
- •European Parliament
Glossary
Access - a means of approaching or entering a place.
Aggravate - make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
Archive - a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
Attorney - a person appointed to act for another in business or legal matters.
Booth - an enclosure or compartment for various purposes, such as telephoning, broadcasting, or voting.
Cable - an insulated wire or wires having a protective casing and used for transmitting electricity or telecommunication signals.
Clutter - a collection of things lying about in an untidy mass.
Color-coding - the process of assigning a code to something for the purposes of classification or identification with the help of colors
Communication - the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.
Compilation - the action or process of producing something, esp. a list, book, or report, by assembling information collected from other sources.
Comprehensive - complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.
Contractor - a person or company that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.
Cut and paste - a process used in assembling text on a word processor or computer, in which items are removed from one part and inserted elsewhere.
Digital - relating to or using signals or information represented by discrete values (digits) of a physical quantity, such as voltage or magnetic polarization, to represent arithmetic numbers or approximations to numbers from a continuum or logical expressions and variables.
Divide - a difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension there was still a profound cultural divide between the parties; a boundary between two things
E-government - the provision of government information and services by means of the internet and other computer resources
Fiche - short for microfiche.
Filing cabinet - a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying folders or boxes where loose papers typically arranged in a particular order for easy reference are held
Framework - a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text.
Frustrated - feeling or expressing distress and annoyance, esp. because of inability to change or achieve something.
Genuine - not fake or counterfeit; original; real; authentic.
Hardware - tools, machinery, and other durable equipment tanks and other military hardware; the machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.
Imaging - a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other device, or displayed on a video screen.
Install - place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position ready for use.
Instantaneous - occurring or done in an instant or instantly.
Item - an individual article or unit, esp. one that is part of a list, collection, or set.
Laser - a device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by stimulated emission of photons from excited atoms or molecules.
Microfiche - a flat piece of film containing microphotographs of the pages of a newspaper, catalog, or other document.
Minutes - a summarized record of the proceedings at a meeting.
Municipal - relating to a city or town or its governing body.
network -an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines; a group or system of interconnected people or things a trade network; a group of people who exchange information, contacts, and experience for professional or social purposes a support network.
Obsolete - no longer produced or used; out of date.
Official - a person holding public office or having official duties, esp. as a representative of an organization or government department.
Pagination - the sequence of numbers assigned to pages in a book or periodical.
Participatory - a participatory system, activity, or role involves a particular person or group of people taking part in it.
Portal - an Internet site providing access or links to other sites.
Process - operate on (data) by means of a program.
Record - a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, esp. an account of an act or occurrence kept in writing or some other permanent form.
Reshape - shape or form (something) differently or again.
Retrieval - the process of getting something back from somewhere; the obtaining or consulting of material stored in a computer system.
Scanner - a device for examining, reading, or monitoring something, in particular.
Server - a computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network.
Socio-economic - relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors.
Software - the programs and other operating information used by a computer.
Stand-alone - able to operate independently of other hardware or software.
Statutory - required, permitted, or enacted by statute.
Storage - the action or method of storing something for future use; the retention of retrievable data on a computer or other electronic system; memory.
Technology - the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, esp. in industry.
Time-consuming - taking a lot of or too much time.
Upload - transfer (data) to another computer system; transmit (data).
Up-to- date - incorporating the latest developments and trends
Vault - a large room or chamber used for storage, esp. an underground one.
Vital - absolutely necessary or important; essential.
Welfare - the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group; statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need.