Recent Perspectives in Public Administration
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: public administration: resilience and rejuvenation/Ramesh K. Arora. 2. Public administration in today’s world of organizations and markets/Herbet Simon. 3. The civil service in an era of coalitions/Mohammad Hamid Ansari. 4. Civil service: the tasks ahead/Manmohan Singh. 5. Probity in public life/Vinod Rai. 6. Changing profile of public administration/Mohit Bhattacharya. 7. Globalization and public administration/E.H. Valsan. 8. Public management reforms/Dolly Arora. 9. Reinventing public administration: the new public management perspective/Uma Medury. 10. Origin, ideas and practice of new public management: lessons for developing countries/Mohammad Ehsan. 11. Administrative reforms in the west: imperatives for Bangladesh/Kazi S.M. Khasrul Alam Quddusi. 12. Civil servant of tomorrow/M.C. Gupta. 13. Governance and civil society: exploring the relationship/A.P. Saxena. 14. Electoral reforms for good governance/T.M. Joseph. 15. Sixth Central Pay Commission: pointers and perspectives/Dhrubajyoti Bhaumik. 16. Decentralization: trends and debates/Mohit Bhattacharya. 17. The district collector: an institution that continues to endure/Rakesh Hooja.
Past five decades have witnessed a remarkable transformation in the discipline as well as profession of public administration. There have been variegated trends and developments such as New Public Administration, Public Policy approach, Public Choice orientation, Post-Modernization, Re-inventing Government, Good Governance, New Public Management and Strategic Management. Despite their distinctive identities, these foci have certain intrinsic commonalities and inter-linkages that make contemporary public administration richer, profounder and more exciting.
The present anthology contains essays written by eminent scholars and civil servants who view administrative reality and the discipline of public administration from an objective, yet a pragmatic perspective. The volume is full of interesting and thoughtful analysis of the issues that would interest mature students and creative professionals of Public Administration and Management.
Past five decades have witnessed a remarkable transformation in the discipline as well as profession of public administration. There have been variegated trends and developments such as New Public Administration, Public Policy approach, Public Choice orientation, Post-Modernization, Re-inventing Government, Good Governance, New Public Management and Strategic Management. Despite their distinctive identities, these foci have certain intrinsic commonalities and inter-linkages that make contemporary public administration richer, profounder and more exciting.
The present anthology contains essays written by eminent scholars and civil servants who view administrative reality and the discipline of public administration from an objective, yet a pragmatic perspective. The volume is full of interesting and thoughtful analysis of the issues that would interest mature students and creative professionals of Public Administration and Management.
