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............................................................................................................................DescriptionThis reader brings together significantarticles on the theory and practice of public administration. Itoutlines the historical processes associated with the growth of publicadministration as a discipline and goes on to reflect on contemporaryadministrative perspectives and experiences.A new preface takes stock of important developments in the field. Whilediscussing the major theoretical premises of the discipline and theirefficacy in the practical sphere of governance, as also the prevalentstructures of administration, these include bureaucratic operations andpractices; new theoretical advances since Max Weber; Riggs'administrative ecology; and the Marxist concept of bureaucracy. Thebook also focuses on changes brought about by privatization ingovernance, and discusses these changes in the context of the markedlyneo-liberal agenda of the modern state.This reader—prescribed for PG courses in Public Administration—will beessential for scholars, teachers, and researchers of publicadministration as also to postgraduate students in political science,law, and administrative history. It will also be an ideal reference foradministrators, policy-makers, and bureaucrats.............................................................................................................................ContentsIntroductionPublic Administration: Theory and PracticePart I - Major Theoretical Advances1. Conceptual Development in the West - B.B. Mishra2. The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy - Nicos P. Mouzelis3. Riggs's 'Administrative Ecology' - Ramesh K. Arora4. Marxist Contributions to the Theory of the Administrative State - O. P. Dwivedi, William Grafand J. NefPart II - Public Administration and Globalization5. Administration in the Eighties: Major Trends and Challenges - V. Subramaniam6. The Consolidation of Adjustment: Implications for Public Administration - Richard Batley7. The Governance Agenda: Making Democratic Development Dispensable - Niraja Gopal Jayal8. Governance as Theory: Five Propositions - Gerry Stoker9. Running Government Like a Business: Implications for Public Administration Theory and Practice - Richard C. BoxPart III - Public Administration in India10. The State and Its Permanent Government - L. I. and S. H. Rudolph11. Civil Service: Continuity and Change - P.C. Alexander12. Voluntary Associations and Development Imperatives: The Indian Experience - Bidyut Chakrabarty13. Bureaucracy and Politics in India - Mohit Bhattacharya14. Bureaucracy at Crossroads - Madhav Godbole15. Changeful Society and Changeless Governance - Nirmal Mukarji16. Strengthening Bureaucracy: State and Development in India - Kuldeep Mathur17. Human Rights Dimensions of Public Administration in India Jaytilak Guha RoyAnnotated BibliographyIndex............................................................................................................................Author DetailsEdited byBidyut Chakrabarty is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi; Mohit Bhattacharya is former Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi and former Chairman, Municipal Administrative Reforms Committee, Kolkata (India). Administrative Change and Innovation: A Reader (OUP, 2005) is their most recent publication.............................................................................................................................
