Public Administration in Theory and Practice

It is a matter of satisfaction that this book continues to receive very good response from the academic community and the students of academic and competitive examinations. Our endeavour has been to keep this standard book up-to-date by revising it periodically to include latest developments in the discipline of Public Administration.

The present edition is coming out after thorough revision. All chapters have been revised and brought up-to-date. Many new topics like Ethics, Values and Accountability in Administration; Corruption; Policy Analysis and Evlauation; Policy Formulation in India; Administrative Law in India; Human Resources Development; Relations between Ministers and Civil Servants, Programme Budgeting (P.P.B.S.); Present phase of Evolution of Public Administraion, Central Administraion Tribual etc., have been incorporated.

The chapter on Personnel Administraion has been rearranged and revised upto the time of the Fifth Pay Commission’s Report by including several new topics. Other changes have also taken place in several chapters which the readers will find welcome and satisfying. For the students of competitive examinations, 450 objective type questions have been added at the end.

Table of Contents Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance of Public Administration The Art, Science and Philosophy of Public Administration and the Evolution of its Study Methodology of Public Administration and its Relation to other Sciences Politics and Public Administration Comparative Public Administration and Ecology and Public Administration Development Administration and Administration in Deceloped and Developing Countries Organisation and its Basic Problems Theories of Organisation The Chief Executive The Staff Agencies The Line Agencie