Public Adminstration: Approaches and Applications

449 Pages·2016·3.34 MB·English

by  Alka Dhameja, Sweta Mishra

Public Administration
(Approaches and Applications)
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Public Administration
(Approaches and Applications)
Alka Dhameja
Sweta Mishra
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Brief Contents
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
About the Editors xxi
List of Contributors xxiii
Abbreviations xxv
Understanding Public Administration: An Introduction xxvii
Chapter 1 Concept and Significance of Public Administration 1
Chapter 2 Phases in Evolution of Public Administration 12
Chapter 3 Approaches to the Study of Public Administration 23
Chapter 4 The Classical Approach to Organizations 37
Chapter 5 The Human Relations Approach 52
Chapter 6 Max Weber’s Theory of Bureaucracy 65
Chapter 7 The Rational-Choice Approach 79
Chapter 8 The Systems and Sociopsychological Approaches 90
Chapter 9 Ecological Approach to Public Administration 103
Chapter 10 Fundamentals of Development Administration 112
Chapter 11 Feminist Perspective of Public Administration 124
Chapter 12 Public Policy: Concept and Approaches 135
Chapter 13 New Public Administration 148
Chapter 14 Concept of New Public Management 160
Chapter 15 Towards Post-New Public Management 178
Chapter 16 Historical Antecedents of Civil Society 190
Chapter 17 Policy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation 203
Chapter 18 Interdisciplinary Nature of Public Administration
and the Changing Role of the Chief Executive 216
Chapter 19 Decentralization and Local Governance 230
Chapter 20 Nature of Financial Administration 249
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viii Brief Contents
Chapter 21 Understanding Good Governance 260
Chapter 22 Forms of Public Accountability 273
Chapter 23 Role of Non-Governmental Organizations 288
Chapter 24 Concept of Corporate Governance 302
Chapter 25 Significance of e-Governance 320
Chapter 26 Redressal of Grievances and Right to Information 333
Chapter 27 Social Welfare Administration and Protection of Weaker Sections 347
Bibliography 365
Index 387
Contents
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
About the Editors xxi
List of Contributors xxiii
Abbreviations xxv
Understanding Public Administration: An Introduction xxvii
Chapter 1 Concept and Significance of Public Administration 1
Sweta Mishra
Meaning of Public Administration 2
Defining Administration 2
Defining Public Administration 3
Nature of Public Administration 5
The Managerial View 5
The Integral View 6
Scope of Public Administration 6
The POSDCORB View 6
The Subject-Matter View 6
Public and Private Administration 7
Differences Between Public and Private Administration 7
Similarities Between Public and Private Administration 9
Significance of Public Administration 10
Chapter 2 Phases in Evolution of Public Administration 12
Shubhra Pant Kothari
The First Paradigm: Politics and Administration Dichotomy (1900–1926) 13
Second Paradigm: Principles of Administration (1927–1937) 14
Third Paradigm: An Era of Challenges (1938–1947) 15
Fourth Paradigm: Crisis of Identity (1948–1970) 16
Fifth Paradigm: Public Administration as Management (1956–1970) 16
Sixth Paradigm: Public Administration as Public Administration (1965–1970) 17
Seventh Paradigm: Public Policy Perspective (1970–1990) 17
Eighth Paradigm: Good Governance (1990s–Present) 18
Chapter 3 Approaches to the Study of Public Administration 23
Anita Bagai
Study of Public Administration: Major Approaches 24
Significance of Comparison 29
Theoretical Models for Comparison 32
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