Public Administration (Paperback)  | Released: Jun-16

This volume is written to fulfill the demand for a comprehensive textbook on public administration. It covers almost all the topics in public administration taught at the undergraduate level of Indian universities. However, because of its multi-disciplinary focus and orientation, this book will also be useful for the postgraduates as well as civil services aspirants. For the benefit of the readers, a chapter on post-new public management and another one on historical antecedents of civil society have been added. The objective of this volume is to provide an insight into the key concepts and issues of public administration, especially in the changing neo-liberal context.• An analytical approach in examining the key issues in public administration• Boxes, tables and chapter-end questions to highlight and recapitulate important information • Apart from focusing on concepts and approaches, eleven chapters on specific themes in the application of public administration About the AuthorAlka Dhameja is a Professor with the Faculty of Public Administration, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University. She has to her credit an edited book on ‘Contemporary Debates in Public Administration’ and two co-edited books. She has also contributed more than twenty articles in reputed journals and books. Her areas of specialization are administrative theory, disaster management, administrative ethics and public policy. Sweta Mishra is a Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Gargi College, University of Delhi. She has been teaching public administration and political science for the last 14 years. She has also authored six books and has contributed several articles to various journals and edited Volumes.