PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THEORY & PRACTICE

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THEORY & PRACTICE

M. P. SHARMA

B. L. SADANA

HARPREET KAUR

This present edition is an endeavour by the authors to update the book into a more contemporary volume and keep up with the dynamism of Public Administration. This edition has been restructured with topics being clubbed together to give a more cohesive reading experience. The book is designed in a form that will provide easier navigation through topics and will help in better understanding.

The first three chapters create a basic understanding with older frameworks and theories being complemented with new ones. The first chapter dealing with Meaning, Scope, Nature and Methods of Public Administration is a mix of three chapters from the older edition and bears a much more precise and crisp outlook. The second chapter Changing Paradigms and Evolution of Public Administration has been completely redesigned and several new areas like discussion on three Minnowbrook Conferences, Entrepreneurial Government and New Pubic Service been included. The third chapter dealing with Good Governance has been revised and expanded with World Bank’s view and its critique added.