Description
Pearson Public Administration: Approaches And Applications by Alka Dhameja and Sweta Mishra
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.
Salient Features
Highlights of this edition:
• 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