The management of affairs of the government at all levels—national, state and local—make the subject matter of public administration. It is any kind of administration in the public interest and signifies what is termed ‘governmental administration’. Due to new forces and conceptualisations whish make a constituent part of administrative reality today, the discipline of public administration, as a subject of study, has assumed greater relevance than ever before. Why, because it has been constantly responding to and reflecting the needs and concerns of practical governance.

Some Highlights

• The readers will find in this book most of the fundamental and significant aspects of administrative theory, such as basic concepts, forms and principles of organisation, administrative law, comparative public administration, public policy, development administration, personnel, and financial administration.
• Detailed and balanced coverage of the theories, principles, and techniques of public administration are presented.
• The readers will find the systematic presentation of material in a lucid . The application of aspects of public administration theory in different administrative systems of the world have been explained with numerous examples.
• This book covers the latest syllabus prescribed in universities and competitive examinations that offer public administration as a subject.

A subject of study in various universities of India, public administration is an optional subject in the UPSC Civil Services (Main) Examination as well as in most state civil service examinations. This book would help all those who have taken up public administration as a subject of their choice for graduation and post-graduation courses. All candidates appearing for the Civil Services (Main) Examination and the UGC NET and the SET examinations will also find this book useful who have opted public administration as a subject. This book is also bound to interest lay readers keen on acquiring knowledge of the subject.