‘Public Administration’ means the management of affairs of the government at all levels—national, state, and local. It is a subject of study in various universities of India, and is an optional subject in the UPSC Civil Services (Main) Examination as well as in most state civil services examinations. So, this book would help all those who have taken up public administration as a subject of their choice for graduation and post-graduation courses, aspirants of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, and the UGC-NET/JRF or SET examinations. This book is also bound to interest lay readers who are keen on acquiring knowledge of the subject.

Some Highlights

• This book deals with 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.
• The readers will find detailed and balanced coverage of the theories, principles, and techniques of public administration in this book.
• The systematic presentation of the material is in a lucid language.
• The application of aspects of public administration theory in different administrative systems of the world are numerously cited.
• Readers will find the latest syllabus prescribed in universities and competitive examinations that offer public administration as a subject.