Indian Administration: Evolution and Practice - Softcover

Chakrabarty, Bidyut; Kandpal, Prakash Chand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9351507335 ISBN 13: 9789351507338

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

This textbook acquaints the readers with the evolution of Indian administration through contextual analysis of the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject.

Indian Administration: Evolution and Practice addresses the new issues and challenges in the field of public administration in India through critical analysis of its growth and development since Independence. Instead of focusing only on the institutional characteristics of the Indian administrative system, it highlights the key issues from a historical perspective. This will enable the readers to grasp the ideological and theoretical dynamics of the field of study and practice.

Key Features

· Adopts a critical and multi-disciplinary approach in discussing the traditional and emerging issues of the Indian administration

· Focuses on the processes of administration with reference to their constitutional provisions as well as socio-economic and political contexts

· Provides thorough insight into the new challenges and upcoming issues affecting the Indian administrative system

· Useful study for the students of Indian universities and state and central civil service aspirants

About this title

About the Author

Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty is currently a faculty at the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, New Delhi. He earned his PhD from the London School of Economics and has been associated with teaching and research for more than three decades. He has taught in some of the most prestigious educational institutions, such as the London School of Economics, UK; the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, India; Monash University, Australia; the National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Hamburg University, Germany.

Professor Chakrabarty has authored six textbooks for SAGE, India: Indian Government and Politics (with Rajendra Kumar Pandey, 2008), Modern Indian Political Thought: Text and Context (with Rajendra Kumar Pandey, 2009), Public Administration in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices (with Prakash Chand, 2012), Indian Administration: Evolution and Practice (with Prakash Chand, 2016), Public Policy: Concept, Theory and Practice (with Prakash Chand, 2016) and Indian Constitution: Text, Context and Interpretation (2017).

Prakash Chand Kandpal is currently a faculty at the Department of Political Science, Dyal Singh Evening College, University of Delhi. He holds a PhD from the University of Delhi. He has been awarded a doctoral fellowship by ICSSR and a postdoctoral research award by UGC. He has coauthored four books with Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty: Public Administration in a Globalizing World (SAGE, 2012), Indian Administration: Evolution and Practice (SAGE, 2016), Public Policy: Concept, Theory and Practice (SAGE, 2016) and Public Administration: From Government to Governance (2017). His research papers have appeared in various national and international journals including Indian Social Science Review, Social Change, Social Action, Urban India, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Administrative Development, Research Journal Social Sciences, Gandhi Marg and so on. He was shortlisted for Dr V. K. R. V. Rao Awards in Social Science Research for the year 2015 for his contribution in the field of Public Administration. 

His areas of interests are public administration, and environmental policy and politics in India. Currently he is pursuing a major research project (sponsored by ICSSR) on policy and politics of air pollution in Delhi. His research primarily focuses on the politics of urban environment in contemporary India.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9351507335
• ISBN 13: 9789351507338
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380