Public administration in South Asia : India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan / edited by Meghna Sabharwal and Evan M. Berman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabharwal, Meghna, editor.

Berman, Evan M., editor.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; v. 172.

Public administration and public policy ; 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--South Asia.

Political culture.

Public administration--South Asia.

Public administration.

South Asia--Politics and government.

South Asia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 493 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.

Boca Raton CRC Press, [2013]

Summary:

A state-of-the-art, one-stop resource, Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan examines public administration issues and advances in the Indian subcontinent. The book fulfills a critical need. These nations have the largest public administration programs in South Asia, yet existing knowledge on them is fragmented at best. Bringing together leading scholars from these countries, this book provides both an insider perspective and a scholarly look at the challenges and accomplishments in the region. Focusing on the machinery of government, the book explores questions such as: What is the history of public administration development? How are major decisions made in the agencies? Why are anti-corruption efforts so much a challenge? What is the significance of intergovernmental relations? What is the success of administrative reform? What are examples of successful social development programs? How successful is e-government, and what are its challenges? Why is civil service reform difficult to achieve? How is freedom of information being used as a means to combat corruption and invoke grassroots activism? What can be learned from the successes and failures? While public administration practice and education have become considerably professionalized in the last decade, a sufficiently in-depth and well-rounded reference on public administration in these countries is sorely lacking. Most available books tackle only aspects of public administration such as administrative reforms, civil service, economic developments, or public policy, and are country specific. None provide the in-depth analysis of the sphere of public action in South Asia found in this book. It supplies an understanding of how public administration can be either the source of, or solution to, so many of the problems and achievements in the Indian subcontinent. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Public Administration in South Asia / Evan M. Berman

Section I India

2.History and Context of Public Administration in India / Ram Kumar Mishra

3.Public Policy Processes and Citizen Participation in India / Dolly Arora

4.Intergovernmental Relations in India / Rekha Saxena

5.Public Service Ethics in India / Sangeeta Sharma

6.Freedom of Information in India / Rumki Basu

7.Administrative Reforms in India / Mahendra Prasad Singh

8.Civil Service System and Reforms in India / Krishna K. Tummala

9.e-Government in India / Mohammed Badrul Alam

Section II Bangladesh

10.History and Context of Public Administration in Bangladesh / Mohammad Mohabbat Khan

11.Public Policy Processes and Citizen Participation in Bangladesh / Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman

12.Public Service Ethics and Corruption in Bangladesh / Hasan Muhammad Baniamin

Contents note continued: 13.Freedom of Information in Bangladesh: Policy Dynamics, Present State, and Challenges / Golam Rabbani

14.Administrative Reforms in Bangladesh / Kebria Sarkar

15.Civil Service System and Reforms in Bangladesh / Mohammad Ashraful Haque

16.e-Government in Bangladesh: The Dawn of Citizen-Centric Public Administration? / Noore Alam Siddiquee

17.Public Agencies' Initiatives for Social Development in Bangladesh / Quamrul Alam

Section III Pakistan

18.History and Context of Public Administration in Pakistan / Muneer Ahmad

19.Public Policy Processes and Citizen Participation in Pakistan / Mohsin Bashir

20.Intergovernmental Relations in Pakistan / Muhammad Amjad

21.Public Service Ethics in Pakistan / Abu Rashid Jafri

22.Administrative Reforms in Pakistan / Nasira Jabeen

23.Civil Service System and Reforms in Pakistan / Iqbal Jadoon

Section IV Sri Lanka

Contents note continued: 24.History and Context of Public Administration in Sri Lanka / A.M. Navaratna-Bandara.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781439869116

1439869111

OCLC:

855202834

Publisher Number:

99954855948