Bidyut Chakrabarty
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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 ...
Development of public policy as a subject of academic study and as a field of practice depends a lot on the prevalent socio-economic and political milieu. Public Policy: Concept, Theory and Practice highlights the critical aspects of public policy making and its implementation by contextualizing it in the Indian historical and modern-day perspective.
Filling the existing content gap due to non-availability of comprehensive textbooks on the subject, this book ...
On 16th May 2014, India witnessed the result of an intense political campaign. Those who were vanquished felt that this was due to the success of a marketing blitzkrieg, which actually pollutes a democracy. Again, for those who supported the eventual winner—the Narendra Modi-led BJP—it was a great victory.
Viewed either way, India’s national election for the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 will remain a landmark in the annals of political campaigns. The ...
Though often misunderstood as a passive strategy, nonviolence at its core is an assertive act that, as history shows, empowers the people to keep illegitimate and coercive governance at bay. From the historic movements led by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela to the recent Arab Spring in the Middle East, the critical importance of nonviolence as a cementing ideological force in present times has been repeatedly affirmed.
Putting together ...
Coalition governments have become intrinsic to the Indian political landscape, given the diverse social context of the nation.
This short introduction analyses the growth and evolution of coalition politics in India. It argues that contrary to popular explanations, coalitions have always been integral to Indian politics. Beginning with a historical study, it discusses how the 1967 state assembly elections radically altered India's political equations, since ...
Communal identity is a matter of serious debate and discussion in contemporary India. Not only is the definition of community controversial, the processes of its formation are equally debatable. Identity is negotiated within an often volatile mix of influences hinging on nation, region, religion, gender, language, and citizenship. This collection acquaints the reader with issues that are central to the discourse on the construction of identity and its ...
What is Public Administration? What are the dominant theoretical and conceptual issues in the study of public administration? How do these reflect on patterns of governance and bureaucratic management of the state? What is unique to public administration in India? This reader brings together significant articles on the theory and practice of public administration. It outlines the historical processes associated with the growth of public administration as a ...
The idea and practice of administrative reform involves the twin concepts of change and innovation. Across the world, advances in the theory and working of high-performance organizations envisage not only changes within the system but also modifications in their function in relation to the environment. This reader brings together cutting-edge essays on how administrative change and innovation transform and improve organizational structure and function. The volume ...
This volume is a history of the growth and evolution of coalition governments in India both at the national and provincial levels. The phenomenon of political parties of diverse ideologies and affirmations coming together to share power has been highlighted as a prominent feature of Indian politics in the last few decades. The study argues that contrary to popular explanations, coalitions have always been an inevitable necessity of Indian politics. Even in the ...
Reinventing Public Administration : The Indian Experience outlines the historical processes associated with the growth of public administration as a discipline and discusses contemporary perspectives on, and experiences in, administration theory. The book considers the history of the Indian administration from the colonial period to the present and also focuses on changes brought about by globalisation, privatisation and structural adjustment on governance. ...
Indian Government and Politics will serve as a standard textbook for undergraduate students of political science and public administration. It is also an incisive manual for the candidates appearing for various UPSC and civil service examinations, besides being invaluable for students and researchers of political science in general, and post-colonial contemporary Indian politics in particular. The book explains the complexities of the Indian political process and ...
Governance as a new paradigm of public management emerged in the last decade of the twentieth century. It is currently the dominant mode of collective societal problem-solving. The core argument of 'governance' that has attracted universal attention is the widening of the concept of public administration which has traditionally been technocratic and mono-institutional, focusing almost exclusively on 'formal' government. Accepting the role of 'market' and ...