Public Administration: Concepts and Theories

Rumki Basu (Dr.). Under the impact of globalisation, new ways of conceptualising administrative reality have been formulated, which explain the complexities of state-society relations and public private partnerships. This revised edition includes all these and many other new themes of contemporary relevance to the discipline of public administration and to the practicing word of governance. This book is an introduction to the study of public administration-the discipline as well as the profession- in both western and non-western administrative contexts. Major administrative theories and concepts have been explained and related to the politico-administrative situation in the developed and developing countries. Latest research findings have been used, wherever necessary, to provide empirical support to the issues discussed.