Lost Ship the Hgr Sta 3rd Edn  (English, Paperback, S Colbourn)

This book deals with the theory and practice of public administration in India. It traces the evolution of administrative thought from days of Kautilya through the Mughal and British periods to the system enshrined in the Constitution of free India. The book delineates the physical structures of the Indian administrative systems - the bureaucracy, secretariat, land revenue system, tribal administration, panchayati raj and the municipal government.

About the Author
S R Maheshwari - Former Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.

• Kautilya’s Administrative Thought
• The Mughal Administration
• Civil Service since Colonial British Rule
• Growth and Development of Departments in India
• Society and Public Administration in India
• The Constitution and Public Administration
• Theory of Public Administration in India
• Government Organisation
• Departmental Structure
• Secretariat
• Bureaucracy
• Right Sizing the Bureaucracy
• Selection of Senior Administrators
• In-Service Training
• The Minister-Secretary Relationship
• Politician-Civil Servant Relations
• Planning in India
• Public Enterprises
• Public Recruitment: Reservation System
• Land Revenue Administration in India
• Tribal Administration
• Development Administration
• Administration of Law and Order
• Panchayati Raj
• Municipal Government
• Administrative Challenges in the Third World
• Administrative Reform
• Major Reform Areas
• Corruption
• Public Service Ethics
• Public Administration and the Mass Media
• Appendix
• Index