Book List for Public Administration Sarveshwar Bhure IAS

 By Sarveshwar Bhure IAS :-

Book List provided here is extensive and topic-wise, i have given topic wise breakup and suggested reading, if you are able to follow all topics it provide you extensive coverage.

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 Paper I

1. Introduction:

Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration - Laxmikant

Wilson’s vision of Public Administration - Laxmikant , Prasad & Prasad

 Evolution of the discipline and its present status - Laxmikant, Nicholas Henry*, Mohit Bhattachrya*

 New Public Administration -  Laxmikant, Fadia & Fadia*

 Public Choice approach- Fadia & Fadia, Vajiram Printed Notes vol.1

 Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation , Globalisation - Fadia & Fadia, Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

Good Governance: concept and application- Mohit Bhattacharya, Fadia & Fadia

 New Public Management- Laxmikant, Fadia & Fadia

2.2. Administrative Thought:

Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement -Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

 Classical Theory- Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

 Weber’s bureaucratic model – its critique and post-Weberian Developments-Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

 Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett);-Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others)- Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

 Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard)-Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

 Simon’s decision-making theory- Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant

Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor)- Prasad & prasad, Laxmikant,Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

3. Administrative Behaviour:

Process and techniques of decision-making- Laxmikant , Sharma & Sadana

 Communication- Laxmikant , Sharma  & Sadana

 Morale- Vajiram Notes,Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

  Motivation Theories – content, process and contemporary- Laxmikant, Sharma & Sadana

Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern- Laxmikant, Sharma & Sadana

.4. Organisations:

Theories – systems, contingency- Sharma & Sadana

 Structure and forms: Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies, Boards and Commissions- Vajiram Notes

Ahoc and advisory bodies - Vajiram notes

 Headquarters and Field relationships- Vajiram notes

Regulatory Authorities- Vajiram Notes

Public - Private Partnerships- Fadia & Fadia

5. Accountability and control:Concepts of accountability and control;

Legislative, Executive and Judicial control over administration- Laxmikant

 Citizen and Administration _ Laxmikant

 Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations ; Civil society -Laxmikant 

Citizen’s Charters- Vajiram Notes

 Right to Information; Social audit-  Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) 

6. Administrative Law:

Meaning, scope and significance; Dicey on Administrative law; Delegated legislation; Administrative Tribunals.- Read From Vajiram Notes , Sharma & Sadana

7. Comparative Public Administration:

Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems- Vajiram

 Administration and politics in different countries- Laxmikant 

Current status of Comparative Public Administration- Laxmikant 

Ecology and administration - Vajiram, Laxmikant

Riggsian models and their critique - vajiram, Laxmikant

8. Development Dynamics:

Concept of development; Changing profile of development administration- Laxmikant, Vajiram

 ‘Antidevelopment thesis’-Vajiram

 Bureaucracy and development- Vajiram,Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

 Strong state versus the market debate- Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication), Laxmikant

 Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries-Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) Women and development - the self-help group movement- Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

9. Personnel Administration:

Importance of human resource development; Recruitment, training, career advancement, position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions; employer-employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism; Code of conduct- Vajiram Notes For All topics

 Administrative ethics - Laxmikant

10. Public Policy:

Models of policy-making and their critique; Processes of conceptualisation, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitations; State theories and public policy formulation.- NO book provide good coverage of this topic so better to read in brief from IGNOU Notes and Vajiram Notes

11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement:

Organisation and methods, Work study and work management- Vajiram OR Awasthi Maheshwari

e-governance and information technology- Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

 Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM- Vajiram notes Volume V

12. Financial Administration:

Monetary and fiscal policies; Public borrowings and public debt Budgets - types and forms- Vajiram Notes

 Budgetary process- Laxmikant

 Financial accountability- Vajiram Notes

 Accounts and audit- Vajiram Notes

Paper - II

1. Evolution of Indian Administration:

Kautilya’s Arthashastra- Arora & Goyal, Prasad & Prasad

Mughal administration- Arora & Goyal

 Legacy of British rule in politics and administration - Indianization of public services, revenue administration, district administration, local self-government- Arora & Goyal, Laxmikant

2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:

Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism; Political culture; Bureaucracy and democracy; Bureaucracy and development- Vajiram Vol. 5,  Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) 

3. Public Sector Undertakings:

Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public Sector Undertakings; Problems of autonomy, accountability and control; Impact of liberalization and privatization.- Laxmikant & Fadia

4. Union Government and Administration:

Executive, Parliament, Judiciary - structure, functions, work processes; Recent trends; Intragovernmental relations; Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister’s Office; Central Secretariat; Ministries and Departments; Boards; Commissions; Attached offices; Field organizations- Read All topics from Fadia & Fadia On Indian Administration especially examples

5. Plans and Priorities:

Machinery of planning; Role, composition and functions of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council; ‘Indicative’ planning; Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels; Constitutional Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development and social justice- All Topics from Arora & Goyal first Followed by Fadia & Fadia

6. State Government and Administration:

Union-State administrative, legislative and financial relations; Role of the Finance Commission; Governor; Chief Minister; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary; State Secretariat; Directorates.

7. District Administration since Independence:

Changing role of the Collector; Unionstate-local relations; Imperatives of development management and law and order administration; District administration and democratic decentralization-  Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) , Arora & Goyal

8. Civil Services:

Constitutional position; Structure, recruitment, training and capacity-building; Good governance initiatives; Code of conduct and discipline; Staff associations; Political rights; Grievance redressal mechanism- Laxmikaant,Fadia & Fadia

Civil service neutrality- Fadia & Fadia, Laxmikant

 Civil service activism- Vajiram Vol. 5, Internet

9. Financial Management:

Budget as a political instrument , Parliamentary control of public expenditure-- Laxmikant, Vajiram Vol 2 ( read as per accountability & Control Chapter of Paper 1)

Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area-- Vajiram Volume 2

Accounting technique- Vajiram Notes Volume 2,

 Audit; Role of Controller General of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India- Vajiram Vol.2, Arora & Goyal

10. Administrative Reforms since Independence:

Major concerns; Important Committees and Commissions; Reforms in financial management and human resource development; Problems of implementation-  Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) , Arora  & Goyal.

11. Rural Development:

Institutions and agencies since independence; Rural development programmes: foci and strategies; Decentralization and Panchayati Raj;73rd Constitutional amendment.-  Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication) , Arora & Goyal

12. Urban Local Government:

Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment; Globallocal debate; New localism; Development dynamics,- Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

 politics and administration with special reference to city management- Vajiram Vol. 5

13. Law and Order Administration:

British legacy; National Police Commission; Investigative agencies; Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order and countering insurgency and terrorism; Criminalisation of politics and administration; Police-public relations; Reforms in Police- Fadia & Fadia, Vajiram Vol.5

14. Significant issues in Indian Administration:

Values in public service- Arora & Goyal

 Regulatory Commission- Vajiram Vol.5

; National Human Rights Commission- Fadia & Fadia

 Problems of administration in coalition regimes- Vajiram Vol.5

 Citizen-administration interface- Fadia & Fadia

 Corruption and administration-- Subhra Saxena super 50 (wizard Publication)

 Disaster management- Vajiram vol 5