Syllabus (POLITICAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: ME-8

Semester: 7

Course Code: BPLSME08T

Course Title: Administrative Theory and Indian Administration

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective:

Learning Outcome: Course Outcome: It aims to provide interface between public policy and administration in India. The essence of this paper is to appreciate the translation of governing philosophy into programmes and policies. Students will able to understand Political Pro

Learning Objectives:

• To gain knowledge about the evolution and growth of Indian Administration.
• Familiarity with the constitutional framework on which Indian Administration is based.
• Grasping the role of Union Executive.
• Understanding the in-built control mechanisms over constitutional bodies in particular and administration in general.
• Delineating the constitutional provisions and dynamics of union -state relationships.
• Awareness about the institutions and mechanism in force for citizen-state interface.

• Course Content: 6*4= 24 Classes (6 classes per topic)

• Understanding Public Administration as a Discipline: Politics and Administration dichotomy, Difference between Public and Private Administration.
• Foundational Building Blocks of Administrative Theory: Scientific Management- Taylor and Fayol, Bureaucracy: Max Weber, Karl Marx, Humanist School: Elton Mayo
• Indian Administration: A broad historical Perspective, Union Administration - PMO-Cabinet Secretariat, Distinction between Secretariat & Directorate.
• Institutional Reforms in Indian Civil Service: Background, motives and Globalization & liberalization as drivers of reforms in Indian Civil Service, UPSC: Composition & Functions.

• Suggested Readings:

• Arora R.K. & Goyal R. ‘Indian Public Administration’, Vishwa Prakashan 2008 New Delhi
• Basu Rumki (ed. 2015) ‘Democracy and Good Governance: Reinventing the Public Service Delivery System in India’ Bloomsbury, New Delhi.
• Basu, Rumki (2015) ‘Public Administration in India Mandates, Performance and Future Perspectives’, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi
• Chakrabarty Bidyut & Chand Prakash (2017) ‘Public Administration: From Government to Governance’ Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad
• Chakrabarty Bidyut& Chand Prakash (2017) ‘Public Administration in a Globalizing World: Theories & Practices’ SAGE, New Delhi
• Jayal, N.G (1999) ‘Democracy and The State: Welfare, Secular and Development in Contemporary India’, Oxford, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
• Singh H. & Singh M. ‘Public Administration in India, Theory and Practice’, Sterling Publication 1990 New Delhi.