Democracy and Public Administration (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Foreword. Preface. Sri V.T. Krishnamachari : a tribute/Rajeeva Ratna Shah. Introduction/P.L. Sanjev Reddy and R.K. Tiwari. I. Theoretical considerations: 1. Management and government/Lyndall F. Urwick. 2. Administration for development and the effective administrator/Donald C. Stone. 3. Concepts and models in public administration/R.S. Milne. II. Comparative administration: 4. Levels of administrative centralization in economic development/Bert F. Hoselitz. 5. The American public executive/Harlan Cleveland. 6. Administrative problems of metropolitan growth/Arch Dotson. 7. Some administrative problems of international law/Quincy Wright. 8. Public inquiries as an instrument of government/W.A. Robson. 9. Human relations in public administration/Charles S. Ascher. 10. Public administration for rural development/E. De Vries. 11. Administrative law in a changing world/W. Friedmann. 12. New dimensions in administrative improvement/Jay B. Westcott. 13. The stages of social development/Daniel Lerner. 14. Bureaucracies: some contrasts in systems/Wallace S. Sayre. 15. Legislatures in new states/W.H. Morris-Jones. 16. South-South cooperation/P.V. Narasimha Rao.

Vol. II. Foreword. Preface. III. Indian administration: 1. Expanding government/H.M. Patel. 2. Decentralized democracy: theory and practice/Jayaprakash Narayan. 3. Administrator, then and now/C.S. Venkatachar. 4. Good government: the administrative Malaise and connected issues/S.G. Barve. 5. In defence of Bureaucracy and an agenda for reforms/L.M. Singhvi. IV. Economic administration: 6. Public administration and the public corporation/John K. Galbraith. 7. Planning by stages/J. Tinbergen. 8. The public sector and parliament/Sir Henry Self. 9. The administration of planning/A.H. Hanson. 10. The human aspects of economic development/Leslie Palmier. 11. State intervention in the economy/Marcello Boldrini. 12. The budget as an instrument of administrative efficiency/Gunnar Heckscher. 13. Federal finance in a developing economy/Ursula Hicks. 14. Economic administration in India: retrospect and prospect/L.K. Jha.

"The Indian Institute of Public Administration was set up in 1954 to promote and provide for the study of public administration. In the fulfillment of this objective, the institute, since its inception, has been organizing public lectures on contemporary problems of public administration by distinguished academics and practicing administrators. These volumes contain the addresses of distinguished persons on a variety of topics associated with democracy, development and public administration. Volume one consists of collection of lectures on theoretical considerations and comparative administration, while volume two, on Indian administration and economic administration. Both these volumes have enormous contemporary relevance. The articles contained in this book present a rich variety, diversity and depth of unique utility." (jacket)