Comparative Administration

Paper Code: 
PAD 501
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to -

  • Understand models and administrative systems of different countries
  • Orient the students towards the need of comparative administration.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

PAD 501

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative Administration

CO 50 Equip with the knowledge and conceptual clarity of approaches, indices, and models of comparative Public Administration.

CO 51. Develop clarity on administrative systems and their accountability mechanisms of UK, USA and France

CO 52. Generate an understanding of local governmental system, grievance redressal mechanisms and relevance of comparative approach in globalized perspective

The pedagogy of the course mainly comprises of conventional lecture method supplemented with class room interactions and discussion, case study analysis, assignments and students presentations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

8.00
  • Meaning Nature, Scope and Significance of Comparative Administration
  • Salient approaches
    i) Ecological approach
    ii)Structural - Functional approach
    iii) Behavioural approach

 

8.00

·      Parliamentary System in U.K.

·      Presidential System in U.S.A.

Presidential System in France

10.00
  • Salient Features of the Administrative systems of :
    i)United Kingdom
    ii)United States America
    iii) France

 

10.00

·      Ideal Bureaucratic Model of Max Weber.

Prismatic Society Model of Fred W. Riggs

9.00

·      Working of various Administrative Institutions:

·      British Home Office, British Treasury

·      Executive Office of President (U.S.A.), Parliamentary Commissioner (U.K.)

·      I.R.C. (Independent Regulatory Commission)

Swedish Ombudsman, Conseil d’ Etat

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings: 

  • Arora, R K and Sharma, S (Eds.) (1992) Comparative and Development Administration: Ideas and Actions. Arihant Centre for Administrative Change: Jaipur
  • Bhatt, A and Ranjan, R (2010) Comparative Government and Politics (1st Edition). Anmol Publications: New Delhi
  • Chaturvedi, T N (1994) Tulnatmak LokPrashashan. College Book Depot: Jaipur
  • Dahiya, Sewa Singh and Singh, Ravindra (2012) Comparative Public Administration. Sterling Publishers: New Delhi
  • Farazmand, A (Ed.) (2001) Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration ( 2nd Edition). Marcell Dekker: New York
  • Heady, Ferrel (2001) Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective (6th Edition). Marcel Dekker: New York
  • Nadkarni, Vidya and Noonan, Norman C (Eds.) (2013) Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective: The Political and Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries. Bloomsbury Academic: London.
  • Ray, S N (2004) Modern Comparative Politics: Approaches, Methods and Issues. Prentice Hall of India: New Delhi
  • Riggs, F W (1961) The Ecology of Public Administration. Asia Publishing House: Bombay
  • Riggs, F W (1964) Administration in Developing Countries: The Theory of Prismatic Society. Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston
  • Special Issue on Comparative Chinese/American Public Administration (December 2009) Public Administration Review, Vol. 69, IssueS1. Wiley: New Delhi

 

Web Resources:

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • Ramesh Arora, (1999). Comparative Public Administration, New Delhi Associated Publishing House.
  • Surendra Kataria, (2004). Tulantmak Prashashnik Vyavasthaein, RBSA Publishers.
  • T.N. Chaturvedi, (2002). Comparative Public Administration, Jaipur Research Association.
  • Ramesh Arora, (1999). Comparative and Development Administration, Arihant Publishing House.
  • B.L. Fadia & K.L. Fadia, Administrative Theories and Concepts
  • Vishnu Bhagwan & Vidya Bhushan, (2005). World Constitutions, S. Chand and Sons.
  •  Ferrel Heady, Public Administration : A Comparative Perspective

 

Academic Session: 
2021-22
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