COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION

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

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):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

 

CO 61 Equip with the knowledge and conceptual clarity of approaches, indices, and models of comparative Public Administration.

CO 62. Develop clarity on administrative systems and their accountability mechanisms of UK, USA and France

CO 63. Generate an understanding of local governmental system, grievance redressal mechanisms and relevance of comparative approach in globalized perspective

CO 64. Acquire critical understanding of theories related to comparative approach

CO 65. To understand the working of various administrative agencies in various countries.

 

Class Lectures

 students-teacher interactions, group discussion, quiz, seminar and assignment

 Self learning assignments, question preparation

 

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

 

 

  

 

9.00
  • Meaning Nature, Scope and Significance of Comparative Administration
  • Salient approaches
       i) Ecological approach
       ii)Structural - Functional approach
       iii) Behavioural approach

 

9.00

·      Parliamentary System in U.K.

·      Presidential System in U.S.A.

            Presidential System in France

9.00
  • Salient Features of the Administrative systems of :
         i)United Kingdom
         ii)United States America
         iii) France

 

9.00

·      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

 

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: 
2022-23
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