Comparative Public Administration

Paper Code:

DSPAD 501

Credits:

06

Contact Hours:

90.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

It gives an idea about Interdisiciplinary approach and comparative study of the subject enabling the student to understand the administrative structure of different countries.

Course Outcomes:

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO 1 Equip with the knowledge and conceptual clarity of approaches, indices, and models of comparative Public Administration.

CO 2. Develop clarity on administrative systems and their accountability mechanisms of UK, USA and France

CO 3. Generate an understanding of local governmental system, grievance redressal mechanisms and relevance of comparative approach in globalized perspective

CO 4. Acquire critical understanding of theories related to comparative approach

CO 5. 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

Unit I:

Unit I

· Meaning Nature, Scope and Significance of Comparative Administration

· Salient approaches

i) Ecological Approach

ii) Structural - Functional approach

iii) Behavioural approach

Unit II:

UNIT II

Salient Features of the Administrative systems and Constitutional Features of :

The United Kingdom,
The United States of America,
France

Unit III:

UNIT III

· Parliamentary System in the U.K.

· Presidential System in the U.S.A.

Presidential System in France

Unit IV:

UNIT IV

Ideal Bureaucratic Model of Max Weber; Features and its relevance today
Prismatic Society Model of Fred W. Riggs.
Prismatic Society revisited

Unit V:

UNIT V

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) in U.S.A,
Swedish Ombudsman, Conseil d’ Etat

Essential Readings:

· 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.

· 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

· 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:

· https://www.cia.gov/library/Publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

· http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

· http://www.nationmaster.com/

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References:

· 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.