Public Administration Handwritten notes and booklist by Kshitij Tyagi(AIR 148/ CSE 2011)

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Topic-wise sources for Public Administration Paper -1

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PAPER – I

Administrative Theory

Introduction:

Meaning, scope and significance of Public

Administration; ——————————————IGNOU-MA Booklet

Wilson’s vision of Public

Administration;——————————————Prasad & Prasad

Evolution of the discipline

and its present status; ———————————-IGNOU, Super 50, Fadia

New Public Administration;—————————-IGNOU Booklet

Public Choice approach; ——————————— Fadia, IGNOU Booklet

Challenges

of liberalization, Privatisation,

Globalisation; ———————————————IGNOU, Fadia

Good Governance: concept

and application; ——————————————IGNOU, Fadia

New Public Management.——————————–IGNOU, Fadia

http://imojo.in/Prelims2019TestSeries

Administrative Thought:—————————————————–Prasad & Prasad
Administrative Behaviour:————————————————Stephen Robbins, Fadia
Organisations:—————————————————-Fadia, , Super50, Sadana
Accountability and control:————————————-,Fadia, Super50, Laxmikanth
Administrative Law:———————————– Fadia, Sharma Sadana(for Dicey’s critique),
Comparative Public Administration:———————–Fadia, Prasad(for Riggs), Laxmikanth
Development Dynamics:———————————————–Fadia, Super50
Personnel Administration:—————————————Fadia
Public Policy:—————————————————-IGNOU MA (cursory reading), Mohit Bhattacharya & Fadia for models of policy making, Prasad for thoughts of Dror, IGNOU BA notes probably have this in detail but I skipped them
Techniques of Administrative Improvement:———-Fadia, Super50
Financial Administration:———————————Fadia

I used a combination of direct revision from the book and making notes for some topics in PA-1. I read and re-read Prasad & Prasad for thinkers; I treated Papers 1 and 2 as an integrated whole and supplemented a lot of topics from PA-1 with PA-2 aspects and vice-versa. (e.g. Fadia for Paper-2 has many topics which are indispensable for paper-1 as well). As with other subjects, I kept a copy of the syllabus and previous years’ questions handy for focused study. Also, at the fag end of my prep, I read Super-50 by Shubhra Saxena from cover to cover as a revision aid along with my notes and topics marked in books.

Topic-wise sources for Public Administration Paper -2

Indian Administration

Evolution of Indian Administration:—– both arora goyal and fadia
Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:—————————————————— DD Basu

Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism;——-DD Basu

Political culture; —————–Internet

Bureaucracy

and democracy; ————————–Super50

Bureaucracy and

development.————————————–Fadia

Public Sector Undertakings:—————————–Fadia
Union Government and Administration:——————–Fadia, few portions from Sadana
Plans and Priorities:———————–Fadia
State Government and Administration:—————-Fadia
District Administration since Independence:—————Fadia, Arora goyal
Civil Services:—————Fadia
Financial Management:———Fadia (can be supplemented with IGNOU BA if you have time – i didn’t)
Administrative Reforms since Independence:——–Fadia
Rural Development:—————-Fadia, I had a scan (pdf) for this portion taken from the Book Governance in India by Laxmikanth (for governance and rights issues)
Urban Local Government:—————Fadia, Super50, pdf mentioned above
Law and Order Administration:——————Fadia
Significant issues in Indian Administration:—–Fadia, Super50

ARC reports – I read some reports in full and read extracts from others. I would recommend reading these reports as they provide you with both content and quality, not only for PA-2 but also GS and Essay.

I’ve already described my strategy for making notes in a previous post. I started with previous 10 years’ questions as the nucleus and expanded outwards, creating a thought framework for each question and jotting down pointers for related topics. Value addition is important in PA-2 answers and can be easily done by invoking (1) Thinkers from PA-1; (2) Personalities who have shaped the particular aspect of administration that the question deals with; (3) Examples from current affairs – I extracted these from newspapers and placed in the relevant portion of my notes regularly. I made sure that I had revised my notes many times before the D-day.