Includes bibliographical references (p. [480]-500) and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART I -- FIFTY YEARS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT -- 1. Striving for Good Governance: -- Fifty Years of India's Administrative Development -- 2. Socio-Political Structure and Public Administration -- 3. Human Resource Development -- 4. Globalisation, Liberalisation and Human Security: -- Challenges for Governance -- PART II -- PUBLIC POLICY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND -- RESPONSIVENESS -- 5. Public Policy Management -- 6. Political Control Over Bureaucracy -- 7. Citizen's Charter: An Instrument of Administrative -- Accountability -- 8. Political and Bureaucratic Corruption -- PART III -- CHALLENGES OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- 9. Citizen Participation in Development -- Administration -- 10. NGOs as the Nontate tor i Public -- Administration -- PART IV -- CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL ISSUES -- 11l. Criminal Justice Administration -- 12. Managing Foreign Affairs -- 13. Management of Environment -- PART V -- METHDOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL CONCERNS -- 14. Research Methodology in Public Administration: -- Need for a New Orientation -- 15. Com aative Study of Publi Ad ministration- -- Problems and Prospects -- 16. Search for a Theory of Public Administration -- 17. In Conclusion: The Challenges Ahead -- Select Bibliography -- Index.