The present work attempts an analytical overview of the environment as well as the substance of the field of comparative public Administration. The major purpose of the book is to elaborate the essential elements of the “ecological” approach to public Administration, but while analysing the “idea of ecology”, “the ecology of ideas”, I.E. The environmental conditions that stimulated and sustained the development of major conceptual constructs in the field of comparative public Administration, has also been subjected to an in-depth analysis. The comparative public Administration movement was an important landmark in the field of public Administration and its approaches and perspectives influenced the theory as well as practice of administration in the developing as well as the developed countries. This book is the first major attempt to evaluate the context as well as the contents of this emergent sub-discipline and to synthesize the models and foci of such seminal thinkers as Max Weber and Fred Riggs from the ecological-developmental perspective.
Ramesh K. Arora
Professor Ramesh K Arora studied at the University of Rajasthan and at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA from where he obtained the degrees of MPA, M.Phil. and Ph.D. as a Fulbright Scholar. Later, he served as Senior Fulbright Fellow at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Dr. Arora also served as Professor, Head and Dean at the University of Rajasthan and as Professor at the HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur. He is the author/editor of several books including Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues, Ethics, Integrity and Values in Public Service, Public Administration in Changing Societies, Vision and Values, Art of Leadership, Time Management for Happiness and Success, Gift of Happiness and others. He received the prestigious Paul Appleby Award. Prof. Arora has been the editor of Administrative Change since 1973. He has lectured in the USA, Germany, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries.
Ramesh K. Arora
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