Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Public Administration as discipline - its Domain and Scope

Aim of the Discipline – a systematic study of various governmental activities. And we have studied this thoroughly in Introduction of Public Administration.

Role or Activities of Government – As a political authority, it is the major regulator of social life. The concept of welfare state has made the governmental activities increased by many folds. Now, the role of governments has move towards service and welfare from the traditional ‘regulation’.  The police state is now becoming a topic of the past, as the popular governance is taking the center stage in the interest of widest possible public welfare.

Overview on Administrative structure of India/Governance

Features of Indian Constitution
Republic - Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
Government - Parliamentary form of Government both at the Center and States
Federal structure with Unitary Bias
Judiciary - Unitary

Overview 2: What do you mean by Public Administration?

Before we dive into the real topics in our hand, we must know what is the meaning of Public Administration in laymen terms or crude sense. Then it will be easier for you to understand the formal definition of Public Administration. So, what we know by the term Public Administration?