PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

1. Public Administration Q&A

1. Public policy is a study of products of government. Explain

2. Globalisation has led to a marriage between corporate discipline and entrepreneurial spirit
with the govt discarding its traditional image of a doer. Comment.

3. The drive towards depoliticising development systematically obscures 'power' ,'class' and

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'politics'...Expla

4.
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"Bureaucracy is a circle from which no one escapes, its hierarchy is hierarchy of knowledge.
Comment.

5. "While Machiavelli saw governance from the point of view of the Prince,the public and not the
ruler is most critical in contemporary public administration. Comment.
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6. Marx stands out as a creative theoretician of public administration, which is not merely a
structure,but is ideological in the sense of its behaviour specific to socio-economic and political
milieu in which it is located.

7. Wilsonian in spirit ,Friedrich justifies "administrative discretion "as inevitable in view of the
professional advantages of the bureaucrats.
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8. "Political economy is the interplay of power,the goals of power wielders and the productive
exchange system" (MA zald) explain.

9. "As long as democracy is valued the big questions of public administration must go beyond the
big questions of public management". analyze.

10. "The weedy growth of nation state in the twentieth century ,primarily because of growth of
its commitments and activities,combined with a perception of limited or diminishing effectiveness
,has led in the 1980's to a global "crisis of confidence"in the state. Comment.

11. "There is no standard recipe for Good governance". Evaluate.

12. Citizen charter is not a list of new principles of governance ,instead it merelt reiterates those
norms which ideally should constitute the foundation of public administration.

13. "Governance is a conceptual riddle".

14. "Governance without government" that is market discipline can be seen as "governmentality of
neoliberal globalization".

15. Governmentality is a "result of mentality and the organization of conduct that composes the art
of governance". Comment.

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1. Public policy is a study of products of government. Explain

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2. Globalisation has led to a marriage between corporate discipline and entrepreneurial spirit
with the govt discarding its traditional image of a doer. Comment.

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OR
SC
GS

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3. The drive towards depoliticising development systematically obscures 'power' ,'class' and
'politics'...Explain

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OR
SC
GS

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4. "Bureaucracy is a circle from which no one escapes, its hierarchy is hierarchy of knowledge.
Comment.

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OR
SC
GS

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5. "While Machiavelli saw governance from the point of view of the Prince,the public and not the
ruler is most critical in contemporary public administration. Comment.

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OR
SC
GS

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6. Marx stands out as a creative theoretician of public administration, which is not merely a
structure,but is ideological in the sense of its behaviour specific to socio-economic and political
milieu in which it is located.

E
OR
SC
GS

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7. Wilsonian in spirit ,Friedrich justifies "administrative discretion "as inevitable in view of the
professional advantages of the bureaucrats.

E
OR
SC
GS

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8. "Political economy is the interplay of power,the goals of power wielders and the productive
exchange system" (MA zald) explain.

E
OR
SC
GS

Public Administration [9]

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9. "As long as democracy is valued the big questions of public administration must go beyond the
big questions of public management". analyze.

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OR
SC
GS

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10. "The weedy growth of nation state in the twentieth century ,primarily because of growth of
its commitments and activities,combined with a perception of limited or diminishing effectiveness
,has led in the 1980's to a global "crisis of confidence"in the state. Comment.

E
OR
SC
GS

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11. "There is no standard recipe for Good governance". Evaluate.

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OR
SC
GS

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12. Citizen charter is not a list of new principles of governance ,instead it merelt reiterates those
norms which ideally should constitute the foundation of public administration.

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OR
SC
GS

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13. "Governance is a conceptual riddle".

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OR
SC
GS

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14. "Governance without government" that is market discipline can be seen as "governmentality of
neoliberal globalization".

E
OR
SC
GS

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15. Governmentality is a "result of mentality and the organization of conduct that composes the art
of governance". Comment.

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GS

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