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Course: MPA 401 Public Administration in PakistanImportance Public Administration: Definition, Nature, ScopeMajor concepts in Public AdministrationMajor Theories and Approaches of Public AdministrationPublic Administration and Democratic Government Politics and Public AdministrationBureaucracy- Should the Bureaucracy be Politically Neutral?

1Overview of the Course The Organization of the Public Sector in Pakistan The New Public Management Dealing with Interest Groups and the Media Public servants and the policy process Delivering Public ServicesBudgeting and Financial Management Leading and Managing People Overview of the CourseAdministrative Accountability and Ethics Paradoxes of Public AdministrationeGovernment- Is egovernment Radically Transforming Public Administration?Managing Public Money- Should Pakistani governments be required by law to run balanced budgets?Policy Making in Public AdministrationPublic Administration: Islamic Perspective

Recommended BooksAbdun Noor, Social justice and Human Development (Dhaka:Adorn Publication,2007).Arora, K., 2006, Public Administration in India Tradition, Trends and transformation, Paragon International Publishers, New Delhi.Bose, Sagata and Jalal, Ayesha. 2004. Modern South Asia: History, Culture and Political Economy. New Delhi. Jalal, Ayesha. 1995. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A comparative and historical perspective. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications. La Palombara, Joseph (ed), 1963, Bureaucracy and Political Development, Princeton University Press: Princeton.. Papers and Articles- Recommend from time to time