Books for public administration

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

1. Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal.
2. Indian Administration - S.R. Maheswari.
3. Administrative Theory - Avasti & Avasti
4. Public Administration - Avasti & Maheswari.
5. Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad.
6. Administrative Thinkers - S.R. Maheswari.
7. Public Administration - Sadan and Sharma
8. Local Government - S.R. Maheswari.
9. New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya.
10. Public Administration Theory and concepts - Rumki Basu
11. Public Administration (Manual) (TATA MC Graw Hill) - Laxmikanth.
12. Indian Constitution - D.D. Basup (or) Pandey.
13. Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry.
14. Modern Public Administration - Nigro and Nigro.

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :

To put the subject in its proper context the historical development (evolution of public administration discipline) of the subject should be studied with great emphasis.

• Public administration in theory and practice - M.P. Sharma and B.L Sadan
  
• Public administration - Mohit Bhattacharya
  
• Modern public administration - Nigro and Nigro
  
• Theories and principles of administration : Administrative thinkers - Prasad & Prasad
  
• Principles of management - Terry and Frankline
  
• Administrative Behaviors: Managing organizational behavior - Paul Hersey & Kenneth Blanchard
  
• Personal Administration - Public personal administration - O. Glennstal
  
• Financial administration: Financial administration of India - M.J.K. Thavaray
  
• Comparative administration : public administration a comparative perspective - Ferrel Heady or Comparative public administration - Ramesh
  
• Control over administration : Public administration - Avasthi & Maheswari
  
• Central administration in India: Central administration - A. Avasthi
  
• Civil Services in India : Indian administration - S.R. Maheswari, State
  
• District and local administration: State administration - J.D. Shukla
  
• District administration -- S. S. Khera
  
• Local Government in India - S.R. Maheshwari
  
• Laxmikant's guide (for clearing conepts)
  
• IGNOU Study Materials
  
• IJPA articles on relevant topics
  
• Current News Papers