Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective - Paperback

by Rumki Basu (Author)

This book presents a reassessment of public administration and governance in heterogenous developing countries towards new models of organization and management in the Global South in the context of globalization, informed by their legal, constitutional, economic and political needs, aspirations and ground realities.

Author Biography

Rumki Basu is Professor of Public Administration and former Head of the Department of Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She was also Director of Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. She has published 12 books and 40 journal articles on issues of public policy and governance, international organization and the political economy of development in India. She has presented papers at the World Congress of Political Science in Berlin (1994), Seoul (1997), Santiago (2009), Madrid (2012) and Poznan (2016), in addition to participating in international workshops. She has received the Indian Council of Social Science Research Teacher Fellowship Award and the Bharat Jyoti Award (2013) from the India International Friendship Society. Basu's prominent works include Economic Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation: Social Sector Expenditures and Centre-State Relations (2000); Public Administration: Concepts and Theories (2007); Globalization and the Changing Role of the State (edited, 2008); Governance and Human Capital: The 21st Century Agenda (co-edited, 2011); Democracy and Good Governance: Reinventing the Public Service Delivery System in India (co-edited, 2014); Public Administration in India: Mandates, Performance and Future Perspectives (2015); and Governance in South Asia (co-edited, 2016).