Development administration and rural development: changing contours of administration since independence golden jubilee volume series-1

The papers included in this volume deal with various issues of development administration and rural development, with special reference to India. The crisp Volume Editors' Introduction situates the papers in the relevant literature and indicates how they contributed to the ongoing theoretical discourse and analyzed actual practice.
The focus throughout remains primarily on the people and secondarily on area development, since rural infrastructure, rural livelihoods, rural services, rural productivity and rural administration are all meant for the people.
The 18 papers are thematically arranged under three parts. While part first deals with the conceptual dimensions of development administration and rural development, the second part is devoted to the administrative aspects of rural development. In the third part, the Integrated Rural Development Programme and its implementation has been discussed.
The book promises to be a valuable reference for all concerned-students, economists and other social scientists, and policy makers, administrators, scholars alike.