AN EXPLANATORY REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BRITAIN AND INDIA
AN EXPLANATORY REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BRITAIN AND INDIA
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2019-01
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SANI, Shehu IDRIS, Musa
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Abstract
Recent .emphasis on comparative studies in social sciences has expanded the
domain of social analysis beyond the earlier narrowed emphasis on ''Western"
culture bonds. The comparative study goes beyond the Western administrative
system. It also covers the developed and developing societies with the aim of
bringing out the features that are similar and the differences. This paper seeks to
make a comparison between the system of administration in developed British
society and the developing Indian society. This enables the understanding of the
pattern and practice in the two states. It is also pertinent to know whether Indian
Administrative system as former colony of the British has maintained the Colonial
structures and practices, discarded the colonial institution or maintained and
improve the inherited practices. This will serve as a lesson on the relationship
between developed and developing states, colonial state and the colony as well as
the development of their public bureaucracies. To achieve this, exploratory
research from existing literature was utilized. Development administration and
Bureaucratic Approaches were used to guide the study. Recruitment, training,
promotion, compensation, discipline, performance appraisal, Hierarchy, condition
of service, relationship between bureaucracy and executive were also used as a
variable of comparism. It was found that, public administration in Britain and India
have utidergone series of reforms. However, the British system influences the
Indian Public Administration. Britain has more dynamic, orderly, symmetrical,
prudent, articulate and cohesive bureaucracy, while India has more structured and
more decentralized public services.
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Department of Public Administration
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria