Public Policy and Administration

Public Policy has emerged as an important discipline in social sciences, since the early 1970s. This discipline deals basically with the analysis of complex societal problems. To this extent Public Policy provides perspective on analysis implementation and evaluation of a problem.This volume is a collection of articles which appeared in the Indian Journal of Public Administration and covers many important aspects of public, policy. It provides a background of public policy and its importance the fact value dichotomy and Drors analysis of public policy. It also includes the problems of implementation which has been acknowledged a major area of concern in Public Administration. Attention has also been focused on reasons of policy failure and organizational aspects of public policy making in Government. Administrative culture plays a critical role in public policy making. In the Indian context it requires major adaptation to develop deep professionalism. Articles on policy making dealing with preventive detention population and wild life conservation are also included.This volume also contains some significant articles of Shri B. Venkatappiah., About The Author:- Ramesh Kumar Tiwari, Former Professor of Public Administration, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi., Aasha Kapur Mehta, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi., Contents:- Contents, Foreword 9, Preface 13, Acknowledgements 15, Shri B. Venkatappiah: A Tribute 17, T.N. Chaturvedi, Introduction 21, Ramesh Kumar Tiwari and Aasha Kapur Mehta, List of Contributors 39, PART I, Some Selected Articles on Public Policy and, Administration from Indian Journal of, Public Administration, 1. Dynamics of Public Policy 43, S.N. Sadasivan, 2. The Fact-value Distinction as an Analytical Tool 61, V. Subramaniam, 3. Dror on Policy Making 71, V. Subramaniam, 4. The Paradox of Policy Science 85, Stephen Brooks, 5. Politics of Implementation : 103, The Achilles' Heel of Public