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BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS. MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH. THE BOOK. TITLE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS AUTHOR MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH PRICE Rs.515 only PUBLICATION RAWAT PUBLICATION GENRE RESEARCH WORK. THE AUTHOR.
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BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH
THE BOOK TITLE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS AUTHOR MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH PRICE Rs.515 only PUBLICATION RAWAT PUBLICATION GENRE RESEARCH WORK
THE AUTHOR • Mohammad Ali Rafath, IAS, is Secretary, Minorities Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. • Earlier held various important positions in Andhra Pradesh government • State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad • Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur • Managing Director, AP State Minorities Finance Corporation and AP Seeds Development Corporation
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK • PUBLISHED IN JULY, 2012. • ASSUMES SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WAKE OF STATE BUREAUCRACY OF A.P. GOVT. IN TURMOIL DUE TO ARREST OF SENIOR IAS OFFICERS. • QUESTIONS THE VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT OF RELATIONSHIPSHIP BETWEEN THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND THE BUREAUCRACY. • COMES OUT OF DIRECT EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR WHO FACED QUICK TRANSFERS FOR REFUSING TO TOE THE LINE OF POLITICIANS.
PURPOSE • Absence of any comprehensive legislation on All India Services which leads to committed bureaucracy • To suggest necessary changes for future to reconstitute the relation between elected and selected executive.
Motive • Lack of serious research work on the subject of All India Services and its weakness from legislative point of view. • Study the historical background of civil services in India and abroad. • Revisit evolution and growth of these services from the perspective of the aims of founding fathers of Constitution.
content • Genesis ,evolution and significance of the All India Services • Transnational comparison of the civil services • Constitutional framework governing the All India Services • Service laws evolved under domain of ‘delegated legislation’ • Variable and sample case laws study • Dynamics of politics and administration in India
Quality and language • Language is technical. • Content is factual. • Research oriented and lacks narrative style.
Critical analysis • Lack of perspective on other Central and All India services. • Methodology treatment of subject is hypothetico- deduction and purely qualitative. • Researches own experiences and observations
Overall impression • Very informative for a reader who wants an in-depth view of the services. • Overload of data and information. • Lop sided view of the present state of administration. • The book is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the otherwise meagre material on Indian Civil Services.