The MOOC on Development Administration is for learners at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Prospective learners of this course are throughout India and across the globe. The course shall provide knowledge of the nature and evolution of the discipline of Development Administration and various theoretical debates. The 5-credit course on “Development Administration” promises to provide interdisciplinary training that will allow learners to understand the hierarchal and vertical relationships maintained by the government institutions with the society for the holistic development of society. The course is balanced through a combination of theoretical debates and empirical cases where learners will acquire knowledge of the emergence of the discipline of development administration, contributions of theoreticians, debates on development and environment, the role of non-state actors in development administration and a relationship between public and private sectors. The major focus of the course is to bring an understanding among the learners about the working of development administration in the Indian context.The MOOCs shall be divided into thirteen units, comprising fifty-two comprehensive lectures covering all the Development Administration. This MOOCs shall be inclusive of the below-mentioned broader themes:• Theoretical Perspectives on Development Administration• Evolution and growth of the Discipline of Development Administration• Relationship between Development Administration to environment,• Colonialism and Development Administration• Globalization and Development Administration• Gender and Development• Bureaucracy and Development• Development and Conflict• Development Administration in India
Overview
Syllabus
Unit-I Development Administration -Evolution of Discipline1. Development Administration: concept, nature, scope and objectives 2. Discipline of Development Administration - Emergence 3. Features of Development Administration Research 4. Public Administration and Development Administration in the Universities Unit-II Theoretical Contributions5. Ralph Braibanti 6. Edward Weidner 7. Fred W. Riggs 8. Dwight Waldo Unit-III Development and its dimensions9. Development: Theoretical Debates 10. Development and its Dimensions11. Approaches to Development12. Development and Modernization
Unit-IV Colonialism and Development Administration13. Colonialism and Development 14. Colonial Legacy of Development Administration 15. Effects of Colonial Administration on State formation in post-colonial states 16. Colonial state and role of Bureaucracy Unit-V Development and Environment17. Development and Environment 18. Ecology of Development Administration19. Sustainable Development20. Anti-Development Unit-VI Globalization and Development Administration21. Globalization and its various dimensions 22. Globalization and Development Administration23. Development Administration in Global North: Western Experience 24. Development Administration in Global South: Western Experience Unit VII Non-State Actors and Development Administration25. Emergence of Non-State Actors in Development Administration26. Non-State Actor’s Engagement in Development 27. Non-State Actors and Global Governance28. Non-Governmental Organizations and Development Administration
Unit-VIII Gender and Development29. Gender and Development: a Debate 30. Gender Parity and Development 31. Women and Development Administration 32. Gendered Development Administration: a critique Unit IX Bureaucracy and Development33. Role of Bureaucracy in Development 34. Bureaucracy and Development Administration 35. Designing Bureaucracy for Development 36. Bureaucracy, its reforms and Development Unit X Privatization and Development37. Privatization and Liberalization in Development 38. Public-Private Partnership 39. Corporate Social Responsibility 40. Critique of Public-Private Partnership Unit XI New Perspectives on Development41. Inclusive Development 42. Social Development Goals 43. Human Development Indicators 44. Social Audit and Development Unit XII Development and Conflict45. Development and inter-community conflicts 46. Violent Conflicts against State. Development 47. Uneven Development and Violent conflicts 48. Development as Conflict Resolution Unit XIII Development Administration in India49. Nature of Public Administration in India50. Development Administration in India 51. Challenges of Development Administration in India 52. Future prospectus of Development Administration in India
Unit-IV Colonialism and Development Administration13. Colonialism and Development 14. Colonial Legacy of Development Administration 15. Effects of Colonial Administration on State formation in post-colonial states 16. Colonial state and role of Bureaucracy Unit-V Development and Environment17. Development and Environment 18. Ecology of Development Administration19. Sustainable Development20. Anti-Development Unit-VI Globalization and Development Administration21. Globalization and its various dimensions 22. Globalization and Development Administration23. Development Administration in Global North: Western Experience 24. Development Administration in Global South: Western Experience Unit VII Non-State Actors and Development Administration25. Emergence of Non-State Actors in Development Administration26. Non-State Actor’s Engagement in Development 27. Non-State Actors and Global Governance28. Non-Governmental Organizations and Development Administration
Unit-VIII Gender and Development29. Gender and Development: a Debate 30. Gender Parity and Development 31. Women and Development Administration 32. Gendered Development Administration: a critique Unit IX Bureaucracy and Development33. Role of Bureaucracy in Development 34. Bureaucracy and Development Administration 35. Designing Bureaucracy for Development 36. Bureaucracy, its reforms and Development Unit X Privatization and Development37. Privatization and Liberalization in Development 38. Public-Private Partnership 39. Corporate Social Responsibility 40. Critique of Public-Private Partnership Unit XI New Perspectives on Development41. Inclusive Development 42. Social Development Goals 43. Human Development Indicators 44. Social Audit and Development Unit XII Development and Conflict45. Development and inter-community conflicts 46. Violent Conflicts against State. Development 47. Uneven Development and Violent conflicts 48. Development as Conflict Resolution Unit XIII Development Administration in India49. Nature of Public Administration in India50. Development Administration in India 51. Challenges of Development Administration in India 52. Future prospectus of Development Administration in India
