Transforming the steel frame : promise and paradox of civil service reform / edited by Vinod Rai.
- Title
- Transforming the steel frame : promise and paradox of civil service reform / edited by Vinod Rai.
- Published by
- New Delhi : Rupa, 2023.
- Format
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- Description
- xx, 233 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The bureaucracy in India has been a study in contradictions. On the one hand, it represents the dream job for an entire population of Indians who take the UPSC examination to join the 'steel frame', keeping the country running. On the other hand, it is rife with tales of corruption and red tape, such that citizens dread any interaction with government officials of any order. Curated by veteran bureaucrat, former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, Transforming the Steel Frame: Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform examines the roles and responsibilities of the bureaucracy in modern times. It sets forth a vision of the future through an analysis and review of past attempts at reform, in the process revisiting the strengths of the systems as well as the flaws that prevent its optimal functioning. It includes the perspective of former civil servants who have been a part of this system for their entire lives and reflect on its problems while making recommendations for the future; officials who have participated in setting evaluation standards for the civil services and who have headed training academies and businesspersons who have worked both in the private and public domains and collaborated extensively with the bureaucracy. In the breadth and thoroughness of its coverage, Transforming the Steel Frame provides an excellent overview of the civil services as they are and, more importantly, as they should be. The study that forms part of this book has been initiated by the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore." --Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Contents
- In search of excellence -- Ensuring integrity -- Electoral process reform -- Uncaging the potential -- Innovation and the civil service -- Bureaucratic capture -- Protecting independence -- Transparency in administration -- A three-layered paradigm -- A mindset of service -- From incremental to exponential -- Participative governance -- Reforming the reformers -- Ethics in the civil service.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Language
- English
- Note
- Contributed articles.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional formats (note)
- Also available as an e-book.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain