This dictionary will prove to be useful and informative for students of public administration and management in universities, polytechnics and college of further education as well as for candidates taking to examinations of various professional bodies.

Public administration deals with the application of the principles of organisation in the public sector, especially in government departments and local authorities. This dictionary of public administration has been compiled and edited to include the various terms dealing with these aspects of public administration. This dictionary is a handy and reliable source for definitions, statements, laws, theories, principles and concepts used in different areas of public administration. This dictionary also includes entries which take into account the developments and trends in public administration. An elaborate system of cross-referencing makes the dictionary easy to use and extremely informative. At few places, line diagrams have been used to demonstrate the meaning of a term.