Chapter -8
Development Dynamics
Concepts of development; Changing profile of development administration; Anti-development thesis Bureaucracy and development; Strong state versus market debate; Impact of liberalization on administration in developing countries; Women and development the self-help group movement.
Concept of Development
1. "The Concept of development is multi-dimensional and ever-expanding." Explain (2010/20)
1. "The Concept of development is multi-dimensional and ever-expanding." Explain (2010/20)
2. "People's participation is crucial to development administration." Comment. (2007/20)
3. Do you agree with the view that development administration has in recent years lost its impetus without making any significant intellectual breakthrough? Discuss. (2006/60)
4. "Development administration is starved for theories which will guide the pooling of empirical knowledge, orient new research, and recommend administrative policy." Explain. (2005/20)
5. "Development Administration has two important aspects viz. the administration of development and the development of administration
"Explain. (2003/20)
"Explain. (2003/20)
6. "Development administration is concerned with maximizing innovation for development."-Discuss (2002/20)
7. What are the objectives of Development Administration?Also examine the demands D.A.places on the structure and practices of administration (1998/30)
8. Development administration is basically an action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system." Comment. (1997/20)
9. Outline the features of development administration and explain the reasons for its marginal performance, (1995/30)
10. 'Development administration calls for some revolutionary changes in the attitudes, behavior, orientation and out-look of public services at all levels of administration. Comment. (1991/20)
11. Development administration is "an action oriented goal oriented administrative system." (Edward Weidner). Comment. (1989/20)
12. Examine the positive and negative roles of ideology and culture in administrative development (1988/60)
Changing profile of development administration
1. "The market has become the new icon of developmentalism." Comment. (10/I/5c/20)
1. "The market has become the new icon of developmentalism." Comment. (10/I/5c/20)
2. In certain discourses, there is a reflected basic distrust against bureaucracy as an instrument of development." Do you think bureaucracy is more appropriate for regulatory administration than for development administration? In the changing profile of development administration in a liberalizing environment, what role of bureaucracy can be envisaged? (2008/60)
3. Describe the changing profile of Development Administration and identify its efforts towards people's empowerment. (2004/60)
Anti-development thesis
1. An attack has been made on the "top down" character of the kind of implementation studies and an alternative 'bottom up' approach has been developed." Comment.
1. An attack has been made on the "top down" character of the kind of implementation studies and an alternative 'bottom up' approach has been developed." Comment.
Bureaucracy and Development
1. "The principle of bureaucratic neutrality is more superfluous and redundant in the context of developing countries." Comment. (1999/20)
1. "The principle of bureaucratic neutrality is more superfluous and redundant in the context of developing countries." Comment. (1999/20)
Strong state versus the market debate, Impact of liberalization on administration in developing countries.
Women and development the self help group movement
1. Consider the statements below
- a) Self-Help Groups (si- IGs) enable women to realize their full potential in some spheres of life.
- b) Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are providing avenues of political mobilisation. Examine the implications of these two statements and assess the potential of SHGs for development (09/I/6a/60)
