The bureaucratic ascendancy : public administration in Bangladesh : the first three decades / Habib Zafarullah, Mohammad Mohabbat Khan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Preface ix -- Chapter 1 -- The Political System and Bureaucracy 1 -- Currents and Crosscurrents -- Chapter 2 -- Bureaucracy and Public Administration 23 -- Development and Trends in the First Decade -- Chapter 3 -- Bureaucratic Reforms, 1972-1981 44 -- Revitalizing the Civil Service -- Chapter 4 -- The National Administration 67 -- Organizational Arrangements and Operating Methods -- Chapter 5 -- Public Service Commission 96 -- Genesis, Structure and Problems -- Chapter 6 -- Civil Service Management 109 -- The Need for Reform -- Chapter 7 -- Recruitment and Training 125 -- Bureaucratic Intervention -- Chapter 8 -- Bureaucracy and Rural Development 149 -- Politics, Policies and Institutions -- Chapter 9 -- Local Development Planning 173 -- Political and Bureaucratic Imbroglio -- Chapter 10 -- State Enterprises 198 -- Policy Changes and Implications -- Chapter 11 -- Governance Reforms 214 -- Bureaucratic Inertia and Political Inaction -- Chapter 12 -- Bureaucratic Politics 238 -- Internal and External Dimensions.