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Public administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of branches of government policy. The pursuit of the public good by enhancing civil society, ensuring a well- run, fair, and effective public service are some of the goals of the field. New Public Administration is an anti-positivist, anti-technical, and anti-hierarchical reaction against traditional public administration. A practiced theory in response to the ever changing needs of the public and how institutions and administrations go about solving them. Focus is on the role of government and how they can provide these services to citizens in which are a part of public interest, by means, but not limited to public policy. Public administration can be understood only with reference to the larger forces within which it operates. No single dimension conveys the true picture. Likewise, the various sources of influence on public administration are separable only for analytical purposes. In reality, they operate simultaneously and press upon public administration in various ways and to varying degrees. Consequently, there are frequent contradictions and tensions within public administration, and between it and other political and social institutions. These conflicts and contradictions give rise to the dynamics of public administration. Societies with adaptive capabilities can keep the various forces in some semblance of equilibrium and manage change and conflict. The breakdown of state systems is testimony to how difficult managing conflict and change can be for some countries. The book gives not merely a preliminary understanding of the subject, but also helps to cultivate a deeper interest in the vast and growing literature on public administration.