Contemporary Issues in Civil Service Management in South Asia: Principles and Practice in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

Abstract

This chapter focuses on civil service management (CSM) in the three countries of South Asia-India, Pakistan, and Bangladeshfrom a broad comparative perspective. The trajectory of the development of the civil services since colonial times is traced to illustrate how the structural, functional, and behavioral patterns were adopted or adapted after independence and to understand the impact of this inherited legacy on their CSM approaches. Premised on the social, cultural, and