CSS Governance Public Policies Past Paper 2020

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Kerala’s (India) governing model presents a theory of decentralized development. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this experience in Kerala. What is the feasibility for its adoption in your province in Pakistan?

2. Q. 320 marks

   What are the similarities and differences of thoughts on Bureaucracy by Woodrow Wilson and Max Weber? Draw out a link between their thoughts and the political system that both had experienced in their countries?

3. Q. 420 marks

   What are the roles of bureaucracy in the various stages of public policy process from problem identification/definition to policy change/termination?

4. Q. 5

   Describe the evolution of the paradigm of governance from Wilsonian concept of the dichotomy of politics and administration to the contemporary fusion of both.

5. Q. 612 marks

   (a) What are the commonalities and difference in the tenets of Good Governance between World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Department for International Development (DFID)? (b) The concept of good governance is ubiquitous in democratic states. What is the (8) role of the World Bank in the promotion of this concept?

6. Q. 712 marks

   (a) In the Rational Choice theory, how is the institution of the bureaucracy described? (b) What are the lessons that can be drawn from the Rational Choice theory for (8) reforming Pakistani bureaucracy?

7. Q. 820 marks

   Choose any of your favorite policy sector to elucidate following components of policy analysis process; (5 marks each) (a) Constructing policy alternatives (b) Choosing evaluative criteria (c) Assessing the alternatives (d) Drawing conclusions

Standard FPSC instructions

Printed on this and every CSS paper.

• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.