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Panchayati Raj
In 1993, Panchayati Raj or the rule of the Panchayats (local governing bodies at the village level) was constitutionally mandated. Decentralization of governance and service delivery became central to the transformation of state-society relations in the liberalization era. This book is a comprehensive and accessible account of the philosophy, objectives, achievements, failures, and future of Panchayati institutions in the last two decades.
Public Policy and Politics in India
Policymaking in India evokes an image of rational decision-making and technical optimality. However, the arena of policymaking is characterized by conflict and contestation resolved through processes of negotiations and compromises. A significant amount of research in India focuses on policy goals and consequences, and less on policy processes. Breaking away from that approach, Public Policy and Politics in India directly addresses policy processes and discusses the role of institutions in policymaking in India. The wide-ranging essays cover issues such as environment, education, Parliament, liberalization, and governance. They highlight failures of implementation resulting from deep-rooted flaws in overall policy design. The volume aims not only to provoke a debate but also to encourage more systematic studies in the area.
Recasting Public Administration in India
Ever since a democratic system of government was adopted and a strategy of planned economic development was launched in India, the planners were quite conscious of the need for an administrative system different from the colonial one to implement the planned objective of development. Kuldeep Mathur, in this volume, examines these administrative reforms and provides a magisterial account of the changes in the institutional process of public administration. The introduction of neoliberal policies revived concerns about reform and change, thereby giving rise to a new vocabulary in the discourse of public administration. The conventional world of public administration was now expected to adopt m...
Development Policy and Administration
This reader, the first in a new series, brings together essays which combine policy perspectives with analyses of the implementation of various development programmes in India. The chapters provide an understanding of the merging concerns in Indian public administration. Topics covered include: macro perspectives on the state and development planning; bureaucracy; the policy apparatus; and the role of international agencies, panchayats, cooperatives and NGOs in meeting the needs of the people.
Development Policy and Administration
The first in an important new series, Development Policy and Administration brings together a set of important essays that combine policy perspectives with analyses of the implementation of development plans in India as well as institutional performance. This volume emphasizes the necessity of locating administration within a broader socio-political and economic context, highlighting the fact that public administration in India is embedded in the larger context of society, state, and public policy. Each chapter is a major contribution to its own area and, read together, the collection provides a clear understanding of the emerging concerns in public administration. While covering a wide rang...
Drought, Policy and Politics in India
A study of public policy on drought management in India, with a case study of the Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, arguing that the planning process has not initiated long-term measures for drought-proofing. Traces the origins of contemporary policy, outlines administrative and financial mechanisms for drought mitigation, and reveals the politics behind policy making. Includes a bandw fold-out map of drought-affected areas in the region. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bureaucracy and the New Agricultural Strategy
Presentation of a national administrative framework and policy toward rural development based on a 1979 microevaluation of Karnal District, Haryana, India.
Decentralisation, Transparency, Social Capital and Development
With reference to West Bengal, India.
