Decentralisation and local governments : The Indian experience / edited by T.R. Raghunandan.

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Series: Readings on the economy, polity, and societyPublisher: New Delhi : Orient Blackswan, 2012Description: xii, 432 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9788125048831

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Economic and political weekly.

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352.2 RAG

LOC classification:

JQ220.S8 D43 2012

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Table of contents only

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List of Tables, Figures and Maps Introduction T. R. Raghunandan 1. Political Role of Panchayati Raj V. M. Sirsikar 2. Decentralisation Below the State Level Need for a New System of Governance Nirmal Mukarji 3. Decentralised Planning An Overview of Experience and Prospects C. H. Hanumantha Rao 4. Panchayati Raj Bill The Real Flaw B. K. Chandrashekar 5. Perspectives: Panchayats versus Multinationals Case of Du Pont Norma Alvares 6. Women in Panchayati Raj Grass Roots Democracy in Malgudi Poornima Vyasulu and Vinod Vyasulu 7. Democracy and Social Capital in Central Himalayas Tale of Two Villages Niraja Gopal Jayal 8. Panchayati Raj The Way Forward Mani Shankar Aiyar 9. Grass Roots Politics and ‘Second Wave of Decentralisation’ in Andhra Pradesh Benjamin Powis 10. Networks of Panchayat Women Civil Society Space for Political Action Amitabh Beharand Yamini Aiyar 11. Poverty Alleviation Efforts of Panchayats in West Bengal PranabBardhan and DilipMookherjee 12. Experiment with Direct Democracy Time for Reappraisal Amitabh Behar 13. Building Budgets from Below Ahalya S. Bhat, Suman Kolhar, Aarathi Chellappa and H. Anand 14. Impact of Reservation in Panchayati Raj Evidence from a Nationwide Randomised Experiment Raghabendra Chattopadhyay and EstherDuflo 15. Law of Two-Child Norm in Panchayats Implications, Consequences and Experiences Nirmala Buch 16. Federalism, Urban Decentralisation and Citizen Participation Ramesh Ramanathan 17. Fiscal Decentralisation to the Sub-State Level Governments M. A. Oommen 18. Functional Devolution to Rural Local Bodies in Four States Indira Rajaraman, Darshy Sinha 19. Neighbourhood Associations and Local Democracy Delhi Municipal Elections 2007 Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal 20. Expanding the Resource Base of Panchayats Augmenting Own Revenues M. Govinda Rao, U. A. Vasanth Rao 21. Women in Power? Gender, Caste and the Politics of Local Urban Governance Mary E. John 22. Revenue Efforts of Panchayats Evidence from Four States Pratap Ranjan Jena, Manish Gupta 23. Local Democracy and Clientelism Implications for Political Stability in Rural West Bengal PranabBardhan, SandipMitra, DilipMookherjee, AbhirupSarkar 24. Limits of a ‘Devolution Index’ M. A. Oommen 25. Beyond Feminine Public Altruism Women Leaders in Kerala’s Urban Bodies J. Devika, Binitha V. Thampi

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List of Tables, Figures and Maps
Introduction
T. R. Raghunandan
1. Political Role of Panchayati Raj
V. M. Sirsikar
2. Decentralisation Below the State Level
Need for a New System of Governance
Nirmal Mukarji
3. Decentralised Planning
An Overview of Experience and Prospects
C. H. Hanumantha Rao
4. Panchayati Raj Bill
The Real Flaw
B. K. Chandrashekar
5. Perspectives: Panchayats versus Multinationals
Case of Du Pont
Norma Alvares
6. Women in Panchayati Raj
Grass Roots Democracy in Malgudi
Poornima Vyasulu and Vinod Vyasulu
7. Democracy and Social Capital in Central Himalayas
Tale of Two Villages
Niraja Gopal Jayal
8. Panchayati Raj
The Way Forward
Mani Shankar Aiyar
9. Grass Roots Politics and ‘Second Wave of Decentralisation’ in Andhra Pradesh
Benjamin Powis
10. Networks of Panchayat Women
Civil Society Space for Political Action
Amitabh Beharand Yamini Aiyar
11. Poverty Alleviation Efforts of Panchayats in West Bengal
PranabBardhan and DilipMookherjee
12. Experiment with Direct Democracy
Time for Reappraisal
Amitabh Behar
13. Building Budgets from Below
Ahalya S. Bhat, Suman Kolhar, Aarathi Chellappa and H. Anand
14. Impact of Reservation in Panchayati Raj
Evidence from a Nationwide Randomised Experiment
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay and EstherDuflo
15. Law of Two-Child Norm in Panchayats
Implications, Consequences and Experiences
Nirmala Buch
16. Federalism, Urban Decentralisation and Citizen Participation
Ramesh Ramanathan
17. Fiscal Decentralisation to the Sub-State Level Governments
M. A. Oommen
18. Functional Devolution to Rural Local Bodies in Four States
Indira Rajaraman, Darshy Sinha
19. Neighbourhood Associations and Local Democracy
Delhi Municipal Elections 2007
Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
20. Expanding the Resource Base of Panchayats
Augmenting Own Revenues
M. Govinda Rao, U. A. Vasanth Rao
21. Women in Power?
Gender, Caste and the Politics of Local Urban Governance
Mary E. John
22. Revenue Efforts of Panchayats
Evidence from Four States
Pratap Ranjan Jena, Manish Gupta
23. Local Democracy and Clientelism
Implications for Political Stability in Rural West Bengal
PranabBardhan, SandipMitra, DilipMookherjee, AbhirupSarkar
24. Limits of a ‘Devolution Index’
M. A. Oommen
25. Beyond Feminine Public Altruism
Women Leaders in Kerala’s Urban Bodies
J. Devika, Binitha V. Thampi

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