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Govinda Rao, M.

The political economy of federalism in India / M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005. - ix, 422 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.


I THE SETTING
1. Political Economy of Federalism: Challenges of Reforming Policies and Institutions
2. Political and Economic Theories of Federalism
3. A Historical Review of Indian Federalism
4. Bargaining, Control, and Commitment
5. Dimensions of Federal Governance
II ECONOMICS OF INDIAN FEDERALISM
6. Assignment of Taxes and Expenditures
7. Fiscal Overlapping, Concurrency, and Competition
8. Intergovernmental Transfers: Rationale and Design
9. Explicit and Implicit Intergovernmental Transfers
10. Natural Resources
III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL REFORMS
11. The Political Economy of Centre-state Transfers
12. Regional Dimensions of Economic Growth
13. Issues in Local Government Reform
14. Policy and Institutional Dimensions of Reform
15. Indian Federalism in a Global Environment
Bibliography

ISBN: 0195670175 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Federal government
Federal government
Decentralization in government
Comparative government.
Capitalism

Dewey Class. No.: 330.954 RAO