Governing Locally
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Governing Locally

Institutions, Policies and Implementation in Indian Cities

  1. 322 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Governing Locally

Institutions, Policies and Implementation in Indian Cities

About this book

India and other countries chose a decentralised mode of delivering public services through elected local governments for increasing public welfare. However, great expectations of effective services, increased accountability and people's participation were widely belied in practice. Based on field research in cities of Gujarat, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, the book is a detailed examination of how state and local governments function and why decentralisation outcomes vary considerably. It locates the primary reason in governance practices that compromised autonomy and capacity of urban local governments. The book demonstrates that despite a constitutional mandate for decentralised governance, policy implementation got derailed in processes threading through laws, rules, and administrative actions. It shows how habitual practices create hidden institutional rigidities that thwart policy moves despite good intentions and democratic legitimacy. The book also discusses how to navigate policy to skirt hidden threats to successful implementation.

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Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781108832342
eBook ISBN
9781009032346

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Governing Locally
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Tables
  8. Figures and Boxes
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. PART I BACKGROUND
  13. PART II LOCAL CAPACITY
  14. PART III ACCOUNTABILITY
  15. PART IV INSTITUTIONS, POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION
  16. Glossary
  17. References
  18. Index

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