Development policy and administration

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Development policy and administration

edited by Kuldeep Mathur

(Readings in Indian government and politics, 1)

Sage Publications, 1996

  • : India : hbk
  • : India : pbk
  • : US : hbk
  • : US : pbk

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

Preface - Ghanshyam Shah, Zoya Hasan and Kuldeep Mathur Introduction - Kuldeep Mathur The Emerging Concerns in Public Administration Plan Objectives and Role of the State Excerpts from the Second and Eighth Five Year Plans The Rise and Decline of Development Planning in India - Ajit Mozoomdar Agriculture and Rural Development in the 1990s and Beyond - Tushaar Shah Redesigning Relations between the State and Institutions of Development Organization for Policy Formulation - Ishwar Dayal Institutional Framework for Policy Advice - Kuldeep Mathur and James W Bjorkman The Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office The Prime Minister and the Bureaucracy - David Potter Designing Poverty Alleviation Programmes - Kuldeep Mathur International Agencies and Indian Politics Panchayati Raj in India - George Mathew Panchayati Raj in West Bengal - Neil Webster Popular Participation for the People or the Party? Decentralization Below the State Level - Nirmal Mukherjee Need for a New System of Governance The NGO Sector in India - D L Sheth and Harsh Sethi Historical Context and Current Discourse

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