Governing locally : institutions, policies and implementation in Indian cities
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Governing locally : institutions, policies and implementation in Indian cities
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-283) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part I. Background: Chapter 1. Two Cities
- Chapter 2. Approach and Argument
- Part II. Local Capacity: Chapter 3. Running City Governments
- Chapter 4. Organising City Governments
- Part III. Accountability: Chapter 5. State-Local Relations
- Chapter 6. Participation in City Governments
- Part IV. Institutions, Policies and Implementation: Chapter 7. Theorising Decentralisation
- Chapter 8. Governing Locally: Institutions and Policies
- Chapter 9. Implementing 'Governing Locally'
- References
- Index.
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