Democratic Decentralization in India

Experiences, issues and challenges
Herausgeber: Venkatesu, E.

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Produktbeschreibung

The book is focusing on the emerging practices and issues in the functioning of democratic decentralization in India after 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts. Based on extensive field work all over India, it is an effort to reflect the ground reality of the functioning of local governance at the grassroots level in recent times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781138678811
• ISBN-10: 1138678813
• Artikelnr.: 45293210

Autorenporträt

E. Venkatesu teaches in the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India. He was member of faculty at the National Institute of Rural Development (2004-11) and was Research and Training Coordinator at the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (2000- 2004). He has published several books including Panchayats and Building of Model Villages (2013), Grassroots Politics in India (2008) and Democracy and Development: A Backward Classes Perspective (in Telugu, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword Contributors
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Local Self Government thought in India:
Some Reflections on Gandhi and Ambedkar 2. Committee System and Its
Functioning in Panchayati Raj Institutions of India 3. Democratic
Decentralization in West Bengal- A Devolution perspective 4. Issues in
Devolution of Functions, Functionaries and Funds to PRIs: A Comparative
Assessment of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kerala 5. Reservation in the
Panchayati Raj Institutions and Empowerment of the Dalit in Uttar Pradesh:
Achievements and Limitations 6. Panchayat Extension to Schedule Areas
(PESA) Act and Empowerment of Adivasis in Undivided Andhra Pradesh 7.
Political Representation for Empowerment of Women and Constraints 8. The
status of forest rights and self-governance among the tribes in the
protected areas of Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Wildlife Sanctuary in Telengana
State 9. Decentralized Governance in North-East India: A Comparative study
of Bodoland Territorial Council and Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous
District Council 10. Decentralisation and Civil Society: Elementary
Education Management in Madhya Pradesh 11. Understanding Nestedness in
Democratic Decentralisation through the Lens of Forest Resource Governance
in Tamil Nadu 12. Emerging Conflicts between Panchayati Raj Institutions
and Khap Panchayats in Haryana 13. Parallel Organizations and Subversion of
the Grassroots Democracy in Andhra Pradesh 14. Decentralized Governance,
Conflict Resolution and Functioning of Panchayat Raj Institutions in Jammu
and Kashmir 15. Local Governance, Changing Profile of Elected Public
Representatives and Efforts for Capacity Development in India E Index