Akshay Mangla (University of Oxford)

Making Bureaucracy Work

Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book sheds new light on bureaucratic performance and education in developing countries. Through a multi-level comparative analysis of four Indian states, and over two years of ethnographic research, the book opens the 'black box' of Indian bureaucracy, revealing how bureaucratic norms interact with social inequalities to shape public services.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781009258043
• ISBN-10: 1009258044
• Artikelnr.: 69824625

Autorenporträt

Akshay Mangla is Associate Professor of International Business at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. He specializes in comparative politics, political economy, development, public institutions, education, social welfare, and South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction, Puzzles and Theory: 1. Introduction: bureaucracy and
the politics of implementing primary education; 2. Bureaucratic norms: a
theory of implementation; 3. The state and primary education in India; Part
II. Implementing Primary Education in Northern India: 4. How legalistic
bureaucracy generates uneven implementation; 5. How deliberative
bureaucracy facilitates adaptive implementation; 6. Norm persistence: exit,
voice and bureaucratic inertia; 7. Norm change: conflict and commitment on
the front lines of reform; Part III. Comparative Extensions and
Implications: 8. The argument in comparative perspective; 9. Conclusion:
reimagining bureaucracy for inclusive development; Appendix: researching
bureaucracy and frontline public services.