Satyajit Singh

The Local in Governance

Politics, Decentralization, and Environment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of the different architectures of decentralization using empirical evidence from the forestry and water sector of Uttarakhand. It examines the political economy of how institutional designs for environmental governance are created and the important role of politics in shaping institutions and their outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199468966
• ISBN-10: 0199468966
• Artikelnr.: 47868187

Autorenporträt

Satyajit Singh is Professor at the Department of Political Science in University of Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Maps, Tables, and Box,
* Acknowledgements
* List of Abbreviations
* 1: The Local in Governance: Politics and Institutions for Sustainable
Development
* 2: Conflict Resolution, Decentralization, and Recentralization:
Village Forest Councils in Uttarakhand
* 3: Collective Dilemmas and Collective Pursuits: Community Management
of the Van Panchayats
* 4: Diverse Property Rights and Forest Management: Institutions and
Politics in Uttarakhand
* 5: Joint Forest Management: Decentralization, Recentralization, and
Devolutionary Intent
* 6: 'Public' in Rural Water Supply: Decentralization as Reforms
* 7: Decentralizing Rural Drinking Water: Political Economy of
Institutional Reforms
* Conclusion: Political Power-Inclusive Democracy and Capacity
Development
* Bibliography
* Index
* About the Author