Governing Locally

Institutions, Policies and Implementation in Indian Cities

Governing Locally
Suraj Jacob, Babu Jacob
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Hardback
Not defined - 250pg
30 Jun 2021 UK
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9781108832342
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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 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 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.
' In simple and uncomplicated words, this book is path-breaking. Unlike rural panchayats, urban local self governance in India is understudied. By focusing on Trivandrum and Surat, among other things, this book gives us a deep understanding of why city governments function so differently in India. Counter-intuitive insights, especially about Kerala, abound. Urban India will become bigger and bigger in the coming years. Read this book to understand what is at stake!' Ashutosh Varshney
Suraj Jacob is a political economist and currently teaches economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He is also affiliated with CDS, Trivandrum. He has worked as CEO of Vidya Bhawan, a 600-employee NGO in southern Rajasthan. Babu Jacob has worked with the Indian Administrative Service since 1968 at different levels and in different governance domains in the Kerala state government and the national government, including in domains with direct relevance to this book (urban governance and public works). He retired as the Chief Secretary of Kerala and is affiliated with the Centre for Development Studies (CDS, Trivandrum), where he researches urban governance.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781108832342
Published: 30 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pages: 250

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