Localizing Governance in India

List of contents

Introduction

Section A: Participatory and Civic Engagement: theoretical roots

1. Participatory and civic engagement in governance: Western theoretical roots

2. Participatory and civic engagement in governance: the non-western theoretical roots

Part A: The Indian tradition: Mahatma Gandhi and localizing governance

Part B: The Chinese tradition: Mao Zedong and commune

Part C: The African tradition: Julius Nyerere’s Ujamaa

Section B: Participatory and Civic Engagement: empirical roots in India

3. Historical Trajectories of Localizing Governance

4. Localizing Governance: Earlier Efforts

5. Constitutionalizing Governance at the Grassroots

6. Localizing Governance at the Grassroots: the Unique Indian Experiments in West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the author

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor in Political Science at the University of Delhi, India. He is the author of numerous books on Indian Politics and Gandhi. His most recent monograph is Ethics in Governance in India, also published by Routledge (2016).

Summary

This book analyses local governance structures in India. It traces historical-intellectual trajectories of participatory governance and how older Western discourses have influenced Indian policymakers. The author demonstrates that participatory governance has a long history in India. While colonial rulers devolved power to accommodate dissenting

Product details

• Authors: Bidyut Chakrabarty, Bidyut (Delhi University Chakrabarty, Bidyut (University of Delhi Chakrabarty
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367889630
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88963-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Political structures: democracy, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General