Democracy and Public Policy in the Post-COVID-19 World

SECTION I

Public policy frameworks, theories and approaches 23

1 Theoretical framework and dynamics of public policy trajectory 25

C. SHEELA REDDY

2 Policy making: challenges to multidisciplinary approaches 40

A. VENKATRAMAN

3 Public policy communication: reclaiming a 'nearly lost' theme 47

DIPANKAR SINHA

4 Connecting the dots, locating the linkages: conceptual perspectives on human rights, human security and public policy 60

KADLOOR SAVITRI

5 Ethics and public policy: how 'just' can public policy be? 74

NILESH KUMAR JOSHI

6 Changing paradigms of strategic political process in public policy formulation and governance: comparative study of GST in India and NAFTA in the US 83

DEBASIS BHATTACHARYA

Policy making in India: choices and outcomes 99

7 Promoting quality policy research in India: need for an evidence-based approach 101

RAMABRAHMAM IVATURI AND RAMYA CHITRAPU

8 State and public policies in India: a symbiotic relationship 116

BALJIT SINGH MANN

9 ICT applications in land records administration in India: a study on the implementation of DILRMP 128

RAVINDER KAUR AND VENKATAMALLU THADABOINA

10 Policy and practices of decentralisation of elementary education in India 140

MADHUMITA BANDYOPADHYAY

11 Recent transition in India's public health policy: layering patterns and inherent bottlenecks 158

SIDDHARTHA MUKERJI

12 Emotive policy in a political democracy: case study of Kanyashree in West Bengal 176

PRATIP CHATTOPADHYAY

13 Efficacy of MGNREGS in achieving SDGs 188

MOITRI DEY

14 The Indian state, democracy and the citizen: public policy challenges in the post-COVID-19 era 200

RUMKI BASU