Development Policy and Administration
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 1996
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-0-8039-9340-2 (ISBN)
Description
This reader, the first in a new series, brings together essays which combine policy perspectives with analyses of the implementation of various development programmes in India. The chapters provide an understanding of the merging concerns in Indian public administration. Topics covered include: macro perspectives on the state and development planning; bureaucracy; the policy apparatus; and the role of international agencies, panchayats, cooperatives and NGOs in meeting the needs of the people.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9340-2 (9780803993402)
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Content
Preface - Ghanshyam Shah, Zoya Hasan and Kuldeep Mathur
Introduction - Kuldeep Mathur
The Emerging Concerns in Public Administration
Plan Objectives and Role of the State
Excerpts from the Second and Eighth Five Year Plans
The Rise and Decline of Development Planning in India - Ajit Mozoomdar
Agriculture and Rural Development in the 1990s and Beyond - Tushaar Shah
Redesigning Relations between the State and Institutions of Development
Organization for Policy Formulation - Ishwar Dayal
Institutional Framework for Policy Advice - Kuldeep Mathur and James W Bjorkman
The Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office
The Prime Minister and the Bureaucracy - David Potter
Designing Poverty Alleviation Programmes - Kuldeep Mathur
International Agencies and Indian Politics
Panchayati Raj in India - George Mathew
Panchayati Raj in West Bengal - Neil Webster
Popular Participation for the People or the Party?
Decentralization Below the State Level - Nirmal Mukherjee
Need for a New System of Governance
The NGO Sector in India - D L Sheth and Harsh Sethi
Historical Context and Current Discourse
Introduction - Kuldeep Mathur
The Emerging Concerns in Public Administration
Plan Objectives and Role of the State
Excerpts from the Second and Eighth Five Year Plans
The Rise and Decline of Development Planning in India - Ajit Mozoomdar
Agriculture and Rural Development in the 1990s and Beyond - Tushaar Shah
Redesigning Relations between the State and Institutions of Development
Organization for Policy Formulation - Ishwar Dayal
Institutional Framework for Policy Advice - Kuldeep Mathur and James W Bjorkman
The Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office
The Prime Minister and the Bureaucracy - David Potter
Designing Poverty Alleviation Programmes - Kuldeep Mathur
International Agencies and Indian Politics
Panchayati Raj in India - George Mathew
Panchayati Raj in West Bengal - Neil Webster
Popular Participation for the People or the Party?
Decentralization Below the State Level - Nirmal Mukherjee
Need for a New System of Governance
The NGO Sector in India - D L Sheth and Harsh Sethi
Historical Context and Current Discourse