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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: whither the Parliamentary Institutions in India/D. Sundar Ram. 2. A stable national alternative to party Government in India/R. Venkataraman. 3. Challenges of Indian Democracy/Atal Behari Vajpayee. 4. Fifty years of Democracy in India: an assessment/P.C. Alexander. 5.…Independence of the judiciary: the case of the institutions of Lok Ayukta and Lok Pal in India/D.J. Jagannadha Raju. 6. Constitutional changes and the presidential system in India: a need of the hour/Nani A. Palkhivala. 7. The judiciary, robbed delinquency and the syndrome of docket delays/V.R. Krishna Iyer. 8. Decline of institutions in India: a need for reform/Ramakrishna Hegde. 9. Can parliament cope/Hiren Mukherjee. 10. Dilemmas of the Parliamentary Institutions in India: stress on judicial system/K. Jayachandra Reddy. 11. The role of the speaker and the judiciary in India/Alladi Kuppuswamy. 12. Developments in parliamentary institutions since independence/Subhash C. Kashyap. 13. Role of the Parliamentary Committees in India: some reflections/P. Upendra. 14. Party system and disempowerment of parliament/M. Abel. 15. The Indian parliament/Mahendra Prasad Singh. 16. Developments in Indian parliamentary institutions since independence/C. Veera Raghavan. 17. Distortions in the working of the Indian parliamentary system: a study of conflict areas/B. Gopal. 18. Role of legislators in a legislative system: study of parliamentary behaviour in India/S.N. Mishra. 19. Decline of Indian Democracy: the role of political leadership/Subhash Chandra Hazary. 20. Parliamentary reform in India/G. Palanithurai. 21. Election Commission of India: a critical study of its growth and emerging problems/C. Narayana Rao. 22. Power to the people in India: Panchayati Raj: changes and challenges/E.A. Narayana. 23. Evolution of Parliamentary Government in India: some impediments/D. Sundar Ram. Appendices: 1. Sadachar Bharati: code of conduct for Ministers and people's representatives. 2. Model code of conduct for the guidance of political parties and candidates. 3. Towards 2000: minimum programme for national regeneration. "This collection of original essays constitutes an important contribution to the on-going search for alternatives to the dilemmas of the Indian Parliamentary Institutions over the last five decades. A distinguished panel of contributors comprising a former President of the Indian Republic, former Prime Minister of India, a Governor, a former Chief Minister, a former Union Minister, senior Parliamentarians, eminent jurists, administrators, political scientists, journalists and academics review the strength and weaknesses of the existing parliamentary institutions whether it serves the basic needs and objectives of the Indian Parliamentary System or have become obsolete and, if so, whether a systemic change is required." (jacket).
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In den WarenkorbHardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. The coalition experience and experiments in India since independence search for political stability and good governance. 2. Decentralisation and rural development in India empowerment strategies and emerging challenges. 3. Status and position of Panchayati Raj Institutions in… India Towards empowerment or dis empowerment. 4. Role of Non Governmental Organisations in social development at the grassroots level emerging challenges in the era of globalisation. 5. Panchayati Raj Institutions in 60 years of independent India working towards decentralisation and good governance. 6. The local self government experiments in Indian Republic power to the people at the grassroots. 7. Significant role of youth in decision making in Indian Panchayati Raj Institutions Where do we stand. 8. Decentralised governance and responsive administration in India Paradigm shift in policies programmes and strategies. 9. Changing face of parliamentary democracy decline in standards. 10. Evolution of representative institutions in India an assessment. 11. Governance in an era of turbulence in contemporary India urgency for reformatory changes. 12. Credibility of the coalition government in India a package for the longevity. 13. Working of the Constitution of Indian Republic Reforms and changes. 14. Political empowerment of women in India From Gram Panchayat to Parliament. 15. The structural and functional changes in Indian Parliamentary System need for constitutional changes. Index. The political events in India since 1989 have exposed the instability inherent in the parliamentary form of government when it comes to dealing with coalitions. It is well recognised fact that the effective political stability is an essential requisite for the successful functioning of a federal government based on parliamentary democracy. Unfortunately the credibility of coalition governance in contemporary India has suffered a grievous blow in the last 15 years or so with the murky politics. In the context of fluid political situation prevailed in India after 1996 Lok Sabha elections general question about the stability of coalition government is being raised. What is the rationale behind the suitability of the coalition theory for India. Are the coalition governments at the centre giving the enough leeway to effectively exercise its authority. After 60 years of functioning of the Constitution and its modification for nearly 100 plus times is India in a position to assert that the present Constitution will fulfill the democratic aspirations and expectations of the people. How can the coalition system be regenerated. It is true that our experience of nearly six decades has shown that the quality of governance in India has gone down considerably. The time has come to ponder over the aforesaid misconceptions in a serious manner in the light of our coalition experience and make such changes which may be found necessary to ensure good and stable governance at the Centre. The book also deals with the pre requisites of development agenda like good governance polity and inclusive growth and development in a realistic manner. Discussing political stability with a balanced perspective and advocating it as an essential instrument for good governance and development in contemporary India this book will be considerable interest to policy makers administrators researchers parliamentarians and political scientists. 190 pp.
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Women empowerment in local governance is increasingly being recognised as an important requisite for the fulfillment of inclusive growth and sustainable development in contemporary India. Provision of 50 per cent of reservation for women in rural and urban local bodies is a right step to…empower them politically. It is true that the enhancement of reservation for women in rural and urban local bodies would ensure their increased representation and participation. Today we see that a few women elected representatives of local self government institutions, who not only are accomplishing well but also are awarded their excellence in their governance in India. However it is true that gender sensitive grassroots governance under the existing system of Panchayati Raj is possible only if women gain voice and rights. Women are capable of leading the society on the right path given a chance. Thus if women were politically empowered they would be able to participate in the planning execution and implementation of developmental schemes.
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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction Panchayati Raj reforms and empowerment of grassroots democratic institutions in India/D. Sundar Ram. 2. Panchayati Raj in India an instrument of grassroots development/Mani Shankar Aiyar. 3. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India power to the people/Subha…sh C. Kashyap. 4. Institutions of local self government in India a distance dream/L.C. Jain. 5. Federation of Panchayati women in India beginning of a social transformation/V. Mohini Giri. 6. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India real powers and responsibilities/C.B. Muthamma. 7. District as a focus of change a critical element of decentralisation/K.C. Sivaramakrishnan. 8. Role of NGO's and administrator's in grassroots governance of India/M. Gopalakrishnan. 9. Planning for development at grassroots in India Tamil Nadu experience/G. Palanithurai. 10. The Panchayats and the administrators need for new culture for development at the grassroots/George Mathew. 11. Capacity building for effective local self governance the Indian experience/Rajesh Tandon. 12. Strengthening rural democracy in India a case study of Rajasthan/N.S. Gehlot. 13. Decentralised governance at grassroots level experience of Panchayati Raj in Madhya Pradesh/Yatindra Singh Sisodia. 14. Gram Sabha its problems and prospects after 73 Constitutional Amendment/Y. Bhaskar Rao. 15. Empowerment of women experiences of women elected representatives of grassroots democratic institutions the case of Tamil Nadu/G. Palanithurai. 16. Status of district planning committees in India experiences of a decade/S. Harsha. 17. The experiences of empowering women Panchayat Members in India problems challenges and opportunities/Nupur Tiwary. Appendices. Index. 328 pp.
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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. List of contributors. Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar a profile. Introduction Panchayati Raj and empowering people new agenda for rural India/D. Sundar Ram. 1. Panchayati Raj Institutions in contemporary India future agenda/M.V. Rajasekharan. 2. Panchayati Raj Institutions in…India Rajiv Gandhi's vision/Rameshwar Thakur. 3. Indian farmers in 21 century mission and vision/M.S. Swaminathan. 4. Potential for social transformation and economic prosperity through decentralised governance under the new dispensation/G. Palanithurai. 5. Empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions a study in Karnataka/Abdul Aziz. 6. Panchayati Raj and political parties participation/George Mathew. 7. Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions some facts and observations/K. Subha and B.S. Bhargava. 8. Decentralised governance and service delivery in India theory and practice/Satyanarayana Sangita. 9. Historical perspective of finances of Local Self Governmental Institutions in India problems and prospects/P. Arjun Rao. 10. External factors and empowerment of women the case of Orissa/Snehalata Panda. 11. Rural employment measures for capacity building and training the missing links/I.C. Srivastava. 12. Political decentralisation and issue of accountability the case of Gram Sabha in Karnataka/N. Sivanna. 13. Between Euphoria and Scepticism ten years of Panchayati Raj in Kerala/Moolakkattu Stephen John and Jos Chathukulam. 14. Panchayat finances in India a macro study/M. Devendra Babu. 15. Panchayati Raj Popular participation for rural transformation an appraisal/K.S. Mohan Narayana. 16. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Social transformation and beyond/J. Ramesh Sundar Ms. Mohana Priyamurthy and Ms. V. Veenavathy. 17. Rural development and dynamics of change in democratic governance role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India/D. Sundar Ram. 18. Political economy of preparedness and launching of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Kerala/Jos Chathukulam and K. Gireesan. 19. Participatory democracy role of Gram Sabhas in decentralised governance an overview of Andhra Pradesh experience/M. Gopinath Reddy and Madhusudan Bandi. 20. Role of Dalits in Village Water Supply Committee/Veerashekharappa. 21. Community development and democratic decentralisation a scheme of participative governance/Khalid Mirza. 22. Needs and importance of skills for youth leaders in local governance/M. Sarumathy. 23. Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions participation performance and problems/R. Venkata Ravi D. Sundar Raj and V. Narayana Reddy. 24. Panchayats and the agricultural future of Indian amidst localisation and globalisation/P.C. Mathur. 25. Evolving approaches to multi level planning in India a brief review/Rakesh Hooja. 26. Activating Panchas and Ward Sabhas a remedy for large unwieldy Gram Sabhas and dominating Sarpanchas/Meenakshi Hooja. 27. Realising potential of Panchayati Raj in India/N.C. Saxena and Jayanti Ravi. 28. People's campaign for democratic decentralisation and planning Kasaragod experience in Kerala/M.V. Balakrishnan Master and V.P.P. Mustafa. 29. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme some observations/I. Satya Sundaram. 30. Future is federal local governance in the era of Globalisation/B. Ramesh Babu. 31. People's participation in Kerala's Gram Sabhas investigating the quality/J. Mary John and Mohanan Bhaskaran Pillai. Appendices. Index. 472 pp.
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Contents Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Good Governance and Welfare Delivery Nations Focus on Grassroots planning and peoples participationAN Tiwari 2 Space Technology Applications for Rural Development in IndiaG Ma 394 pp.
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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Vol. I Foreword. Preface. List of contributors. Introduction Grassroots governance in India a dream or reality/D. Sundar Ram. 1. Institutionalisation of grassroots governance in India/Subhash C. Kashyap. 2. Rejuvenating Republic through local governments/Jayaprakash Narayan. 3. Panchayat…s and democracy in India elites versus Dalits/D. Bandyopadhyay. 4. Devolution of powers to Panchayati Raj Institutions in India an overview/Karunakar Patnaik. 5. Democracy and civic education A South Asian perspective/M. Aslam. 6. Participation decentralised planning and Panchayati Raj in India a review/S.P. Jain. 7. Role of caste groups in New Panchayati Raj System a case analysis of Tamil Nadu/G. Palanithurai. 8. Panchayats in India one step forward/George Mathew. 9. Decentralised planning and Panchayati Raj in India provisions and practice some evidences/Mahi Pal. 10. Participatory village governance in India/T.H. Chowdary. 11. Where Panchayats are heading field notes from Tamil Nadu/G. Palanithurai. 12. The status of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka a comparison/M. Gopinath Reddy and Madhusudana Bandhi. 13. General view of Panchayats and municipalities in Andhra Pradesh some managerial challenges/G. Lakshmana Swamy. 14. Decentralised planning in India a case study in Karnataka/M. Devendra Babu. 15. Village Panchayat and the state MNC Negotiations/Pradeep Narayanan. 16. Dalit women Sarpanchs and decentralised democracy in Haryana Malady and remedy/Mahi Pal. 17. Housing and rural development in Rajasthan implementation of Indira Awas Yojana an evaluation/Ramamurti Meena. 18. Citizen's charter a crying need for implementation/I.C. Srivastava. 19. Governance of democracy/Rajesh Tandon. Appendices. Index. Vol. II 1. Regeneration of rural India an unfinished agenda/L.C. Jain. 2. Towards empowering Gram Sabha/M. Aslam. 3. Institutions and laws for good urban governance/S.K. Sharma. 4. People's participation at the grassroots levels in India a pillar of sustainable development/S. Narayanasamy. 5. De planning and decentralised governance The Anachronicity of the 73 Amendment Act in the LPG Marketisation of the Indian economy/P.C. Mathur. 6. Size and area of Gram Panchayat in India/S.P. Jain. 7. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India The Kerala experience/M.R. Biju. 8. Participatory planning for decentralised governance in India/Rajiv Ranjan Prasad. 9. Empowering women politically/V. Mohini Giri. 10. Devolution of powers to Panchayati Raj Institutions with special reference to rural health care in Gujarat a field inquiry/P. Sivaram. 11. Decentralised governance transparency and accountability empirical evidence from West Bengal/Md. Nazrul Islam. 12. Grassroots democratic institutions in India need for reforms/Y. Gurappa Naidu. 13. Grassroots democracy in Haryana field observations/Ranbir Singh. 14. Women empowerment through Panchayati Raj Institution a study/S.S. Sree Kumar. 15. Determinants of people's participation in decentralised planning and development/Sitakanta Sethi. 16. Micro credit in Haryana some problems/Raj Kumar Siwach. 17. Financial status of Panchayati Raj Institutions a study in Karnataka/N. Jayaramaiah. 18. Effective decentralisation in India a continuing process of reform/Kuldeep Mathur. Appendices. Index. From the Preface This important volume (set in two parts) constitutes an important contribution to the on going search for alternatives to the dilemmas of the grassroots democratic institutions over last several years. A Distinguished panel of authors review the strength and weaknesses of the existing Panchayati Raj Institutions whether it serves the basic needs and aspirations of the people at the grassroots level or have become obsolete and if so whether a systematic change is required. Providing an analytical description of the dynamics of the grassroots institutions with the Indian experiences this volume provides a significant insights and analytical tools to the debate on the good go.
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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. List of contributors. 1. Introduction coalitional governance and centre state relations in India from dominant federalism to co operative federalism/D. Sundar Ram. 2. Changing party system and vitality of the federal structure in India/Haridwar Rai and Vijay Kumar. 3.…Exploring representative Governance in India/Snehalata Panda. 4. Representing the states at the federal level role of the Rajya Sabha/Sandeep Shastri. 5. Role and position of the Indian Prime Minister in coalition politics assessing the functioning of the UPA Government/N.S. Gehlot. 6. Role of Governor in Indian Federal System new dimensions under Article 356/R. Gangadhara Sastry. 7. Indian federal system and coalition experiment/S.N. Sadasivan. 8. 73rd Amendment State Governments and Panchayati Raj in India/S.P. Jain. 9. Growth of regional political parties in India influence and impact on federal system/R. Yadagiri. 10. Politics of coalition in India survival and stability/M.R. Biju. 11. Experimentation and exigency in coalition politics in India a study/J. Ramesh Sundar. 12. Federalism and coalition Governments in India emerging challenges in center state relations/T.H. Chowdary. 13. Coalition Governments in India a way forward for good governance/D. Sundar Ram. 14. Social base of Indian federalism challenges and prospects/S.S. Sreekumar. 15. Regional political parties and demand for state autonomy new dimensions in Indian Federal System/Y. Gurappa Naidu. 16. India federalised how do people look at it/Harish K. Thakur. Appendices Annexure I. Recommendations of the Sarkari Commission Report. Annexure II. Recommendations of the Sarkari Commission Report. Annexure III. Recommendations of the National Commission to review the working of the constitution on union state relations. Annexure IV. Constitutional mechanism for the settlement of inter state disputes. Appendix V. Chronology of President's Rule in Indian States. Appendix VI. Dr. Rajendra Prasad's speech in the Constituent Assembly of India the 26 November 1949. Appendix VII. Address by Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma President of India on the occasion of the 50 anniversary of the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly. Index. 342 pp.
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In den WarenkorbHardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. Introduction the vitality of Panchayati Raj Institutions after 60 years of independent India future vision/D. Sundar Ram. 1. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India an instrument of participatory democracy/A. Chakrapani. 2. Rajiv Gandhi an architect of modern India/R.L. Bhatia. 3.…Synthesising New Indian knowledge and innovation systems future agenda/R.A. Mashelkar. 4. Democratic decentralisation through Panchayati Raj Institutions the Indian experiences/N.C. Saxena. 5. Panchayati Raj in India a vision for the future/V. Mohini Giri. 6. Devolution of 3 F's to Panchayati Raj Institutions a development paradigm in India/K. Karunakar Patnaik. 7. Gram Panchayat Libraries in Karnataka an innovative initiative/B.S. Bhargava K. Subha and D.S. Hanumantha Rao. 8. Constitutional laws Vs community laws conflict and synergy/G. Palanithurai. 9. Educating children in India policy and perspectives/Snehalata Panda. 10. Rural development through Panchayati Raj Institutions strengthening a participatory democracy in India/N.S. Gehlot. 11. Public accountability community empowerment and e governance/Damodar Rout. 12. Democratic decentralization and participatory planning in Kerala the locomotive of a new development culture/Mohanan Bhaskaran Pillai. 13. Capacity building for rural development personnel and Panchayati Raj/M.L. Santhanam. 14. Right to information act in India rhetoric and reality/I. Satya Sundaram. 15. Emerging challenges on reservation policy of Panchayati Raj Institutions the case of women representatives in India/Pramod K. Mishra. 16. Total sanitation campaign and Nirmal Gram Puraskar role of Panchayats in Four Indian states/Jos Chathukulam and K. Gireesan. 17. Decentralisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions and good governance in Andhra Pradesh a vision of the future/M. Gopinath Reddy. 18. Karnataka Panchayati Raj System a step towards good governance/N. Sivanna. 19. Social marketing a case study of drinking water supply and sanitation in Karnataka state/Veerashekharappa. 20. Guarding the commons in India Panchayats and globalisation/V. Raghupathy. 21. Role of Self Help Groups in Panchayati Raj administration the Andhra Pradesh experience/D. Krishnamoorthy. 22. Decentralised planning in India are the Panchayati Raj Institutions really empowered/M. Devendra Babu. 23. Emerging women leadership at the grassroots a micro level study in Andhra Pradesh/K.C. Smitha. 24. Dalit women Panchayat representatives Tamil Nadu experience/S. Viswanathan. 25. Panchayati Raj Institutions after 60 years of independent India working towards decentralization and good governance/D. Sundar Ram. Appendices. Index. The twenty five chapters in the present volume written by distinguished policy makers scientists administrators and scholars provide a comprehensive review of the initiatives of various governments at the federal as well as state levels in bringing out a revolutionary Panchayati Raj reforms through 73 Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 and various State Panchayati Raj Acts for transformation of rural India. The distinguished panel of contributors of the volume identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Panchayati Raj Institutions over a period of 60 years of Independent India and suggests a holistic reforms package for efficient functioning of the grassroots democratic institutions for delivering good governance. 414 pp.
