Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Subnational Public Policies in India
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-37273-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
National policies have dominated public policy research, teaching, and discourse in India, yet states have authored impactful innovations in their quest for solutions to problems specific to their requirements.
States Matter places the states at the core of India's public policy story through twenty carefully curated case studies of major policy initiatives across ten states over four decades (1970–2010). Drawing on the policy cycle framework, this book explains how states identify problems, place them on the public agenda, design state-specific interventions, choose policy instruments, negotiate implementation challenges, and shape long-term outcomes. The study combines comparative case analysis with archival research and insights drawn from the authors' extensive administrative experience and access to policymakers across state and central governments. Case studies cover a wide range of state interventions from Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, and Himachal Pradesh, examining sectors including education, electricity, sanitation, forestry, livelihoods, and urban infrastructure.
This book offers one of the few systematic applications of tools of policy analysis to the Indian context. It is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in public policy, political science, public administration, development studies, and South Asian studies. Bridging academic theory and administrative practice, it provides unique comparative insights into four decades of policymaking across states and sectors, reshaping discussions on federalism, decentralization, state capacity, implementation challenges, and political economy.
Zielgruppe
Academic, General, Postgraduate, and Professional Reference
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction – Why study state government policies, choice of cases and study period 2. A rural crisis in Maharashtra 3. Tackling left-wing extremism in Andhra Pradesh 4. Land hunger and the challenge of ultra-left ideology 5. Urban crisis and transformation in Kolkata 6. Public unrest and power reforms in Delhi and West Bengal 7. Legitimacy through Village Development Boards in Nagaland 8. Jyotigram Yojana: Electricity reforms in Gujarat 9. Susashan- good governance in Bihar 10. An election promise and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway 11. Breakthrough in agriculture in Madhya Pradesh 12. Left politics and sharecroppers in West Bengal 13. The ideology of social justice and the mid-day meal scheme (MDMS) 14. Different pathways to democratic decentralization in Kerala and West Bengal 15. Ideology and exclusion 16. Unintended Consequences 17. Joint Forest Management 18. Women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Andhra Pradesh 19. Rural sanitation in Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal 20. Conclusions-The Logic of Subnational Public Policy 21. Postscript-Digital public policies and the changing state–citizen interface Index
