Democracy, development and decentralisation in India : continuing debates / edited by Chandan Sengupta and Stuart Corbridge ; foreword by Anthony Giddens
Imprint
London : Routledge, 2010
Descript
xvi, 337p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Introduction. -- Equality or inclusion: the dilemma of India's democracy -- Burden of exception? Deficits and deepening of democratic development in India -- The continuing reinvention of India -- Development as freedom and justice: an essay on sen and rawls -- Framing the development debate: the case of farmers' suicide in India -- Institutional credit and economic entitlement: emerging regional and sectoral divides in Maharashtra -- Fiscal decentralisation and urban local governments in India: an empirical review -- Decentralaisation, women's rights and development: lessons from India and South Africa -- Social divisions and rural non-farm sector: lessons from India -- Development and change in Agrarian economy: aspects of rural non-farm sector in Andhra Pradesh, India -- Privatising social opportunity: trends and implications for higher education in India -- Healthcare services and development in India: a study of reproductive health in Jharkhand -- Public intervention, institutions and human development in India: theory and evidence