Decentralisation: Institutions, Justice and Social Development in India
Sankaran, P.N.
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Book ID : 31735
ISBN-10 : 81-8387-050-3 / 8183870503
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2006
Edition :
Language :
23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The trend towards decentralization worldwide has been accompanied by differing perception on its costs and benefits. Decentralization of power from the centre to the provinces, districts and villages, of course, enables people to participate in decision-making more directly. However, democratic decentralization and devolving power. It also envisages widening participation of the marginalized women, minorities and the poor and increasing accountability of public officials at local levels. Framed against the above background, the book presents the introductory overview of the global and regional processes in decentralization and proceeds to unfold the dynamics of institutional proliferation / linkages, issues of inclusion and participatory justice, protection of human rights at the grassroots, accountability and transparency under decentralized governance, and social development perspectives of decentralized planning process.
